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Nicky Lemons is Derek Sherinian’s alter ego. Supported by the Migraine Bros (Petrucci and Portnoy), his hit song “I Don’t Like You” was played as an encore to many shows during the Touring Into Infinity world t […]

Nightmare Cinema is a warped version of Dream Theater. It features John Petrucci on drums, John Myung on keyboards, Mike Portnoy on bass, Derek Sherinian on guitar, and James LaBrie on vocals.

They made several […]

Aside from the obvious (Charlie Dominici and James LaBrie):

Steve Stone sang after almost having been given the job as the new singer of Dream Theater, a show where Dream Theater opened for Marillion. The show […]

The “Ronnie Scott’s Uncovered Gig” was a show in which Dream Theater played a full show of cover tunes. Several special guests appeared as DT played the music that has influenced their own writings and styles. The […]

The following have only ever been played live (and not recorded in a studio setting):

“Bombay Vindaloo” (improvised jam, available on LATM)

“Moon Bubbles” (available on Taste the Memories FCCD) […]

The short explanation is:

The band doesn’t have any control over which countries they play on tour. It all comes down to the promoter of the tour to decide which shows are played, and the decision is usually […]

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 […]