Always.....

YOU WILL SAD IF I GONE

YOU WILL CRY IF I GONE

BUT THAT'S MAY NOT

CAUSE I WILL TRY

FOREVER JUST WITH 

YOU.....

YOU BREAK MY HEART

You break my heart

O.o.o Ooooo

for the first time

and i wish is the first

and the last time

i broken heart

cause if  i broke

the world will be end....

reff:

and you

there....

dont break.break my heart againt

cause i love you

cause i need you

always........

*
dont break my heart againt

please....please....

and now would you be

to be...................................................(mine)

20 band jepang terbaik (kata saya)

Berikut 20 band yang saya sukai yang menurut saya terbaik (bukan hasil poling sesungguhnya, jadi kalo ada yang
tidak setuju, no problem karena selera orang itu berbeda-beda). Mungkin salah satunya adalah band favorite kalian juga!?
Check this out!

1. The Gazette. Lagu pertama yang saya denger dari The Gazette (yang dulu namanya Gazette ガゼット saja) adalah Zetsu, dimana dalam PV, Uruha(gt) dengan kostum ’sexy’ bermain gitar dengan melodi yang menurut saya ‘indah’.Dari situ saya mulai berminat melihat PV-PVnya yang lain. Cukup kaget juga dengan perkembangan The Gazette yang sekarang. Denger-denger Ruki(vo) sudah berhenti merokok, pantas saja vocalnya kian berkembang, lebih konstan, lebih berkarakter.The Gazette saya rasa tidak terlalu lama ber-indie. Meski sedikit shock dengan album Stacked Rubbish(2007), namun setelah single Guren saya dengar, saya rasa The Gazette sudah menemukan jati diri mereka sebagai band mayor.Vocal Ruki yang ga ada matinya, permainan gitar Aoi yang sugoi, permainan gitar Uruha yang melodius, bassnya Reita yang mendegum, serta drummingnya Kai yang fast, konstan, dan energik merupakan perpaduan yang pas buat band satu ini. I hope The Gazette will not broke. Gaze Rock is not Dead!
2. Dir en Grey.Mengapa Dir en Grey jadi yang kedua? Meski lebih expert dari The Gazette, saya jadikan yang kedua
   

   dir en grey
   karena terkadang telinga saya sakit mendengar lagu mereka^^’. Tapi bener, Dir en Grey ga ada matinya. Meski berkali-kali Kyo(vo) masuk rumah sakit karena masalah tenggorokan, dia tetap bisa bangkit lagi.
   Banyak hal yang bisa dibanggakan dari Diru. Mereka juga pernah menjadi nominasi di MTV music award. Toshiya(ba) merupakan bassis kebanggaan Jepang. Bagaimana enggak, dia bisa memainkan accord yang rumit dan cepat dengan baik(meskipun pernah terlihat di suatu video sesungguhnya dia merasa tersiksa, jadi jangan terlalu memaksakan Totchi-kun^^).
   Die(gt) juga Kaoru(gt) sempat dijadikan ikon gitar merk ESP dan dibuatkan gitar dengan seri khusus. Sinya, drummer terseru yang saya ketahui. Walau first impressionnya terlihat feminime, lain jika ia sudah berada di belakang drumsetnya, energi yang ga terkalahkan.
3. L’Arc en Ciel. Band j-rock pertama yang saya sukai. Laruku tanpa sadar merosot jadi peringkat ketiga^^’. Alasannya sich cuma karna lama-lama lagunya terasa membosankan. Walaupun begitu, Laruku masih favorit saya.Wah kalau Laruku bubar sudah pasti jadi band legendaris yang bertahan lebih dari 10 tahun, kejadian yang langka banget. Tapi mungkin bagi kebanyakan fans berharap Laruku tidak pernah bubar dan terus nge-band sampai tua, tapi ga bisa gitu juga ya!?^^Manusia memang terbatas tapi karyanya kan pasti abadi. The great band that I had seen. Laruku ini udah langganan manggung di Tokyo Dome (cuma artis-artis beken yang bisa manggung di sini), bahkan bisa bolak balik Tokyo Dome kalo mau (berarti tukang bersih-bersih di Tokyo Dome hebat juga ya bisa keluar-masuk Tokyo Dome^^).Sedikit kecewa dengan album kiss, tapi terobati dengan lagu Black Rose, Link, dan Day break’s bell. Vocal Hyde juga ga ada matinya. Sukses terus deh buat Laruku!
4. Kagrra.Gara-gara band ini nih saya mulai merasakan keindahan bunyi Koto
   

   kagrra
   (alat musik tradisional Jepang) bukan sekedar alat musik kuno. Di tengah band-band yang musiknya condong beraroma west, Kagrra berhasil mempertahankan konteks budaya tradisionalnya sebagai musik yang diakui dunia.
   Mudah-mudahan mereka terus bertahan dengan kekhasannya tersebut. Sedikit kecewa dengan album Core. Mungkin karena mereka sudah mayor dan melepas visualkei orientalnya, unsur budayanya terasa sedikit berkurang. Meski begitu, mereka sesungguhnya tidak melepas unsur budaya tersebut . Saya menantikan album-album selanjutnya akan berkembang lebih baik dari sebelumnya.
5. Merry.Ini band eruguro yang jadi favorite saya. Menurut
   

   merii
   saya band ini cukup unik. Vocalnya khas, lagunya simple, tetapi maknanya kuat. Lagu Merry yang jadi favorit saya itu Kubitsuri Rondo. Merry mybest eruguro band lah.
6. Cellt.Wah ada juga band yang masih indie jadi the best^^’. Sekarang Cellt sedang jadi favorit saya. Vocalnya bisa dibilang aneh, tapi lagunya asik-asik lho! Kya~ Kokoro, best personil deh.
7. Versailles.Band ini mengingatkan saya pada masa-masa Lareine. Secara vocalistnya Kamijo gitu^^. Tapi saya merasakan banyak perbedaan dibanding Larene dulu.Ga salah deh Hizaki yang jadi Gitarisnya. Wajahnya amat menipu c . . super bishounen.
8. Danger Gang. This is the J-Rock girl band. Favorit saya karena tidak ada band cewe sebagus ini (saya rasa). Vocalnya juga cukup unik. Jangan kaget mengetahui fakta ini, karena saya akui mulanya saya juga tidak yakin bahwa mereka cewe semua (yang kelihatan cewe cuma Rei, drummernya doank) meski sudah lihat PVnya. Danger Gang TOP deh!
9. Girugamesh.Yosh! Girugamesh jadi favorit saya karena lagu-lagunya yang keren. Pertama download lagunya, saya cuma asal-asalan memilih judul, tapi berkali-kali
   

   cellt
   juga lagu yang saya download tidak mengecewakan. Kalo ada yang jual albumnya di Indonesia, saya belilah.^^
10. 12012.Awalnya saya mengira band ini akan mirip The Gazette (mungkin karena Wataru sang vocalisnya mirip Ruki). Namun saya harus belajar kalau saya salah^^. Setelah 12012 jadi mayor, saya mulai mengerti perbedaannya yang jauh dari The Gazette. Terlepas dari adanya beberapa lagu yang nadanya hampir mirip, 12012 is Great.
11. Antic Cafe. Sedikit kecewa setelah Bou mengundurkan diri (he’s my best guitarist). Tapi akhirnya saya mulai berlapang dada (walaupun AnCafe is not AnCafe without Bou). AnCafe pun akhirnya menambahkan 2 personil baru, yaitu Takuya dan Yuuki. Saya rasa permainan musik mereka cocok untuk AnCafe. However, AnCafe is my favorite oshare kei band.
12. Dio~Distraught OverLord. Para personilnya bukan orang baru di dunia Visual Kei. Saya rasa itu yang membuat band mereka sudah terlihat matang walaupun masih berstatus indie. Suara falsetto Mikaru langsung membuat saya jatuh hati pada band yang satu ini.
13. Shoujo Lolita 23Q. Band oshare kedua setelah AnCafe yang saya sukai. Lagu-lagunya selalu bisa saya nikmati kapan saja.
14. Hizaki Grace Project. Satu-satunya side project yang jadi the best di sini. Selain
    

    versailles
    karena Hizaki (lagi)jadi gitarisnya, juga karena ada Juka sebagai vocalist, kyaa~
    Mengingatkan saya dengan moi dix mois waktu pertama terbentuk. Walaupun cuma side project, Hizaki Grace Project tidaklah sama dengan Juka ataupun Versailles. Sebagai side project, band ini pantas diacungi jempol^^b
15. Vidoll.Walaupun sekarang-sekarang lagunya jadi pada mellow,saya suka sekali dengan Vidoll. Jui dengan suara velvetnya mampu membuat saya merasakan aura berbeda Vidoll dibandingkan band lainnya. Selain itu saya suka sekali interlude dengan gitar solo khas Vidoll.
16. SUG.Saya tidak perlu mengungkapkan alasan, yang pasti saya merekomondasikan siapa saja untuk mendengar lagu-lagunya.^^’
17. Mucc.Banyak perubahan yang terjadi ketika band ini beranjak
    

    danger gang
    mayor. Saya agak kehilangan mucc yang dulu lagu-lagunya dapat dinikmati untuk ber-headbang secara gila-gilaan. Tapi Tatsurou(vo) masih secara gila-gilaan mengerjai Yuke(ba) atau personil band lainnya.^_^
18. Screw.Saat mendengar lagunya yang berjudul Vegas alirannya terasa gazette indie banget. Over all, music srew pantas untuk dinikmati.
19. V(neu).Band oshare kei ketiga yang saya sukai. Belakangan ini saya jadi suka dengan oshare kei. Lagunya catchi dan membuat saya fun.
20. Megamasso.Sebagai fans Ryouhei (ex.Ayabie), saya mengikuti Ryouhei setelah pindah dari Ayabie hingga nyampe ke Megamasso. Semula karena senang dengan Ryouheinya saja, tapi ga salah Ryouhei jadi leader karena selalu bisa membentuk band yang bagus. ^^b

Itu tadi 20 band J-Rock yang sedang saya sukai. Hasil di atas bisa saja berubah suatu hari nanti, tapi sementara itu saja yang saya anggap best.

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KARATE KID the best movie for me

film THE KARATE KID bercerita Dre Parker (Jaden Smith) tak pernah ingin meninggalkan teman-temannya namun karena ibunya harus pindah ke Beijing maka tak ada pilihan buat Dre selain pasrah. Sebagai pendatang baru jelas masalah yang dihadapi Dre tidaklah mudah. Selain harus beradaptasi dengan lingkungan baru Dre juga masih harus berhadapan dengan para berandal di kota yang baru ini.

Saat berusaha untuk beradaptasi, Dre sudah dihajar habis-habisan oleh para berandal sebaya Dre yang rata-rata punya kemampuan bela diri tinggi. Dre hampir putus asa dan ingin kembali ke Amerika namun itu semua berubah ketika Dre bertemu Han (Jackie Chan) yang berusaha mengubah cara pandang Dre.

Han meyakinkan Dre bahwa satu-satunya cara untuk menghindar dari teror ini bukanlah dengan cara melarikan diri tetapi dengan menghadapinya. Dengan bantuan Han, Dre mulai mempelajari ilmu bela diri untuk melindungi dirinya dari ancaman para berandal yang tak pernah membiarkan Dre hidup tenang.

Date Released : 11 June 2010
Quality : CAMRip
Info : imdb.com/title/tt1155076
Starring : Jackie Chan, Jaden Smith, Taraji P. Henson
Genre : Action | Drama

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Belajar Bahasa dan Huruf Aksara Jepang

COBA PERHATIKAN......

TAU KAN MAKSUDNYA.......'''

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Foto yang Jauh Dekat Nampak Lain

Category: Foto Lucu

Ini trik serius! Kalau dilihat dari dekat, foto ini kelihatan seperti Albert Einstein.

Lalu cobalah menjauh dari layar monitor. Berdirilah pada jarak 3 meter dari monitor. Fotonya akan terlihat seperti Marilyn Monroe. Coba praktekin, deh.

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KATANYA ADA MALAIKAT TURUN KE MEKKAH MAN !!!

Jakarta -SURYA – Siluet putih tampak berputar di langit dan turun di atas Ka’bah. Video ‘malaikat’ turun di atas Ka’bah itu saat ini jadi pembicaraan di Facebook dan populer di YouTube.
Video yang menyebar di akun Facebook itu diambil oleh amatiran pada tahun 2008. Awalnya, pemilik kamera hanya menyorot gambar seorang pria, namun di belakang pria tersebut muncul semacam sinar putih yang melayang di langit.
Saat diperbesar, siluet putih ini tampak menuju ke arah Ka’bah. Tidak hanya itu, ada beberapa potongan gambar yang memperlihatkan sosok berputar di sekitar Masjidil Haram dan selanjutnya turun di atas Ka’bah.
Video ini telah beredar di Facebook dan menjadi pembicaraan masyarakat. YouTube juga menjadi sasaran masyarakat yang ingin melihat.
Video berjudul ‘Angel 2008’ itu telah berhasil menyedot perhatian 433.816 penonton.
“Subhanallah”, “Amazing” sebut beberapa komentar yang muncul di YouTube.

THAT'S MY IDOL....................

Infotainment Boikot Ahmad Dhani

Musisi Ahmad Dhani tidak membantah adanya upaya pemboikotan oleh sejumlah infotainment di acara konsernya, For Free Ariel. Upaya pemboikotan itu, menurutnya, disampaikan oleh seorang tokoh infotainment, lantaran dirinya mendukung Fatwa Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI), soal infotainment.

Ahmad Dhani - Vita Ramona di For Free Ariel.

Musisi Ahmad Dhani tidak membantah adanya upaya pemboikotan oleh sejumlah infotainment di acara konsernya, For Free Ariel. Upaya pemboikotan itu, menurutnya, disampaikan oleh seorang tokoh infotainment, lantaran dirinya mendukung Fatwa Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI), soal infotainment.
"Yah jadi ada himbauan dari tokoh infotainment untuk tidak meliput For Free Ariel, bahwa katanya Dhani dianggap mendukung fatwa MUI, akhirnya memang nggak banyak infotainment yang datang," tegas Ahmad Dhani di Studio DAHSYAT, Kebon Jeruk, Jakarta Barat, Kamis (5/08/2010).
Konser For Free Ariel digagas oleh Ahmad Dhani untuk memberi support kepada pacar Luna Maya itu, yang kini dalam tahanan polisi. Meski konser didukung oleh artis-artis Republik Cinta Manajemen (RCM), Peterpan, Luna Maya , Giring Nidji, Gading Marten , dan lain-lain, namun sepi liputan infotainment, khususnya televisi.
Menanggapi hal tersebut, mantan suami Maia Estianty itu melihat aneh saja, ketika dirinya sebagai warga negara dan umat beragama yang baik, mematuhi fatwa ulama, justru diboikot.
"Tanggapan saya aneh saja gitu loh, saya sebagai umat Islam tentunya tunduk dengan fatwa MUI dong, maka aneh juga nih, saya sebagai umat tunduk sama MUI malah dimusuhin," tegasnya dengan nada bertanya. (kpl/gum/dar)

Dream Theater

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Dream Theater
From left to right: John Myung, Jordan Rudess, Mike Portnoy, James LaBrie and John Petrucci performing live in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2008
Background information
Also known as	Majesty (1985-1989)
Origin	Long Island, New York, United States
Genres	Progressive metal, hard rock, progressive rock[1]
Years active	1985-present
Labels	Roadrunner, Elektra, EastWest, Atco, Mechanic
Associated acts	Liquid Tension Experiment, Explorers Club, Nightmare Cinema, Avenged Sevenfold, OSI, Platypus
Website	Official website
Members
John Petrucci Mike Portnoy John Myung James Labrie Jordan Rudess
Former members
Chris Collins Charlie Dominici Kevin Moore Derek Sherinian

Dream Theater portal

Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung, and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts, before they dropped out to support the band. Though a number of lineup changes followed, the three original members remain today along with James LaBrie and Jordan Rudess.
Dream Theater has become a successful progressive metal band. Although the band has had one successful hit ("Pull Me Under" in 1992, which received extensive MTV rotation), they have remained relatively low in mainstream music sales.
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 has been named as the third player on the G3 tour six times, more than any other invited guitarist, following in the footsteps of Eric Johnson and Robert Fripp. Drummer Mike Portnoy has won 23 awards from Modern Drummer Magazine and is also the second youngest person (at the age of 37) to be inducted into the Rock Drummer Hall of Fame.
The band's highest selling album is the gold selling Images and Words (1992), which reached #61 on the Billboard 200 charts.^[2] Both the 1994 release Awake and their 2002 release Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence also entered the charts at #32 and #46 respectively and received mostly positive reviews. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence also led to Dream Theater becoming the initial band reviewed in the Music Section of Entertainment Weekly during its opening week of release, despite the magazine generally preferring more mainstream music. In 2007, Systematic Chaos entered US Billboard 200 at #19.^[2] Dream Theater has sold over 2.1 million albums in the U.S.,^[3] and over 8 million records worldwide.^[4] The band's tenth studio album, Black Clouds & Silver Linings, was released on June 23, 2009. It entered the US Billboard 200 at #6 and Eurochart Hot 100 at #1, marking their highest entry on either chart.

Contents [hide] 1 History 1.1 Formation and early years (1985–1987) 1.2 When Dream and Day Unite (1988–1990) 1.3 Images and Words and Awake (1991–1994) 1.4 A Change of Seasons and Falling Into Infinity (1995–1998) 1.5 Scenes from a Memory and Metropolis 2000 (1999–2001) 1.6 Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002) 1.7 Train of Thought and Live at Budokan (2003–2004) 1.8 Octavarium and Score (2005–2006) 1.9 Systematic Chaos (2007) 1.10 Greatest Hit (...And 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs) and Chaos in Motion (2008) 1.11 Black Clouds & Silver Linings (2008–2010) 1.12 Next studio album (2010-present) 2 Logo and imagery 3 Live performances 4 Bootleg culture 5 Cover songs 6 Discography 7 Band members 8 Awards and certificates 9 References 9.1 Further reading 10 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Formation and early years (1985–1987)

Founding members (from left to right) John Myung, Mike Portnoy, and John Petrucci in 1985.

Dream Theater was formed in Massachusetts in 1985 when guitarist John Petrucci, bassist John Myung, and drummer Mike Portnoy decided to form a band in their spare time while studying at the Berklee College of Music. The trio started by covering Rush and Iron Maiden songs in the rehearsal rooms at Berklee.
Myung, Petrucci, and Portnoy joined together on the name Majesty for their newly formed group. According to the The Score So Far... documentary, they were waiting in line for tickets to a Rush concert at the Berklee Performance Center while listening to the band on a boom box. Portnoy commented that the ending of the song "Bastille Day" (from the album Caress of Steel) sounded "majestic". It was then decided that Majesty would be the band's name.^[5]
The trio then set out to fill the remaining positions in the group. Petrucci asked his high school band-mate Kevin Moore to play keyboards. After he accepted the position, another friend from home, Chris Collins, was recruited as lead vocalist after band members heard him sing a cover of "Queen of the Reich" by Queensrÿche^[6]. During this time, Portnoy, Petrucci, and Myung's hectic schedules forced them to abandon their studies to concentrate on their music, as they did not feel they could learn more in college. Moore also left his college, SUNY Fredonia, to concentrate on the band.

	"Another Won" "Another Won" from The Majesty Demos.
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The beginning months of 1986 were filled with various concert dates in and around the New York City area. During this time, the band recorded a collection of demos, titled The Majesty Demos. The initial run of 1,000 sold out within six months, and dubbed copies of the cassette became popular within the progressive metal scene. The Majesty Demos are still available in their original tape format today, despite being released officially on CD, through Mike Portnoy's YtseJam Records.
In November 1986, after a few months of writing and performing together, Chris Collins was fired. After a year of trying to find a replacement, Charlie Dominici, who was far older and more experienced than anyone else in the band, successfully auditioned for the group. With the stability that Dominici's appointment brought to Majesty, they began to increase the number of shows played in the New York City area, gaining a considerable amount of exposure.
Shortly after hiring Dominici, a Las Vegas group also named Majesty^[7] threatened legal action for intellectual property infringement related to the use of their name, so the band was forced to adopt a new moniker. Various possibilities were proposed and tested, among them Glasser, Magus, and M1, which were all rejected ^[8] until Portnoy's father suggested the name Dream Theater, the name of a movie house in Monterey, California.

[edit] When Dream and Day Unite (1988–1990)

Dream Theater in 1989: John Petrucci, Mike Portnoy, Charlie Dominici, Kevin Moore, John Myung

With their new name and band stability, Dream Theater concentrated on writing more material while playing more concerts in New York and in neighboring states. This eventually attracted the attention of Mechanic Records, a division of MCA. Dream Theater signed their first record contract with Mechanic on June 23, 1988^[8] and set out to record their debut album. The band recorded the album at Kajem Victory Studios in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania. Recording the basic tracks took about 10 days, and the entire album was completed in about 3 weeks^[9].
When Dream and Day Unite was released in 1989 to far less fanfare than the band had anticipated. Mechanic ended up breaking the majority of the financial promises they had made to Dream Theater prior to signing their contract, so the band was restricted to playing around New York City. The promotional tour for the album consisted of just five concerts, all of which were relatively local. Their first show was at Sundance in Bay Shore, New York opening for the classic rock power trio Zebra.^[10]
After the fourth show, Dominici was fired because of personal and creative differences. Shortly after, however, the band Marillion asked Dream Theater to open for them at a gig at the Ritz in New York, so Dominici was given the opportunity to perform one last time.^[10] It would be another two years before Dream Theater had a replacement vocalist.

[edit] Images and Words and Awake (1991–1994)

"Pull Me Under" "Pull me Under" from Images and Words. Problems listening to this file? See media help.

Following Dominici's firing, Dream Theater fought successfully to be released from their contract with Mechanic, and set about auditioning singers and writing material for their next album. In their search for a new singer, they auditioned over 200 people, among them former Fates Warning front man John Arch; all were turned down. In mid-1990, at a gig in New York, Dream Theater introduced Steve Stone as their new singer. He performed just three songs with the band before he was fired for performing less than adequately.^[11] It was five months before Dream Theater played another show, this time all-instrumental (under the name YtseJam). Until 1991, the band remained focused in an attempt to hire another singer and writing additional music.^[10] It was during this period that they wrote the majority of what would become the 1992's Images and Words.
In January 1991, Kevin James LaBrie, of glam metal band Winter Rose, was flown from Canada to New York for an audition. LaBrie jammed on three songs with the band, and was immediately hired to fill the vocalist position. Once recruited, LaBrie decided to drop his first name to avoid confusion with the other Kevin in the band. For the next few months, the band returned to playing live shows (still mostly around NYC), while working on vocal parts for the music written before acquiring LaBrie. Derek Shulman and ATCO Records (now EastWest), a division of Elektra Records, signed Dream Theater to a seven album contract based on a three song demo (later made available as "The ATCO Demos" through the Dream Theater fan club).
The first album to be recorded under their new record contract was 1992's Images and Words. For promotion, the label released a CD Single and video clip for the song "Another Day", but neither made significant commercial impact. The song "Pull Me Under", however, managed to garner a high level of radio airplay without any organized promotion from the band or their label. In response, ATCO produced a video clip for "Pull Me Under", which saw heavy rotation on MTV. A third video clip was produced for "Take the Time", but it was not nearly as successful as "Pull Me Under".
The success of "Pull Me Under", combined with relentless touring throughout the U.S. and Japan, caused Images and Words to achieve gold record certification in the States and platinum status in Japan. A tour of Europe followed in 1993, which included a show at London's famed Marquee Club. The show was recorded and released as Live at the Marquee, Dream Theater's first official live album. Additionally, a video compilation of their Japanese concerts (mixed in with documentary-style footage of the off-stage portion of the tour) was released as Images and Words: Live in Tokyo.

"A Mind Beside Itself: II - Voices" "Voices" from Awake. Problems listening to this file? See media help.

Eager to work on fresh material, Dream Theater retreated to the studio in May 1994. Awake, Dream Theater's third studio album, was released on October 4, 1994 in a hail of controversy among fans. Shortly before the album was mixed, Moore announced to the rest of the band that he was simply no longer interested in touring, nor did he favor the style of music Dream Theater performed and would be quitting Dream Theater to concentrate on his own musical interests.^[12] As a result, the band had to scramble to find a replacement keyboardist before a tour could be considered.
Jens Johansson, who would go on to become a member of Stratovarius, was among the biggest names to audition, however the band members were eager to fill the position with keyboardist Jordan Rudess. Portnoy and Petrucci had come across Rudess in Keyboard Magazine, where he was recognized as "best new talent" in the readers' poll. The two invited him to play a trial gig with the band at the Concrete Foundations Forum in Burbank, California.^[10] For the members of Dream Theater, the show went incredibly well, and Rudess was asked to fill the keyboardist position permanently, however Rudess opted to tour with The Dixie Dregs instead, since it granted him more personal latitude. Disappointed, Dream Theater hired fellow Berklee alumnus Derek Sherinian, whose previous work included stints with Alice Cooper and Kiss, to fill in for the Awake promotional tour. By the conclusion of the tour, the band decided to take Sherinian on as Moore's full-time replacement.^[5]

[edit] A Change of Seasons and Falling Into Infinity (1995–1998)

"A Change of Seasons" "A Change of Seasons" from A Change of Seasons. Problems listening to this file? See media help.

Once again finding themselves with a new member, Dream Theater did not immediately start working on new material. Fans around the world, united on the YtseJam Mailing List (the most popular form of communication between Dream Theater fans at that point), had started placing pressure on the band to officially release the song "A Change of Seasons". It had been written in 1989 and was intended to be a part of Images and Words, but at almost 17 minutes, it was deemed too long for studio placement. However, the band did perform it live on occasion while continuing to revise it in the years leading up to 1995.
The petition was successful, and the group entered BearTracks Studios in New York in May 1995 to rewrite and record the 23 minute song with Sherinian contributing significantly to the final product. To disseminate "A Change of Seasons", the band released it as an EP along with a collection of cover songs recorded live at the Uncovered fan club gig.
After a short run of small concerts to promote A Change of Seasons, Dream Theater took a break for a few months. To keep busy, however, the band released a special Christmas CD through their official fan club, consisting of rare live tracks recorded during the band's early years. They continued releasing a new CD each Christmas until 2005.^[13] Also during the break the individual members set out to write compositions for their upcoming collaborative writing sessions.
Meanwhile, there were several changes at EastWest, and Dream Theater's main contact within the label was fired. As a result, the new team at the company were unaccustomed to the relationship Dream Theater had with former EastWest personnel, and they pressured Dream Theater to write an album that was more accessible. In mid-1997, they entered the studio to write their next album. In addition to pressuring the band to adopt a more mainstream sound, EastWest recruited writer/producer Desmond Child to work with Petrucci on polishing the lyrics to his song "You Or Me". The whole band substantially reworked the music to the song, and it appeared on the album as "You Not Me" with a chorus that was barely reminiscent of the original. Child also had a noticeable impact on the album, with a shift towards compositions that were less complex and more radio-friendly.
The band wrote almost two CDs worth of material, including a 20 minute long follow-up to the Images and Words song "Metropolis Part 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper". The label, however, did not allow the release of a double album because it felt that a 140-minute record would not be digestible by the general public. James LaBrie also felt that the CD should be a single disc.^[14] The unused songs were later released in the Ytsejam Records release The Falling Into Infinity Demos^[15].
The material that made it onto the album proper was released as Falling Into Infinity, which received a mixed reception from fans who were more familiar with the band's earlier sound. While the album was moderately progressive-sounding, tracks such as "Hollow Years" and "You Not Me" prompted some to believe it was the dawn of a new, mainstream-sounding Dream Theater. Overall, the album was both a critical and commercial disappointment. Although Portnoy didn't speak out publicly at the time, many years later, in the 2004 DVD commentary for 5 Years in a Livetime, he revealed that he had been so discouraged during this period he'd considered disbanding Dream Theater altogether.
During the European leg of the Touring Into Infinity world tour, two shows were recorded for a live album entitled Once in a LIVEtime, in France and The Netherlands. The album was released at around the same time as the video 5 Years in a Livetime, which chronicled the time from when Kevin Moore left the band up to the Falling Into Infinity promotional tour.

[edit] Scenes from a Memory and Metropolis 2000 (1999–2001)

In 1997, Magna Carta Records' Mike Varney invited Portnoy to assemble a progressive 'supergroup' to work on an album, which would become the first in a long string of side-projects for the members of Dream Theater.^[16] The lineup consisted of Portnoy on drums, Petrucci on guitar, Tony Levin on bass, and keyboardist Jordan Rudess, who had finished with the Dixie Dregs. The band assumed the name Liquid Tension Experiment, and would act as a medium through which Portnoy and Petrucci could once again court Rudess to join Dream Theater. In 1999, he accepted an offer to become the third full-time Dream Theater keyboardist, replacing Sherinian.^[5]
With yet another new member, Dream Theater entered BearTracks Studio once again to write and record their next album. As a result of an ultimatum from Portnoy, the label gave the band complete creative control. The follow-up to "Metropolis Part 1", which was written during the Falling Into Infinity sessions (but not used on that album), was taken off the shelf for reworking. They decided to expand the 20-minute song into a complete concept album, with a story revolving around themes such as reincarnation, murder and betrayal. To avoid stirring up the fan base, a tight veil of secrecy enveloped the writing and recording process. The only things fans were privy to prior to its release were a track list that had been leaked against the band's wishes, and a release date. In 1999, Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory was released to high critical acclaim. It was hailed as Dream Theater's masterpiece by many fans and critics alike, despite only reaching #73 on the US album chart.^[2]
The album was mixed by David Bottrill, but only a few of his mixes made it on the final album. The bulk was remixed by Kevin Shirley. The rest of the mixes can be heard in the band's official bootleg "The Making of Scenes from a Memory".
A massive world tour followed recording the album, taking over a year to complete, by far their largest to that point. The concerts reflected the theatrical aspect of the album. They played the entire Scenes From a Memory album from start to finish, with a video screen on the back wall of the stage showing a narrative companion to the story of the album. In addition to playing the album in its entirety, the band also played a second set of Dream Theater songs, as well as a few covers and improvisations of old Dream Theater material. For one extra special show, at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City, actors were hired to play characters in the story, and a gospel choir was enlisted to perform in some sections of the performance.
This show, the last North American date of the tour, was recorded for the band's first DVD release. After many technical delays, the DVD, titled Metropolis 2000, was released in early 2001. Shortly after, the band announced that an audio version of the concert, with the entire four-hour long set-list (some of which had to be cut from the DVD to save space), would be released.
The cover for the CD version of the concert, titled Live Scenes from New York, depicted one of Dream Theater's early logos (the Images and Words-era burning heart, modeled on the Sacred Heart of Christ) modified to show an apple (as in "Big Apple") instead of the heart, and the New York skyline, including the twin towers of the World Trade Center, in the flame above it. In an unfortunate coincidence, the album was released on the same date as the September 11 attacks. The album was quickly recalled by the band and was re-released with revised artwork later,^[17] though some copies were sold, and have since become rare collectors items for fans.

[edit] Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002)

"Overture" "Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence" from Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence. Problems listening to this file? See media help.

Putting the whole ordeal behind them, Dream Theater once again entered BearTracks Studios to record their sixth studio album. Four years after they first petitioned EastWest to allow them to release a double album, they finally got their chance with Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence. The first disc consisted of five tracks of 7–13 minutes in length, and the second disc was devoted entirely to the 42-minute title track, which is to date the longest song Dream Theater has written. The genesis of that song came when Rudess wrote what would become the "Overture" section of "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence", and the band took some different melodies and ideas contained within it and expanded them into chapters of a complete story.^[5]
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence ended up being received very well by critics and the press. It was the most publicized of Dream Theater's albums since Awake, debuting on the Billboard charts at #46^[2] and the Billboard Internet charts at #1.^[18] Throughout the next year and a half they toured the world once more, with an expanded live show including a select few special "album cover" gigs (see Cover songs section, below), in which they played Metallica's Master of Puppets and Iron Maiden's The Number of the Beast in their entirety.

[edit] Train of Thought and Live at Budokan (2003–2004)

During 2003, Dream Theater entered the studio to write and record another album. Since Scenes from a Memory was written and recorded simultaneously in the studio, in the spirit of change, the band took a different approach by setting aside three weeks for writing prior to recording. In the middle of the recording sessions for the album, a special tour with two other progressive metal bands, Queensrÿche and Fates Warning, was undertaken in North America. The "Escape from the Studio American tour", as it was referred to in Dream Theater's promotional material, featured Queensrÿche and Dream Theater as co-headlining acts with Fates Warning performing supporting act duties. As a finale for each concert there was an extended encore in which both Dream Theater and Queensrÿche performed together on stage simultaneously, often playing cover songs.
At the completion of the tour, Dream Theater returned to the studio to finish the recording of their seventh album, Train of Thought. They concentrated more on writing a great song-oriented album, a mindset inspired by covering Master of Puppets and Number of the Beast on their previous concert tour. As a result, the more straight-forward metal sound of those two albums seemed to creep into Train of Thought.^[19] The album was a critical success, but it alienated a fair proportion of Dream Theater's fans who preferred traditional progressive rock, such as Yes or King Crimson. Regardless, it seemed to expand Dream Theater's fan base into new territory, capturing many more metal fans.^[5]
Another world tour followed, during which Dream Theater performed support act duties for one of their major influences, Yes. A modest North American tour was completed by the two bands, after which Dream Theater continued to tour the world with their so-called "An Evening With Dream Theater" shows.
Their next move was to release another live CD/DVD combination, this time recorded at the famous Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan on their Train of Thought World Tour. Live at Budokan was released on October 5, 2004, and further propelled Dream Theater's reputation as one of the premier live acts in progressive metal.

[edit] Octavarium and Score (2005–2006)

Dream Theater after concert in Paris (2005). Left to right:Mike Portnoy,John Petrucci,James LaBrie,John Myung,Jordan Rudess

Upon the completion of their Train of Thought promotional tour, Dream Theater entered the Hit Factory studios in NYC to record their eighth album. As it turned out, they would be the last group ever to record in that famous studio, and after they wrapped up their final session, the lights were turned off at the studio forever.^[20]
Octavarium was released on June 7, 2005, and took the band's sound in yet another new direction. Among its eight songs is a continuation of Portnoy's "Twelve-step" saga ("The Root of All Evil", steps 6-7 in the 12-step plan), as well as the title track, a musically versatile 24 minute epic rivaling "A Change of Seasons". Octavarium received mixed reviews from fans and has been the subject of spirited debate. Octavarium was the last album under their seven-album deal with Elektra Records, which had inherited the contract upon its absorption of EastWest Records.
Dream Theater toured extensively throughout 2005 and 2006 to celebrate their 20th Anniversary as a band, including a headlining spot on Gigantour. During a show on August 2, 2005 in Dallas, the band paid tribute to Pantera's late guitarist Dimebag Darrell by performing the song "Cemetery Gates" as an encore. In addition was the unexpected appearance of fellow musicians Russell Allen (Symphony X), Burton C. Bell (Fear Factory) and Dave Mustaine (Megadeth), who joined the band on stage to perform parts of the song.
Dream Theater later departed from Gigantour and continued on with their own series of concerts. Several concerts were recorded and released for the Fanclubs. The 20th anniversary tour concluded with a show at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on April 1, 2006. Though the show had minimal promotion, it was sold out days after tickets were made available. This show, which was recorded for a CD/DVD called Score released on August 29, 2006 through Rhino Records, was the band's first concert accompanied by an orchestra (the "Octavarium Orchestra").

[edit] Systematic Chaos (2007)

Dream Theater's next album Systematic Chaos was released on June 5, 2007. The record marked their first with new label Roadrunner Records, a subsidiary of Atlantic Records. Roadrunner implemented increased promotion for the album, and as a result, Systematic Chaos reached number 19 on the Billboard 200. It also saw the release of a video for "Constant Motion" on July 14, the band's first music video since Hollow Years in 1997. An authorized book entitled Lifting Shadows, detailing their first twenty years, was also released in 2007, with an updated and expanded edition released in 2009^[21] Systematic Chaos contains eight tracks, but technically only seven songs. The album contains an epic titled "In the Presence of Enemies", bookending the album as tracks 1 and 8, Portnoy's continuing AA Saga with the song "Repentance", and a song of political nature, "Prophets of War".
The 2007/2008 Chaos In Motion World Tour started off in Italy. Dream Theater played in the Gods of Metal concert on June 3, 2007.^[22] Dream Theater also appeared at the Fields Of Rock Festival in the Netherlands on June 17, 2007.^[23] They also played at various other European festivals including the UK's Download Festival and the French festival Hellfest Summer Open Air with other bands such as Megadeth, Korn, Mastodon and Slayer.
Dream Theater returned to perform the North American leg of the tour on July 24 in San Diego, California and wrapped up on August 26 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They played with opening acts Redemption and Into Eternity. The "Chaos In Motion" tour continued for the rest of the year and into 2008, playing shows in Asia, South America and, for the first time, Australia.^[24]

[edit] Greatest Hit (...And 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs) and Chaos in Motion (2008)

On April 1, 2008, a two-disc compilation album entitled Greatest Hit (...and 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs) was released by the band. The title jokingly references the song "Pull Me Under", the band's only significant radio hit. It also includes three song re-mixes from their second album, Images and Words, five edited versions of previously released songs, and a track from a single B-side. Unlike most greatest hits compilations, Dream Theater was actively involved with the album, coming up with the tracklisting that they felt best represented their musical careers.
Mike Portnoy, after the release of Greatest Hit, organized a new tour called Progressive Nation 2008. Unlike previous Dream Theater tours, performances were held in cities that they had not visited before in the past (such as Vancouver, Canada) or cities they hadn't played in for several years. This tour also marked the first time, since the release of Images and Words, where the group performed in small venues and performance halls.
After this tour, the band released a DVD set called Chaos in Motion 2007–2008, a compilation of songs from the tour supporting their 9th album, Systematic Chaos. There were two sets of DVDs released. One was a regular two disk set while the Special Edition set contained three CDs of music that went along with the DVDs. It was released on September 30, 2008.

[edit] Black Clouds & Silver Linings (2008–2010)

Mike Portnoy announced on June 2, 2008 that the band would be entering the studio to record a new album. On October 7, 2008, Dream Theater began work on their 10th album. The album, which is titled Black Clouds & Silver Linings, was released on June 23, 2009.^[25] In addition to the standard CD, the album is available on vinyl LP, as well as a 3-disc Special Edition CD that includes the full album, a CD of instrumental mixes of the album and a CD of six cover songs from artists such as Queen and Rainbow.
On May 1, Mike Portnoy spoke to Metal Hammer about the new album for their podcast saying that while 'The Shattered Fortress' was the last in a series of songs about his 12 Steps recovery from alcoholism, 'The Best of Times' "is a real heavy personal subject about my dad who passed away during the making of the album," adding, "He was battling cancer throughout its making."^[26] The band has also announced a second Progressive Nation tour, including the tour's first performances in Europe. Opeth and Unexpect supported Dream Theater in Europe, while Zappa Plays Zappa and Scale the Summit played the North American leg, with Bigelf playing on both the NA and Europe tours.
On June 22, 2009, Mike Portnoy announced, on his forum, that there was a lineup change for the Progressive Nation 2009 tour in North America. Pain of Salvation and Beardfish were unable to tour with Dream Theater and Zappa Plays Zappa because of financial troubles within their respective record labels. He also announced two bands that will be filling the vacated slots for the Progressive Nation 2009 tour in North America, Bigelf and Scale The Summit. On this tour Dream Theater has often done an extended jam on Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence's "Solitary Shell," making it around thirteen minutes in length. Similarly, they also did an extended jam on "Surrounded" during the Chaos In Motion tour. In addition, at their show in Toronto, the first encore was a cover of "The Camera Eye", which makes this the third cover of a Rush song performed by the band in concert.^[27]
On July 1, 2009, the album debuted at #6 on Billboard's Top 200 album chart, with first week sales totalling 40,285^[28]. On November 12, 2009, Mike Portnoy announced that Dream Theater would enter the studio right after New Year's to write and record a brand new instrumental track for inclusion on the upcoming PS3 game God of War III soundtrack. Titled "Raw Dog", 'God (of) War reversed, the instrumental was sent to Roadrunner Records January 8, 2010. This marked the first time that the band has written and recorded an exclusive track for an outside project.^[29]
In December 2009, during their Black Clouds & Silver Linings tour whilst visiting Australia Dream Theater appeared with one support act, Pain of Salvation.^[30] In March 2010, they toured South America with Bigelf.
On March 4, 2010, it was announced that Dream Theater would be supporting Iron Maiden on the US and Canadian legs of their summer tour.^[31]

[edit] Next studio album (2010-present)

In a June 2010 interview, frontman James LaBrie revealed that the band will be taking a break until January and after that they will enter the studio to begin work on their next album. ^[32]

[edit] Logo and imagery

Dream Theater wordmark and "Majesty" symbol

Despite the band being forced to change their name, Dream Theater adopted a custom logo (known as the Majesty symbol) and wordmark which has appeared on the vast majority of their promotional material and on the front cover of every Dream Theater studio album. The Majesty symbol is derived from Mary, Queen of Scots' mark,^[33][34] which was re-worked by Charlie Dominici for use on the album artwork for When Dream and Day Unite.^[35] The symbol was reworked to contain the Greek letters Phi (Φ), Mu (Μ), and Alpha (Α). Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia is a musical fraternity of which John Petrucci, Mike Portnoy, and John Myung are members.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Live performances

Throughout their career, Dream Theater's live shows have gradually become bigger, longer, and more diverse. The most obvious example of this is their rotational set list policy. That is, every single night of every tour has its set list devised by Portnoy using a meticulous process that ensures its uniqueness. Factors such as set lists from previous cities are taken into account to ensure that people who see Dream Theater multiple times within the same area will not see the same songs performed twice, and even the set list from the last time the band was in a particular city is taken into account for the benefit of fans who see the band on successive tours.^[36]

Rudess and Petrucci dueling in Buenos Aires, Argentina (2008).

For this to be possible, the band prepares to play the majority of its catalogue at any performance, depending on what Portnoy decides to program for that night. This process also requires the employment of a complex lighting system to load pre-configured lighting cues based on the individual songs.
Some of Dream Theater's more notable touring partners include Between The Buried And Me, Deep Purple, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Iron Maiden, Joe Satriani, King's X, Marillion, Megadeth, In Flames, Pain of Salvation, Porcupine Tree, Opeth, Queensrÿche, Riverside, Spock's Beard, Fear Factory, Enchant, Symphony X, and Yes. In 2005, Dream Theater toured North America with the Gigantour festival, co-headlining with Megadeth, and have played with Megadeth and Iron Maiden physically on stage.
The band's full world tours, since Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, have predominantly been so-called "Evening with..." tours, in which the band performs for at least three hours with an intermission and no opening act. The show that was recorded for Live Scenes From New York was nearly four hours in length, and resulted in Portnoy almost being hospitalized after acquiring severe food poisoning from the food he ate before the show.^[37][38]

"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star", live at Nagoya, Japan. Problems listening to this file? See media help.

There is also a significant amount of humor, casualness, and improvisation attached to a Dream Theater concert. In the midst of "A Change of Seasons" it is quite common for themes such as those for Major League Baseball and The Simpsons to be quoted, and Rudess routinely modifies his solo section in the song and others, often playing the ragtime section of "When the Water Breaks" from Liquid Tension Experiment 2. Several songs included on Once in a LIVETime include snippets of others' pieces, such as Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird" and Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee." Other quotations include "Mary Had a Little Lamb" during "Endless Sacrifice" on the Gigantour, a calliope-inspired break between verses of "Under a Glass Moon", a quote of "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina"'s main melody played by Petrucci while performing the intro solo of "Through Her Eyes" in Buenos Aires, the Turkish March at a concert in Istanbul, and the opening riff of Rush's "A Passage to Bangkok" at a show in Bangkok, Thailand. On the most recent "20th Anniversary World Tour" Rudess has even thrown in a short "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" theme in a break during "Endless Sacrifice", and during a concert in Israel he started a spontaneous "Hava-Nagilla" later accompanied by the rest of the band.
Occasionally, a member of the audience is picked at random to perform on stage, an example of which can be seen during Portnoy's drum solo on the Live at Budokan DVD. There have also been many impromptu renditions of "Happy Birthday" when a member of the band or crew has a birthday corresponding to a tour date, which normally results in a birthday cake being thrown at the subject.
Perhaps the best example of Dream Theater's unpredictable concert structure is that during Derek Sherinian's time with the band. At selected shows the band members all swapped instruments and performed an encore as the fictitious band dubbed Nightmare Cinema. They usually performed a cover of Deep Purple's "Perfect Strangers", and, on one occasion, Ozzy Osbourne's "Suicide Solution". At some shows, Sherinian, Petrucci and Portnoy would take the stage together under the name "Nicky Lemons and the Migraine Brothers". Sherinian, wearing a feather boa and novelty sunglasses, would perform a pop-punk song entitled "I Don't Like You" with Petrucci and Portnoy backing. In Chaos in Motion tour, in several concerts before "Trial of Tears", Portnoy and Petrucci would change positions and play Van Halen's "Eruption".
Dream Theater's largest audience as a headlining act was 20,000 in Santiago, Chile on December 6, 2005.^[39] This was during their first tour of South American countries other than Brazil (which they had visited in 1997 and 1998). The show was released on DVD through Portnoy's YtseJam Records.
In the Score and Chaos in Motion DVDs, an animation has accompanied certain parts of the songs, showing the band playing along to the music as cartoon characters. On the Score DVD, during the song Octavarium, the band is seen performing in an octagonal shaped maze. As the animation continues Jordan Rudess spontaneously turns into Santa Claus and John Petrucci catches fire.^[40] In "The Dark Eternal Night" from the Chaos in Motion DVD, the band battles against a monster by shooting fireballs from guitars, throwing drum sticks, and screaming.^[41]
In 2007, after their show in Salt Lake City on July 30, Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. signed a proclamation officially marking July 30, 2007 as "DREAM THEATER DAY" in the state of Utah.
In 2008 Dream Theater started the "Progressive Nation '08" tour, along with Opeth, Between the Buried and Me, and 3. The tour is the brainchild of Mike Portnoy, who stated, "I've been wanting to assemble a package tour like this for many years now. With all of the festivals and package tours that go through America, I've been talking with our manager and agent for over 10 years now about doing something that focuses on the more progressive, musician-oriented side of hard rock and metal. I decided it was time to stop talking the talk, lace up and finally walk the walk."^[42]
On February 13, 2009, Dream Theater announced the official line up for their Progressive Nation 2009 tour. The tour was originally set to feature bands including Swedish bands Beardfish and Pain of Salvation, as well as Zappa plays Zappa. On June 22, 2009, Mike Portnoy announced that Pain of Salvation and Beardfish would not be touring the North American leg of the Progressive Nation 2009 tour because of record label complications. In the same announcement, Portnoy stated that the bands Scale the Summit and Bigelf would replace Pain of Salvation and Beardfish on the tour.^[43] This lineup change has put Bigelf on both the North American and European legs of the Progressive Nation 2009 tour. The tour's North American leg ran throughout July and August 2009. On March 26, 2009 it was announced that Dream Theater would take the Progressive Nation tour to Europe for the first time alongside Opeth, Bigelf and Unexpect. The tour ran throughout September and October 2009.^[44]
Dream Theater will be the opening band for Iron Maiden starting June 2010 for their tour, including Madison Square Garden as one of the many venues.

[edit] Bootleg culture

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Mike Portnoy started an official bootlegs series in response to Dream Theater fans' affinity for live versions of their concerts. Dream Theater is one of the most actively bootlegged bands in the progressive metal genre^{[dubious – discuss]}. Since their very first shows in New York as Majesty, fans have recorded almost every single show that Dream Theater have played (occasionally there are three or four versions of a single concert), and some very elaborate and professional recordings have been released.
However, not every member in the band condones the release of Dream Theater bootlegs. Portnoy is the most pro-bootlegging member, since he was an avid collector of many bootlegs in his younger days and keeps his own personal archive of Dream Theater material in his basement. Petrucci and LaBrie have voiced opposition to people recording their concerts. Petrucci takes issue with bootleggers because he prefers audience members to concentrate on the musicians on stage, and not the level adjustments on their recording device. LaBrie, on the other hand, argues that bootlegging takes ownership and control over Dream Theater's performances away from the band themselves and into the hands of the public. Myung has expressed mild opposition to bootlegging, but in some interviews has mentioned that he does not particularly take great issue with it.
Dream Theater have released a series of official bootlegs, demos and other rarities through YtseJam Records, headed by Portnoy.^[45] They include demos the band put out before official albums, as well as many live shows, including shows where the band has covered a particular album. Albums covered include The Dark Side of the Moon, Made in Japan, Master of Puppets, and Number of the Beast.

[edit] Cover songs

Dream Theater has been known for covering other artists' work throughout their career. They took this practice to a new level during the promotional tour for Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence. At three special gigs, one each in Barcelona, Chicago and New York City, they covered Metallica's Master of Puppets album in its entirety after a full set of Dream Theater material. This came as a surprise to fans, as there was no sign that this was to occur, other than it being announced that the gigs involved, which were on the second night of a two-night stand in each city, would be "extra special". This tradition can most likely be traced back to one of Mike Portnoy's favorite bands, Phish, who began a series of performing "musical costumes" of entire albums from other artists each Halloween beginning in 1994. Portnoy devised this "album cover" as the first in a series of gigs to be played as tributes to bands that had been influential in the formation and development of Dream Theater. The covers set divided many fans who attended the shows, with some people saying that they went to a Dream Theater concert to see original music and not another artist's work. Others, however, said that it was a bonus and not a replacement for a normal Dream Theater concert, since an ordinary gig had been played the night before.
On the next leg of the tour they covered Iron Maiden's The Number of the Beast and received a similar reaction to Master of Puppets, although it was already known that a cover was to be performed that night because the tour itinerary included two successive gigs in a single city. On October 11, 2005, Dream Theater covered Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon. Dream Theater's official webpage stated that the second sets of the second nights in Amsterdam, London, Buenos Aires, São Paulo and Tokyo (October 11, October 25, December 4, December 11 and January 13 respectively), and also the second set of the January 15 show in Osaka, would be a classic album covered in its entirety. The Dark Side of the Moon was played again on October 25 in London. However, in Buenos Aires (December 4) and São Paulo (December 11) the 'classic album' played was Dream Theater's own Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory, to make up for not having visited Argentina and Brazil in their Metropolis 2000 tour. On January 13, 2006 (Tokyo) and on the 15th (Osaka), Dream Theater covered Deep Purple's live album Made in Japan. Portnoy says that he has one more cover show planned, but refuses to reveal when it will occur, or what album will be covered.^[46]
During Gigantour 2005, Dream Theater did a cover of Pantera's "Cemetery Gates" as a tribute to "Dimebag" Darrel Lance Abbott. As an added bonus, they had Burton C. Bell of Fear Factory, and Russell Allen of Symphony X do guest vocals and Dave Mustaine of Megadeth, do the main solo for the song.
In March 2006, Dream Theater played the rare Rush song "Jacob's Ladder" at a show in Toronto. John Petrucci said a few days later in Asbury Park, New Jersey, prior to the night's show, that "Rush wouldn't play it, so we thought we'd play it for them."
In addition, Dream Theater released several live cover songs on their EP A Change of Seasons, including songs from Elton John, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Journey, Kansas, and Dixie Dregs.
In 2008, they recorded a version of Iron Maiden's "To Tame a Land" for a Kerrang magazine compilation entitled Maiden Heaven^[47]. This song was later included on the special edition of Black Clouds and Silver Linings.
Dream Theater also recorded a number of cover songs for their 2009 album Black Clouds & Silver Linings. The songs came as a bonus disc in the special editions version of the album.
Dream Theater played "Hava Nagila", the traditional Jewish song, during "Metropolis Pt. 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper" at a sold-out concert in Tel Aviv, Israel on June 16, 2009.^[48]
On August 14, 2009 during a Toronto show, Dream Theater played the Rush song "The Camera Eye", which was originally released on Rush's Moving Pictures album.
Dream Theater also performed a cover of "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd accompanied by Queensrÿche on one tour (date/location to be verified).

[edit] Discography

Main article: Dream Theater discography

• When Dream and Day Unite (1989)
• Images and Words (1992)
• Awake (1994)
• A Change of Seasons (EP) (1995)
• Falling into Infinity (1997)
• Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999)
• Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002)
• Train of Thought (2003)
• Octavarium (2005)
• Systematic Chaos (2007)
• Black Clouds & Silver Linings (2009)

In addition to the above official albums, the members of Dream Theater, past and present, have contributed to hundreds of bootleg albums, both official and unofficial, side projects, collaborations with other artists, and guest appearances.^[49]

[edit] Band members

Main article: List of Dream Theater band members

Current members John Petrucci - Guitar, vocals (1985–present) Mike Portnoy - Drums, percussion, vocals (1985–present) John Myung - Bass guitar, chapman stick (1985–present) James LaBrie - Vocals, percussion, keyboards (1991–present) Jordan Rudess - Keyboards, continuum, lap steel guitar (1999–present)

Former members Chris Collins - Vocals (1986) Charlie Dominici - Vocals (1987–1989) Kevin Moore - Keyboards (1986–1994) Derek Sherinian - Keyboards, vocals (1994–1998)

[edit] Awards and certificates

RIAA gold and platinum certification^[50]

1. Images and Words (Gold) - February 2, 1995
2. Metropolis 2000: Live Scenes From New York (Gold) - November 8, 2002
3. Live at Budokan (DVD) (Platinum) - January 26, 2005
4. Live in Tokyo/5 Years in a Livetime (Platinum) - March 22, 2006
5. Score (DVD) (Platinum) - October 11, 2006

Keyboard Magazine

Jordan Rudess was awarded the following Keyboard Magazine Reader's Poll award':

1. Best New Talent (1994) ^[51]
2. Burrn magazine's best keyboards player of the year (2007)

Modern Drummer

Mike Portnoy won the following Modern Drummer magazine Reader's Poll awards:

1. Best Up & Coming Talent (1994)
2. Best Progressive Rock Drummer (1995–2006)
3. Best Recorded Performance (1995 for Awake, 1996 for A Change of Seasons, 1998 for Falling Into Infinity, 2000 for Metropolis, Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory, 2002 for Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, and 2007 for Score)
4. Best Clinician (2000, 2002)
5. Best Educational Video/DVD (2000, 2002)
6. Hall of Fame Inductee (2004)

Guitar World

The album Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory was ranked #95 on the magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Albums of All Time.^[52]

Total Guitar Paul Gillard

John Petrucci won Guitarist of the year award (2007).

Other recognitions

• At Dream Theater's Salt Lake City show, Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. signed a proclamation making July 30, 2007 "Dream Theater Day".
• In December 2007, Dream Theater was chosen as Xbox Live's artist of the month.
• Dream Theater's music video "Constant Motion" was voted second in the Headbanger's Ball 2007 competition.
• Dream Theater's music video "Forsaken" was voted fifth in the Headbanger's Ball 2008 competition.
• Dream Theater's song "Panic Attack" off of their album Octavarium is featured in the video game Rock Band 2.
• The song "Pull Me Under" from the album Images and Words is also featured on both Guitar Hero: World Tour, and Rock Revolution, with the latter being a cover.^{[citation needed]}
• Since August 12, 2008 (Xbox 360) and August 14, 2008 (PS3), Dream Theater's song "Constant Motion" has been available for download for Rock Band. For the first month, it was available for a promotional price equivalent to $0.99 USD, but later reverted to a normal $1.99 cost for Rock Band downloadable content.
• Dream Theater played twice on Xbox 360s Game With Fame event. They played Halo 3 in December 2007^[53] and Call of Duty: World at War in June 2009.^[54]

[edit] References

1. ^ Allmusic
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Billboard Chart history for Dream Theater can be seen at Billboard.com.
3. ^ "February 9, 2007". Nielsen Soundscan News. 2007. http://www.marketingtomenconference.com/marketingtomen/bb_article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003544204. Retrieved 2007-02-11. 
4. ^ "Dream Theater causing chaos with new album". billboard. 2007. http://www.billboard.com/news/dream-theater-causing-chaos-with-new-album-1003604046.story#/news/dream-theater-causing-chaos-with-new-album-1003604046.story. Retrieved 2010-05-23. 
5. ^ ^{a b c d e} This was referenced in the documentary "The Score so Far", on the second disc of the Score DVD.
6. ^ Portnoy, Mike (2003). "The Majesty Demos 1985-1986" [CD Liner Notes]. New York: Ytsejam Records.
7. ^ "The Dream Theater FAQ - Graphic Version". Gabbo.net. http://www.gabbo.net/dt/faq/. Retrieved 2009-01-02. 
8. ^ ^{a b} Portnoy, Mike (2004). And Nathan Edmonds help produce "When Dream and Day Unite Demos" 1987-1989 [CD Liner Notes]. New York: YtseJam Records.
9. ^ Dominici, Charlie. When Dream And Day Unite liner notes (2004 re-release).
10. ^ ^{a b c d} Please see MikePortnoy.com tourography for more information on this tourdate.
11. ^ Portnoy's tourography: June 9, 1990 tour date
12. ^ EastWest Records Press Release.
13. ^ Nine Christmas CDs were released through Dream Theater's fan club before it was closed down in 2005. See DTIFC on Dream Theater.net.
14. ^ LaBrie, James. (Summer '97) Images & Words No. 14, pg. 5
15. ^ Falling Into Infinity Demos
16. ^ Portnoy, Mike (1998). "Liquid Tension Experiment" [CD Liner Notes]. New York: Magna Carta Records.
17. ^ "Mike Portnoy FAQ". http://www.mikeportnoy.com/aboutmike/faq/answers/12.aspx#213. 
18. ^ DreamTheater.net reported that Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence had reached #1 on the Billboard Internet Charts.
19. ^ Mike Portnoy (2007) "In Constant Motion" Instructional DVD, Train of Thought album analysis.
20. ^ http://digitalprosound.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=45690
21. ^ "Lifting Shadows - The Authorised Story Of Dream Theater". Dreamtheaterbook.com. http://www.dreamtheaterbook.com/. Retrieved 2009-01-02. 
22. ^ Gods of Metal official website
23. ^ "DREAM THEATER Begins Recording New Album, Seeks New Label Home". Blabbermouth.net
24. ^ "OPETH To Support DREAM THEATER In North America." [1]
25. ^ [2]
26. ^ Dream Theater’s Mike Portnoy Pens Tribute To Late Father
27. ^ http://www.metalsetlists.com/showthread.php?t=11043
28. ^ Holy Shit, Dream Theater debut's at 6 on Billboard Top 200, The Gauntlet
29. ^ http://www.mikeportnoy.com/forum/m2443312.aspx
30. ^ http://www.dreamtheater.net/tourdates.php#dtnzaustralia
31. ^ http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/news/Dream-Theater-To-Tour-With-Iron-Maiden-This-Summer-21029.aspx
32. ^ http://beyondthedarkhorizon.com/main/?p=4559
33. ^ The mark used by Mary, Queen of Scots, is available on DreamTheater.net.
34. ^ An embroidery showing the Mary, Queen of Scots, symbol in use
35. ^ Dixon, Brad et al. "What is the 'symbol' DT use?".
36. ^ Campbell, Courtney. "Mike Portnoy - Dream Theater". Earplugs Required.
37. ^ See the Metropolis 2000: Scenes From New York DVD
38. ^ Hansen, Scott & Portnoy, Mike. "What’s this I hear about Mike being really sick after the Roseland (DVD) show? What happened?". MP FAQ.
39. ^ Voices UK: Dream Theater Fan Club "Dream Theater News: Record crowd"
40. ^ Octavarium animation
41. ^ NADS Animation By: Mika Tyyska
42. ^ "Progressive Nation 2008 - Press Release". dreamtheater.net (Dream Theater). 2007-11-05. http://www.dreamtheater.net/news_dreamtheater.php#prognation. Retrieved 2008-05-11. 
43. ^ Progressive Nation 2009 North American Tour - Lineup Change
44. ^ Progressive Nation Tour Dates
45. ^ "YtseJam Records - The Official Dream Theater Bootlegs". Ytsejamrecords.com. http://www.ytsejamrecords.com. Retrieved 2009-01-02. 
46. ^ Hansen, Scott & Portnoy, Mike. "What are all the aspects involved in covering an entire album by another band? What does Mike take into consideration when picking an album?". MP FAQ.
47. ^ Maiden Heaven track listing revealed!
48. ^ http://whiplash.net/materias/news_874/091017-dreamtheater.html
49. ^ http://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/discography/page4.html
50. ^ riaa.com
51. ^ Jordan Rudess biography
52. ^ http://rateyourmusic.com/list/Boggs1027/guitar_worlds_100_greatest_guitar_albums_of_all_time
53. ^ http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/calendar/gamewithfame/2007/1218-dreamtheater-recap.htm
54. ^ http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/calendar/gamewithfame/2009/0620-dreamtheatre.htm

[edit] Further reading

• Bredius, Mark. Dream Theater - The Official Site. (Retrieved February-April, 2005.)
• Dixon, Brad et al. Official Dream Theater FAQ. (Retrieved February-April, 2005, moved c. 2007.)
• Hansen, Scott & Portnoy, Mike. Dream Theater Tourography. (Retrieved February-April, 2005.)
• King, Brian. (2003). "JaM Progductions! Interview with John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy". Theater of Dreams 29, pp. 14–20.
• Hansen, Scott. (2003). "James LaBrie: As this man thinks". Theater of Dreams 27/28, pp. 26–30.
• Hale, Mark (1993). "1731 Majesty". Headbangers (First edition, second printing ed.). Ann Arbor, Michigan: Popular Culture, Ink. ISBN 1-56075-029-4. 

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[hide] v • d • e Dream Theater
James LaBrie · John Petrucci · John Myung · Jordan Rudess · Mike Portnoy Chris Collins · Charlie Dominici · Kevin Moore · Derek Sherinian
Studio albums	When Dream and Day Unite · Images and Words · Awake · Falling into Infinity · Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory · Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence · Train of Thought · Octavarium · Systematic Chaos · Black Clouds & Silver Linings
Live releases	Live at the Marquee · Once in a LIVEtime · Live Scenes from New York · Live at Budokan · Score · Chaos in Motion 2007–2008
Compilations	Greatest Hit (...And 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs)
EPs	A Change of Seasons · Wither
Videos	Images and Words: Live in Tokyo · 5 Years in a Livetime · Metropolis 2000: Scenes from New York
Songs	"Pull Me Under" · Twelve-step Suite
Associated acts	Explorers Club · Liquid Tension Experiment · Nightmare Cinema · OSI · Platypus
Other	Discography · Band members · Songs by lyricist · Majesty Demos · Lifting Shadows · G3 · Gigantour · Roadrunner Records