After the band released a demo entitled Majesty Demos, Collins was replaced by Charlie Dominici in November 1987. The trio added keyboard player Kevin Moore and vocalist Chris Collins in order to complete their lineup. The band was formed under the name Majesty by guitarist John Petrucci, bassist John Myung, and drummer Mike Portnoy while the three of them were attending Berklee College of Music in September 1985. The discography of Dream Theater, an American progressive metal band, consists of fifteen studio albums, one extended play, nine live albums, one compilation album, eight video albums, nine singles, and twenty-one music videos. #964.(From left to right: Mike Portnoy, John Petrucci, James LaBrie, John Myung, and Jordan Rudess).REMINDER: New Year’s Eve Drop-In Party TONIGHT December 31, 2021.#964.5: The Lists – 2021 Year in Review – Part Two December 31, 2021.Happy New Year! 2022 Begins on the LeBrain Train January 1, 2022.REVIEW: Deep Purple – Turning to Crime (2021 / bonus track) January 2, 2022.REVIEW: Def Leppard – The Early Years 79-81 (Summary) January 3, 2022.#965: The Collector’s Disease January 4, 2022.#966: Crossing the Line January 5, 2022.REVIEW: Aerosmith – Rocks Donington 2014 (CD/DVD) January 6, 2022.The Tunes of Tee Bone – Tonight on the LeBrain Train! January 7, 2022.Tee Bone Rocks the LeBrain Train All Night Long January 8, 2022.Sunday Song Spotlight: REZ – “Shadows” January 9, 2022.RE-REVIEW: Def Leppard – Pyromania (1983) January 10, 2022.RE-REVIEW: The Four Horsemen – Gettin’ Pretty Good…at Barely Gettin’ By (Bonus tracks) January 11, 2022.Mikeladano on Tee Bone Rocks the LeBrain Tra… Lana Teramae on Tee Bone Rocks the LeBrain Tra… Lana Teramae on RE-REVIEW: Def Leppard –… Check out the multitude of stuff available (though some are out of print now) and try not to drain your bank accounts. They did that because it’s a great album on any day.ĭream Theater’s live covers albums (and many, many other releases) can be found on their own Ytse Jam Records website. Dream Theater painstakingly learned the album front to back so they could play it live for a few thousand people. Any way you slice it, Puppets is metal immortal, a very important record in anyone’s collection. Are they Metallica’s best-ever set of songs? Some prefer Kill ‘Em All, some Ride the Lightning. In anything, Dream Theater draw attention to the fact that these are great heavy metal songs. The keyboards are the most obvious deviation, and that’s minor. Beat for beat, this is stunningly true to the original album. If the effort was to do an authentic version of Puppets, as close to note for note as possible, then I say mission accomplished. Mike Portnoy does not grandstand and overplay. (He can play better than I can…) But in answer to that question I can only respond “fucking awesome”.ĭream Theater cover Master of Puppets without drawing attention to themselves. Lars haters are naturally going to ask “What do Metallica songs sound like with a real drummer?” Hey, I’m no Lars hater. Guitarist John Petrucci does not often get to riff on something for five minutes straight like Metallica do. They would have the chance to sing and play in a way that isn’t the usual for them. For Dream Theater, doing these cover albums (from a wide variety of bands in fact) must be a lot of fun. Metallica requires a gritty singer, going for it 110%.
He sings a convincing Metallica cover indeed! He cuts loose and goes for it. James LaBrie fits the silhouette of a young James Hetfield. In short, Rudess turns the prospect of Metallica with keyboards into a lesson on forgetting your assumptions about keyboards! From time to time, you forget it’s a keyboard. He also plays the acoustic parts on keys. On this, Jordan Rudess does aggressive keyboard solos where Kirk Hammett may have laid down one with his axe. The most obvious difference is that Metallica have two guitar players, while Dream Theater has one and a keyboard player. Just as advertised, it’s Dream Theater doing the whole album live, in sequence, and pretty authentically too.ĭream Theater are a very different band from Metallica. This was recorded in Barcelona back in 2002.
#Dream theater master of puppets cover series#
DREAM THEATER – Master of Puppets(2009 Yste Jam)įrom Dream Theater’s acclaimed self-released series of covers albums, we have before us Master of Puppets.