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Screaming in Digital - Editor's Note

   Hi, everyone! As promised, I've gotten a little more caught up on
   sending this out, now that I've adjusted to my new work schedule. I
   had a great time putting this issue together, and moving the digest to
   a different host machine. Please note the new addresses for everything
   - and yes, that is an e-mail address for the fan club, now that you
   mention it. More on that below. ;)
   
   
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Contents - Contributors

   Fan Club Contact?
   Promised Land Reviews - Kevin
   Tour Dates? - Will
   Hard Rock Digest Poll Results - Michael
   Media Coverage - Dave
   Queensryche on Rockline - Kevin
   Promised Land College Airplay - Nikolai
   Sleeve Errors - Tom
   Geoff's Voice - Timothy
   Bridge - Kevin
   License Plates - Kevin
   License Plates - Stephen
   License Plates - Nikolai
   Someone Else? - Michael
   Bootlegs & Imports - Matthew
   Japanese Promised Land - Dave
   Promised Land Pictures - Dan
   Queensryche Unplugged
   Promised Land - Timothy
   Lady Jane chant - Timothy
   Lady Jane Whisper
   Nikki's Comeback - Mark
   Vampire Promised Land? - Jesselyn
   License Plate? - Robert
   Stuff to Trade - Dave
   Promised Land Ale - Tom
   
   
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Neue Regel - News & Reviews

   Fan Club Contact? - (rycherox@aol.com)
   
   I'm a member of the fan club, and like many others I've been without
   so much as a newsletter for months. I'll write to them if necessary,
   but can anyone tell me if anyone connected with the fan club has an
   on-line account anywhere? This being the information age and all,
   chances are good that there may be a way to reach the fan club without
   having to wait for days. Also, I'm fairly new to the fan club, and I'm
   wondering what kind of stuff do they send out during the band's tours
   and new album releases? I received the postcards for Promised Land;
   what neat little trinkets have come from them in the past?
   
          Postcards seem to be standard fare. As for on-line access, Tina
          - head of the fan club - recently contacted me, stating that
          "many fans have asked if we are on the Internet," and I am
          going to be working with her to make information from the fan
          club available on-line. She doesn't have access yet, but we'll
          be working on that too. -sh
          
   
   
   Promised Land Reviews - Kevin (laferrie@bashfull.usmcs.maine.edu)
   
   Here's what Request magazine thought of Promised Land: "Promised Land
   (EMI), the first studio effort in four years from the popular
   progressive hard-rock outfit Queensryche, takes a marked turn away
   from the style of the band's 1990 hit album, Empire. While that effort
   was proud, defiant, and compassionate, Promised Land is a darker
   world, filled with songs about regret, alienation, and psychic and
   emotional distress, veering from heavy rockers to haunting lullabies.
   It's the group's most personal and experimental yet, and quite
   possibly its least commercial."
   
   Tour Dates? - Will (will@freedom.nmsu.edu)
   
   Does anyone have any idea when the new tour dates will be released?
   And if they have been released, where can they be found?
   
          The first thing Tina asked me to do for the fan club on-line
          was provide this list of tentative dates for Queensryche's 1995
          European tour to everyone!
          
          Feb 01, 1995 at the SFX in Dublin, Ireland.
          Feb 02, 1995 at the Ulster Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
          Feb 04, 1995 in Scotland.
          Feb 05, 1995 at the Apollo in Manchester, UK.
          Feb 06, 1995 at the City Hall in Sheffield, UK.
          Feb 08, 1995 at the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton, UK.
          Feb 09, 1995 at the Newport Centre, UK.
          Feb 10, 1995 at the Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, UK.
          Feb 12, 1995 at the Hugenottenhalle in Neu-Isenburg, Germany.
          Feb 13, 1995 at the Docks in Hamburg, Germany.
          Feb 15, 1995 at the Alexander Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.
          Feb 16, 1995 at the Rockefeller in Oslo, Norway.
          Feb 17, 1995 at the Stockholm Cirkus in Stockholm, Sweden.
          Feb 19, 1995 at Huxley's Neue Welt in Berlin, Germany.
          Feb 20, 1995 at Terminal One in Munich, Germany.
          Feb 21, 1995 at the Forum in Ludwigsburg, Germany.
          Feb 23, 1995 at E-Werk in Cologne, Germany.
          Feb 24, 1995 at the Capitol in Hannover, Germany.
          Feb 26, 1995 at La Luna in Brussels, Belgium.
          Feb 27, 1995 at Ahoy in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
          Mar 01, 1995 in Switzerland.
          Mar 02, 1995 in Milan, Italy.
          Mar 03, 1995 in Modena, Italy.
          Mar 05, 1995 at the Zeleste in Barcelona, Spain.
          Mar 06, 1995 at the Aqualung in Madrid, Spain.
          Mar 08, 1995 in France.
          Mar 09, 1995 at the Elysee Montmatre in Paris, France.
          Mar 11, 1995 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK.
          Mar 12, 1995 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK (Optional).
          
          Some of the venues have not yet been decided, and the dates are
          not definite, but the list should be accurate to within a few
          days. -sh
          
   
   
   Hard Rock Digest Poll Results - Michael (mikeb@cs.brandeis.edu)
   
   The hard rock digest recently had a poll for their 100th issue, and I
   found some of the results quite interesting and refreshing.
   
   Queensryche were voted the best hard rock artists, and best hard rock
   live act, and also the band "pushing the boundaries" of hard rock the
   most. Geoff was voted best hard rock vocalist, and Scott placed fourth
   in the voting for drummers. Rush, Dream Theater and Fates Warning were
   also well-represented in the voting.
   
   Media Coverage - Dave (dwb4025@acs.tamu.edu)
   
   The January 1995 issues of Livewire and Hit Parader both have articles
   on Queensryche. The Hit Parader article has a glaring mistake in it,
   in which the author lists the title of Silent Lucidity as Without You
   - I have no idea where he came up with that.
   
   Queensryche on Rockline - Kevin (laferrie@bashfull.usmcs.maine.edu)
   
   Does anyone know when Queensryche will be on Rockline?
   
          As reported by Mike in the last issue - and now confirmed by
          Tina - Queensryche will be on Rockline on November 28th. -sh
          
   
   
   
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Speak - Comments & Questions

   Promised Land College Airplay - Nikolai (dubi6688@uwwvax.uww.edu)
   
   I work at the college radio station. When we got Promised Land a few
   days before the release, my cohorts and myself sat down and listened
   to it. All of us thought it was great right away. Ever since its
   release to us, it hasn't dropped out of the top five. Milwaukee
   stations are also playing quite a mix off the new one - everything
   from I Am I to Bridge. Even Riki Rachtman gave the album lots of
   thumbs up and raved about Bridge.
   
   Sleeve Errors - Tom (tmurphy@sun490.fdu.edu)
   
   Did anyone notice that there were quite a few errors in the sleeve in
   Promised Land? For example, there are an extra two lines Geoff sings
   at the end of Lady Jane that aren't in the sleeve. There is a whole
   verse printed in My Global Mind that isn't even touched, and the time
   listed for Promised Land is 30 seconds longer than it actually is. Has
   anyone else noticed this, or am I just being a bit picky? :)
   
   Geoff's Voice - Timothy (76146@ef.pvc.maricopa.edu)
   
   Someone else commented that Geoff's voice is not the same as what it
   was. In particular, they mentioned Someone Else?, saying he was raspy.
   Why should it be the same as what it was? He has aged, and with age,
   our voices do not alway sound the same. His voice still sounds
   awesome.
   
   Bridge - Kevin (laferrie@bashfull.usmcs.maine.edu)
   
   I think that Bridge is one of their best ballads, and I also defend
   the use of the line "you never built it dad" in the song. After all,
   it is a song about Chris's relationship with his dad.
   
   License Plates - Kevin (ryche@popmail.mcs.com)
   
   I have a Queensryche license plate. I'm from Indiana and the license
   plate says "QSRYCHE."
   
   License Plates - Stephen (sgorny1@umbc2.umbc.edu)
   
   I have a Queensryche related license plates. It is a Virginia plate
   and reads "NU REGEL."
   
   License Plates - Nikolai (dubi6688@uwwvax.uww.edu)
   
   After seeing the concert in Milwaukee, 5/11/91, I saw a personalized
   one that said "RYCHE 1". There are many others that I've seen such as
   "LD ZPLN" and "J JOPLIN." I've thought about doing the same for my
   car, when and if I get one.
   
   Someone Else? - Michael (mumjp@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu)
   
   I think the crackling noise at the end of Someone Else? is Geoff's
   voice. It sounds to me like he's really pushing himself a couple times
   near the end of the song; the crackling you hear is coming from his
   voice because it's being forced so much. You who are singers probably
   know that this is not the healthiest thing in the world to do,
   vocally.
   
   
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Spreading the Disease - Info & Resources

   Bootlegs & Imports - Matthew (msj2134@ritvax.isc.rit.edu)
   
   I'm going to be in England for Christmas and am planning on searching
   Tower Records in London for Queensryche bootlegs and imports. I'm more
   likely to get extra copies of stuff if I know other people are
   interested in buying them off me when I return to the States. I'm not
   looking for a profit, just a possible trade for other hard-to-get
   stuff. I would like to get my hands on a recording from the MTV
   Unplugged or maybe the full band version of Someone Else?.
   
   Being in Rochester, I'm fortunate enough to have the world's largest
   music store, the House of Guitars, right down the way, so I may see
   some interesting selections there in the future. If anyone has
   anything interesting or is looking for anything interesting, please
   E-mail me.
   
   Japanese Promised Land - Dave (dwb4025@acs.tamu.edu)
   
   I got the Japanese Promised Land a couple of weeks ago. The extra
   version of Someone Else? is really good. I'm not sure which version I
   like better, as each is very different from the other. The extra
   version also has different lyrics at parts, and is over 7 minutes
   long.
   
   Promised Land Pictures - Dan (vilkata@iastate.edu)
   
   I scanned the entire totem pole picture from the Promised Land CD.
   There are two versions - the little square that you can see when it's
   all folded up in the jewel case and the full picture.
   
   To get these and my other Queensryche scans, FTP to las1.iastate.edu,
   isum1.iastate.edu, or isum2.iastate.edu. Login as anonymous.vilkata
   and use your e-mail address as the password. Set the file type to
   binary cd to the Queensryche directory, and get whatever you want.
   QR.desc is a textfile describing all the pictures; this is the only
   text file in the directory. The new ones are called Promised_Land_big
   and Promised_Land_small. They are both JPEGs.
   
   Queensryche Unplugged - (rycherox@aol.com)
   
   Queensryche's Unplugged set included I Will Remember, The Killing
   Words, Della Brown, Silent Lucidity and The Lady Wore Black. It was
   one of the best Unplugged shows to date, and I'd welcome a return
   engagement. Maybe I should post the idea to eMpTyV on its America
   Online board.
   
   Did any Screaming in Digital readers get to be at the Unplugged
   taping? I want to know if they did anything else that wasn't shown on
   TV.
   
          Reportedly they also played Anybody Listening and Scarborough
          Fair. -sh
          
   
   
   
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The Whisper - Discussion

   Promised Land - Timothy (76146@ef.pvc.maricopa.edu)
   
   I am pleased with Promised Land, unlike some who feel that the album
   is a step back for Queensryche. Some people say they were expecting
   another concept album - and I heard rumors of another concept album -
   but this is Queensryche, and they are a progressive metal band that
   likes to change. As far as I'm concerned, I'm a true fan that loves
   all of Queensryche's material, including Promised Land. To those fans
   who were disappointed, what were you expecting?
   
   
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The Killing Words - Interpretation

   Lady Jane chant - Timothy (76146@ef.pvc.maricopa.edu)
   
   At the beginning of Lady Jane, from what I can tell I believe they are
   saying "Lady Janie hides away, says she'll play another day." I could
   be wrong, but this what I feel they are saying.
   
   Lady Jane Whisper - (rycherox@aol.com)
   
   I've given the Lady Jane whisper a few dozen listens, and the only
   thing I can come up with is "with me to..." The last word is two
   syllables and starts with "to." Judging by their hairstyles lately,
   maybe the voice is saying, "with my toupee?"
   
   Nikki's Comeback - Mark (mjohnson@noc.nemostate.edu)
   
   It was mentioned in last week's digest that Geoff said Nikki was
   trying to make a comeback. It reminded me of something that has been
   rolling around in the back of my head. It seems that the person
   singing Someone Else? could be Nikki. But, the singer does seem more
   optimistic than I imagine Nikki would ever get a chance to be.
   
   Vampire Promised Land? - Jesselyn (ip15100@portland.caps.maine.edu)
   
   It is pretty well established that we, not being the authors, will
   never know the meaning of a song. Fine. We go on analyzing them
   anyway, attempting to find that hidden meaning that we know must be
   there. We can dig up points that might actually mean nothing
   significant, and hold them as proof to support our theories.
   
   I propose this: There are several songs in Promised Land that have
   elements of vampirism in them. I am quite sure that this is not what
   was meant when the songs were written. However, I just love analyzing
   songs for vampiric aspects, so here you go - Promised Land through the
   sight of Whitewolf's Vampire the Masquerade.
   
   9:28 A.M. begins with only the sounds of a person having trouble
   breathing, and the beeping of a heart monitor, which soon transforms
   into the sound of a flatline. This signifies death. With the flatline,
   there is more sound entering, giving a mystical feeling. These are
   indistinct at first, which is a very eerie effect. Certain sounds
   become more distince than others, but it is still a cacophony of
   sounds and impressions, leading to the sound of the infant crying. The
   infant symbolizes birth - or, perhaps, re-birth? The first few minutes
   of the song is that of death, then a journey, then rebirth. Perhaps
   this could be seen as birth in the vampire world, with the
   introduction of the discipline of Heightened Senses?
   
   In I Am I, "Beating with life you promised life" refers to who else,
   but the newborn vampire's sire? "Lurking beneath my mask of this
   year's featured model. Is this too much? Close your eyes. Care to look
   inside? I Am I!" reflects the cry of the Nosferatu who hides
   underground or behind his discipline mask of a thousand faces. The
   whole song is an assertion of independence, of being. This can be seen
   as a declaration of individualism from the vampire's sire, who can be
   domineering.
   
   Damaged is devoted to the broken minds of the Malkavian, the insane
   clan. All Malkavians are insane, in one way or another. "They say I'm
   to reach inside and find the broken parts of my machinery." "Mother
   Mary in control, domineering strangle hold, sowing destructive seeds
   for the scavengers to feed. Driving the nail into my head, memory
   flows like a river." A Malkavian might see this literally.
   
   If Damaged was devoted to Malkavians, Out of Mindfar surpasses it.
   Malkavians and Nosferatu are given the discipline obfuscate, which
   allows them to be unseen by most people. "Arms waving madly at
   something that sadly isn't there. What does she see? Maybe she's
   looking at me." The chorus tells of the imprisonment of people who do
   not perceive the world the way most of society perceives it. "Through
   the doors come people like me. Goodbye to them... You've left them
   here for me." Suspicious.
   
   In Promised Land, the lines "Standing neck deep in life, my ring of
   brass lay rusting on the floor. Is this all? Because it's not what I
   expected." could be a vampire throwing off the shackles of mortality.
   The chorus echoes the loss of a focus in life, or possibly the loss of
   what was important in life. This sentiment is culminated in the lines,
   "Almost called it today. Turned to face "The Void," numb with the
   suffering and the question, 'Why am I...?'" This represents the loss
   of humanity as the vampire starts to age. What had seemed important or
   morally right, is now in the past.
   
   The new vampire feels Disconnected from the mortal world. After a few
   centuries of existence, the vampire loses touch with the mortal world.
   It's much too dizzying trying to keep up after a while.
   
   Lady Jane is rather suggestive of the moment of the vampiric embrace.
   "The voice is very, very close," is a disembodied voice. "Lady Jane,
   your eyes are wide today, and the world is looking very strange,"
   indicates a new state of perception. "Yesterday seemed very dark, but
   now it's bright, your clouds have gone away. Sensory perception
   peaking at this time, electric waves of sound are filling Janie's mind
   today." parallels the birth of heightened senses after the vampiric
   embrace. And "Calling out to Janie as you drift away, don't be afraid,
   they're only your illusions anyway." could indicate that humanity is
   now an illusion for her.
   
   One More Time can be a song about the rat race humans run due to what
   society dictates, or it can be about the race vampires run, hounded by
   their elders. Although the embrace changes many things, it doesn't
   change to quest for power or the happiness or fulfillment that power,
   money or status is supposed to bring. Vampire elders are more powerful
   than their childer, and can use disciplines such as dominate or
   presence to make their childer act or believe a certain way, even if
   only for a short period of time. "Now I can't remember why I needed to
   run, needed to try so hard."
   
   Someone Else? can be the plea a rebellious young whelp puts before his
   or her elder when caught doing something wrong. I messed up, that
   wasn't really me. This of course followed by a silent, please don't
   hurt me. Or, it can be the song of a vampire who has been undead for a
   while, and lost sight of his or her former humanity. Humanity can be
   regained, although it is very difficult. Some vampires strive for
   Golconda, which can restore their humanity (mortality). This lament
   can be for the acts and or deeds performed by the vampire in the past.
   Then, the realization of these deed that come with the increase of
   humanity would cause remorse. This culminates in the last line, "I
   keep looking back at someone else... me?"
   
   There, that is my mutilation of the lyrics of Promised Land. If anyone
   wants to discuss this line of thought, feel free to e-mail me.
   
   
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Anybody Listening? - Advertisements

   License Plate? - Robert (rb747491@vaxb.calumet.purdue.edu)
   
   I am looking for a Queensryche plate that I can put on the front of my
   new Jeep. Does anyone have any information on where I can obtain one?
   I would really like to get one with the tri-ryche symbol on it.
   
   Stuff to Trade - Dave (dwb4025@acs.tamu.edu)
   
   I still have extra Promised Land posters and flats for trade. I would
   really like to find one of the Promised Land promo keychains.
   
   
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Breaking the Silence - Miscellaneous

   Promised Land Ale - Tom (thavey@hpbsfc30.boi.hp.com)
   
   My good friend Marc Wheldon of Seattle brews beer at home, as do I. We
   both love the stuff, and we've loved Queensryche ever since Rage for
   Order came out. I always forward the latest digest to him. He was so
   excited about the release of a new Queensryche album that he made a
   holiday brew in their honor, "Promised Land Ale." I made a great
   bottle label for him, which reads:
   
   9.28 am (not too early for beer)
   I Am Beer
   Damn Good Beer
   Out of Beer, Not!
   Bridge Over Beer
   Promised Land Ale
   Disconnected; Need A Beer
   Lady Jane Likes Beer
   My Beer Mind
   One More Beer
   Someone Else's Beer?
   
   
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   Those who have off this week, enjoy your holiday, and to all, see you
   again next week.
   
   'Ryche on!
          -Shag