Isn't there already a tribute band with that name? *eg*
I agree. He's making the best of a bad situation and I'm sure he will still be able to pull in plenty of casual fans this way.The band name is about as clever a move as Tate could make, given the situation. He'll drag it into the ground soon enough though.
Maybe older Geoff Tate I'd have believed that from, but this is a man who has no interest in doing what made him famous to begin with, but has ride the coattails of it anyway to maintain what little career he has left. Just let Queensryche go Tate. If you really wanted to do that style of music, you wouldn't have been fired.