Tate started his own version of the band, and released the album Frequency Unknown under the Queensrÿche moniker through Deadline Music on April 23, 2013. Tate subsequently filed a preliminary injunction lawsuit, disputing ownership of the band name, that resulted in a verdict that both Tate and the other band members were allowed to use the band name until the next court date. While the other founding members - Rockenfield, Wilton and bassist Eddie Jackson - had hoped to reconcile with Tate, they instead decided to fire him. įurthermore, it became apparent that there were longstanding tensions in the band between lead vocalist Geoff Tate and the rest of the band: these tensions openly manifested themselves at a concert on April 14, 2012, in São Paulo, Brazil, when Tate, who was irate over the firing of his wife Susan and stepdaughter Miranda as the band's manager and fanclub manager, respectively, allegedly physically assaulted and spat on drummer Scott Rockenfield and guitarist Michael Wilton. Queensrÿche's twelfth album, Dedicated to Chaos, was released in 2011 to a mixed reception: some critics gave positive reviews, but others panned the album, in part due to great stylistic differences to previous albums. Since the mid-1990s, Queensrÿche had been struggling with declining album sales and dwindling fan interest.
