Kelly Gray

Kelly Gray (born June 20, 1963) is an American record producer and guitarist, best known for playing with Queensrÿche and vocalist Geoff Tate's Operation: Mindcrime.

Career Gray grew up with his mother and brother Howard D. Gray in a rural area near Redmond, Washington. He started playing guitar in the late 1970s, learning the style of Ritchie Blackmore. with whom he would play in the bands Queensrÿche and Slave to the System.

Gray founded the progressive metal band Myth together with his school friends, bassist Richard Gibson and drummer Jimmy Parsons, in the garage of Parson's parents, later moving to the basement of Gray's home. In 1980, some time after the departure of Young, they asked Geoff Tate to join them as the lead singer, Gray produced their 1999 album, Q2K, and plays on the 2001 live album and DVD, Live Evolution. In 2000, Gray also collaborated with Queensrÿche drummer Scott Rockenfield and the Brother Cane members Damon Johnson and Roman Glick in the hard rock project Slave to the System, recording one eponymous album, which was released independently in 2002, and re-released in 2006 on Spitfire Records.

In recent years, Gray's involvement with Queensrÿche has increased. Three Myth demos appeared on the collector's edition of Queensrÿche's 2007 release Sign of the Times: The Best of Queensrÿche, with the same song titles and partial overlap in lyrics with many classic Queensrÿche tracks. Gray and Jason Slater produced and engineered Queensrÿche's albums American Soldier in 2009 and Dedicated to Chaos in 2011, with Gray performing additional guitars and participating in the songwriting for both albums. Additionally, he contributed to Tate's second solo album, Kings & Thieves, released in 2012.

On September 1, 2012, Gray was announced to be part of a new Queensrÿche lineup with Tate Myth bandmate Gane is also part of this band.

Discography With Myth Arabia

With Queensrÿche Q2K (1999): producer, guitars Live Evolution (2001): guitars Sign of the Times: The Best of Queensrÿche (2007): guitars on selected tracks Take Cover (2007): guitars on track 11 American Soldier (2009): producer, songwriting, additional guitars Dedicated to Chaos (2011): producer, songwriting, additional guitars

With Slave to the System Slave to the System (2002/2006): recording, mixing, guitars, vocals

With Queensrÿche featuring Geoff Tate Frequency Unknown (2013): guitars

With Geoff Tate Kings & Thieves (2012): recording, mixing, songwriting, guitars, additional bass