Originally published in Prog magazine (UK) 102 · September 2019
My Record Collection: Jeff Pezzuti (excerpt)
Interview1 min read
The CEO of hologram entertainment company Eyellusion just brought us The Bizarre World Of Frank Zappa and Dio Returns. Now we hear of the sounds – that could become sights – in his extensive collection.
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I love metal. I also love prog. So, progressive metal is an obvious next love. I was introduced to Dream Theater by my best friend, Mike Pezzillo. Mike had purchased When Dream And Day Unite and played it for me. While I liked it, I wasn’t blown away with the vocals of Charlie Dominici. Enter James LaBrie and everything changed. Images And Words is the first record to feature James and had the very underrated Kevin Moore on keys. A truly great record, they are also always a great live band. I’m also a fan of all the Mike Portnoy’s projects too, especially Flying Colors and Sons Of Apollo.