22. One More Time [Queensrÿche - Live in Wantagh 1995/07/18]

It's time for some more stuff from the Promised Land tour. This show has both awesome video and audio quality. It was taped by a guy who goes by the name of 'rcsguy664' - and he did a good job of documenting this show! Other camera angles exist, so maybe they too will surface one day. This show is complete, with the audio quality having a very clear sound, and the video showing the band members as well as having good focus on the video screens from time to time. As for the show itself: Queensrÿche plays their entire Promised Land album in full length, albeit not in order. They play a handful of songs from all of Operation: Mindcrime as well as Empire, and also throw in some old classics in the mix. The band also ramped up the theatrical side of the show since the Empire tour, and the show now features more video production, as well stage actors and even a bar on the stage! Being captured on video, it does the show justice, as such things would have otherwise been missed on audio-only bootlegs. As far as the songs goes: Some of the older material like Neue Regel and NM 156 are sung in a lower key, and Geoff avoids some high notes on some of the other older songs as well. There are no bad versions of songs on this show, only some different versions ;) Geoff's voice sounds really raspy and rough compared to previous (and future) years, which is a result of smoking (and perhaps bad vocal habits and other things?), so his tone is different, but he still sings well on this show, and the rest of the band are playing equally well - as if the norm for Queensrÿche. Overall it's a great show, and deserves to be WATCHED. It's an experience in itself, and it's one of the last shows on this mega-tour before Queensrÿche's mega-tour days were coming to an end. Enjoy!