Tate Officially OUT of Queensryche
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 9:30 am
http://www.billboard.com/news/exclusive ... 1752.story
The Wilton / Rockenfield / Jackson camp were very clever about how they went about this.
Let us assume that Tate, Wilton, Rockenfield and Jackson all owned the name Queensryche together.
For quite awhile now Tate has been steering the ship creatively. The others have been content to let him do so (bad move). Maybe / maybe not - they tried at certain points to pull back on the course and were met with resistance from the Tate camp (who cleverly put their relatives in management positions). So they laid back and waited.
Knowing that trying to wrestle the name from Tate straight up would result in a long fight they basically 'devalued' the name (or let Tate devalue it with his creative input) by creating Rising West but still claiming they were in QR.
Now they have an outlet for what they want to do without battling over the QR name.
What is Tate to do? Fire them? Could he even do that?
Now QR exists but RW also exists and fans are flocking to it.
What happens then when QR goes out on the road and people are no longer there because they are all going to RW shows?
QR suddenly starts not getting booked for shows and being paid the money they used to get.
Meanwhile RW is still getting bookings and growing fast gobbling up all the money and fans QR used to have even though QR still exists.
Could Tate sue on the grounds that RW was knowingly 'devaluing' the QR name. I suppose he could but that would mean a long protracted legal battle. That costs money for all involved.
Plus, he would not have much of a leg to stand on seeing as that he himself has done solo tours.
The RW camp could say they are just doing the same.
Tate has stated that he is well invested, so he must be covered on his end no matter what.
So he's done the only thing he could do at this point.
Opt out and hope from his end that whatever the new QR is falls flat and the fans start wanting him back no matter what.
My guess is that he still might own some portions of QR and there was an agreement made in order for him to leave.
OR he just left and let them have it all.
Whatever the case may be the Wilton / Rockenfield / Jackson camp played this very well.
Now it's up to them to deliver a good album.
The Wilton / Rockenfield / Jackson camp were very clever about how they went about this.
Let us assume that Tate, Wilton, Rockenfield and Jackson all owned the name Queensryche together.
For quite awhile now Tate has been steering the ship creatively. The others have been content to let him do so (bad move). Maybe / maybe not - they tried at certain points to pull back on the course and were met with resistance from the Tate camp (who cleverly put their relatives in management positions). So they laid back and waited.
Knowing that trying to wrestle the name from Tate straight up would result in a long fight they basically 'devalued' the name (or let Tate devalue it with his creative input) by creating Rising West but still claiming they were in QR.
Now they have an outlet for what they want to do without battling over the QR name.
What is Tate to do? Fire them? Could he even do that?
Now QR exists but RW also exists and fans are flocking to it.
What happens then when QR goes out on the road and people are no longer there because they are all going to RW shows?
QR suddenly starts not getting booked for shows and being paid the money they used to get.
Meanwhile RW is still getting bookings and growing fast gobbling up all the money and fans QR used to have even though QR still exists.
Could Tate sue on the grounds that RW was knowingly 'devaluing' the QR name. I suppose he could but that would mean a long protracted legal battle. That costs money for all involved.
Plus, he would not have much of a leg to stand on seeing as that he himself has done solo tours.
The RW camp could say they are just doing the same.
Tate has stated that he is well invested, so he must be covered on his end no matter what.
So he's done the only thing he could do at this point.
Opt out and hope from his end that whatever the new QR is falls flat and the fans start wanting him back no matter what.
My guess is that he still might own some portions of QR and there was an agreement made in order for him to leave.
OR he just left and let them have it all.
Whatever the case may be the Wilton / Rockenfield / Jackson camp played this very well.
Now it's up to them to deliver a good album.
