During a 2001 Queensryche concert, a fan, as a joke, requested that Tate sing the theme song from The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Tate did so, garnering surprisingly raucous cheers. The song then became a regular feature during the band's concerts until Tate's departure eleven years later.
Parents: mother Ella, father Perry.
Siblings: 2 younger sisters, Amy & Perri Ann.
Graduated Wilson High School in Tacoma, WA in June 1977.
Children: daughter, Sabra born September 1984, daughter Isabella Blu
born in September 1995, daughter, Emily Rowan born May 12, 1997 at 7:59
am, step-daughter Miranda.
Queensryche's 1988 album "Operation: Mindcrime" came 2nd
in Classic Rock Magazine's list of the 30 greatest concept albums of
all time. (March 2003)