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My first one was the DREAM THEATER MAJESTY symbol. I got that in 1988, so I was 21. So that’s my oldest one and I have seen hundreds, maybe thousands of MAJESTY symbols throughout the world. It’s good to know that I’ve had the first one that anybody ever had. And the second one was Charlie Dominici — our old singer.

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RadioMetal.fr conducted an interview with Dream Theater’s James LaBrie back on June 26, 2007 in Clermont-Ferrand, France. Part One of the interview is shown above.

Thanks to Blabbermouth.net

Dream Theater’s Mike Portnoy is auctioning the actual kit he played (and destroyed) at his AMAZING JOURNEY tribute to The Who in Whittier, California on May 27th 2006. 100% of the proceeds from this auction, like all items in the Dream Theater Charity Auction Series, will benefit Camp Good Days and Special Times. The auction ends on December 23rd. Click right here to bid.

The kit includes the following:

1. Tama Rockstar Drums in Piano Black finish:
(2) 16×22 Bass Drums
(3) 8×14 Tom Toms
(2) 16×16 Floor Toms

2. Sabian Vault cymbals:
(2) 18″ crash cymbals
(1) 20″ crash

3. (3) straight Tama cymbal stands
4. the original “Amazing Journey” custom front heads for the bass drums
5. An autographed photo of Mike Portnoy playing this kit

01. BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME – Colors
02. MACHINE HEAD – The Blackening
03. PORCUPINE TREE – Fear of a Blank Planet
04. BEARDFISH – Sleeping in Traffic: Part One
05. THE DEAR HUNTER – Act II: The Meaning Of And All Things Regarding Ms. Leading
06. SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM – In Glorious Times
07. THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN – Ire Works
08. BLOTTED SCIENCE – The Machinations of Dementia
09. FOO FIGHTERS – Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
01. OCEANSIZE – Frames
11. SYMPHONY X – Paradise Lost
12. PAIN OF SALVATION – Scarsick
13. RIVERSIDE – Rapid Eye Movement
14. 3 – The End Is Begun
15. DOWN – Over The Under
16. BARONESS – The Red Album
17. OVERKILL – Immortalis
18. MEGADETH – United Abominations
19. RUSH – Snakes And Arrows
20. THOUGHT CHAMBER – Angular Perceptions

DreamTheater_James (James LaBrie – vocals)
DreamTheater_JohnM (John Myung – bass)
DreamTheater_JohnP (John Petrucci – guitar)
DreamTheater_Jordan (Jordan Rudess – keyboards)
DreamTheater_Mike (Mike Portnoy – drums)

If you’re invited to play, you’ll be able to chat with band members while flying around in Crimson Skies. For more information, visit www.xbox.com.

Learn more at: DreamTheater.net and/or Xbox.com

An upcoming book on Dream Theater, “Lifting Shadows”, will contain some shocking bombshells, such as that the prog-metal masters came close to axing singer James LaBrie back in 2002. “Towards the end of the ‘Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence’ tour, several of us were really starting to question our future with James,” admits drummer Mike Portnoy. An “ultimatum” was issued (you’ll have to read the book to find out the full details).

The book is authored by Rich Wilson, a UK based rock journalist who has contributed articles to Classic Rock, Record Collector and Metal Hammer over the last decade. He spent over three years researching and writing this definitive book on Dream Theater’s history. For more information on “Lifting Shadows”, visit this website.

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Now this is REAL rock opera – like it or not. True Symphonic Rockestra, the opera-centric project featuring Dream Theater’s James LaBrie, has posted three complete songs on their website for download. As in FREE. The tracks are “Granada”, “Nessun Dorma” and “Libiamo”, and can be downloaded here.

When the TSR concept was started back in 2000, the basic idea behind it was to get three world-class singers to perform the “best of” repertoire of the original 3 TENORS (Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, José Carreras) … in ROCK versions! Although mixing classical and rock music has already been done before in the past, the people behind this new recording believe that the TSR project “is a new and unique combination of these two forces and probably the first time ever to feature two world-class classical tenors and one of the most respected voices in rock on one entire album!

Visit TSR’s official website for more info on this fascinating project.