The legal wrangles that exploded after his firing in 2012 ended earlier this year, with his colleagues keeping the band name. He'll continue his career using the name Operation: Mindcrime, and retains the rights to perform both Queensryche concept albums.
Tate tells 10Songs: "It's always been in my head to create music based on a commercial arrangement, just because my band always wrote music for radio, and you had to conform to a format and standard.