Geoff Tate

For the album, see Geoff Tate (album). For other people, see Jeff Tate (disambiguation).

Geoff Tate
Tate in 2018
Tate in 2018
Background information
Birth nameJeffrey Wayne Tate
Born (1959-01-14) January 14, 1959 (age 65)
Stuttgart, West Germany
OriginTacoma, Washington, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • keyboards
  • saxophone
Years active1978–present
Websitegeofftate.com

Geoff Tate (born Jeffrey Wayne Tate,[1] January 14, 1959; he later changed his first name to Geoffery or Geoffrey)[1][2][3][4] is an American singer and songwriter. He rose to fame with the progressive metal band Queensrÿche, who had commercial success with their 1988 album Operation: Mindcrime and 1990 album Empire. Tate is ranked fourteenth on Hit Parader's list of the 100 Greatest Metal Vocalists of All Time. He was voted No. 2 on That Metal Show's top 5 hard rock vocalists of the 1980s. In 2012, he won the Vegas Rocks! Magazine Music Award for "Voice in Progressive Heavy Metal". In 2015, he placed ninth on OC Weekly's list of the 10 Best High-Pitched Metal Singers. After his farewell tour as Queensrÿche, he renamed his band Operation: Mindcrime, after the Queensrÿche album of the same name.[5][6][7][8]

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  2. ^ "Declaration of Randall Rutherford Gane" (PDF). Court declaration. June 12, 2012. Retrieved December 7, 2012.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Declaration of Counsel, Thomas T. Osinski Jr" (PDF). Court declaration. June 9, 2012. Retrieved December 19, 2012.[permanent dead link] (Pp. 11, 48).
  4. ^ Niklaus Drakul (September 1, 2012), GT EPK, archived from the original on December 13, 2021, retrieved June 13, 2019
  5. ^ Chad Childers (August 29, 2012). "Sammy Hagar, Geoff Tate + David Coverdale among Honorees at Vegas Rocks Awards". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
  6. ^ "Operation: Mindcrime | The Key". Operation: Mindcrime | The Key. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  7. ^ "QUEENSRŸCHE: More Settlement Details Revealed In Dispute Over Ownership Of Name". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. May 5, 2014. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  8. ^ "GEOFF TATE's QUEENSRŸCHE To Forge Ahead As OPERATION: MINDCRIME". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. July 30, 2014. Retrieved May 16, 2016.