QUEENSRCHE Guitarist PARKER LUNDGREN Interviewed By GROUNZERO TV (Video)

Imantrek of Grounzero TV recently conducted an interview with QUEENSRCHE guitarist Parker Lundgren. You can now watch the chat below.

Lundgren married QUEENSRCHE singer Geoff Tate's daughter Miranda in July 2009.

Before becoming a member of QUEENSRCHE, Lundgren, 24, played several shows with the band's frontman and joined Tate and QUEENSRCHE guitarist Michael Wilton for a rare all-acoustic set at KISW's annual Holiday Hangover Ball in December 2008.

Parker's addition to QUEENSRCHE's touring lineup was officially announced by Tate in a fan club podcast in February 2009, with Geoff adding that the group was "glad to have him."

In an interview with the German Empire, Lundgren stated about how he landed the gig, "I kind of expected it. I saw what was happening with the band. I got wind that [former QUEENSRCHE guitarist] Mike Stone might be leaving so I learned a lot of the material beforehand. I never really played with Whip [Michael Wilton, guitar] or Ed [Jackson, bass], and Scott [Rockenfield, drums] and Geoff wanted me to be in the band. Whip didn't really know me and he had a bunch of people that he wanted to play in the band. Of course, they know a lot of great musicians they've met over the years. He probably called a lot of guitar players, but the time frame was really short. So there wasn't a whole lot of opportunities because nobody can learn three albums in a month; it's really tough."

On what it's like to be on tour with Geoff Tate, who was Lundgren's future father-in law at the time of the German Empire interview, Parker said, "I am sure people out there cringe at the thought of touring with their father-in-law, but when your father-in-law is Geoff Tate, it's not bad at all... It's like dating your best friend's sister. That's the kind of relationship... There are certain things you are not going to say in front of them, but everyone in the band and the crew, we are all good friends. We tour the road, have fun together. This last tour Geoff brought out three of his daughters, his wife and their three dogs. It's like the whole family is on tour; it's like a vacation. We separate family and business and everything has been great so far."

QUEENSRCHE's new album, "Dedicated To Chaos", sold 8,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 70 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's previous CD, the epic concept album "American Soldier", opened with 21,000 units back in April 2009 to enter the chart at No. 25. This was roughly half the first-week tally registered by QUEENSRCHE's "Operation: Mindcrime II" album, which shifted 44,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release back in April 2006 to debut at No. 14 on The Billboard 200 chart.