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Dream Theatre

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monster fan, myung got me to play the bass , ALTHOUGH i think that he is a bit of petrucci's shadow, especially in the latest recordings (excluding ADToE) , i think that from the bass point of view , images, awake, WDaDU and FII were the best albums :D
 
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Loved his tone on Awake & FII. I thought once MP & JP started producing he lost some edge in the band. Did like tone on the last cd, ADToE.
I may get beat up on this observation, but I'll throw it out there. I didn't enjoy the writing as much once MP & JP started producing and thought John Myung's parts suffered as the songs didn't allow him to breathe within the structure of the songs. I thought ADToE resolved that somewhat and I'm hoping he'll be unshackled more on the new one due soon.
 
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bassbrother666 said:
well if you are now getting into them i think that we may recommend some albums :D i vote in scenes or awake or images :D
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I completely agree about recommending some albums for the OP, but... He'll end up with a huge list of them all anyway since they have such a wide discography... My vote?? Scenes from a memory and Octavarium (that was the album that got me into them) happy discovering! You've got a lot to listen to :-)
 
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I am huge Dream Theater fan (They are American not British/Canadian) and I have seen them a few times now, although admittedly I stopped listening after the Mike Portnoy incident, they are not the same without him. For starters they now tour just one set list, before you could catch them every night of the week and expect a new set list. Mike just cared about the fans a lot more than the rest of them.

As far as albums go, my favourite is definitely Scenes from a Memory but I am a concept album fan.
 
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DiabolusInMusic said:
I am huge Dream Theater fan (They are American not British/Canadian) and I have seen them a few times now, although admittedly I stopped listening after the Mike Portnoy incident, they are not the same without him. For starters they now tour just one set list, before you could catch them every night of the week and expect a new set list. Mike just cared about the fans a lot more than the rest of them.

As far as albums go, my favourite is definitely Scenes from a Memory but I am a concept album fan.
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well i see and totally understand your point of view, but don't you forget that it WAS Portnoy who did and arranged all that: the setlists etc ...so i think it is a little difficult for petrucci to replace in 2/3 years what Mike had been doing for more than 25 years :confused:
 
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bassbrother666 said:
well i see and totally understand your point of view, but don't you forget that it WAS Portnoy who did and arranged all that: the setlists etc ...so i think it is a little difficult for petrucci to replace in 2/3 years what Mike had been doing for more than 25 years :confused:
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Not for a second. I mean, sure he might end up using the same set in a city that they have seen before, Mike kept all the old set lists and made sure no show was identical in any city. The current line up just tours one set list, it would be extremely easy for them to swap out at least a couple songs here and there. Even lesser bands will change out songs from date to date. Unless they no longer practice their entire repertoire and only practice what they plan to tour, I still expect it. You set a standard you should maintain that standard.

If anything Mangini would be the reason for touring one set list, but there is no way he couldn't be up to snuff on at least a few discs worth of material by this point.

Liquid Tension is basically DT since Dimebag had to bail, they used it to court Jordan Rudess from the Dixie Dregs but Jelly Jam, OSI, and Transatlantic are all various side projects that only 1 current member was involved in at the time. Kevin (the original keys player) did OSI with Portnoy though. Speaking of Transatlantic, Mike is doing something currently with Neal Morse but I cannot remember what the name is. I love old Spock's Beard but once Neal found jesus I stopped following Neal, and Spock's Beard.
 

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