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<artist>
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<name>Dream Theater</name>
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<url>http://www.last.fm/music/Dream+Theater</url>
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<streamable>1</streamable>
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<stats>
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<listeners>473984</listeners>
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<playcount>30498087</playcount>
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<similar>
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<artist>
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<name>Liquid Tension Experiment</name>
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<url>http://www.last.fm/music/Liquid+Tension+Experiment</url>
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</artist>
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<artist>
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<name>John Petrucci</name>
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<url>http://www.last.fm/music/John+Petrucci</url>
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</artist>
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<artist>
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<name>James LaBrie</name>
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<url>http://www.last.fm/music/James+LaBrie</url>
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</artist>
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<artist>
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<name>Jordan Rudess</name>
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<url>http://www.last.fm/music/Jordan+Rudess</url>
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</artist>
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<artist>
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<name>Symphony X</name>
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<url>http://www.last.fm/music/Symphony+X</url>
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</artist>
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</similar>
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<bio>
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<published>Sun, 8 Feb 2009 13:16:46 +0000</published>
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<summary><![CDATA[Dream Theater is an American <a href="http://www.last.fm/tag/progressive%20metal" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">progressive metal</a> band from Long Island, New York formed in 1985 under the name "<a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Majesty" class="bbcode_artist">Majesty</a>" by <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/John+Myung" class="bbcode_artist">John Myung</a>, <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/John+Petrucci" class="bbcode_artist">John Petrucci</a>, and <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Portnoy" class="bbcode_artist">Mike Portnoy</a> while they attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, <a href="http://www.last.fm/place/United+States" class="bbcode_place">United States</a>, which they all dropped out of to support the band. Though a number of lineup changes followed, the three original members remain today along with <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/James+LaBrie" class="bbcode_artist">James LaBrie</a> and <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Jordan+Rudess" class="bbcode_artist">Jordan Rudess</a>. ]]></summary>
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<content><![CDATA[<strong>Dream Theater</strong> is an American <a href="http://www.last.fm/tag/progressive%20metal" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">progressive metal</a> band from Long Island, New York formed in 1985 under the name "<a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Majesty" class="bbcode_artist">Majesty</a>" by <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/John+Myung" class="bbcode_artist">John Myung</a>, <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/John+Petrucci" class="bbcode_artist">John Petrucci</a>, and <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Portnoy" class="bbcode_artist">Mike Portnoy</a> while they attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, <a href="http://www.last.fm/place/United+States" class="bbcode_place">United States</a>, which they all dropped out of to support the band. Though a number of lineup changes followed, the three original members remain today along with <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/James+LaBrie" class="bbcode_artist">James LaBrie</a> and <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Jordan+Rudess" class="bbcode_artist">Jordan Rudess</a>.
Dream Theater has become one of the most successful <a href="http://www.last.fm/tag/progressive%20metal" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">progressive metal</a> bands since the height of the genre in the mid-1970s. Although the band has had a few successful hits (notably <a title="Dream Theater – Pull Me Under" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Dream+Theater/_/Pull+Me+Under" class="bbcode_track">Pull Me Under</a> in the early 1990s, which received extensive MTV rotation), they have mostly stayed underground for their career, feeding off support from their fans.
Dream Theater's (commonly abbreviated 'DT') two highest selling albums are the gold selling <a title="Dream Theater - Images and Words" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Dream+Theater/Images+and+Words" class="bbcode_album">Images and Words</a> (1992), although it reached only #61 on the Billboard 200 charts, and <a title="Dream Theater - Awake" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Dream+Theater/Awake" class="bbcode_album">Awake</a> (1994) which reached #32 on the Billboard 200. Recently <a title="Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Dream+Theater/Systematic+Chaos" class="bbcode_album">Systematic Chaos</a> 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.
In January of 2005, the band obtained their first United States platinum disc (representing 100 000 DVDs sold) with <a title="Dream Theater - Live At Budokan" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Dream+Theater/Live+At+Budokan" class="bbcode_album">Live At Budokan</a>, recorded April 2004 in Tokyo, Japan.
The band has just released their new album entitled <a title="Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Dream+Theater/Systematic+Chaos" class="bbcode_album">Systematic Chaos</a>, their ninth studio album, in collaboration with their new label Roadrunner Records. The album is available in two formats, first one being just a regular edition CD and the other being a CD/DVD album with the entire album mixed in 5.1 surround sound and also "Chaos in Progress - The Making of Systematic Chaos" (a 90-minute documentary directed by Mike Portnoy).
The band is well-known for the technical proficiency of each instrumentalist, winning many awards from music magazines. They are highly respected by many of rock and metal's biggest names, leading to collaborations between Dream Theater members and many other well known musicians. In a famous example, guitarist <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/John+Petrucci" class="bbcode_artist">John Petrucci</a> was named as the third player on the G3 tour with <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Steve+Vai" class="bbcode_artist">Steve Vai</a> and <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Joe+Satriani" class="bbcode_artist">Joe Satriani</a>, following in the foot steps of <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Eric+Johnson" class="bbcode_artist">Eric Johnson</a>, <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Robert+Fri
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</bio>
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