Court Ruling Creates Two Queensrÿches

June 25th, 2013

Kriston McConnell

Bands break up all of the time. It’s a part of life that we all have accepted over the years. Have you ever been kicked out of your band, wanted to start a new band, but still keep your old band’s name even though they plan on keeping the name as well? That’s exactly what happened with the metal band known as Queensrÿche.

As of right now, there are two Queensrÿches in existence. They each have their own Facebook page and they each have separate tour dates. They’re both also claiming to be the “original” band and are working to pretend the other one doesn’t exist at all. Just a little bit confusing, right? Well you can read an article by the Seattle Times on the issue, and what caused this popular 80s metal band to break up and fight over the name Queensrÿche.