Geoff Tate

Quick Facts

Full Name	Geoff Tate
Occupation	Metal Singer
Date Of Birth	Jan 14, 1959(1959-01-14)
Age	65
Birthplace	Stuttgart
Country	Germany
Horoscope	Capricorn

Geoff Tate Biography

Geoff Tate is one of the most popular and richest Metal Singer who was born on January 14, 1959 in Stuttgart, Germany. Singer in the progressive metal group Queensryche which was placed as #14 in the Hit Parader’s 100 Greatest Metal Vocalists of All Time list.

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Tate was born in Stuttgart, which was then part of West Germany, to American parents. His mother’s side of the family is from New Orleans. Shortly after his birth, his family relocated to Tacoma, Washington. Tate had an interest in music from an early age. He was especially interested in symphonic works. Tate wanted to be a football player until a knee injury put an end to that. He enrolled in Tacoma Community College after graduating High School in 1977. He dropped out after a year.

The Mob again called on Tate in 1981, this time to record a demo tape, which he accepted, convincing his bandmates in Myth that getting professional recording experience would benefit all of them in the future. Meanwhile, The Mob already had a set of songs, but one song was still left without lyrics. Tate was asked to write lyrics to this song, which would become the song “The Lady Wore Black”, Tate’s first penned song with the band. The demo tape was widely circulated, and was released as an EP in 1982 on the 206 Records label. Around this time, the name The Mob was changed to Queensrÿche, and Tate left Myth to become Queensrÿche’s permanent lead singer. Myth went on to record the album Arabia after Tate had left.

He was married to his second spouse, Susan M. Tate in the year 1996.

Geoff Tate Net Worth

Geoff Tate is one of the richest Metal Singer from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Geoff Tate 's net worth $12 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was part of the band Babylon that covered songs from other artists.

The couple have launched their own brand wine in the year 2010 – Insania.

Geoff Tate (born Jeffrey Wayne Tate, January 14, 1959; he later changed his first name to Geoffery or Geoffrey) is an American singer and musician. 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.

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Who is Geoff Tate Dating?

According to our records, Geoff Tate married to Susan M. Tate , Sue E. Tate. As of December 1, 2023, Geoff Tate’s is not dating anyone.

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Since 2012, Geoff Tate has attracted some controversy, mostly in part to the circumstances surrounding the split with Queensrÿche (when his bandmates, guitarist Michael Wilton, bassist Eddie Jackson and drummer Scott Rockenfield fired him from the band and replaced him with then-Crimson Glory vocalist Todd La Torre).

Facts & Trivia

Geoff Ranked on the list of most popular Metal Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Geoff Tate celebrates birthday on January 14 of every year.

Until Tate lost the brand Queensrÿche in April 2014 to his former bandmates, his group were promoted by their booking agent under the name “Queensrÿche Starring Geoff Tate the Original Voice”. The lineup would originally feature Rudy Sarzo, Bobby Blotzer, Glen Drover, and two of his former bandmates from the band Myth, Kelly Gray and Randy Gane. Drover left the band on November 23,

2012. On January 25, 2013, his replacement was announced to be guitarist Robert Sarzo (Rudy’s brother), while Blotzer was also replaced on drums by Simon Wright, who has remained since.

Why did Queensrÿche fire Geoff Tate?

Tate was ultimately kicked out of the band because of, per a press release, “ creative differences.” “To have creative differences,” Tate told Rolling Stone, “you have to have two entities or more offering up creative ideas. And that just wasn’t the case. Queensryche has always been my idea.”

Was Geoff Tate an opera singer?

Decades after joining Queensryche, Geoff Tate’s operatic voice can still reach the rafters on metal hits such as “Eyes of a Stranger” and “Walk in the Shadows.”

Will Geoff Tate reunite with Queensrÿche?

Geoff went on to say that he is fine with the prospect of never returning to QUEENSRŸCHE and continuing to pursue his solo career and other projects for the rest of his time as a performing artist. “We did hold it together for years and years and years,” he said.

Is Geoff Tate good singer?

Also known for his incredible tone, Geoff had a knack for being very theatrical and melodramatic in his approach. Able to easily shift from singing light to heavy, he used good mixed voice and could hold those long, epic notes.

Who won Queensrÿche lawsuit?

However, founding guitarist Michael Wilton indicated last week that the two warring factions were about to call a truce. Long-time members Eddie Jackson, Scott Rockenfield and Wilton have been granted rights to the Queensryche name. Meanwhile, Tate is going forward as ‘the Voice of Queensryche.