Personil Dream theater

James LaBrie

Born: May 5, 1963

From: Ontario, Canada

Personal: Married, 2 children

Instrument: Vocals

James joined Dream Theater in 1990 and has placed fifteenth on Music Radar's list of "The Greatest Vocalists of all Time". Throughout his career with Dream Theater, LaBrie has lent his voice to many other artists (including Fate's Warning, Trent Gardner, Tim Donahue and Frameshift), as well as to Rush, ELP, and Queen tribute recordings.
Since 2004, LaBrie has been working with the True Symphonic project along with Thomas Dewald, Vladimir Grishko, Dirk Ulrich, Christopher Jesidero, Sandro Martinez, Paul Mayland, Marvin Philippi and Igor Marin. Their album "Concerto In True Minor - 3 Rock Tenors" was released in 2008.
Throughout his musical career, James has become one of the most well-respected and admired vocalists in progressive rock. In 2010 his James LaBrie band released Static Impulse, brilliantly dynamic and melodic extreme metal mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren (Opeth, Paradise Lost).
James' musical influences include Metallica, Aerosmith, Van Halen, Journey, Queen, Yes, Rush, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, as well as classical composers Mozart, Vivaldi and Beethoven as favorites. Influential vocalists include Steve Perry, Freddie Mercury, Sting, Paul Rodgers and Nat King Cole.

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John Petrucci

Born: July 12th, 1967

From: King's Park, NY

Personal: Married, 3 children

Instrument: Guitar

John Petrucci is the guitarist and a founding member of Dream Theater. He attended the Berklee College of Music, where the nucleus of Dream Theater was formed. As the band's producer, main lyricist and backing vocalist, his side projects include the Liquid Tension Experiment with Tony Levin. As well, John is a veteran of Joe Satriani's prestigious G3 tours along with Steve Vai, Eric Johnson and Paul Gilbert.
John's awards include the 2007 "Guitarist of the Year" as named by the readers of Total Guitar magazine, and "Best Metal Guitarist" in the 2010 and 2011 Reader's/Player's Choice Awards polls in Guitar Player magazine. In 2011, John was named one of the 20 greatest-ever metal guitarists in Total Guitar's poll as well as "Best Guitarist" in Classic Rock Presents Prog Magazine's 2011 readers poll.
First released in 1995, John's instructional video "Rock Discipline" continues to be held in high regard by guitar players around the world as both an influential and comprehensive guide to modern-day guitar techniques. John's book, entitled "Guitar World Presents John Petrucci's Wild Stringdom", is a compilation of columns he wrote for the magazine.
Some of John's early influences include Steve Morse, Al DiMeola, Steve Howe, Allan Holdsworth, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Randy Rhoads, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Alex Lifeson, Yngwie Malmsteen, Rush, Yes, Iron Maiden, The Dixie Dregs and Metallica.

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John Myung

Born: January 24th, 1967

From: Chicago, Illinois

Personal: Married, 2 children

Instruments: Bass, Chapman Stick

John Myung and his high school friend John Petrucci enrolled together at the Berklee College of Music where they met their future bandmate, Mike Portnoy and, with two other friends, formed the band Majesty. This early band would later undergo more changes to the lineup, and change its name to Dream Theater.
John's outside projects include the Jelly Jam, along with Rod Morgenstein and Ty Tabor. In 2010, John was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame and impressively, in 2010, was named the Greatest Bassist of All Time in Music Radar's reader's poll.
John's early influences include Chris Squire, Steve Harris, and Geddy Lee, and their respective bands Yes, Iron Maiden, Rush.

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Jordan Rudess

Born: 1956

From: Long Island, NY

Personal: Married, 2 children

Instruments: Keyboards, Continuum, Harpejji, iOS devices

Jordan Rudess is Dream Theater's keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire. In addition to playing in Dream Theater, Jordan has worked with many other artists including Liquid Tension Experiment, David Bowie, Steven Wilson, the Dixie Dregs, Enrique Iglesias, Tony Williams, Jan Hammer and the Paul Winter Consort. In late 2010, the world-renowned keyboardist and Juilliard graduate premiered his first live orchestral composition "Explorations for Keyboard and Orchestra" in Caracas, Venezuela.
Jordan is the author of Total Keyboard Wizardry: A Technique and Improvisation Workbook. He also owns the successful App development company Wizdom Music, creators of MorphWiz, SketchWiz, SampleWiz, and Geo Synthesizer. A mere four months after the release of MorphWiz (the first release from Wizdom Music), it was named "Best Music Creation App" in the first-ever Billboard Music App Awards, produced by Billboard Magazine.
In 2011, Jordan toured as a special guest for select dates on Blackfield's summer tour, opening for them in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Mexico City.

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Mike Mangini

Born: April 18, 1963

From: Newton, MA

Personal: Married, 2 children

Instruments: Drums and percussion; composes on keyboard, bass, and guitar

Mike Mangini joined Dream Theater in 2010; to do so, he gave up a coveted position as faculty member at the Berklee College of Music in Boston.  A highly-respected session musician as well, Mike has jammed and played with a variety of musicians and bands including, among others, Annihilator, Extreme, James LaBrie, Steve Perry, Godsmack, Steven Tyler, Dale Bozzio, Skunk Baxter, and Steve Vai.
Mike is well-known for setting five World's Fastest Drummer (WFD) records and appeared on the Discover Channel show "Time Warp", displaying his drum skills for high-speed cameras. He remains proudest however, of being ranked/rated by his students in the top 1% of college professors in America by Online Course Evaluators.  A natural teacher, Mike has written two books entitled Rhythm Knowledge; these describe his unique practice method, designed for deconstructing and simplifying complex polyrhythms and time signatures.
Mike has garnered multiple Grammy nominations, and won accolades for his jazz, progressive, and rock drumming.  About playing with Dream Theater, Mike says "I consider this opportunity the absolute pinnacle of my career. Playing with these guys…it's the mountaintop. This is where I want to be."

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