1. Geoff Tate rose to fame with the progressive metal band Queensryche, who had commercial success with their 1988 album Operation: Mindcrime and 1990 album Empire.
23 Facts About Geoff Tate
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Geoff Tate was voted No 2 on That Metal Show's top 5 hard rock vocalists of the 1980s.
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Geoff Tate was born in Stuttgart, which was then part of West Germany, to American parents.
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Geoff Tate enrolled in Tacoma Community College after graduating from high school in 1977, but dropped out after a year.
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Geoff Tate then joined the progressive metal band Myth as lead vocalist and keyboardist.
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Geoff Tate was asked to write lyrics to this song, which would become the song "The Lady Wore Black", Geoff Tate's first penned song with the band.
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Around this time, the name The Mob was changed to Queensryche, and Geoff Tate left Myth to become Queensryche's permanent lead singer.
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On June 20,2012, it was announced that Queensryche had fired Geoff Tate, replacing him with Crimson Glory vocalist Todd La Torre.
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Tate withdrew from this conference call, after which the other band members voted to "consider Geoff Tate expelled from the band" and "continue to use the Queensryche name with a new lead singer".
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The statement announced that Geoff Tate had sold the brand Queensryche to Rockenfield, Wilton and Jackson, who together with La Torre and Lundgren are to be "the sole band recording and touring as Queensryche", while former vocalist Geoff Tate solely has the right to play Operation: Mindcrime and Operation: Mindcrime II in their entirety "in unique performances".
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Geoff Tate will be able to finish any confirmed dates billed for his Queensryche lineup scheduled to terminate on August 31st, 2014.
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The tour continued through to September 2014 with several breaks, among others with Geoff Tate touring with his solo band in May 2014.
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In 1985, Geoff Tate participated in the famine relief collaboration Hear 'n Aid.
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In 2002, Geoff Tate released an eponymous solo album on Sanctuary Records.
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On November 6,2012, Geoff Tate released his second solo record on InsideOut Music, entitled Kings and Thieves.
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Geoff Tate was scheduled to score the music to the in-production crime movie Fallen Moon.
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Since 2012, Geoff Tate has attracted some controversy, mostly in part to the circumstances surrounding the split with Queensryche.
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Geoff Tate attracted negative attention for spitting on and physically assaulting Wilton and Rockenfield before and during a show in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on April 14,2012.
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Geoff Tate then married Sue from 1990 until 1996.
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Geoff Tate has three daughters: Sabra, Isabella and Emily, and one stepdaughter, Miranda.
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Geoff Tate is known for involving family members with his musical endeavors.
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Geoff Tate has an interest in acting and enjoys motorcycling and sailing.
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In June 2022 Geoff Tate had an open heart operation in Germany.