Originally published in Metal Edge magazine · October 1998
Dream Theater & Bruce Dickinson
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Having played to a packed House of Blues last November, Dream Theater returned to sell the place out for two consecutive nights on May 17 and 18, and had a special guest join them at the second show: Bruce Dickinson, who was in L.A. recording the follow-up to Accident of Birth with Adrian Smith (who attended but did not jam). Bruce joined Dream Theater to perform Deep Purple’s “Perfect Strangers” and several Iron Maiden tunes including “The Trooper” and parts of “Where Eagles Dare” and “Killers” at the end of the set. Dream Theater’s tour manager, Bill Barclay, used to guitar tech for Adrian , and invited them down, but the connection doesn’t end there . Bruce, Adrian, and DT keyboardist Derek Sherinian recorded “Black Widow” for the forthcoming Alice Cooper tribute album, accompanied by Tommy Aldridge on drums, Tony Franklin on bass, and Bob Kulick on rhythm guitars. It’s due out in the fall, as is a live Dream Theater disc and Bruce’s album, A Chemical Wedding.