Queensryche originally covered this song on MTV Live and Unplugged in 1993. The band initially thought it was comical and just a funny song to sing, but their ability to sing the song was remarkable and sounded very good with Geoff Tates pure singing ability and Chris DeGarmos electric guitar. MTV made it so popular that the band officially recorded this studio cover in 2003. Grammy Nominated Empire was the 5th album by Queensrÿche, released on August 20, 1990. The power ballad "Silent Lucidity" reached #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks and #9 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album reached triple-platinum status. It was re-released on June 10, 2003 with three bonus tracks, one of those tracks was this cover of Scarborough Fair originally sang by Simon and Garfunkel. Queensrÿche is an American progressive hard rock band from Seattle. The band has released 14 studio albums and 5 live albums as well as several compilations, re-releases with bonus tracks and DVDs, they continue to! tour and record today. Queensrÿche has been highly successful in the progressive scene, having sold over 20 million albums worldwide. They have been called the progressive hard rock version of Pink Floyd as most of their music carries a very deep meaning and their albums play like one long story where each song is connected to the previous song. Heavy metal fans across the USA made the phrase Ryche-N-Roll so popular that it started showing up on shirts and posters across the US in the late 80s and early
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