- Singer with metal band Queensryche.
- Shares a birthday with Zakk Wylde and Dave Grohl.
- Has a 4-octave vocal range.
- 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)
- Vegan for over a decade, then started eating meat again in 2012, possibly as the result of mental health issues he was experiencing at the time. He subsequently went vegan again.
- Underwent open heart surgery in 2022. Recovered relatively quickly and stated publicly that the operation gave him "a new perspective on life.".
- Hobbies include motorcycling and sailing.
- Born in Germany to American parents; moved back to the United States shortly after his birth.
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