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Petrucci has two groups of primary influences, “…the Steve’s and the Al’s”. The Steve’s are Steve Morse, Steve Howe, Steve Vai, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. The Al’s are Alex Lifeson, Al Di Meola, and Allan Holdswo […]

John Myung has been the subject of many Dream Theater memes. There’s the “Cardboard cutout Myung” meme, which came from the notion that Myung appears to be identical on all photos taken with fans so DT may […]

The Chapman Stick is a unique electric string instrument. Instead of being plucked like a guitar, the act of fretting a note causes it to play. This means that you can play notes with both hands allowing you to […]

On a TAMA instructional video he says that he can achieve a much fuller snare sound with the butt end of the stick as opposed to the tip. So for this reason, his left-hand stick is always upside down.
This […]

Mike Portnoy gives his influences in this excerpt from a Daily Vault interview:

I used to like Neal Peart but I don’t really listen to him that much anymore. He was a big influence for me when I was younger. I […]

For the recording of Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence and Train of Thought, Mike used a kit called the “Siamese Monster”. For Octavarium he used a white kit called the “Albino Monster”.

Mike uses TAMA Starclassic […]

A complete list of gear is almost impossible to create because it changes all the time.

John Petrucci currently uses Music Man guitars – and several different types. He has two distinct models: The JP model and t […]

John Petrucci did write and records two tracks for an old Sega Saturn game called Digital Pinball: Necronomicon, only released in Japan. He wrote two pieces; ” Necronomicon Prologue” and “Necronomicon Epilogue”

Mike Mangini started playing the drums at an early age, and by high school he was performing in bands and participating in prestigious All-State and All-Eastern United States ensembles.

After graduating from high […]

Before being picked up by DT for Images and Words, James sang in a Canadian glam band called Winter Rose. They released a self-titled album in 1987, which was re-released in 1997.

James beat more than 200 […]