Geoff Tate has fired the latest salvo in the battle with his old band, Queensryche, by saying that he will take his own version of the band on the road under the same name.
Tate was fired from the band by the other members back in June when they brought in Todd La Torre as their new lead singer. Since then, Tate has started a legal battle with the band over the ownership of the name; however, a Washington court did not allow a temporary injunction against the members of the group using the Queensryche name while the suit moved through the legal system.
Still, the majority of the promotional vehicles for the group, including their website, Facebook and Twitter accounts, are being controlled by Tate and he has used that control to post an announcement on the Queensryche Facebook page:
QUEENSRŸCHE STARRING GEOFF TATE THE ORIGINAL VOICE
This fall, Geoff Tate Electric Band will be releasing his new solo metal album on Inside Out Music, which features such label mates as King’s X, Fates Warning, Pain of Slavation and Dream Theater’s frontman James LaBrie, and many others! Geoff Tate solo tour dates with Alice Cooper beginning in November.
***Watch for the announcement of the upcoming 2013 Queensryche Anniversary Tour featuring an All-Star lineup, starring Geoff Tate, the longtime creative and driving force behind the band, whose vocals can be heard on every Queensryche song ever released!***
So, for the foreseeable future, there will be two bands touring under the Queensryche name, one with Tate and one with La Torre.
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