#operation mindcrime

[autistic-evil-xisuma]

nothing would fix me like seeing operation mindcrime as a staged musical would fix me it's just that i need to be the playwright and director and choreographer and every designer and every single actor and probably also all the stage hands to make sure they don't fuck it up.

#operation mindcrime

[system-of-cells-interlinked]

Someone should make a movie based on Operation: Mindcrime.

And yeah. A musical.

#operation: mindcrime #operation mindcrime #queensryche #prog metal #progressive metal

[electrozilla]

now i know you won't refuse

because we've got so much to do

#oc #original character #art #digital art #snow #basil #crimson #henry #silver #operation mindcrime

[coolcabinet]

some doodles of Mr Mindcrime himself

#operation mindcrime #Nikki #Operation Mindcrime Nikki #queensryche

[heavymetal]

May 3, 1988, Queensrÿche released their quintessential album, OPERATION MINDCRIME. Geoff Tate came up with the "revolutionary" idea when the opening chords of the title track found their way into his conscience while sitting alone in a church in Montreal. The inspiration for Mary's character came later when he witnessed a sad-looking girl in Amsterdam clutching a teddy bear and dancing by herself in a nun's costume. With the help of Chris DeGarmo, the band took those ideas and produced one of the greatest concept albums ever written, and like it or not, it became the benchmark against which their entire body of work would forever be compared. The album was certified gold a year after its release, and eventually went platinum in 1991. Revo-lution!

#heavy metal #80s music #80s metal #80's music #80s #80 s music #80’s #queensryche #geoff tate #Chris degarmo #operation mindcrime #1988

[artemispt]

Queensryche's "Operation: Mindcrime" album is such a masterpiece!

#whenever I listen to it my brain explodes (in a good way 😅) #I was so lucky to see Geoff Tate live performing this entire album #in 2018 with Angra (another great band) #queensryche #operation mindcrime

[randgugotur-6]

#ThisDayInMetal

May 3rd 1988 Queensryche released the album "Operation: Mindcrime"

What’s your favourite song off the album? https://t.co/qriPIi7xKM

#thisdayinmetal #Queensryche #Operation Mindcrime #album release #rock oprea

[jarhara]

Let's analyze...

you know what? I don't really know how to call this

I like my musicals and rock operas bloody and messed up.

My personal top 5 (in no particular order) of these are: Sweeney Todd, Streets, Operation:Mindcrime, The Wicked Trilogy and Repo!

Being in a musical/opera mood lately, I made myself a little playlist, mixing these 5 and in doing that, I found some interesting patterns I'd like to ramble about

so here goes...

"The Setting"

Sweeney Todd takes place in a time of poverty and a strong class divide, Streets is set in the bad parts of a big city, Mindcrime in a world filled with corruption and Repo is it's own little dystopia. All feel pretty similar and I usually imagine Wicked Trilogy in an equally dreary world.

"The Girl in the Tower"

present in Sweeney Todd and Repo, also sorta in Wicked Trilogy (the woman Scarecrow is in love with isn't literally a "girl in the tower" but he sees her like that at first with how untouchable he perceives her).

Shilo is my clear favorite in this group, because Johanna is just barely a real character ^^°

"The Drug Dealer"

technically present in all 5. Obviously Graverobber (Repo) and D.T.(Streets) , Dr. X (Mindcrime) too, even though he does much more (and you could count Mary as helping him there). I personally see the Toy-Master (Wicked Trilogy) more as a club/venue owner but I can see him also being a drug dealer and while not fitting most of the stereotypes, Pirelli (Sweeney Tod) technically is selling a drug (okey, I know this one is a stretch)

"The Serial Killer"

all 5 have at least one murder but only Sweeney, Nikki (Mindcrime) and Nathen(Repo) are serial killers. D.T. get's a price for being the only non-murderer protagonist in this lineup.

It's probably hard to tell who has the biggest kill-count but I think it's notable that Nathen and Nikki both work as assasins for someone using them while Sweeney picks his own victims as he likes.

Scarecrow's (Wicked Trilogy) one murder hit's a little harder since he did bludgeon his only friend and mentor to death.

"The Master in the shadows"

another one you technically get in all 5. Judge Turpin (Sweeney Todd), Sammy (Streets), Dr. X, Mephistopheles (Wicked Trilogy) and Rotti Largo (Repo) all fit the role more or less. I feel like Sammy is the most harmless of the bunch (despite being the only killer in Streets) and Mephistopheles is simultaneously the most benevolent one and the one with the biggest potential to make things much worse if swapped with any of the others.

"The Friend"

(am I slightly running out of cool stereotypes? sorta)

Most of these have a positive influence on the protagonist, Mrs. Lovett (Sweeney Todd) being the odd one out. D.T. has Tex (until Sammy kills him), Nikki has Mary (until he's made to kill her), Scarecrow has his mentor (until he kills him). huh... they all die... seems Mrs. Lovett fits in more then I thought. Only Blind Mag (Repo) serves this role for Shilo, not Nathen, but she still get's to die the obligatory "death of the friend" and Nathen is almost made to kill her.

"Everyone dead, everyone happy"

it's kinda obvious that a grim story doesn't end happy. Sweeney Todd and Repo pretty much end the same with the big bad, protagonist and friend all dead and the girl set free. Nikki isn't dead in the end but he might as well be and Dr. X gets away. And Scarecrow and D.T. both come out of it enlightened in the end, giving them the best endings fitting their low kill-counts.

#sweeney todd #streets a rock opera #savatage #operation mindcrime #queensryche #the wicked symphony #the scarecrow #the angle of Babylon #avantasia #repo! the genetic opera #let's analyze metal

[clangandclatter]

Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime (May 3, 1988)

#Queensrÿche #Queensryche #Operation: Mindcrime #Operation Mindcrime #album #album anniversary #this day in music

[jrocksmetalzone]

THAT METAL INTERVIEW presents Kieran Robertson of GEOFF TATE'S OPERATION: MINDCRIME (recorded September 2022). The Scottish shredder Kieran Robertson shares his experiences & reveals his best and worst gigs. He also chats about his beginnings as a musician & tells us how he landed the gig with GEOFF TATE'S OPERATION: MINDCRIME. Donate to the channel to help create new content! https://www.paypal.me/thatmetalinterv... That Metal Interview Podcast is FREE and ON DEMAND, stream now on Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Spotify, Anchor, Google Podcasts, Pandora, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Deezer, Bandcamp. Listen to The #ThatMetalInterviewPodcast​​​​​: https://lnk.to/uj7sH3k4 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/InterviewThat Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatmetalinterview/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThatMetalInterview Subscribe on YouTube: http://youtube.com/JrocksMetalZoneSupport the show

#geoff tate #guitar player #kieran robertson #operation mindcrime #queensryche

[themetalgodsmeltdownposts]

(The Metal Gods Meltdown)

#SoundCloud #music #The Metal Gods Meltdown #Operation Mindcrime #The Metal Gods Meltdown #Queensryche #The Key

[blackros78]

Watch "Queensryche - Solve The Mindcrime Contest 1989 (Headbangers Ball)" on YouTube

#queensryche #headbangers ball #1980s #heavy metal #classic rock #tv commercial #video #contest #operation: mindcrime #geoff tate #chris degarmo #1989 #progressive metal #Youtube

[yourfavealbumisgender]

Operation: Mindcrime by Queensrÿche is Transfem!

requested by @labratofthemonth

#request #album #operation: mindcrime #trans #transgender #transfeminine #transfem #trans fem #queensryche #geoff tate #Michael Wilton #Chris DeGarmo #eddie jackson #Scott Rockenfield #heavy metal #progressive metal

[sofarsogoodsowhat]

crying and screaming and shitting etc

#FUCKINGGGGGGGG BADMOTORFINGER AND OPERATION MINDCRIME AUGH OH SHIT OH FUCK*NUTS ALL OVER RHE PLACE* #ALSO I DONT KNOW MUCH ABT VINYLS BUT I THINK THE SABBATH ONE COULD BE AN ORIGINAL? idk i bought it used and rhino doesn’t have labels for #ogs like the one i usually go to does #anwyay it’s my birthday tomorrow and my mom didn’t rlly get me anything so she gave me money to spend on either records or weed LOL #not exactly any of the megadeth records i wanted but. live album from the nick menza era. #they also had rocka rolla and iron maiden self titled but id feel weird buying those from a record store that ppl go to to buy ts records #same w dirt alice in chains. that one was also $40

[sendmyresignation]

yesterday was so fucking good literally destroyed my boots in the sleater-kinney pit as is fitting of a true metal warrior

#lost my whole sole walking back lmaooo #also i hope the 40 year old guy who recognized my operation mindcrime has a good day 🤘 #my posts

[deliriumsdelight7]

Can you share a fic idea you have in your head that you 100% know you’ll never write? Why won’t you write it?

Finally getting to this ask after far too long. Sorry for the wait!

Honestly, I can't think of any fic ideas where I'm 100% not going to write it. Chances are, if I've thought it up, I'm open to writing it. The only thing off-limits for me is unhappy endings, and chances are, if the idea appeals, I can figure out how to twist it into a happy ending.

An example (I'm sorry, I know you don't follow this fandom, but I have no Rumbelle examples because I want to write them ALL): I want to write a Hellcheer AU of the Queensryche concept album, Operation: Mindcrime where Eddie plays the part of Nicki, and Chrissy plays the part of Sister Mary. Now, this story does NOT end happily for Nicki OR Sister Mary (I'm JUST going by the original, not the sequel). Specifically, the problem is that Nicki is too confrontational. His desire to confront the man who's been manipulating him is what leads to his and Mary's downfall.

But Eddie? Eddie RUNS. And I could work that in my favor. If he just took Chrissy's hand and RAN, fled the city, things could turn out differently. Not only does that give me the happy ending I want, it also rings true to Eddie's character. This comes at the price of not being able to write basically all my favorite songs off the album (Electric Requiem grabbed me by the THROAT the first time I heard it walking home from work at night), which is unfortunate. But it would also allow me the ability to mirror canon in some unique ways: having Eddie wanted for murder, needing to come to terms with his "cowardice" when really he ran from something he had no hope of taking on.

All of this is a roundabout way of saying that there are no off-limits fics for me. If there's something about a story I don't think I could write, I'll work around it. The only story I won't write is one that bores me.

#tmi tuesday #ask answered #hellcheer #Eddie would have loved Operation Mindcrime and I won't be convinced otherwise