I answered that since because I was a Rycher, I never felt that I fell under the "gen-xer" stereotype, but rather liked to think of myself as part of a small subdivision called "generation anarchy-x". From then on it was our reference to Rychers in our age group.
And when the time came for me to form an empire of my own, there were no second thoughts as to what it would be named. I thought of that conversation from long ago, and felt that it applied to our empire, who has had to put up with the lack of radio airplay and attention Queensryche gets in our area. But all 20 members of our empire keep "hold of the flame" by loving our Ryche that more strongly!
Our empire was formed a little over a year ago, shortly after Geoff Tate made a local appearance for the show Politically Incorrect. After meeting him and seeing his interest in empires my best Ryche friend Maria and I decided to give it a shot and form one of our own.
Our first chance to recruit members was at the 6/25/97 show in Irvine. We added 7 or 8 new members to our entourage of 5, and from there we just took off! So this page is our homage to our empire members, who really have been the driving force in all of this. It's because of you that we've been able to do what we have been on a much grander scale.