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The progessive Hard-Rock band Dream Theater, was first formed in New
York, USA, in September of 1985, when Berklee School of Music students
guitarist John Petrucci, bassist John Myung and drummer Mike Portnoy decided
to start a band together; originally known as Majesty, the fledgling act
recruited singer Chris Collins and keyboardist Kevin Moore into the fold.
Collins left the band, before Dream Theater released its debut album,
1989's "When Dream And Day Unite", Charlie Dominici replaced
him on vocals. But the label didn't have the funds to take them one step
further with tour support or a video and the album failed to make any
impact.
A year later, Dominici was fired from the group; in late 1991 Canadian
vocalist Kevin James LaBrie joined to record the band's second LP, "Images
And Words"; issued on Atco Records in the summer of 1992, the album
broke into The Billboard Top 200 chart and reached its peak at #61; it
spawned three Mainstream Rock top 30 hits including the #10 "Pull
Me Under", "Another Day" and "Take The Time".
October 1994 saw the release of "Awake", which rose to #32 on
The Billboard 200 becoming their highest-charting album, it contained
only one Active Rock top 40 hit, "Lie"; after the album was
finished Moore left the group to focus on his solo career.
The remainder of Dream Theater replaced him with keyboard player Derek
Sherinian.
The group's next record, the 5-track EP "Change Of Seasons",
issued in 1995, climbed the U.S. Billboard Top 200 chart hitting #58.
Two years later, the quintet unleashed their fourth studio-effort, "Falling
Into Infinity" which reached the #52 position on The Billboard 200
Albums and yielded two Mainstream Rock top 40 singles: "Burning My
Soul" and "You Not Me".
Soon after, Sherinian left to be replaced by Jordan Rudess, who had already
played with Petrucci and Portnoy in a side-project.
In October 1999 Dream Theater released its fifth studio album, "Scenes
From A Memory", which entered The Billboard Top 200 chart at #73.
Personnel changes, label turnover and the ill-timed release of 2001's
"Live Scenes From New York", which arrived on September 11,
2001, with cover art featuring a New York skyline against a backdrop of
flames, roiled the group but never truly deflected it from its musical
path.
"Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence", a double-CD semi-concept
album, was released in late January 2002, it peaked at #46 on The Billboard
Top 200 list.
Over the course of 2003 John Petrucci released an eponymous-titled solo
effort and "Train Of Thought" with the band; the group's seventh
full-length album reached the #53 slot on the U.S. Top 200 chart producing
the Metal-radio hit single "As I Am".
2005's "Octavarium" was not only the eighth studio album from
Dream Theater, their first released on Atlantic Records, but it also marked
20 years of existence for this majestic outfit; it peaked at #34 on The
Billboard 200.
Dream Theater's upcoming release "Systematic Chaos" will be
released on Tuesday June 5, date may vary in different countries and will
be available in two formats: regular edition 8-track CD and a special
edition CD-DVD set, the DVD will include the entire album mixed in 5.1
surround sound as well as a 90-minute documentary directed by Mike Portnoy,
"Chaos In Progress - The Making Of Systematic Chaos".
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