Origin: Bellevue, WA

Decades: 1980's, 1990's, and 2000's

Although they were initially grouped in with the legions of pop-metal bands that dominated the American heavy metal scene of the '80s, Queensryche were one of the most distinctive bands of the era. Where their contemporaries built on the legacy of Van Halen, Aerosmith, and Kiss, Queensryche constructed a progressive form of heavy metal that drew equally from the guitar pyrotechnics of post-Van Halen metal and '70s art rock, most notably Pink Floyd and Queen. After releasing a handful of ignored albums, the ... Read More

Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Queen, Rush, Van Halen, Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Styx and Judas Priest

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