Originally published in Guitar World magazine · February 1998
John Petrucci comments (excerpts)
ArticleJohn Petrucci1 min read
Thorgerson has continued to work as an in-demand album designer – two of his most recent clients have been Dream Theater and Phish – and video director. That he remains so highly sought-after is hardly surprising. Any working musician who cleaned seeds in the gatefold of one of his classic creations would probably be thrilled to see Thorgerson have his ethereal way with an album of theirs.
"He's awesome," says John Petrucci of Dream Theater, for whom Thorgerson designed the cover of Falling Into Infinity, their latest. "We've always wanted to work with him. In the past we would actually sketch our album covers ourselves, then get together with the people who would execute them. This time around, Storm insisted on doing the whole thing, and we just deferred. When you're working with someone of that caliber, you can trust his professional instincts."
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Dream Theater’s John Petrucci
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"I love the artwork – I even used to practice drawing it.”