QUEENSRŸCHE Drummer Scott Rockenfield On New Album - " I Think We’ll Have It Done Within The Next Four To Six Months"

August 10, 2014, 10 years ago

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QUEENSRŸCHE Drummer Scott Rockenfield On New Album - " I Think We’ll Have It Done Within The Next Four To Six Months"

Queensrÿche drummer Scott Rockenfield is featured in a new interview with pop-break.com discussing the band's new lease on life. An excerpt is available below:

Q: You kind of went back to the old sound for that last record, what kind of stuff can we expect for this next record?

Scott Rockenfield: "Our old sound was kind of our thing, and I think we just found what Queensrÿche was good at, and we really wanted to do that. I think it really bought us back to the essence of some of that old material that we did together. It was honest material, and I think that record was one of the most honest records we’ve made. It really shows just 'us' all around, and our fans response and the press’s response…people all over the world listened was happy, and it was quite overwhelming! So, I think it’s a great thing, for us to find that.

As for what’s coming next, I don’t really have a defined answer for you because we never really know. We tend to not really define it until it’s done, but we’ve been working on it quite a bit, so it will soon kind of lay itself out. But it’s going to be us…it’s just going to be us. It’s gonna be what we do in the best fashion possible.

I think you can say that there will be a lot of the elements from the last record in it. The energy and the chemistry and the honesty and the unity…all of that stuff will be in it, and hopefully the icing on the cake will be that we wrote really great songs and people enjoy what they listen to.

I don’t think they’re not going to, to be honest. We’re really good salesmen now because we feel so good about it! (laughs) Now we just have to do it! I think we’ll have it done within the next four to six months, after we get through putting it all together and stuff. It’s a great blessing, and it’s really a lot of fun for us."

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Queensrÿche featuring vocalist Todd La Torre performed live at the Empire Casino inYonkers, NY on July 21st. Fan-filmed video from the show is available below:

With the Queensrÿche canvas wiped completely clean and the band's easel the strongest and most stable it's been in years, Eddie Jackson, Todd LaTorre, Parker Lundgren, Scott Rockenfield and Michael Wilton forge ahead to create yet another QR masterpiece. The band has already begun writing new material for the follow up to their self-titled 2013 Century Media Records release, Queensrÿche. The new album is tentatively scheduled for release in early summer 2015.

"The Queensrÿche internal dynamic has certainly changed in terms of musicianship. It's more of a cohesive team and the chemistry we have now is making what we can do creatively limitless. For Queensrÿche, it was always about being able to write together as a band. We didn't have that for a long time but now that it's back, we feel extremely liberated," states founding guitarist Michael Wilton. "We've already begun the writing process for the next album and have a few songs demoed that we feel really good about. We're taking the songs in the classic Queensrÿche direction but maybe a little more progressive and heavier at times. The thing is, you never know what you really have until it's complete. We can't wait for the final outcome. Writing with such a dynamic group of individuals has been nothing short of amazing."

Queensrÿche recently reached a settlement in their dispute over the ownership of the Queensrÿche name and brand. Century Media is pleased to announce that Eddie Jackson, Scott Rockenfield and Michael Wilton have successfully agreed to purchase Geoff Tate's portion of the Queensrÿche name. The band will buy out their former lead singer's share of the Queensrÿche corporation while allowing him the ability to be the only one to perform Operation: Mindcrime and Operation: Mindcrime II in their entirety. He will no longer have use of the TriRyche logo or any other album images aside from the Mindcrime releases. He can only refer to himself as the "Original Lead Singer of Queensrÿche or "Formerly of Queensrÿche" for a period of two years and that text must be at least 50% smaller than his name in all materials. After this two year period passes, he can only refer to himself as Geoff Tate with no mention of Queensrÿche at all. Geoff Tate will be able to finish any confirmed dates billed for his Queensrÿche lineup scheduled to terminate on August 31st, 2014. As of September 1st, there will be only one Queensrÿche entity and that will consist of Eddie Jackson, Todd LaTorre, Parker Lundgren, Scott Rockenfield and Michael Wilton. This lineup will continue to perform selections from their entire musical catalog including songs from Operation: Mindcrime. The band will be able to use all TriRyche logos and previous album artwork for any purposes as needed by the corporation.

Queensrÿche is:

Todd La Torre - vocals

Michael Wilton - guitars

Parker Lundgren - guitars

Eddie Jackson - bass

Scott Rockenfield - drums

Confirmed 2014 Tour Dates:

August

31 - Wauconda, IL - Farm Rock 2014

October

11 - Las Vegas, NV - Eastside Cannery Casino

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