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Dream Theater

Gorkys_Forever [Edit] [Delete] 39 replies 10:22, 7 March '14

lol.
any fans?

(LOL)

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  • quite possibly the worst band ever

    if not musically then conceptually

    guntrip | 7 Mar '14, 10:29 | X
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    • Someone in my office was trying to get me to explain why I hate Macklemore the other day

      He said 'go on then, let's hear you rap' (?!) so I pointed out that technical ability isn't everything, otherwise Dream Theater would be the best band in the world. He looked completely perplexed, whilst someone else got hilariously offended that I'd slagged off Dream Theater.

      badmanreturns @guntrip | 7 Mar '14, 10:32 | X
    • other way around

      Loui_Tacceh @guntrip | 7 Mar '14, 12:28 | X
  • singer pretends he's dave mustaine also

    Gorkys_Forever | 7 Mar '14, 10:30 | X
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  • my cousin LOVES them

    Severed799 | 7 Mar '14, 10:46 | X
  • so many notes

    such few songs

    Puds | 7 Mar '14, 11:48 | X
    Loui_Tacceh, alei, benfyffemusic, Severed799, Gorkys_Forever, and roygbiv this'd this
  • i saw them live once

    and realised something was seriously wrong when there were three people sat comfortably at one drum kit

    alei | 7 Mar '14, 12:25 | X
  • even in my darkest prog nerd hour

    i've never come close to enjoying them, and i just can't imagine who would

    ethricdouble | 7 Mar '14, 12:36 | X
  • Awful

    For people who find that Rush just aren't noodly enough.

    Steved | 7 Mar '14, 12:39 | X
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  • This is the band that I find in the Dream Syndicate section

    Of second-hand record stores. Bastards.

    jack_on_fire | 7 Mar '14, 12:40 | X
  • no

    TheKennedyCurse | 7 Mar '14, 13:20 | X
  • utter dogshit

    can't wait to not go see them at Sonisphere.

    shucks | 7 Mar '14, 13:29 | X
    sadpunk this'd this
  • I used to be a big Dream Theater fan in my early teens

    Still enjoy them occasionally in a nostalgic kind of way. It's embarrassing but we all have guilty pleasures right?

    benfyffemusic | 7 Mar '14, 16:47 | X
    • i am not the proggiest diser

      *bended knee*

      Loui_Tacceh @benfyffemusic | 7 Mar '14, 18:02 | X
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      • loui you fraud!

        you don't even like ELP

        noise_ramones @Loui_Tacceh | 8 Mar '14, 14:06 | X
        • I HATE ELP

          ...and Yes, and Genesis, and lots of other prog bands. Let's share the title.

          benfyffemusic @noise_ramones | 8 Mar '14, 17:54 | X
          • no way I'm even close to the proggiest DiSer

            but yeah, it seems there's at least one apologist for every godawful prog band on DiS

            noise_ramones @benfyffemusic | 10 Mar '14, 00:39 | X
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  • I had to film these clowns once at Download

    the director was in my headset being all "now this is PROPER music!".

    It went on for fucking ages. The singer kept shuffling off stage during the interminable solos, leaving me to train the main camera on the fucking drummer. THE DRUMMER. Abysmal. Comfortably the worst band I endured that weekend.

    ThierryEnnui | 7 Mar '14, 16:50 | X
    • HIS band man

      there a funny youtube vid where the singer fucks up slightly, and the drummer scolds him onstage for not getting the 28/12 time signature correct.

      Eurgh

      Gorkys_Forever @ThierryEnnui | 7 Mar '14, 16:53 | X
      • Brilliant

        I wondered why he had three drum kits on stage. For a festival slot. Madness.

        ThierryEnnui @Gorkys_Forever | 7 Mar '14, 17:02 | X
        • I just found this when I was looking for the footage I shot

          this was two years after I saw them. Can you think of a band less deserving of a tit flash (0:35)?
          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad-M6hMXHFU

          How many bass strings does that guy need? And my word, that singer is so poor. No wonder the drummer lashed out.

          Also, I watched as much as I could stand (about 2 mins) then skipped ahead to 30 mins in to see how the crowd were holding up. Not well.

          ThierryEnnui @ThierryEnnui | 7 Mar '14, 17:06 | X
          • I CANNOT WITHSTAND WIDDLING OF THIS MAGNITUDE!!

            Gorkys_Forever @ThierryEnnui | 7 Mar '14, 17:19 | X
          • 2:10 to 2:20 tho

            someone should sample that

            watching a bit about 20 mins in - it's an endurance test

            chris-budget @ThierryEnnui | 7 Mar '14, 17:23 | X
            • fucking hell

              at 42 mins in - EXHAUSTING

              chris-budget @chris-budget | 7 Mar '14, 17:25 | X
          • fucking hell.

            shucks @ThierryEnnui | 8 Mar '14, 12:28 | X
          • this sounds a lot like Faith No More

            not as good, but pretty similar sound

            alcxxk @ThierryEnnui | 28 Aug '14, 16:56 | X
  • listening to them now

    not nearly as ridiculous as i hoped - just a bit dull really. these solos need to be about 4 times as long.

    singer is awful

    chris-budget | 7 Mar '14, 17:00 | X
    • "these solos need to be about 4 times as long"

      You think Dream Theater should have MORE solo-ing? Bloody hell, never thought I'd hear that one!

      benfyffemusic @chris-budget | 7 Mar '14, 17:37 | X
  • do the rest of the band use so many of the notes there's only one left for the singer

    codpieceface | 8 Mar '14, 12:37 | X
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  • One of the worst things I ever spent money on

    was a Dream Theater Live DVD.
    Metropolis Pt 2: Scenes from a Memory

    Me and my flatmate at the time had a phase of trying to get into utterly ridiculous music.

    This is the opening scene.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0kEa2D52Jw

    It features a hypnotist on stage talking softly to the singer, who is lying flat on his back on a sofa crooning into a headset mic.

    We tried about 3 or 4 times to watch the entire DVD, but never managed to get past about 45 minutes.

    We even gave the DVD commentary a stab, but soon realised that if there's anything worse than John Petrucci noodling away, it's John Petrucci talking about noodling away.

    Portnoy is fucking dude though.

    dead_fred | 9 Mar '14, 10:01 | X
  • im listening to them for the first time

    way more poppy that i was given to expect. would not be surprised if there are people who have slagged them off in this thread without ever actually listening to them. singer had some pipes on 'im tho

    alcxxk | 28 Aug '14, 14:53 | X
    • for reference

      im listening to their Live At The Marquee album, cos im amused that the place it was recorded is now the montagu pyke wetherspoons

      alcxxk @alcxxk | 28 Aug '14, 14:59 | X
      • would be so great if a big pop star or indie band released an album that sounds like this

        alcxxk @alcxxk | 28 Aug '14, 15:10 | X
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    • nah man

      its like an instrumental interpretation of jazz scatting for 3 hours (just one song)

      Gorkys_Forever @alcxxk | 28 Aug '14, 16:20 | X
      • no, see, what has just happened

        is that i've listened to one of their live records, and it's pretty straight forward cheesey rock. i just listened to it, just now, with my ears. it in no way resembled a three hour jazz improvisation

        alcxxk @Gorkys_Forever | 28 Aug '14, 16:53 | X
        • Their discography is very large

          What I've heard is closer to what Gorkys describes but I'm willing to accept other stuff contains less jazz scatt and more cheese.

          JohnM @alcxxk | 28 Aug '14, 16:57 | X
    • ....why?

      ethricdouble @alcxxk | 28 Aug '14, 16:48 | X
      • http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4444917#r8258470

        alcxxk @ethricdouble | 28 Aug '14, 16:55 | X
        • ah so....

          ethricdouble @alcxxk | 28 Aug '14, 17:02 | X
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