Luca79
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Bring back Kevin Moore too.
WilfredTASD
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So you are saying you enjoy him on a physical level then? Has he had the cock n balls inspection yet? speaking of Shafts, the guy from Shaft died yesterday
nightlight
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So you are saying you enjoy him on a physical level then? Has he had the cock n balls inspection yet? speaking of Shafts, the guy from Shaft died yesterday
lol, Myung is a diminutive figure, but a monster bass player, I had the good fortune to see him play solo along to Dream Theater songs a number of years ago.
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JimAnsell
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JackBootedThug
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Yes.So you are saying you enjoy him on a physical level then? Has he had the cock n balls inspection yet? speaking of Shafts, the guy from Shaft died yesterday
Tone Junkie
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I think they lost their spark when Mike left. They had that mix between heavy and prog. Kinda went full prog after Mike left.
I’m hoping John will dust off those old rectifiers and the music will get a little more heavy and a little less prog.
I’ll wait and see.
I’m hoping John will dust off those old rectifiers and the music will get a little more heavy and a little less prog.
I’ll wait and see.
WizardSouth-JP
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Now if they could only find a decent singer...
Shredneck
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Good luck to Portnoy playing Mangini’s parts! Lol
Kapo_Polenton
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He will simplify them.. make them sound more like a human who learned playing Rush songs vs an Octopus that can play something just because he can.. although to Mangini's credit, he played on Anihilator's 3rd album and did a fantastic job. He can dumb it down if the song calls for it.
rsm
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with Rudess and Mangini, I think Petrucci and Myung pushed the technical limits of DT.
now they can slow down again.
now they can slow down again.
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itsgoodnow
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Any idea if they fired Mangini or he left on his own?
JerEvil
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Yep. Interested to see how he and Portnoy do writing together… I expect a shit show
JerEvil
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Just like Tim Owens… it’s “you’re not fired, you’re just not our drummer anymore…”
Tone Junkie
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They are getting up there in the years. Better to do a few more albums with Mike and call it before they end up in the has been section.
It’s not an easy life recording traveling etc.
Honestly I lost interest in them because they didn’t stick to what got them there in the first place. Still listen to the older stuff. Hope they can recreate that old magic.
It’s not an easy life recording traveling etc.
Honestly I lost interest in them because they didn’t stick to what got them there in the first place. Still listen to the older stuff. Hope they can recreate that old magic.
crwnedblasphemy
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Bingo...Hey Rudess is a badass pianist/keyboardist with pitch. But Kevin Moore wrote better parts. Just saying.
WilfredTASD
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I’m only like 99% sure but “play solo” is really a
wink wink nudge nudge like Pee Wee Herman in a porn Theater right? Did you guys watch a Dream Theater vhs together in the basement 
now THAT right there is something that was both before my time and has really gone out of style. A bunch of dudes all sitting in a dimly lit movie Theater all having a wank to the same thing at the same time. I mean outside of this forum does it even ever happen anymore?
grooveHT
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I actually like Jordan Rudess a lot more in Liquid Tension Experiment than DT, but he even has a lot of interesting stuff in DT... just the schmaltz kills it for me.
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Dave L
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My uninformed guess is that like, one or two token songs from the last five (?) albums will remain in the setlist. Sort of like Sign of the cross from the Blaze albums when Dickinson came back. You don´t pull a move like this and not start focusing on the old stuff along with it.
But yeah, I hope Portnoy will bring some creative friction back into that band. Petrucci and Rudess are way too in synch to do anything interesting anymore, and I´m assuming the rest of the band just goes along with it. Compared to the 90s it´s real uninspired stuff no matter how complicated they make things. I always thought they were at their best when they leaned into that proggier Pink Floyd vibe, myself, not the arena metal stuff.
