Queensryche were never the most popular of the
1980s hair-metal bands, but they emerged from the heyday of heavy metal with a
prestige many of their contemporaries lost (or never had in the first place),
thanks to their political, prog-metal ambitions. In 2006, they issued a mostly
well-received follow-up to their 1988 masterwork, Operation:
Mindcrime, that, if nothing else, reminded metal fans how great the
first Mindcrime album was (and also won points for its imaginative
use of guest Ronnie James Dio). Tonight at 8 p.m., the hard-touring band plays
the first of three consecutive nights at the Potawatomi Bingo Casino.
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