Latest about Dream Theater
When John Petrucci hired Mike Portnoy for his 2020 solo album, he didn’t want the drummer back in Dream Theater
Terminal Velocity saw the pair reuniting a decade after their traumatic split. But Petrucci said he had a selfish reason for Mike Mangini staying in DT – three years before Portnoy’s return
“I have to be careful how I present my ideas”: How misfit Jordan Rudess found his space in Dream Theater
He was training to be a classical pianist when prog exploded into his life, and refused his first invitation to join the prog metal giants – but it all worked out
Every Dream Theater album, ranked from worst to best
Buying guide More than four decades after forming, prog icons Dream Theater show no sign of either slowing down or running out of ideas
Dream Theater, Voivod, Watchtower and the rise of prog metal
Refusing to be talked out of merging classic vibes with thrash-infused attitude, North American musicians took up the 70s prog torch and ran into the 80s with it – sometimes very, very fast
Mike Portnoy and Neal Morse had a furious spat that spawned the greatest record of their band’s career
One wanted The Similitude Of A Dream to be a double album, and one didn’t – and neither of them understood the other’s position when they stormed out of their studio in 2016
Can’t hear John Myung’s bass in Dream Theater? He says it’s a “minor detail”
When his supergroup side-project The Jelly Jam released their most recent album in 2016, Myung compared his role in the power trio with his day job in the prog metal giants
When Mike Portnoy performed his Dream Theater 12-Step Suite – without Dream Theater
Drummer was around half-way through his separation from the band he’d co-founded when his 50th birthday came up, and he decided to assemble the songs inspired by his fight against alcoholism
Pixie boots, dad dancing, mistaken identity and falling off stage: Dream Theater’s early days
Today they’re known for the intensity of their polished shows. But of course, that’s not how they started out…
