B-side "The Lady Wore Black" Format CD single, Vinyl Length 4:24 | Released 1984 | |
Recorded Triad Studios,Redmond, Washingtonlate summer, 1982 | ||
"Queen of the Reich" is a heavy metal song first recorded in 1981 for a demo tape by "The Mob", later known as Queensrÿche. "Queen of the Reich" was first recorded on Queensrÿche (a.k.a. Queensrÿche EP) along with "The Lady Wore Black", "Nightrider", and "Blinded".
The song is also featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
This song was also the basis for the band's new name. The spelling was altered from "Queensreich" to avoid connotations with Nazi Germany.
Chris Collins, the first vocalist of the progressive metal band Dream Theater, covered this song for his audition for the band. The British band Shadowkeep covered this song on the compilation album Rebellion - A Tribute to Queensrÿche, released on Dwell Records in 2000. Japanese power metal band Galneryus covered this song for their 2010 cover album, Voices from the Past III.