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CaptainWafflos 
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Joined: August 09 2005
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 Posted: October 29 2005 at 03:44 |
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Symphony X was my first progressive metal band. I listened to Dream
Theater and wondered what all the hype was about. Out of Dream
Theater's discography, I only like the Kevin Moore era, while I like
everything Symphony X has produced (though I haven't heard their debut).
Member by member:
James LaBrie < Russell Allen
John Petrucci == Michael Romeo (both are guitar virtuosos)
Jordan Rudess == Michael Pinnella (Rudess is better technically, but I prefer Pinnella's style)
John Myung == Michael LePond (I guess, I don't really pay much attention to bass honestly =P)
Mike Portnoy > Jason Rullo
Overall, I prefer Symphony X.
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James Hill
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Joined: June 03 2005
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Posted: October 29 2005 at 03:30 |
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Symphony X rocks better and is equal in the vocal department but DT is more original and is hard to beat in the techinical ability issue.I think they are both great and I wish more American bands where like them.
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symphonic james
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sleeper
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Joined: October 09 2005
Location: Entropia
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Posted: October 28 2005 at 19:34 |
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Id go with DT but theres not much in it
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Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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Guests
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Posted: October 28 2005 at 19:11 |
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Have to go for Dream Theater. Symphony X is pretty cool, but they can't hold a candle to the prior.
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King of Loss
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Joined: April 21 2005
Location: Boston, MA
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Posted: October 28 2005 at 19:06 |
Sym X is about 1000 times worse than DT. 
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Paulieg
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Joined: June 18 2005
Location: United States
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Posted: October 28 2005 at 19:05 |
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I love both bands.
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goose
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Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: October 28 2005 at 19:01 |
Neither, but I like progressive metal
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Crafter
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Joined: October 16 2005
Location: France
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Posted: October 28 2005 at 18:20 |
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DT, I prefer Allen, not LaBrie, but Myung, Portnoy, Rudess and Petrucci... Very Great...
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Uh ? Oh, I see :D
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Olympus
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Joined: August 18 2005
Location: Australia
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Posted: October 28 2005 at 18:13 |
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DT
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"Let's get the hell away from this Eerie-ass piece of work so we can get on with the rest of our eerie-ass day"
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drumsandbass
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Joined: April 27 2005
Location: United States
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Posted: October 20 2005 at 20:30 |
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DT all the way. They were the first metal band i got into as well as Prog
Metal. Symphony X is jsut too mainstream sounding in my opinion. Plus DT
has Portnoy and Petrucci! Tremendous amount of skill.
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The Miracle
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Joined: May 29 2005
Location: hell
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Posted: October 20 2005 at 20:15 |
I'm a DT fanboy 
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Kohllapse
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Joined: August 14 2005
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Posted: October 20 2005 at 19:52 |
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I'm a Prog Metal maniac ,but don't like either!
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Drew
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Joined: June 20 2005
Location: California
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Posted: October 20 2005 at 19:50 |
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Both
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horza
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Joined: August 31 2005
Location: United Kingdom
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Points: 2530
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Posted: October 20 2005 at 19:48 |
maybe should have picked both though 
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Originally posted by darkshade:
Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot.
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horza
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Joined: August 31 2005
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: October 20 2005 at 19:48 |
symphony x for me 
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Originally posted by darkshade:
Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot.
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AtLossForWords
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Joined: October 11 2005
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Posted: October 20 2005 at 19:42 |
 JesusBetancourt wrote:
Citanul wrote:
A sensible Dream Theater vs ... poll, I can't believe it |
And Im not even a prog-metal fan!!!!
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I'd have to agree, this is quite possibly the most sensible Dream Theater poll i have ever seen here. Dream Theater is actually compared to a progressive metal band, figure that out.
Anyways, i voted Dream Theater. The creativity, musicianship, and structure of Dream Theater rapes anything that Symphony X has ever done. Put Symphony X up against a legitimate progressive metal band, and they will probably lose. Well maybe Symphony X could beat Evergrey...
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"Mastodon sucks giant monkey balls."
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DeadGhost
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Joined: October 06 2005
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Posted: October 20 2005 at 07:13 |
none, but prog-metal is my taste 
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Pafnutij
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Joined: October 02 2005
Location: Russian Federation
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Points: 415
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Posted: October 20 2005 at 06:57 |
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DT. SyX is too power-metallish for me.
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JesusBetancourt
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Joined: June 15 2005
Location: United States
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Posted: October 20 2005 at 04:21 |
MikeEnRegalia wrote:
JesusBetancourt wrote:
TheProgtologist wrote:
Best _______ vs _________ poll yet!!!!
I picked "I like them both"
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Well, you know what I picked
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Just out of curiosity: Why did you create this poll if you like neither of those two bands?
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Well, thats becouse I feel that Ive always been hard on prog-metal fans and I feel that I should atleast do something for them becouse even though our definitions of prog may differ, we still consider ourselves prog lovers and that my friend is what counts. In the end we are all the same no matter what genre of prog one prefers and trust me if there were ever a debate on other musical forms(Rap, pop, etc) we will all be fighting on the same side.
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"He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water"
John 7:38
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: October 20 2005 at 04:11 |
JesusBetancourt wrote:
TheProgtologist wrote:
Best _______ vs _________ poll yet!!!!
I picked "I like them both"
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Well, you know what I picked
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Just out of curiosity: Why did you create this poll if you like neither of those two bands?
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