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Encounters
 Of the Scott Rockenfield Kind

I have established this as a place where people can share their stories about Scott. I am looking for stories involving meeting him, how he has influenced those of you who are drummers, or whatever else you might have. Please feel free to submit your story to me. I will post all stories after receiving permission and I will not use your name if you do not want me to.





I have to admit that up until a couple of years ago he was always "the drummer for Queensryche". I had no idea what his name was...didn't really even care and then this fantastic thing happened to me. I am at the Desert Show in New Mexico, feeling extremely overwhelmed because my boys, my band was three feet in front of me, and Scott looks at me (straight in the eyes) and smiles at me. Not once but twice!! Wow, I was in Seventh Heaven. After that, I became extremely interested in getting a hold of anything Scott related and you know what? There just isn't much out there. Now I am wanting to set up a page that will have any and all information on Scott. Hence, the Rockenfield Review. Since I started this page I have had a lot of wonderful people contact me with ideas and suggestions for additions to the page. I appreciate each and every one of you!





When I was growing up in Seattle my cousin lived next door to Scott's family when they lived in North Seattle. Scott was a young teenager and we were still in grade school at the time. Years later in a conversation with my Uncle (also my dentist) about what kind of music I listened to, he told me who the neighbor kid was and that he was still a patient of my his. I asked him to PLEASE call me when Scott was coming in again and to schedule my next visit accordingly. The one time that my uncle set it up Scott, unfortunatly, was a no show. So with everyone at lunch and my uncle on the phone I raided the files, got his number and address without anyone noticing. After a couple of days I finally got up the nerve to call him. This was April of 1988 a month after Mindcrime was released. My closest friend (the one who introduced me to the Ryche) and I made a list of all the questions about Mindcrime we HAD to have answers to. When we got ahold of him he said he was lounging with his folks, watching a movie. Our respose was "you live with your folks?" He said it was less hassle than to have a place of his own because he was gone so much. We then asked, of course, "WHO KILLED MARY?" He wouldn't give it up. We also asked what "Waiting for 22" meant? He said in mixing the song they were trying to advance digitaly to the number 22 to continue the editing. Insider info we cherished, let me tell you. He also told us before it had been announced that the band was doing an in store appearance in Bellevue on May 27 and invited us to come up and said to tell him who we were when we got there. Which we did and we got to go around and take pictures with the whole band. We were such hard core Rychers that we had skipped school to get the first copies of Mindcrime the day it came out, so this was by far the coolest thing that had happened to either of us. Out of respect for his privacy we never called back.
Kent Butler
San Jose Ca


I've been very fortunate to have met and talked with the guys many times in my twelve years as a fan and collector of Queensryche, and they've always been cordial,down-to-earth, fun-loving gentlemen without exception. So, when a local Florida music magazine asked me to conduct an interview with a member of the band to be published coinciding with the Florida Promised Land shows I was more than happy to oblige. And having talked to Scott the least over the years, (and being a drummer myself), he was the obvious choice.

What followed was a very enjoyable and insightful talk with Mr. Rockenfield that hightened my understanding of the band and what they were trying to achieve at that time in their careers. He talked about the unorthadox recording process of P.L., the intricacies of the theatrical live show they were hauling around the country, the sad state of MTV, and his side projects among other things. In fact, he was so detailed and forthcoming with his answers to my questions that I only managed to ask about half of the questions I had come up with because we simply ran out of time. All in all, an interviewer's dream. And though I've interviewed other members since then, that conversation remains my favorite.
Rick Moore