Building An Empire: The Story Of Queensr˙che is an unauthorized account, featuring interviews with the band members themselves...
Question from an individual ignorant on the subject.... what would it take for this bio (or any bio, for that matter) to be considered "authorized?" Does Queensryche Inc, or whatever the corporate entity of Queensryche is, have to submit in writing "Yes, we authorize this biography"?
Something like that. It usually is a little more detailed. When you do an authorized account, the current members do exclusive interviews specifically for the book, they and their management can negotiate changes to the book (more red tape). We've reached out to the band about that, and about doing some interviews and haven't heard back yet. That doesn't mean we won't hear something between now and when we finalize the book. To be frank, it really doesn't matter to us, either way. In some way, it's better with Queensryche to have a book that isn't "authorized," because they've generally been very tight-lipped about their affairs over the years. Unauthorized bios may not have the band's "stamp of approval," but they are often more revealing and in-depth, which we believe our book is. And honestly, we don't really need "new interviews" with any of them to write it. There's more than enough historic material.
James, Brian Naron and I really put a focus on telling the story, presenting the facts, and let the reader decide some things. We discuss everything, but like any good bio, we don't tell you what the truth is -- you can read and determine what you believe. Some things look rosy, some don't. But we've tried to present the story as completely as possible, and keep a positive light on the band as much as we could. Some negativity is unavoidable -- not everyone comes off squeaky clean. But we focused on being very objective, putting the facts out there, and writing to a theme about perseverance, which is the one word that came up between the three of us when describing Queensryche over their 40-year career.
We've got some really cool (and surprising) exclusive interviews for the book from friends, family members and people who have worked with QR, along with a mountain of material from interviews the guys have done over the years. If you've read the Van Halen: Rising book, by Greg Renoff --
https://www.amazon.com/Van-Halen-Rising-Southern-California/dp/1770412638/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3CCVZUS9UKLXA&dchild=1&keywords=van+halen+rising+book -- that's basically the model we used for writing the Queensryche book. With our own twists, of course.
Once we hit a couple of other milestones for the book -- pre-orders, some social media stuff, finalizing the cover, etc., etc., I'll update the thread here. Appreciate everyone's interest. Thanks!
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