KELLY GRAY
In January 1998,
Chris DeGarmo announced his departure from the band he co-founded. After
several months of discussions, the position was filled by longtime
Queensr˙che friend and producer Kelly Gray. “I’ve known Kelly
about 20 years,” Tate says, “he fit right in and really added an
important ingredient to the writing chemistry the four of us already
had.” “We were the long-haired outcasts,” says drummer Scott
Rockenfield, who attended high school with Gray, “more interested in
playing music after school than just hanging out.” “I like to work
interactively with another guitar player,” adds guitarist Michael
Wilton. “When I jammed with Kelly for the first time it was like an
instant marriage. It was natural and just clicked. We wrote The Right
Side Of My Mind that day.”
With Gray now in the mix, the band found themselves re-energized,
creating compelling new songs such as the soulful “When the Rain
Comes…,” the quirky “Liquid Sky” and the sexy groove of “Sacred Ground.”
“I hadn’t felt like singing in a long time,” says Tate, “but the guys
just kept coming up with really inspiring music and I found myself
flooded with ideas and working at a feverish pace. Plus the general
morale of the band was at an all time high, we hadn’t felt like a band
in years.”
With the extraordinary Q2K, the new and improved Queensr˙che took their
music to the next plateau Queensr˙che toured for Q2K for a year and
Kelly is now part of the family. Still something was missing. They were
not getting support they needed from Atlantic and wanted to try a more
aggressive and personal label. The choice was made and the band signed
with Sanctuary Records in July of 2001. The band felt they wanted to
start with Sanctuary by recapping the last 20 years with a live album
and the new double live album, “Live Evolution” was recorded at the
Moore Theater in Seattle on July 27th and 28th. "We were looking for a
way to best describe and define what Queensr˙che has been for the past
20 years," Rockenfield says. "After 20 years of playing in Queensr˙che
and having heard numerous live bootlegs that sound like crap, 'Live
Evolution' is the answer for those who hold dear the magic that happens
at a live Queensr˙che show," says Wilton. . The album was released on
September 25th and a DVD and VHS home video is set for release on Oct.
9.
You can also
find Kelly Gray
featured on the following albums & side projects:
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DUTY: |
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Queensr˙che
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Live Evolution
(CD and DVD) |
Engineer, Audio
Engineer |
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Nevermore
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Enemies of
Reality |
Producer,
Engineer, Mixing |
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Pay the Girl
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Pay the Girl |
Producer,
Engineer, Mixing |
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The 100th
Monkey |
The 100th
Monkey |
Mixing
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Queensr˙che
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Live Evolution
(Japanese Import) |
Engineer,
Guitar |
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Queensr˙che
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Live Evolution |
Engineer,
Guitar |
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Various Artists
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ECW Anarchy
Rocks Extreme Music, Vol. 2 |
Mixing
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Unwritten Law
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Unwritten Law
(Australia 2000 Tour Edition) |
Mixing
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Various Artists
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MTV The Return
of the Rock, Vol. 2 (Clean) |
Mixing
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Various Artists
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MTV: The Return
of the Rock, Vol. 2 |
Mixing
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U.P.O.
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No Pleasantries |
Mixing
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Queensr˙che
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Q2k |
Mixing
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Second Coming
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Second Coming
(Mercury) |
Producer,
Engineer, Mixing |
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Unwritten Law
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Unwritten Law |
Mixing
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Brother Cane
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Wishpool |
Producer,
Engineer, Mixing |
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Bob Rivers
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More Twisted
Christmas |
Producer,
Engineer |
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Dokken
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Shadowlife |
Producer,
Engineer, Mixing |
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Sweaty Nipples
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Thrill Crazed
Space Kids Blasting the Flesh Off Humans |
Producer,
Engineer |
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Candlebox
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Lucy |
Guitar
(Rhythm), Producer, Engineer, Guitar |
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Various Artists
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Working Class
Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon |
Producer,
Engineer, Mixing |
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Redbelly
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Redbelly |
Producer,
Engineer |
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Sybil Vane
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Sybil Vane |
Producer,
Engineer, Mixing |
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Candlebox
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Far Behind |
Producer,
Engineer, Mixing |
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Sweaty Nipples
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Bug Harvest |
Producer,
Mixing |
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Pride & Glory
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Pride & Glory |
Mixing
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Candlebox
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Candlebox |
Producer,
Engineer, Mixing |
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