kim harris sent the demo tape and a band photo to a friend who wrote for "kerrang!" magazine, resulting in a glowing review. on the strength of the growing buzz that surrounded them in both the united states and europe following this review, the harrises released queensrÿche's demo tape as a self-titled ep on their independent label 206 records in 1983. after the ep garnered international praise, receiving much airplay and selling an unusual number of copies for a small independent release, tate agreed to leave myth and become queensrÿche's permanent lead singer.