Originally published in Long Island Voice · April 1999
brief article about When Dream and Day Unite
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Long Island’s free weekly arts & entertainment newpaper contained an article listing the 99 Essential Long Island records from 1958-1999. All the artists listed lived on Long Island at one time or another.
Some artists include Billy Joel, Twisted Sister, Public Enemy, Joe Satriani, Steve Via, and located at #70...
70. Dream Theater – When Dream And Day Unite (1989)
Originally known as Majesty, Long Island’s Dream Theater carry the torch for Progressive Rock. Like their fathers before them (Rush, Queensryche and Emerson, Lake and Palmer), these guys really know how to play. When I first heard When Dream and Day Unite, my head almost exploded because they were so fast, precise and musically tight. Even with their odd-time signatures and over-the-top soloing on every instrument, the record has some very catchy, dare I say, pop songs. I was so blown away by this album, I started taking keyboard lessons from (now) ex-member Kevin Moore. I soon found out that most musicians I encountered were taking lessons from some member of Dream Theater. How’s that for an influence?