Queensryche: American Soldier
I just discovered this tonight. Geoff Tate, singer and songwriter, created an album that has come from his experiences interviewing soldiers from WWII through the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. According to his posts, he was talking with his father about what it meant to “Support the Troops” and discovered something much deeper. He ended up taping the conversations and showing them to his family. His wife told him he should write a song, but his own journey led him to write an entire album based on interviews with many veterans and soldiers.
Although I have never been big on what I consider “Hair Band” type music, the song that was on the website sounded pretty good. I have to applaud Geoff Tate and Queensryche for attempting to convey such heavy subjects through music. I couldn’t find anything about whether or not any proceeds would go to help soldiers or veterans though. At any rate, it surprised me to see not just a whole song, but an entire album dedicated to soldiers. The site has some more information and the album is due out at the end of March.
Here is the Amazon link, and I’ll put some bullets after the break for those whose ADD might preclude them from searching through the site themselves..
