ड्रीम Theater

This rock band was formed in 1985 by Berklee College Of Music students John Petrucci (Born 12 July 1967, Long Island, New York, USA; guitar), John Myung (Born 24 January 1967, Chicago, Illinois, USA; bass) and Mike Portnoy (Born 20 April 1967, Long Island, New York, USA; drums; ex-Inner Sanctum). The trio subsequently enlisted old schoolfriend Kevin Moore (keyboards) and vocalist Chris Collins and began to record demos. Along with a contract with MCA Records, they also secured the services of vocalist Charlie Dominici, adopting their new name in favour of original choice Majesty. Their debut album showcased material incorporating elements of Rush, Queensr˜che, and Yngwie Malmsteen, in addition to the English progressive tradition embodied by King Crimson and Genesis. Dynamic, multi-faceted hard rock songs, characterized by countless slick time changes and impeccable musicianship, were the band's trademark. The album received a favourable response from the music media, but unfortunately was ignored by the record-buying public.
Dismayed at the poor album sales, MCA terminated their contract and Dominici quit shortly afterwards. It took the band a year to extricate themselves from the contract, and a rigorous auditioning process began to find a new singer. The winning candidate was Canadian James LaBrie (Born Kevin James LaBrie, 5 May 1963, Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada) formerly of Winter Rose. After their earlier label and personnel tribulations, their 90s albums for Atco/East West saw them regain their initial momentum, with both mainstream and metal critics acknowledging their fluency in meshing a variety of styles around a hard rock core. Moore left the band half way through the recording of Awake, and was subsequently replaced by Derek Sherinian. Following the release of Falling Into Infinity, Sherinian was replaced by Jordan Rudess (Born 4 November 1956, New York, USA; ex-Speedway Blvd.), who had already played with Petrucci and Portnoy in their side-project, Liquid Tension Experiment. A live set preceded the release of 1999's new studio album, Scenes From A Memory. Other projects include Playtpus (Myung) and Transatlantic (Portnoy).
Discography:When Dream And Day Unite (MCA 1989)**, Images And Words (Atco 1992)***, Awake (Elektra 1994)***, A Change Of Seasons mini-album (Elektra 1995)***, Falling Into Infinity (Elektra 1997)***, Once In A LIVEtime (Elektra 1998)***, Scenes From A Memory (Elektra 1999)****, Live Scenes From New York (Elektra 2001)***, Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence (Elektra 2002)***, Train Of Thought (Elektra 2003)***.
Videography:Images And Words (Sony 1993), 5 Years In A LIVEtime (Elektra 1998), Metropolis 2000: Scenes From New York (Warner Video 2001).
Music AlbumsAwakeEastWest America10/11/1994
A Change Of Seasons [EP]EastWest America09/19/1995
Falling Into InfinityEastWest America09/23/1997
Once In A LivetimeElektra Entertainment10/27/1998
Scenes From A MemoryEastWest America10/26/1999
Live Scenes From New York [ECD]EastWest America09/11/2001
Six Degrees Of Inner TurbulenceEastWest America01/29/2002
When Dream And Day Unite [Limited] [Remaster]One Way Records03/12/2002
Train Of Thought [ECD]EastWest America11/11/2003
Live At Budokan [Digipak] *Atlantic10/05/2004
Images And WordsEastWest America06/15/1992
When Dream And Day Unite [Remaster]One Way Records02/15/1996