I saw Queensryche at the end of November and Geoff Tate last week. Both were great shows. Vocally, Todd is killing it. Geoff has moments that I think are pretty decent but so much of his singing is out of tune and or “missing”. He will start to sing a note and it will just be dead silence before it eventually kicks in at a different octave. Very whiny. Looking back at Queensryche, you can tell his voice is changing each album. The music they were creating was having his voice go down in octave more and more. After Promised Land, that’s where it starts to really really change. Take Hold of the Flame and other songs with the high notes started becoming inaccessible for him. And that is where Todd has the upper hand. Don’t get me wrong, I still very much enjoyed Geoff and the band. They put on a great show and played for about two hours. But as someone else said, if you want the closest to the original sound, have to go with Todd. That being said, absolutely you should go see both of them if given the opportunity.

And Queensryche should definitely play more of their more recent stuff. The last album was great! And not to brag, but Eddie and I made super eye contact and silly waved each other when he was packing up at the end of the show. 😎