GEOFF TATE NEEDS TO JUST SHUT THE F*CK UP AND SPARE US ALL

Have you tasted this crap yet? Oh my god, it’s absolutely horrible. Here, take a sip, because you know you’re curious… it’s Geoff Tate’s new song “Dark Money,” the first he’s released since his split with Queensryche earlier this year:

You know how you’ve got that one friend who always talks for way too long in groups of people and always ends up embarrassing himself because he’s so oblivious? And then makes jokes that no one laughs at, embarrassing himself even further? Geoff Tate is that friend. He is so completely tuned out to everyone and everything around him, so far gone, that he doesn’t realize how silly he looks… all the friggin’ time.

It’s not that I disagree with the message Tate is trying to communicate in this song, but god, the lyrics are SO CHEESY and the song is such absolutely tripe. Like, DUH, money controls everything in U.S. politics. He thinks he’s so smart for pointing it out! At least this video of Tate talking about how much he loves himself was more up front about his giant ego.

Am I the only one rooting for the actual Queensryche with Whatshisname on vocals to make an absolutely killer record? That would be awesome.

Tate’s album Kings & Thieves comes out on November 6th in case anyone cares.

-VN