Song:The Spirit Carries On
Album:Original Album Series
Dream Theater is a progressive rock band who gained fame in the 90s mostly for their live shows. They are still around performing and recording. Dream Theater was formed in 1985 as Majesty by Berklee College Of Music students John Petrucci (guitar), John Myung (bass) and Mike Portnoy (drums) while standing in line for Rush tickets. They started out covering Rush so they were an obvious influence. Petrucci brought in a couple of high school friends, singer Chris Collins and keyboardist Kevin Moore. They left school and started playing New York clubs. They recorded demos but Collins wasn't working out. After auditions, former Franke and the Knockouts guitarist Charlie Dominici was hired. Then the band name had to be changed as there was already a band called Majesty. Portnoy's father suggested Dream Theater which is a venue in Monterey, CA. They signed with MCA's Mechanic label and released the 1989 CD Dream and Day Unite. The band was unhappy with Mechanic's lack of promotion and they got out of their contract. Meanwhile, Dominici wasn't working out. And after trying a couple of singers, they settled on James LaBrie of Winter Rose. That turned out to be the right decision as he is still with them. They signed with Atlantic's EastWest label and Images and Words was released in 1992. The video for Pull Me Under went into heavy rotation on MTV. And the band toured constantly. Moore left in 1985. He was replaced by Derek Sherinian and later by Jordan Rudess. The Spirit Carries On is from the 1999 album Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory. This would turn out to be one of their most popular albums. It was a concept album that followed up in the 1992 song Metropolis. This was followed by their biggest tour ever. The album is available but I suggest this 5CD set of five full Dream Theater albums. As I said, Dream Theater is still active. They left Elektra in 2007 and they currently record for Roadrunner. They released a new album last year. Portnoy left in 2010 to concentrate on side projects. He was replaced by Mike Mangini who was on the faculty of Berklee. Dream Theater is currently on tour and they will record a new CD in 2018 for a 2019 release. Here's Dream Theater featuring Theresa Thomason performing The Spirit Carries On at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City Aug. 30, 2000 from the DVD Metropolis 2000: Scenes From New York.
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