James LaBrie discusses 20 years of fronting Dream Theater

Comment by Sandra (Member) - Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Quite interesting interview!
Enjoy :)

Posted by Sandra
Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Comment by Little Drummer Boy (Member) - Friday, July 16, 2010

Saw the concert w/ Maiden, I am sorry to say that DT is not an opening band. It was not good. Problem is DT has been around for a long time and has too much material to cover with a lot of epic songs. When they opened for Queensryche back in 2003 the time was shared and the mix for them was excellent. All 3 bands (Fates Warning) were stellar). Their performance would have been better if the sound engineers adjusted mix not having it set strictly for Iron Maiden. DT was so muddy sounding we could not even hear James Labrie. On the brighter side Maiden was excellent yet again and excellent stage set up.

The only question I have is; why does Maiden bother with an open band? So much material so little time. Still waiting for the band to play Sign Of The Cross (I know they did with the Brave New World tour but I missed that concert) and the Clansmen with Bruce.

Posted by Little Drummer Boy
Friday, July 16, 2010

Comment by Sandra (Member) - Saturday, July 17, 2010

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I’m sad to hear that. When I read that Dream Theater was going to be opening band for Iron Maiden I couldn’t believe my eyes, because I’m a HUGE fan of both bands. However, the problem you mention, about DT being an opening band and having a huge amount of material with long songs was exactly my concern. But what surprises me is that they didn’t fix the sound for DT – Come on, it is Dream Theater and you couldn’t even hear Labrie...that’s just unprofessional and must be a huge disappointment!.
Yeah, that’s a good question! I have been speculating about it too...they want to try something new? Haha, I don’t know because it’s legends we are talking about. But it’s defiantly a good deal for Dream Theater, that’s for sure!

Posted by Sandra
Saturday, July 17, 2010