One of my favorite bands. Can't wait to see them open for Iron Maiden!!!

I realize that most here probably don't like this band.

But are there any fans?

I had their debut album, "When Dream and Day Unite" cranking while I was cooking supper tonight!!!

I love a lot of bands that DT fans may tend to like, and also ones influenced by DT, way more than I do DT. Just too much filler, not enough band identity, past 'Awake' or 'A Change of Seasons' for me....And then even if the songs were killer..I have to get past James Labrie in the later years........

I like every album I've ever heard from them!

I still need to fill the remaining holes in my collection though. I think this year will be the year for that!

Do you have side projects such as LTE? LTE 2 is really good.

i like them a lot. especially since Jordan Rudess joined.

Early stuff was amazing. Brilliant even.

Post-Moore stuff is ultra-lame.

Love Dream Theater and to me the best group of musicians on the planet. Some filler like previously said but when DT is on they are amazing. Images and Words to me is the epitome of progressive metal and it all started there for me. Love everything they have done..

Peruvian Skies is my favorite song by them...

On a side note could you imagine Russell Allen or Nils K Rue singing for them?

OH COOL GRAND!!!

You met Derek in REAL life???!!!

What do you guys think of their debut album, "When Dream and Day Unite"?

It's when no one knew who they were.

It's a very good album IMO - even though it was recorded on an ultra-limited budget.

They made the most of it on that one.

Also, I'd like to add that the new Dream Theater album is pretty good too.

Maybe not their best, but certainly not their worst.

I am a big DT fan!!!!! Can't wait to see them open for Maiden as I have never seen them live before!!!!!! I like all of the albums except Falling Into Infinity. I can;t remember the last time I even tried to listen to that one!!!!!

The new album is AWESOME - I love it!!!! The Count Of Tuscany is my favorite 20 minute + song by them!!!!!!

Awake is my favorite album..."A Change Of Seasons" is my favorite single song...just an amazing band. The post-Moore stuff is good...for sure...but the Kevin Moore era is my fave...his influence is obvious. I even like Falling Into Infinity...

I wouldn't say that I'm a super-fan, but the 4 or 5 discs I have by them I enjoy quite a bit. If I'm in the right mood for them, they're great. I doubt I'll every have album in their entire discography, but I like 'em well enough. Still need their latest one as well.

I enjoyed seeing John Pettrucci live on the G3 tour a few years ago, with Mike Portnoy on drums.

Re: Derek, Planet X is really good too, though a little limited in scope. People should check out 'Moonbabies' which has Tony MacAlpine on guitar, and 'Quantum' with Brett Garsed and a couple of appearances by Allen Holdsworth. Virgil Donati is on drums. I've been thinking about looking into Derek's solo stuff.

I like Dream Theater alot and I feel all their albums are good, I am a fan of epic prog metal that these guys specialize in.

Great players don't always equate into good songwriters, they have moments. I do need to listen to recent stuff, lost interest awhile back.

DT with FII are best

I love Images and Words and Awake. After that, very hit and miss for me. Systematic Chaos has some great stuff like Constant Motion and Dark Eternal Light which are incredible songs, but then there is stuff on there that just loses me. Falling Into Eternity is the same, the four songs MetalRob listed are awesome, the rest, kind of bland.