Great stuff, we have discussed this before, Willy is right
Saw them multiple times on the Empire tour, it was fantastic. My first exposure to live performances where the effects spilled over when patch changes were done, I can remember thinking "dam.... How did they do that??" Sadly, my Tinkertoy setup could not pull that off
I have to say my pinnacle for them was Mindcrime, it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen live up to that point, we would travel very long distances to see it over and over..
Not to take anything away from the Rage for Order tour, at that point, it was one of the best live performances I'd ever seen. DeGarmo's backups were flawless. They were always flawless... Seeing Rage live was different than anything I'd ever seen done live.. Huge impact on me musically, they actually made you think about things they spoke of.
For whatever they became later, there was definitely a time when they were my number 1...
It was sad to see them fall apart.. And then Geoff Tate become a circus act.
Sad..
Wonder what Chris is doing now.. I know he did some piloting for a bit
His departure was the beginning of the end.. It was never the same after that. Not to say there has not been some cool tunes here and there, but Chris's input into the songwriting was sorely missed