QUEENSRCHE Singer Talks Wine, Being A Vegan And Receiving Awards

November 10, 2011

Liz Tracy of Broward-Palm Beach New Times recently conducted an interview with singer Geoff Tate of Seattle progressive rockers QUEENSRCHE. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

Broward-Palm Beach New Times: You produce a wine. Have you always been a fan of wine?

Tate: Yeah, I actually have. I made my first batch of wine when I was 14. It was an experiment when I was in scouts to earn my merit badge. I kind of became fascinated with the whole chemistry aspect of it. The more I learned about it as I grew up, the more interested I became. About six years ago, I partnered up with Holly Turner out of Three Rivers Winery in Walla Walla, Washington, and we started making Insania brand. We released our third vintage last year in April. Two batches of white. Washington wines in the French Bordeaux style.

Broward-Palm Beach New Times: You used to be a vegan. Is living a responsible lifestyle like that important to you?

Tate: Yeah. I'm not a vegan anymore, but I was for about 15 years, I guess. That was very difficult on the road. People hadn't heard of it yet. There wasn't a lot of selections to choose from on the menu. But since then, it's really caught on and a lot of people kind of eased up on the meat consumption quite a bit in our country. I think meat in moderation is probably a good idea for a lot of reasons.

Broward-Palm Beach New Times: You were voted, for instance, by VH1 as one of the top five metal vocalists of all time, you've received other honors with the band. What's been the greatest honor for you as a musician?

Tate: I think the greatest honor is being able to perform a show and having people show up and be into the music. I always feel very honored and very humbled when I sing a song and look out on the audience and they're singing it back to me. It means something to them. It's affected them in a positive way. Makes me very proud. I'm not so much interested in awards, accolades. In that respect, I get more satisfaction out of getting a one-on-one experience performing for people.

Read the entire interview from Broward-Palm Beach New Times.

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