Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. They subsequently dropped out of their studies to concentrate further on the band that would eventually become Dream Theater. Though a number of lineup changes followed, the three original members remained together until September 8, 2010, when Portnoy left the band and he was replaced several months later by Mike Mangini. James LaBrie has been the lead singer of Dream Theater since 1991, replacing Charlie Dominici who had left the band two years earlier. Dream Theater's first keyboardist, Kevin Moore, left the band after three albums and was replaced by Derek Sherinian in 1995 after a period of touring. After one album with Sherinian, the band replaced him with current keyboardist Jordan Rudess in 1999.
Images and Words is the second studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released on July 7, 1992 through ATCO Records. It is the first Dream Theater release to feature James LaBrie on vocals. Since its release, the album has maintained its position as the band's most commercially successful studio album, and the song "Pull Me Under" has the distinction of being the only Top 10 hit the band has had to date. This particular song has also had more recent success as it has appeared in the 2008 video game Guitar Hero World Tour.
John Peter Petrucci is an American guitarist, composer and producer. He is best known as a founding member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. He produced or co-produced all of Dream Theater's albums from Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999) to Distance Over Time (2019), and has been the sole producer of the band's albums released since A Dramatic Turn of Events (2011). Petrucci has also released two solo albums: Suspended Animation (2005) and Terminal Velocity (2020).
Awake is the third studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released on October 4, 1994, through East West Records. It was the last Dream Theater album to feature keyboardist Kevin Moore, who announced his decision to leave the band during the recording of the album.
When Dream and Day Unite is the debut studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released on March 6, 1989, through Mechanic/MCA Records. The album is composed mainly of material that originally surfaced during the band's early years as Majesty, and it is the only Dream Theater album to be recorded with their full original lineup that featured Charlie Dominici on vocals, as James LaBrie replaced Dominici as the lead vocalist on all subsequent albums.
Charlie Dominici is an American singer best known as the second vocalist for the progressive metal band Dream Theater, having replaced Chris Collins and later being replaced by James LaBrie. Most recently, Dominici has fronted his own self-named progressive metal band, who have released three albums.
Once in a LIVEtime is a live double album by progressive metal band Dream Theater, released in 1998. It is their second live release. It was produced and recorded by Kevin Shirley during the European leg of the Touring into Infinity world tour, at the Bataclan theater in Paris.
Live at Budokan is a live recording released by progressive metal band Dream Theater on October 5, 2004, available on either 3 CDs, 2 DVDs, or 1 Blu-ray Disc. It was recorded at the Nippon Budokan Hall on April 26, 2004 in Tokyo, Japan.
The Twelve-step Suite is a set of five songs by American progressive metal and rock band Dream Theater. One song was featured on each Dream Theater studio album from Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence to Black Clouds & Silver Linings.
"Space-Dye Vest" is the eleventh and final song from American progressive rock/metal band Dream Theater's 1994 album, Awake. The song was written entirely by the keyboardist Kevin Moore, and indeed its demo featured Moore on vocals. It is structured around a dark, brooding duet between Moore playing the piano and vocalist James LaBrie. The rest of the band kick in for a dramatic outro, fading out until Moore ends the song with the piano passage that opened the song. The song is interspersed with samples from A Room with a View, The Fifth Estate, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Trouble With Evan and a news commentary by Jim Hill during the O. J. Simpson freeway chase.
Progressive Nation 2009 was a North American and European tour headlined by the progressive metal band Dream Theater. The tour's concept was created by the drummer Mike Portnoy. The first leg of the tour began on July 24, 2009 in Miami and ended on August 29, 2009 in Los Angeles. The second leg began on September 23 in Helsinki, Finland and ended on October 31 in Ljublijana, Slovenia. This tour was part of the Dream Theater Black Clouds & Silver Linings World Tour, which included a previous European summer tour and following legs in Oceania, South America, North America and two final shows in Japan. It is also the band’s last official tour that featured their founding member and drummer Mike Portnoy before his departure from the group in September 2010.
Octavarium Tour was a tour by American progressive metal/rock band Dream Theater. They began touring in support of Octavarium in Europe on June 10, 2005, beginning at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg. The main Octavarium world tour began in September in Finland after the band finished performing for six weeks during Gigantour 2005, and saw the band continue with their "An Evening With Dream Theater" concert format. This meant the band would play for almost three hours, with a different setlist each evening.
Pre-Scenes From a Memory was a concert by Dream Theater, supporting Deep Purple, after the making of Dream Theater's Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory album. This was the first show Jordan Rudess played in the band as an official member of Dream Theater. The show was held in Inchon, Seoul, South Korea, July 31, 1999. This also was the first rock festival ever in South Korea.
Touring into Infinity was a tour by the progressive metal/rock band Dream Theater, promoting their fourth studio album Falling Into Infinity. The tour began September 11, 1997 in Santo André, Brazil, and concluded September 26, 1998 in São Paulo, Brazil.
An Evening of New Music with Dream Theater was a tour by Progressive metal/rock band Dream Theater in Europe during Falling Into Infinity demos. Starting April 10, 1997, in Nuremberg, Germany, and concluded April 19, in Bonn, Germany.
The Fix For '96 Shows was a tour by Progressive metal/rock band Dream Theater in North America, starting December 4, 1996 in Poughkeepsie, New York, and concluded December 14, 1996 in Old Bridge, New Jersey, United States, during Falling Into Infinity demos.
A Change of Seasons Tour was a short tour by the progressive metal/rock band Dream Theater in Japan, after releasing an EP A Change of Seasons. The tour began October 26, 1995, in Osaka, and concluded October 30, 1995, in Tokyo, Japan.
Waking Up the World Tour was a tour by progressive metal/rock band Dream Theater promoting their third studio album Awake.
When Dream and Tour Unite was a tour by progressive metal/rock band Dream Theater promoting their first album, When Dream and Day Unite.
Images and Tour was the first major concert tour by American progressive metal/rock band Dream Theater, promoting their second album Images and Words.
