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Derek Sherinian has been very active. When he was still in Dream Theater, he was working on a solo project called Planet X. This solo project gave life to his new band, also called Planet X.

Planet X released […]

When Kevin left, Jordan was the band’s first choice for a replacement. However, the Dregs also approached him at the same time, and Jordan felt that he would rather be in the Dregs at the time. Derek was o […]

In August 1994, after parting ways with DT, Kevin moved to Santa Fe, NM and lived there for about a year while writing and recording new solo material with the help of Rich Kern, who also did the drum programming […]

Kevin’s musical tastes have changed over the years, and he grew increasingly unhappy with the musical direction that the band had taken. He felt that the differences had become so great that he could not c […]

According to Mike Portnoy and John Petrucci, he was released because of several reasons, but most importantly because he didn’t fit in with the band in a few important ways. He was far older than the rest of them, […]

Jordan entered the Juilliard School of Music Pre-College division for classical piano training, but had by his late teens grown increasingly interested in synthesizers and progressive rock music.

After performing […]

Dream Theater stated the following:

To all of our loyal fans and friends: It is with profound sadness — regret — we announce that Mike Portnoy, our lifelong drummer and friend, has decided to leave Dream […]

On his website, the following can be found:
James’ musical tastes are quite varied as he names Metallica, Aerosmith, Van Halen, Journey and Judas Priest as well as classical composers Mozart, Vivaldi and Beethoven […]

James had a really bad case of foot poisoning holiday in 1994:

He goes on to explain, how a meal of pork, beans and rice, while on holiday in Cuba in 1994 almost left him for dead and has made him very precious […]

On his website the following can be read:
Who are your greatest influences?

In terms of Rock keyboardists: Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, and Patrick Moraz. As for bands: Gentle Giant, YES, Genesis, Pink Floyd, […]