Multi-platinum selling, Grammy nominated singer/songwriter Geoff Tate is best known for his30-plus years as the creative and driving force behind the progressive metal bandQueensryche. Since its inception with Geoff at the helm, Queensryche has sold over 20 millionalbums worldwide and has performed in upwards of fifty countries. Geoff is regarded as one ofthe most skilled vocalists in the genre with hundreds of modern, popular artists citing him andhis former band as a major influence. Combining social consciousness and expertly craftedlyrics with high-energy, melodically complex music, Queensryche with Geoff Tate at the forefrontbecame internationally recognized as the thinking man's rock band. The band's first threealbums -- their self-titled EP (1983), The Warning (1984) and Rage for Order (1986) -- all hitgold status selling over 500,000 units each.