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Mindcrime At The Moore is a two disk set that features Queensrÿche's historic performance of the entire Operation: Mindcrime saga during a sold out, three-night run, at the Moore Theater, in their hometown of Seattle, Wash., on the 13th, 14th, and 15th of October 2006. They pulled out all the stops here, reprising Pamela Moore in her seminal role as Sister Mary, using several additional actors to portray the main characters in the story, such as Nikki and Dr. X, and effectively using video imagery to help illustrate the story line.

The first set begins with an animated video interpretation of "I Remember Now," which is shown on a single big screen, positioned at the rear-center of the stage. "Anarchy-X" kicks off dramatically with the Seattle Seahawks Drum Line marching out on stage to augment the rest of the band who have already taken up their designated positions. Well, you pretty much know what comes next, because both Mindcrime albums are performed in order, in their entirety. The highlights of this performance were pretty much the highlights from each album.

"Revolution Calling" couldn't be more relevant today, especially with the current political climate in the U.S. Geoff Tate, or Tate's character, is holding up a sign that has "U.S. OUT OF IRAQ" on one side, and "WAR IS TERRORISM" on the other, while REVOLUTION is occasionally splashed across the screen in big, white letters. There are plenty more anti-Bush sentiments injected throughout the rest of the set as well. Other highlights include "Spreading the Disease" with Tate and the Pamela Moore, still in pre-Sister Mary prostitute attire, each turning in stunning vocal performances. Moore still looks and sings great, and Tate's vocals have never sounded more powerful and in control, even though he has to sing while fully engrossed in his character.

There are much more theatrics and acting going on during this performance, compared to Operation: Livecrime. Geoff Tate's amazing singing was no great surprise, but his superb acting skills certainly were. Now I'm certainly no theater or acting critic, but during some of the more intense and emotional scenes, such as throughout "The Mission" and "Suite Sister Mary," I found myself scribbling "young Brando" in my notes during Tate's performance. Okay, maybe I got a little carried away, but Tate certainly deserves some type of rock opera acting award, if there ever were such a thing.

The band's performance of the Mindcrime I set was exceptionally tight and dynamic. The few improvisational liberties they took were mostly during "Electric Requiem" and "My Empty Room," where Michael Wilton and Mike Stone added some fresh new guitar interplay. Stone, who joined the band on the Tribe tour, lays down some exceptional guitar work throughout the show, but his ridiculous looking punk-rocker Mohawk was very distracting and stood out like a sore thumb amongst these prog-metal veterans. "Eyes Of A Stranger" forcefully closed out the first set leaving me anxious for more and stunned by the incredible set I had just witnessed. Easily a 10+ rating so far.


De gegevens:

Colour: NTSC
Aspect ratio: 16:9 en 4:3
Geluid concert: DD 5.1
Cover, labels en inlay: ja
Runtime: 71 minuten

Setlist:

01. I Remember Now
02. Anarchy-X
03. Revolution Calling
04. Operation: Mindcrime
05. Speak
06. Spreading the Disease
07. The Mission
08. Suite Sister Mary
09. The Needle Lies
10. Electric Requiem
11. Breaking the Silence
12. I Don't Believe in Love
13. Waiting for 22
14. My Empty Room
15. Eyes of a Stranger