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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
Roadrunner Records has posted the “Top 10 Albums” lists from several of their artists, including Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy. Although Mike got a little carried away and listed 20:
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
Dream Theater will be on Xbox LIVE tomorrow (12/5) playing “Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge”. If you happen to be an Xbox LIVE Gold member, and you want to go up in the air with Dream Theater, send a friend request to these Xbox LIVE Gamertags while playing online from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday, December 5:
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.
Dream Theater will be the Xbox LIVE Artist of the Month for December. Xbox 360 LIVE subscribers will have access to “exclusive performance, interview, and behind the scenes footage from Dream Theater’s recent tour”. Dream Theater will be playing over Xbox LIVE on December 5th in the Game with Fame program.
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.
Blabbermouth has posted a 2-part video interview with Dream Theater’s Mike Portnoy, recorded prior to the band’s November 4, 2007 concert in Durango. Part One is provided below:
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