Monday, May 22, 2023

Dream Theater


 


















Artist:  Dream Theater
Origin:  Long Island, New York, USA
Genre:  Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Neo-Progressive, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Art Rock

Original line-up:


John Petrucci:  Guitar, Backing Vocals
John Myung:  Bass
Mike Portnoy:  Drums, Backing Vocals

Dream Theater is an American Progressive Metal Band from Long Island, New York, formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci (Guitar), John Myung (Bass), and Mike Portnoy (Drums), while they attended Berklee College Of Music in Massachusetts.  They subsequently dropped out of their studies to concentrate further on the band and become Dream Theater.  The band is well known for the technical proficiency of its instrumentalists  Though a number of lineup changes followed, the three original members remained together along with James LaBrie (Vocals) and Jordan Rudess (Keyboards), until September 8, 2010 when Mike Portnoy left the band and replaced by Mike Mangini in 2011.  John Petrucci won many awards from music instruction magazines.  John Myung was voted the greatest Bassist of all time in a poll conducted by Music Radar in August and September 2010.  Mike Portnoy has won 26 awards from Modern Drummer Magazine and to be inducted into the Rock Drummer Hall of Fame.  Jordan Rudess is considered to be one of the greatest Keyboards Players of All Time by Music Radar.  The band's highest-selling album is the Gold-Selling Images and Words (1992).  Metropolis Pt. 2:  Scenes From A Memory was ranked 95 on the October 2006 issue of  Guitar World Magazine's list of The Greatest 100 Guitar Albums Of All Time.



























Title:  Lost Not Forgotten Archives:  When Dream And Day Unite Demos (1987 -1989) (2023)

Genre:  Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Neo-Progressive, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Art Rock
Label:  InsideOut Music
Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

Disc 1:

 1.  Afterlife (Instrumental Demo) 
 2.  The Killing Hand (Instrumental Demo)
 3.  The Ones Who Help To Set The Sun (Instrumental Demo)
 4.  Ytse Jam (Instrumental Demo)
 5.  Cry For Freedom (Instrumental Demo)
 6.  Resurrection Of Ernie (Instrumental Demo)
 7.  Drum Solo (Instrumental Demo)
 8.  A Fortune In Les (Instrumental Demo)
 9.  Only A Matter Of Time (Instrumental Demo)
10. A Fortune In Lies (Early Charlie Demo)
11. Afterlife (Early Charlie Demo)
12. The Ones Who Help To Set The Sun (Early Charlie Demo)

Disc 2:

 1.  A Fortune In Lies (WDADU Pre-Production Demo)
 2.  Afterlife (WDADU Pre-Production Demo)
 3.  Ytse Jam (WDADU Pre-Production Demo)
 4.  Only A Matter Of Time (WDADU Pre-Production Demo)
 5.  The Ones Who Help To Set The Sun (WDADU Pre-Production Demo)
 6.  The Killing Hand (WDADU Pre-Production Demo)
 7.  Light Fuse And Get Away (Instrumental, WDADU Pre-Production Demo)
 8.  To Live Forever (Xmas Demo)
 9.  Mission Impossible (Xmas Demo)
10. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End (Xmas Demo)
11. O Holy Night (Xmas Demo)
12. A Vision '89 (Xmas Demo)
13. Untitled (Xmas Demo)









































Format:  LP

Tracks:

LP 1:

Side A:


 1.  Afterlife (Instrumental Demo) 
 2.  The Killing Hand (Instrumental Demo)
 3.  The Ones Who Help To Set The Sun (Instrumental Demo)
 4.  Ytse Jam (Instrumental Demo)

Side B:

 1.  Cry For Freedom (Instrumental Demo)
 2.  Resurrection Of Ernie (Instrumental Demo)
 3.  Drum Solo (Instrumental Demo)
 4.  A Fortune In Les (Instrumental Demo)

LP 2:

Side A:

 1.  Only A Matter Of Time (Instrumental Demo)
 2.  A Fortune In Lies (Early Charlie Demo)
 3.  Afterlife (Early Charlie Demo)
 4.  The Ones Who Help To Set The Sun (Early Charlie Demo)

Side B:

 1.  A Fortune In Lies (WDADU Pre-Production Demo)
 2.  Afterlife (WDADU Pre-Production Demo)
 3.  Ytse Jam (WDADU Pre-Production Demo)
 4.  Only A Matter Of Time (WDADU Pre-Production Demo)

LP 3:

Side A:

 1.  The Ones Who Help To Set The Sun (WDADU Pre-Production Demo)
 2.  The Killing Hand (WDADU Pre-Production Demo)
 3.  Light Fuse And Get Away (Instrumental, WDADU Pre-Production Demo)

Side B:

 1  To Live Forever (Xmas Demo)
 2.  Mission Impossible (Xmas Demo)
 3.  Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End (Xmas Demo)
 4.  O Holy Night (Xmas Demo)
 5.  A Vision '89 (Xmas Demo)
 6.  Untitled (Xmas Demo)

Personnel


John Petrucci:  Guitar, Backing Vocals
John Myung:  Bass
Mike Portnoy:  Drums, Backing Vocals
Charlie Dominici:  Lead Vocals
Kevin Moore:  Keyboards

Lost Not Forgotten Archives:  When Dream And Day Unite Demos is the unreleased additional to Dream Theater, released on May 12, 2023 by InsideOut Music.  For Fans of Dream Theater and Music Collectors.







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