Your Controversial Opinions on DT

[Outcrier]

So, you prefer any DT song over Scarred, Mr. BlobVanDam?

[Onno]

I don't allow opinions. Deal with it. 

If you don't allow opinions, then this thread is probably not the best place to be 

WTB joke detector 

Of course I detected it was a joke   

[changing_seasons]

Transatlantic > Dream Theater

(and it's not even close anymore)

This x100. Also, Neal Morse > Transatlantic > Dream Theater

[Zook]

Transatlantic > Dream Theater

(and it's not even close anymore)

This x100. Also, Neal Morse > Transatlantic > Dream Theater

olol

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

also

Dream Theater < Me

[rumborak]

In my opinion, your opinion that opinions aren't allowed contradicts your own opinion that opinions in your opinion are not allowed in your opinion.

imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9o0Yza3zf0#t=6m26s

WTF, the drawing style has changed since I saw it last time. Not for the better.

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

That's from S1.

[rumborak]

I guess it's the same as with the Simpsons, where the first season looks strangely off.

[BlobVanDam]

So, you prefer any DT song over Scarred, Mr. BlobVanDam?

The only songs I might dislike more would be a few off WDADU (and I find most of the album much better). That's not to say they don't have a few stinkers after that too, but I prefer them all.
There are only a very small handful of DT songs I can't listen to though, which is why those few always get singled out by me. I'm not into the whole "even DT's bad songs are better than most bands" crap, however, DT's lesser songs are still usually at least decent. For a band with 12 albums, that's impressive.

[XB0BX]

I think it's really lame that Dream Theater was constantly firing band members. I can understand it, being a rich and successful musical group of elite musicians, but I like to view bands as a group of brothers. I would never fire a band member as long as they were doing their job, even at the expense of the success of the band. If you WOULD fire a brother, you were never really a family to begin with. I laugh when I hear Mike make comments about Dream Theater being a family. They're a cold hearted corporation, nothing more, nothing less. How dare Mike want to fire JLB back in the day. Some family. That was really f***ing lame that Mike would fire all those previous members, and even consider firing the long term face of the band. On another controversial and related opinion, I think Mike Portnoy is a jerk and I would want nothing to do with him if I was a musician.

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

Constantly firing band members? They've done that, what, twice? Dominici (not sure how that went down) and Sherinian.

Moore left, Portnoy left, and there haven't been any other lineup changes, that I can think of.

[XB0BX]

Constantly firing band members? They've done that, what, twice? Dominici (not sure how that went down) and Sherinian.

Moore left, Portnoy left, and there haven't been any other lineup changes, that I can think of.

Also the numerous singers before and after Dominici.

[Lucien]

Constantly firing band members? They've done that, what, twice? Dominici (not sure how that went down) and Sherinian.

Moore left, Portnoy left, and there haven't been any other lineup changes, that I can think of.

Also the numerous singers before and after Dominici.

Like, the one on either side 

But yeah, I think they fired Chris Collins

[TheGreatPretender]

Like, the one on either side 

But yeah, I think they fired Chris Collins

JLB is so awesome, he's like 5 people.

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

Constantly firing band members? They've done that, what, twice? Dominici (not sure how that went down) and Sherinian.

Moore left, Portnoy left, and there haven't been any other lineup changes, that I can think of.

Also the numerous singers before and after Dominici.

I don't even really consider that firing. I mean, the ones before, they weren't even DT. And after, there were only people who they tried out for a few days or shows or something. I'm pretty sure almost every band ever has done that.

[ThatOneGuy2112]

They did have this one guy Steve Stone sing for DT for like 5 seconds before being fired after a gig.

Though if you read up on it, their reasons were pretty sound.

[TheGreatPretender]

They did have this one guy Steve Stone sing for DT for like 5 seconds before being fired after a gig.

Of course, if you hire a singer for 5 minutes, that doesn't really constitute as firing a 'brother'. More like a drunken Vegas marriage getting annulled.

[Lucien]

JLB is so awesome, he's like 5 people.

This is worth a sig. 

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

Oh no. James is going to fire all the other band members, and create DT anew IN HIS OWN IMAGE

[GentlemanofDread]

They did have this one guy Steve Stone sing for DT for like 5 seconds before being fired after a gig.

Of course, if you hire a singer for 5 minutes, that doesn't really constitute as firing a 'brother'. More like a drunken Vegas marriage getting annulled.

Brilliant. Just, Brilliant.

[TheGreatPretender]

JLB is so awesome, he's like 5 people.

This is worth a sig. 

You humble me, sir.

Oh no. James is going to fire all the other band members, and create DT anew IN HIS OWN IMAGE

[Lucien]

 

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

This calls for a LOLVARIUM

   

[Grizz]

Jordan looks like an ancient Chinese warrior.

[Anguyen92]

Oh no. James is going to fire all the other band members, and create DT anew IN HIS OWN IMAGE

Isn't that what his solo albums are for?

Oh my.    

[Laughingplace56]

 

[?]

I searched for the original thread to post that pic, but then I saw TGP had posted it already... dammit!

[TheGreatPretender]

I searched for the original thread to post that pic, but then I saw TGP had posted it already... dammit!

Ninja'd?

[rickhawk80]

Oh no. James is going to fire all the other band members, and create DT anew IN HIS OWN IMAGE

  The new version of Jordan reminds me of Ming the Merciless......

[Jaffa]

JLBMX looks like his hair is trying to stay as far away from his face as possible.   

[Prog Snob]

They did have this one guy Steve Stone sing for DT for like 5 seconds before being fired after a gig.

Though if you read up on it, their reasons were pretty sound.

You don't even have to read up on it.  Just listen to a bootleg of the show and how bad the vocals were.   Although some say the parting was somewhat mutual.

[rumborak]

Just about every band has that one instrument that sees a lot of rotation before it settles on the right guy. More often than not it's the singer, because especially that spot in the band is overrun with people whose ego writes checks their voices can't cash in.

[TheGreatPretender]

They did have this one guy Steve Stone sing for DT for like 5 seconds before being fired after a gig.

Though if you read up on it, their reasons were pretty sound.

You don't even have to read up on it.  Just listen to a bootleg of the show and how bad the vocals were.   Although some say the parting was somewhat mutual.

Where?

[?]

They did have this one guy Steve Stone sing for DT for like 5 seconds before being fired after a gig.

Though if you read up on it, their reasons were pretty sound.

You don't even have to read up on it.  Just listen to a bootleg of the show and how bad the vocals were.   Although some say the parting was somewhat mutual.

Where?

On Youtube:

Metropolis
A Fortune in Lies
The Killing Hand

[TheGreatPretender]

Good lord... They would've been better off bringing Chris Collins back.