CAROLYN MCCOY PHOTOGRAPHY, WORDS & DRONE
  • Home
  • Drone Photography & Videos
  • Photo Essays & Music Reviews
  • Professional/Business Photo Shoots
    • Headshots
    • Promotional Photo Shoots
    • Live Gig Photo Shoots
    • Products & Business Shoots
  • Personal Photo Shoots
    • Weddings & Engagements
    • Boudoir Photo Shoots
    • Parties & Events
    • Kids, Pets, Families
  • Testimonials
  • Carolyn McCoy's Bio

Queensrÿche - Slim's -3/29/19

4/12/2019

0 Comments

 
Picture
Rewind: 1984. I was a teenaged metalhead living in Seattle when the heavy, progressive, hard rockers Queensrÿche first entered into my listening sphere. The releases of their epic and hard-driving “Queen Of The Reich” and “Take Hold Of The Flame” were part of a perfect soundtrack to my teen angst, with shredding guitars, ass-whooping baselines and tons of screaming vocals.  I was a fan of the band up until the 90’s, but then life and other musical adventures took me to places unknown and Queensrÿch disappeared from my radar.
 
Fast forward: 2019. “What? Queensrÿche still tours? They have been pumping out album after album after album since my initial induction into their musical world? WOW! No Way!” I think. And yet here they are, on tour with a sold-out pit stop at Slim’s in San Francisco with most of the founding members alive and kicking, and they are still making seriously awesome metal.
Picture
Picture
Picture
The songs of Queensrÿche are more than just flashy metal tunes, as the lyrical content is both beautiful and thought-provoking at times, like the gorgeous ballad of their big hit “Silent Lucidity” and the searing crash of “Take Hold Of The Flame”. The current band lineup is in incredible form, with two of the original founding members, guitarist Michael Wilton and bassist Eddie Jackson as well as newer members and drummer Casey Grillo, guitarist Parker Lundgren and Todd La Torre, who’s vocals soared and growled just as well as original singer Geoff Tate (who was replaced in 2012).  With a visually stimulating light-graphics show illuminated behind them, they ripped apart the stage with songs from many of their outstanding 15-album back stock including the hard-hitting rockers “I Am I”, “Condition Human”, Open Road” and “Eyes Of A Stranger”. At one point, singer La Torre states, “Now we’re gonna bring it up a notch!” (as if they hadn’t already) and blasted out  “Queen Of The Reich” with sheer sonic force amid audience head bangs and fist pumps.  
Picture
Picture
Sound has a habit of bringing back memories for us humans. Song in particular has the most profound effect in that way. The music I heard live with Queensrÿche’s show not only satiated my adult self but my inner-14-year-old self squealed with glee, and It seemed my youth came crashing back to me in one night of heavy metal madness.
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Carolyn McCoy

    Archives

    February 2023
    November 2022
    September 2022
    April 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    June 2021
    March 2021
    January 2021
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    August 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    May 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.