Like a lot of young kids, Queensryche guitarist Michael Wilton grew up playing sports. Then he dropped the ball. “I was a jock,” he said via Zoom. “I played baseball and football in high school.

When Tate was fired from Queensryche in 2012, he sued his ex-bandmates for wrongful termination and both parties briefly toured under the Queensryche name. In 2014, both parties reached a ...

Geoff Tate will perform on Friday, April 4, 8 p.m., at Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 McMullen Booth Road, Clearwater.