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DREAM THEATRE (+ DOMINICI)
Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band comprising James LaBrie, John Petrucci, Jordan Rudess, John Myung, and Mike Portnoy.
Dream Theater was formed in 1985 under the name "Majesty" by Petrucci, Myung, and Portnoy, while they were attending the Berklee College of Music in Boston, before dropping out to help support the band. Though a number of lineup changes followed, the three original members remain today along with LaBrie and Rudess. Dream Theater has become one of the most commercially successful progressive rock bands since the height of the genre in the mid-1970s, despite being relatively unknown in mainstream rock circles. Although the band has had a few successful hits (notably 'Pull Me Under' in the early 1990s, which had extensive MTV rotation), it has mostly stayed underground for its career, feeding off support from fans.
The band is well known for the technical proficiency of its instrumentalists, who have won many awards from music instruction magazines. Dream Theater's members have collaborated with many other notable musicians. Guitarist John Petrucci was named as the third player on the G3 tour six times, more than any other invited guitarist, following in the footsteps of Eric Johnson, Robert Fripp, and Yngwie Malmsteen.
1988 John Petrucci, Mike Portnoy, Charlie Dominici, Kevin Moore, John Myung
The band's two highest selling albums are the gold selling Images and Words (1992), although it reached only #61 on the Billboard 200 charts, and Awake (1994) which reached #32 on the Billboard 200. Recently Systematic Chaos entered US Billboard 200 at #19. Dream Theater has sold over two million albums in the U.S., and over 8 million albums and DVDs worldwide.
The band is currently promoting their latest effort, Systematic Chaos with a world tour, which began on June 3, 2007 in Milan, Italy
Dream Theater with Derek Sherinian in 1995
1985-1986
Chris Collins - vocals
John Petrucci - guitar
John Myung - bass
Kevin Moore - keyboards
Mike Portnoy - drums
Majesty Demos (1986)
1986-1989
Charlie Dominici - vocals
John Petrucci - guitar
John Myung - bass
Kevin Moore - keyboards
Mike Portnoy - drums, percussion
When Dream and Day Unite (1989)
1991-1994
James LaBrie - vocals
John Petrucci - guitar
John Myung - bass
Kevin Moore - keyboards
Mike Portnoy - drums, percussion
Images and Words (1992)
Live at the Marquee (1993)
Awake (1994)
1994-1999
James LaBrie - lead vocals
John Petrucci - guitar, backing vocals
John Myung - bass, chapman stick
Derek Sherinian - keyboards, backing vocals
Mike Portnoy - drums, percussion, backing vocals
A Change of Seasons (1995)
Falling into Infinity (1997)
Once in a LIVEtime (1999)
1999-present
James LaBrie - lead vocals, percussion
John Petrucci - guitar, backing vocals
John Myung - bass, chapman stick
Jordan Rudess - keyboards, continuum, lap steel guitar
Mike Portnoy - drums, percussion, backing vocals
Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999)
Live Scenes from New York (2001)
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002)
Train of Thought (2003)
Live at Budokan (2004)
Octavarium (2005)
Score (2006)
Systematic Chaos (2007)
2005 Portnoy, Petrucci, LaBrie, Myung, Rudess
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CHARLIE DOMINICI
Charlie Dominici, born 16 June 1951 in Brooklyn, New York, is a singer for progressive metal band Dominici.
Perhaps he is best known as the second vocalist for the progressive metal band Dream Theater, having replaced Chris Collins (while the band was called Majesty) and later being replaced by James LaBrie.
Biography
Charlie originally came into prominence as a member of Franke and the Knockouts, in which he played guitar and sang backing vocals. He auditioned for Dream Theater in 1987 and was hired for the job in November of that year.
Charlie performed on the band's debut album, 1989's When Dream and Day Unite. However, Dominici was older than the rest of the band and there were personal and creative differences at work. It was felt that, despite being a very talented singer, his decidedly "pop" vocal style did not fit in with the distinctive progressive direction that the band's compositions were taking. According to Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy, "It was like having Billy Joel singing in Queensrÿche." A good singer in the wrong band, they amicably parted ways shortly thereafter.
Charlie remained in contact with Dream Theater throughout their career, despite lapsing out of the music business and obtaining a job as a finance manager in the automobile business. Charlie was hired by Mike Portnoy to sing at his wedding to Marlene Apuzzo. Charlie started working on an album with his brother, guitarist Kane Daily, that never saw the light of day. In 2003 he released a song on his website entitled "Now The Time Has Come" but it was taken down after a few months, and the track did not feature any guitars, only piano.
Charlie's voice was also heard on the YtseJam Records release "When Dream And Day Unite Demos" which featured pre-production and vocal demos of several songs, as well as Charlie singing Beatles Covers and the traditional Christmas song O Holy Night.
On March 6th, 2004, Charlie joined his former bandmates onstage in Los Angeles for the first time in 15 years for a special performance celebrating the 15th anniversary of the band's first album. After the band performed the entire album, they began playing "To Live Forever" a non-album track that was written in the same time period, and singer James LaBrie announced Charlie, who sang most of the song. The band then launched into "Metropolis" which was also written in that time period, with Charlie and James singing a duet, and also being joined by former keyboardist Derek Sherinian. This performance was later released by YtseJamRecords on CD and DVD versions entitled "When Dream And Day Reunite". The DVD version also features footage from the band's 1989 tour with Charlie of each song, as well as documentary footage. Despite having not actively sung since leaving Dream Theater in 1989, this performance gave him the itch to make music again and in 2005, he released a solo album entitled O3: A Trilogy, Part 1, the first album of what will be a three-album concept piece.
Charlie has now inked a deal for a worldwide release on the "InsideOut Music" label for his second installment of the trilogy, O3: A Trilogy, Part 2, which was released in February 2007. This CD is much heavier and progressive and was recorded with a full band under the band name Dominici.
Dominici opened for Dream Theater at three shows at their Chaos in Motion World Tour in June 2007.
Dominici recently completed recording their third studio album, O3: A Trilogy, Part Three, scheduled for an April 2008 release date.
Discography
With Franke and the Knockouts
Franke and the Knockouts (1981)
With Dream Theater
When Dream and Day Unite (1989)
With Dominici
O3: A Trilogy, Part One (2005)
O3: A Trilogy, Part Two (2007)
O3: A Trilogy, Part Three (2008)
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