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Dream Theater
1988-
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Artistfacts:
| Core members John Petrucci, John Myung, and Mike Portnoy met at the Berklee School of Music in Boston. The band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty, but changed to the name Dream Theater in 1988. (thanks, Ashley - Leeds, England) |
| Their 1992 single "Pull Me Under" the album Images And Words was released as a single and a video. It received substantial airplay on MTV and reached #10 on the Billboard rock charts. |
| Petrucci and Portnoy joined with session bassist Tony Levin (famous for his work with Peter Gabriel and King Crimson) and keyboardist Jordan Rudess for an instrumental project entitled Liquid Tension Experiment, which would release two albums. Rudess later joined Dream Theater. |
| Petrucci writes a column for Guitar World Magazine. (thanks, Andrew - Tucson, AZ, for all above) |
| Portnoy has obsessive compulsive disorder, which leads him to take a profound interest in every band, film maker and TV program he comes across. His website has extensive lists of his favorite films, albums, songs and TV programs. |
| Portnoy is generally the band's main spokesperson. He finds this odd considering that he has a tendency to talk about anything and everything EXCEPT Dream Theater. |
| Myung started playing bass at 15 after having previously played the violin. One of his school friends asked John to play bass in his band. He figured it would be easy for him to play, since it has 4 strings like a violin. John has never played the violin since. |
| Their main influences are Yes, Rush, King Crimson and Iron Maiden. (thanks, Tom - Trowbridge, England, for above 4) |
| James LaBrie was one of the candidates to replace Bruce Dickinson when he left Iron Maiden in 1993. (thanks, Tom - Trowbridge, England) |
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Comments:
| One of THE best progressive rock bands ever. my fav songs at the moment are: take the time, pull me under, as I am, this dying soul, constant motion and metrolis pt 1: the miracle and the sleeper, and the root of all evil. lets hope john petrucci keeps it up with his g3 concerts, rock on!!! and dont get me started on the keyboards, its just insane.. - Nick, Cairns, Australia |
| In September 2006 "Score: the 20th Anniversary Tour DVD" debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Music DVD chart. - Ashley, Leeds |
| Dream theater very impressive and brilliant band, I like it a lot - Arturo, Mexico city, Mexico |
| Don-- I've heard a Dream Theater song or two and I have to agree. Their instrumentals are incredible, but James LaBrie's voice detracts just a bit from the experience. Still, they are an excellent band and show that prog rock isn't dead yet. :) - Maya, San Francisco-ish, CA |
| While "Images and Words" is arguably this bands best release, IMO "Awake" is a 10 star album, and their best. I've heard it said that progressive rock musicians play with such technical proficiency that the emotion or soul of the music is missing. Not on this disc, they combine their instrumental prowess with great emotion. And that makes for the 75 minutes of musical paradise on this wonderous effort. It's been in my player for a month, and I can't seem to take it out. For 10 dollars you get alot of bang for your buck. The only drawback is the singer James Labrie. He does sound good at times, but for me his vocals could have been deleted and that would have been fine. At the top of the progressive rock mountain you have: King Crimson, Pink Floyd and Dream Theatre. Some pretty awesome company. Peace. - Don, Pittsburgh, PA |
| For most of the musicians Dream Theater is the most gifted group in the world. John Petrucci is the most technique guitar player in the world, also Portnoy is the best rock drummer and Myung is the fastest bassist. I recommend you to listen Jordan Rudess.(Unbelievable!) - Can, Ankara, Turkey |
| Three of the bandmembers' wifes (Rena Petrucci, Marlene Portnoy and Lisa Martens Myung) played in the same band before marrying three guys all playing in Dream Theater!! The band was called Meanstrak and was a thrashy-metal band. I think they split up in '93 (Not sure though) - Anders, Faaborg, Denmark |
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