The music industry is gasping for breath. Metal is still considered outside of the mainstream despite a recent resurgence. And veteran rockers are not exactly hip in America.

But Seattle-based metal legends Queensrÿche — core members vocalist Geoff Tate, guitarist Michael Wilton, bassist Eddie Jackson, and drummer Scott Rockenfield — keep marching to their own beat and are surviving and thriving in a business that is experiencing massive upheaval.
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