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The demo tape was widely circulated, and Queensr˙che soon released Queen of the Reich (1983) on their own 206 Records label. The band then signed to EMI and re-released Queen of the Reich as Queensr˙che to moderate success, peaking at #81. This was followed by two more moderately successful albums, The Warning (1984) and Rage for Order (1986).
In 1988, Queensr˙che released Operation: Mindcrime, a massive critical and commercial success. Empire (1990) was just as popular, and also charted in the United Kingdom. By the time the group released Promised Land (1994), Queensr˙che was no longer hip as grunge music and alternative rock dominated the national consciousness. In spite of this, Promised Land managed to become a commercial success due to the band's sizable cult audience. Their follow-up, Hear in the New Frontier (1997), received mixed reviews. DeGarmo soon quit, replaced by Kelly Gray for Q2K (1999). Since then, the group has toured on Iron Maiden's reunion trip and released a greatest-hits album. In 2003 Queensr˙che released a new album, Tribes. Prior to recording the album Chris DeGarmo re-joined the band.
Lead singer Geoff Tate launched a side project in 2002. One self titled album has been released thus far to minimal acclaim.
Queensr˙che were the first band to apply the heavy metal umlaut to the letter Y. As Tate put it: "We spent eleven years trying to explain how to pronounce it."