Capitol Records has reissued a disc that captures performances recorded in Wisconsin by Seattle-based prog metal band Queensryche.
"Operation: Livecrime" was originally released in 1991 in a set that also contained an in-concert VHS video. That package sold more than a quarter-million copies. Now, the disc is available on its own for the first time. A companion DVD is slated for release by Christmas.
"Operation: Livecrime" was recorded over three nights at three Wisconsin concerts in May 1991, including one in Milwaukee and one in Madison. The disc was deleted from the record company's catalog in 1998 and it has been a consistently popular item among rare CD collectors.
Fans will be especially pleased by the inclusion of two previously unreleased tracks on the new issue: "Roads to Madness," recorded in Madison, and "The Lady Wore Black," recorded in Milwaukee.
The accompanying DVD, the band's first, will also be augmented with commentary by Queensryche lead singer Geoff Tate.
This is the second time in the past year that a Milwaukee concert has made the cut for a live LP. A cover of the Beatles' "Helter Skelter," recorded at the Riverside Theatre, was included on Oasis' recent in-concert disc.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
