Wilma

James LaBrie – Spiritual Deist

From http://www.dprp.net/specials/labrie0405/
He may be talking from the other side of the Atlantic, but from the conviction and confidence in his voice, I get the sense that this […]

It took the band 10 days to record the basic tracks, but the entire recording process was finished in three weeks.

After writing/demoing material in 1987 and 1988, the band started to play more shows in the New York City area. This eventually attracted the attention of Mechanic Records, which signed the band to a multi-album […]

John Petrucci,  John Myung, Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian all went to the Berklee school of music in Boston, MA. Berklee is a music-dedicated school that has produced the likes of Steve Vai, Al Di Meola and […]

DT have been influenced by dozens of bands at one time or another, so it’s impossible to list which bands did and didn’t influence DT. However, in a recent interview, Mike summed up the band as follows:

It’s kind […]

The “Majesty Symbol” (as it is commonly known) is the letter “M” of “MAJESTY” in a stylized lettering, and is based on the symbol used by Mary Queen of Scots.

It can be seen on all the album covers, as well as […]

In the early stages of their career, Dream Theater were known as Majesty (named after Mike’s description of the song “Bastille Day” by Rush). However, before the recording of When Dream and Day Unite another band […]

‘Majesty’ was the original name of Dream Theater. The band found out they had to change the band name just prior to the release of ‘When Dream and Day Unite’ when a Las Vegas-based group, also named ‘Majest […]

6 O’ Clock

►The Dead (1987)

“- Six o’clock on Christmas morning! And for what?
– Well, isn’t it for the honour of God, Aunt Kate?
– I know all about the honour of God, Mary Jane”

They came from John Huston’s m […]