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. He rose to fame with the progressive metal band Queensr che, 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 Queensr che, he renamed his band Operation: Mindcrime, after the Queensr che album of the same name.
instruments played
keyboards
Piano
saxophone
Vocals
Associated Acts
Queensr che, Operation: Mindcrime, Hear 'n Aid, Avantasia
Birth Name
Jeffrey Wayne Tate
Genres
Heavy metal progressive metal alternative metal power metal hard rock
Occupations
Singer, songwriter
Origin
Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
Website
Years Active
1978 present
Name
Geoff Tate
Nationality
United States of America, West German