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Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name "Majesty" by John Myung, John Petrucci, and Mike Portnoy, while they attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, before they dropped out to support the band. Though a number of lineup changes followed, the three original members remain today along with James LaBrie and Jordan Rudess. Dream Theater has become one of the most successful progressive rock bands since the height of the genre in the mid-1970s. Although the band has had a few successful hits (notably 'Pull Me Under' in the early 1990s, which received extensive MTV rotation), they have mostly stayed underground for their career, feeding off support from their fans. The band is well known for the technical proficiency of its instrumentalists, who have won many awards from music instruction magazines.

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Michael Stephen "Mike" Portnoy (born April 20, 1967) is an American drummer primarily known for his work with the progressive metal band Dream Theater. Known for his drum prowess, Portnoy has won 23 awards from the Modern Drummer magazine. He has co-produced the last five Dream Theater albums with John Petrucci, starting from Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory. From A Change of Seasons onwards, Portnoy has been writing a substantial amount of Dream Theater's lyrics, filling the void left by Kevin Moore, who left the band after the release of Awake. He is the second youngest person (after Neil Peart) to be inducted into the Modern Drummer's Hall of Fame (at 37 years of age).

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John Petrucci onstage in 2005

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Did you know...

• ...that Ytse Jam is the original band name, Majesty, spelled backwards?
• ...that a hidden message is hidden deep inside of "In the Name of God" from Train of Thought?
• ...that Live at Budokan is the only live album/DVD to not include "Metropolis Pt. 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper" ?
• ... that prior to Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory being released, the band had originally planned to release the follow-up piece as a twenty-minute epic on the record Falling into Infinity by way of a two-disc album?
• ...that keyboardist Jordan Rudess hadn't heard Metallica's Master of Puppets before the band decided to cover the album in 2002?
• ...that Prophets of War is the only song in their ninth studio album Systematic Chaos that does not include a guitar solo?

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Dream Theater news

• 5-02-2008: Dream Theater kicked off their "Progressive Nation 2008" tour, alongside Opeth, 3, and Between the Buried and Me, touring around the areas of the United States they haven't performed in for awhile
• 1-26-2008: "Forsaken" music video is released
• 1-12-2008: Dream Theater announces plans for a Greatest Hits Album
• 7-13-2007: Dream Theater's Constant motion music video, is released to public.
• 6-28-2007: Dream Theater announces that a biography will be made about them, called Lifting Shadows.
• 6-04-2007: Images and Words turns 15 years old, and to celebrate the band is going on a world tour.
• 6-04-2007: Band releases a 30" tall x 22" wide poster containing the history of Dream Theater
• 6-04-2007: The band are meeting the fans in a looney toons store
• 5-05-2007: Systematic Chaos is released

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