Dare to Dream Theatre
Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band comprising James LaBrie, John Petrucci, Jordan Rudess, John Myung, and Mike Portnoy.
Dream Theater was formed in 1985 under the name "Majesty" by Petrucci, Myung, and Portnoy, while they were attending the Berklee College of Music in Boston, before dropping out to help support the band. Though a number of lineup changes followed, the three original members remain today along with LaBrie and Rudess. Dream Theater has become one of the most commercially successful progressive rock bands since the height of the genre in the mid-1970s, despite being relatively unknown in mainstream rock circles. Although the band has had a few successful hits (notably 'Pull Me Under' in the early 1990s, which had extensive MTV rotation), it has mostly stayed underground for its career, feeding off support from fans.
The band is well known for the technical proficiency of its instrumentalists, who have won many awards from music instruction magazines. Dream Theater's members have collaborated with many other notable musicians. Guitarist John Petrucci was named as the third player on the G3 tour six times, more than any other invited guitarist, following in the footsteps of Eric Johnson, Robert Fripp, and Yngwie Malmsteen. (read more)
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Who Rocks Harder? Rush or Dream Theater?
Both bands play progressive hard rock that's heavy on musicality, but also rife with strong hooks and melody. And both deliver live with a precision and chemistry that's nearly unparalleled. Clearly, there are lots of people out there that are diehard fans of both%u2026 Well, now you have to choose.
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Jonathan says:
Very hard decision to pick... Both bands are amazing but I have to go with dream theater... Although Neil pert is beast, I just think DT's guitarist, drummer, and bassist out do rush... Not to say geddy isn't good at singing and bass, but ive been exposed to DT first which makes ne love them slightly more then rush...
Posted February 25, 2010
gbrettmiller says:
Some of my friends may disown me for this, but my vote goes to Dream Theater. Their lyrics aren't nearly as meaningful as those of Neil Peart, but musically I just have to give them the edge.
Posted February 03, 2010
JAG says:
im gonna have to say dt wins this one. comparing the individual members of each band to their counterpart in the other, dt wins.
Posted May 25, 2009
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Jerry says:
This is a hard one!! Both have awesome drummers but Rush has the most awesome bassist!! They are both pretty tight but i like rush better ,especially 74-80 great stuff!
Posted March 17, 2009
Blog Posts
- Former DREAM THEATER Keyboardist KEVIN MOORE Discusses New OSI Album In Audio ...
- Formed in 2002 by Jim Matheos (FATES WARNING, ARCH/MATHEOS) and Kevin Moore (CHROMA KEY, former DREAM THEATER keyboardist), OSI is a long-distance partnership, both musicians typically writing and recording alone and sending song ideas back and forth ...
- Dream Theater's Canadian lead singer James LaBrie revels in Grammy nod
- As the frontman for a progressive metal band, Dream Theater's James LaBrie (centre) just assumed that Grammy glory would never be in his future. Aside from the annual awards gala's brittle relationship with metal fans - which dates back to Jethro ...
- Dream Theater Grammy Award: Keyboardist Says Band Will Not Miss the Ceremony
- As Noisecreep has covered, the members of Dream Theater are thrilled to have been nominated for their first ever Grammy Award. Their song 'On the Backs of Angels' was included in the Best Hard Rock/Metal category. The Grammys Awards will air live on ...
- Dave Grohl on Foo Fighters' Hard Rock / Metal Grammy Win: I Feel Bad for Dream ...
- With his band having captured five Grammy awards (only one less than pop star Adele), including Best Hard Rock / Metal Performance, frontman Dave Grohl revealed to MTV that he feels bad for beating out Dream Theater for that very award.
Quick, what do you think of Dream Theater?
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charlesgrimes
Jan 4, 2012 @ 1:30 pm | delete
- Congrats on their Grammy nominatiaon.
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futurerudi
Nov 9, 2011 @ 1:23 am | delete
- progressive metal band... i like it
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lizthefair
May 16, 2011 @ 10:28 pm | delete
- Great Lens! I'm not a huge fan of Dream Theater myself, but listen to them a lot as my boyfriend can't get enough. Thanks for the background info about their work!
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JP
Nov 19, 2010 @ 8:16 am | delete
- Dream Theater is pretty much Rush on Steroids
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Amarant
Sep 22, 2010 @ 2:50 am | delete
- I personally like a lot the album "Black Clouds & Silver Linings" !
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Dip9841
Oct 17, 2009 @ 1:14 am | delete
- Dream theater is progressive god
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John Myung Fans
Sep 20, 2009 @ 8:01 pm | delete
- I remember the first Dream Theater song I heard. That was As I am. Then, my friend showed me a Dream theater Budokan DVD Concert. Since that, I love Dream theater so much. Especially John Myung. He has a mysterious personality.
I've created lens about John Myung's basses. Check it out!
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bANgO_13
Nov 13, 2008 @ 1:20 am | delete
- THE SPIRIT CARRIES ON
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I LIKE IT....
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IROn_5L1nKY
Sep 4, 2008 @ 4:06 pm | delete
- I have been having a scandelous love affair with DT for about the last, oh, let's say, half a year. I really got into their concept album "Metropolis, part 2" first, I thought that the whole album was an amazing collection of so many things. Right now, however, I've been hitting their latest album really hard, notable the "In the Presence of Enemies" songs. I am absolutely obsessed with these two songs. I've been listening to them several times a day, I've been trying to learn parts from them on the guitar, and have generally been dissecting the song mentally. It's really cool stuff. I love the whole band. They're just fantastic musicians. It'd be cool to see some more innovation on this site for such a cool band.
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Petrucci
May 27, 2008 @ 3:16 pm | delete
- Dream theater rules
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