QUEENSRŸCHE Vocalist Geoff Tate - "I Doubt That Chris DeGarmo Will Get On Stage Again"
February 18, 2011, 13 years ago
QUEENSRŸCHE vocalist Geoff Tate is featured in a new interview with the Greece-based Rockpages webzine. An excerpt is available below.
Q: Now that you have Parker in the band, I remember, at some point, you saying “I have a kick-ass band!” Do you ever take the time to, well, not compare, but consider the “old” band and the “new” one?
Geoff Tate: "No."
Q: I mean, there’s no point, but do you ever do that?
Geoff Tate: "No, not really. You mean with Chris (DeGarmo/guitars) in the band?
Q: "Even with Mike Stone…"
Geoff Tate: "Not really, no. You know, I’m still friends with Stone, I’m still friends with Chris, I’m still friends with Kelly Gray. It’s just, musically, sometimes things don’t quite work out. People get involved with different projects.We always said that after Chris left we wouldn’t ever had a permanent second guitarist. And that seems to be working really well for us. We all like that; collaborate with different people, it kinda keeps things fresh for us."
Q: At some point I was wondering if a one-off with Chris would be an idea. Not a good idea necessarily, just an idea…
Geoff Tate: "I doubt that Chris will get on stage again, really. He’s not into that. He hadn’t picked up a guitar in a couple of years."
Click here for the complete interview.
