Composer
Geoff Tate
American singer
b. 1959
6 works in the index
- Born
- 1959
- Birthplace
- Stuttgart
- Citizenship / historical state
- United States
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Geoff Tate (born Jeffrey Wayne Tate, January 14, 1959; he later changed his first name to Geoffery or Geoffrey) is an American singer and songwriter best known as the former lead vocalist of 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.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- singer; composer; saxophonist; lyricist; musician
- Education
- Woodrow Wilson High School
- Recorded memberships
- Queensrÿche; Operation: Mindcrime; Sweet Oblivion
- Official website
- https://www.geofftate.com/
- VIAF ID
- 87548371; 19074696
- ISNI
- 0000000060891379
- GND ID
- 1033551635
- Library of Congress ID
- n2004070675
- MusicBrainz ID
- 8382718b-c4e2-4200-8667-5b845b5da6ac
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Guitar
- Works with composition dates
- 0 of 6
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Works
Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.
| Work | Year composed | Catalogue / opus | Key in title | Listed instruments | Genre | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empire | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Jet City Woman | — | — | — | Guitar | — | 1 |
| Another Rainy Night | — | — | — | Guitar | — | 1 |
| I Don't Believe In Love | — | — | — | Guitar | — | 1 |
| Eyes Of A Stranger | — | — | — | Guitar | — | 1 |
| Revolution Calling | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 19074696. Portrait: Klaus Hellmerich, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.