Originally published in unknown UK TV show · January 1995
John Myung, James LaBrie interview
InterviewJames LaBrieJohn Myung2 min read
Interviewer: We're now joined by James and John from Dream Theater. So can you explain what's going on here tonight?
John Myung: It's a cover gig, and we're just paying tribute to all the music and stuff that has influenced us as we grew up as teenagers. We have a couple of guests coming down tonight – Steve Howe from Yes, Barney from Napalm Death, and a couple of guys from Marillion. And it should be a fun night.
Interview: So what sort of songs are you going to be doing?
James LaBrie: We're going to be doing bands like Zeppelin, Deep Purple. What else are we doing here? Let me think.
JM: Zeppelin, Elton John.
JL: Zeppelin, Tori Amos. We're going to do a medley of Yes. My mind's going blank right now. We're doing a whole slew of bands, though, like John mentioned earlier, that we grew up with and influenced us greatly. So we just want to pay homage.
Interviewer: So we're actually quite lucky to see you because you had a bit of an experience in Japan recently, didn't you?
JL: Yeah, it was January 17th, a quarter to six in the morning, and we were all woken up, shaken up, I should say. It was, I think, 7.1 on the Richter scale. But we didn't get hit as hard. We were in Osaka, which is about 30 miles away from Kobe, which is the city that just looks like a bomb hit them. But it was really unfortunate. And to actually be there – it's not like you're watching TV thousands of miles away from the actual scene. You're seeing it. When we were traveling, you could see it, and when you're watching the news, actually being there in the same country and so close, you felt it even more. I've never been so scared in my life. That's when you see the true fear.
Interviewer: So have you written a song about it yet?
JL: This is called ‘See You Later’.
Interviewer: So when are you back in Britain doing songs from the new album, Awake?
JM: It starts after tonight.
Interviewer: And that's around Europe?
JL: Yeah, we go around Europe, and then I think the last show is back here in London March 15th, at the Forum.