''Live Evolution'' is the title of a 2001 live album and a DVD released by the

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band

Queensrÿche Queensrÿche () is an American progressive metal band. It formed in 1982 in Bellevue, Washington, out of the local band the Mob. The band has released 16 studio albums, one Extended play, EP, and several DVDs, and continues to tour and record ...

. It was recorded over two nights (July 27–28, 2001) at the Moore Theatre in

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. On the CD the tracks were collected in suites, which represent different moments of the band production and include a large section of the

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'' Operation: Mindcrime''. The DVD contains footage shot at the same concerts and features less songs listed in the order they were played during the shows.

Track listings

DVD track listing

#"NM 156" #"Roads to Madness" #"The Lady Wore Black" #"London" #"Screaming in Digital" #"I Am I" #"Damaged" #"Empire" #"Silent Lucidity" #"Jet City Woman" #"Hit the Black" #"Breakdown" #"The Right Side of My Mind" #"I Remember Now" #"Revolution Calling" #"Suite Sister Mary" #"My Empty Room" #"Eyes of a Stranger" #"Take Hold of the Flame" #"Queen of the Reich" *Interviews *Highlights *PhotoGallery

Personnel

;Band members *

Geoff Tate Geoff Tate (born Jeffrey Wayne Tate, January 14, 1959; he later changed his first name to Geoffery or Geoffrey) (Pp. 11, 48). is an American singer and songwriter. He rose to fame with the progressive metal band Queensrÿche, who had commercial ...

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Michael Wilton Michael F. Wilton (born February 23, 1962) also known as The Whip, for how fast his fingers "whip" around the guitar fingerboard, fretboard, is an American musician, best known for being a guitarist and songwriter in the progressive metal band Q ...

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* Eddie Jackson -

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, backing vocals *

Scott Rockenfield Scott Rockenfield (born June 15, 1963), also known as SRock, is an American drummer and composer. He is best known as the drummer for the progressive metal band Queensrÿche, which he co-founded in 1982, and the hard rock band Slave to the Syste ...

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;Guest musicians *

Pamela Moore Pamela Moore is an American singer-songwriter, mixing hard rock, heavy metal, melodic rock and industrial music while her earlier years delved into pop and electronica. She currently resides in Seattle, Washington. History Born and raise ...

- female vocals ;Production *Kelly Gray - engineering, sound mixing *Tom Pfaeffle - mixing assistant *Kip Bjelman - Pro-Tools technician *Michael Drumm - DVD director and producer *Cory Brennan, Jaison John, Dan Russo - DVD producers

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2001 live albums Queensrÿche live albums Sanctuary Records live albums Queensrÿche video albums 2001 video albums Sanctuary Records video albums 2000s live video albums Albums recorded at the Moore Theatre