QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Parker Lundgren is featured in a new interview with Ice.Vajal.com. An excerpt is available below:

Q: Once you were in the (original) band, when did you notice friction between Geoff Tate and the rest of the band?

Lundrgren: "You know, it's one of those things where I just wanted to be there and do a good job. Whatever they had going on, it was all behind closed doors. I wasn't really part of it, the business aspect of it, so I really didn't know what was going on until this year when all the court documents became public. I just kinda tried to stay out of it. But there's always differences in little things, like what songs everybody wanted to play in the set, or what kind of tour to do...just little things like that. There were always creative differences, but it was never anything out of hand like that."

Q: You were on the last album with Geoff, Addicted to Chaos. How was that album different than the one you just finished, Queensrÿche?

Lundgren: "It was so different. Previously, it almost felt like there was a battle between what songs to use, mainly the producers. It was almost like they wanted to cut the band out of it, even being a part of the process. That's how I felt. There were songs that ended up on the record that I never even heard. The record comes out and I'm like, 'I never heard that song when we were in the studio.' It was just bizarre. Whereas this record, we worked on every song together. It all happened super organically. Everybody would contribute to everything, and it worked out a lot better. We're really happy about this record."

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Queensrÿche have launched the official music video for their self titled album’s first single 'Fallout' via YouTube. The video was filmed in Gelsenkirchen, Germany during the annual Rock Hard Festival this past May and features footage from the band’s set and some behind-the-scenes shots.

Queensrÿche's new self-titled album, featuring new singer Todd La Torre replacing former singer Geoff Tate, landed at #23 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling approximately 13,500 copies in the US in it's first week out.

The new album has received critical acclaim including BraveWords review explaining: “This self-titled slab of faith-restoring metal boasts the return of the almighty riff, twin guitar leads, and brazen in-your-face melodies.”

Queensrÿche is Todd La Torre (vocals), Michael Wilton (guitars), Parker Lundgren (guitars), Eddie Jackson (bass) and Scott Rockenfield (drums).