Queensryche 'The Whisper' Rage for Order tour 1987

Queensryche preforming the song 'The Whisper' whilst on their Rage for Order tour, circa 1987.
Geoff's vocals are excellent on this one.

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• order

[dragonsfire6664]

love geoff, but halford was doing it when geoff was in diapers still, and halford had a few more octaves

[resurgam44]

@dragonsfire6664

I don't think you understand what an octave is; Geoff Tate's range extended (in his prime) from A1-A5, while Halford is confirmed for D2-B5. Ergo, while stylistically very distinct in their vocals, both have similar ranges - though Halford's tends to extend upwards rather than downwards due to his tenor voice type. Also, Halford is only 8 years older than Geoff.

[sobeto28]

@resurgam44 Where halford hits a B5?Anyways,halford uses too much falsetto (live),not to mention that geoff could do anything with his voice,versatile as FUCK,he used to be.

[resurgam44]

@sobeto28

I agree: Geoff is by FAR the better singer - my favourite of all time, actually. Frankly, I don't like really like Halford at all after Stained Class. As far as I can recall, Halford hits a B5 in one of his solo albums. However, since I'm not a huge fan, I can't remember exactly where it shows up.

[StanleyKu]

No rock singer has ever matched Geoff IMO.

[privatechair]

The whole band is from another planet! Geoff great vocalist. Eddie great bassist. Chris and Michael great guitarists. Scott great drummer. Went to see RATT & left a Queensryche fan. Hey people, how many of us can do now what we could do back then? Also, how many of us are better now than we were then? Same goes for Geoff. He can still sing his ass off!

[ablecain68]

Nobody could touch Tate back in the day, not even the Metal God!

[jlmso11568]

@resurgam44 Tate is a singer, Halford is a screamer

[whiskeynale69]

compared to some other singers, Geofff still sounds great, especially for his age..amazing singer!

[2112madman]

@konevnin Yeah I went to the same concert in Waco, TX. Went back stage and met metallica and james hetfield was a real DICK HEAD !!!!! Spoke to Scott for about an hour, he was such a down to earth person and QR put on a way better show than metallica. Master of puppets was the last awesome album that they did.

[tatey39]

@dragonsfire6664

Hahahahahahahahahaha....Halfor­d compares to Tate's voice.....hahahahahahaha. Halford's voice is terrible compared to Geoff Tate's...!!! Like comparing Bruce Dickinson to Pavarotti....hahahahaha

[jroach96]

This shit was WAY ahead of it's time. Truly an innovative band.

[PJB1775]

@richedie Bruce takes good care of himself, Geoff, not so much

[richedie]

Love Ryche by poor olf Geoff can;t pull it off any longer. Some singers can still do it but he can't. It is par of the aging process for most. Strangely enough Bruce Dickinson still seems to be in vocal shape.