SCOTT ROCKENFIELD'S ONLINE AUCTION
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Scott
Rockenfield is auctioning off one of his drum kits on Ebay!
Check it out!
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GEOFF TATE SEND HIS CONDOLENCES |
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While in London for pre-production for the Warning record in 1984, our producer, James Guthrie, introduced me to Michael Kamen. Both of them had recently worked with Pink Floyd and James thought that a couple of our songs would benefit from Michael's string arrangements. I was in disbelief when James told me rather nonchalantly, that he had booked studio time at Abby Road (the famous studio where the Beatles had recorded so much of their work) to record Kamen's orchestra for the accompanying music to Roads to Madness and No Sanctuary. A few days later, at Abby Road, I met Michael and his little 7 year old daughter and the 35 members of the orchestra. After discussing the approach of the session, Michael passed out the sheet music he had prepared and ran the players over the various parts. At one place during one of the takes for Roads, Michael stopped the orchestra and quietly took a deep breath, looked down at his score, jotted down a couple of changes on the notation, grabbed the chart and ran across the room to the horn section. He leaned over the shoulder of one of the oboe players and after some discussion, came running back to the front podium. He picked up his baton and started them up again and on this take, the 70 something, very conservative English oboe player actually stood up from his chair and laid down an amazingly passionate melodic solo to the applause of the excited and beaming Michael who was jumping up and down with glee. I worked with Michael again a few years later on the arrangements for the song Silent Lucidity in 1990 and he joined Queensryche on stage at the 1992 Grammy Awards in New York. We met again in Seattle in 1994 and wrote music for the film Last Action Hero and in 1995 performed together the Cyberian Rhapsody with the Seattle Symphony, which was the first ever live internet broadcast. Michael was a great big
bear of a personality with wild eyes and a thick main of unruly hair that
framed his face like a lion. When he spoke, he used his hands, arms and in
fact most of his body to express himself. He loved life and he loved people.
He was an aggressive hugger and would grab you and wrap his big arms around
till you felt completely engulfed; he hugged everyone all the time. He had a
wonderful way with people and an amazing ear for music. I am proud to have
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SCOTT ROCKENFIELD SENDS CONDOLENCES |
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"It is with great sadness that we learn of
the passing of our friend Michael Kamen. As many of you know, Michael was an
important part of Queensryche history. His musical and personal involvement
was always a joy for us. Michael was an extremely kind and passionate person
and he will be greatly missed...We bow our heads in his departure...See ya
soon Michael..." |
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SCOTT ROCKENFIELD'S ONLINE AUCTION |
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QUEENSRYCHE.COM IS MOVING |
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Over the next two weeks, queensryche.com will be undergoing a major server upgrade and migration. Because of this, certain areas of the website will be shutdown... this includes the Online Store & Fanclub Sections. E-mail access to any of the Campaign staff members will also be limited and sporadic. Once everything has been successfully moved, we will post a message here notifying everyone. We appreciate everyone's patience, thank you! -Kevin Scurlock ( webmaster@queensryche.com ) |
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MORE REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS |
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Some interviews & reviews for you to read... enjoy! "The King of the Ryche" Queensryche to rock Bottle & Cork Oct. 31 Queensryche: The thinking man's heavy
metal group 10/24 AT THE KESWICK THEATRE IN PA : 5 OUT
OF 5 SETS OF DEVIL HORNS!! The Tribal Instincts Of Queensryche! Classic Rock Revisited presents an
exclusive interview with...Geoff Tate |
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