Saw Dream Theater live, and now I don't like them.

i saw DT back in march 06 in Asbury Park, and, yes, they did seem a tad over-confident in themselves, but i think when you write and play the kind of music they make, you kind of have to, otherwise you might mess up or something. That and there's some fans that get off on that stuff. Im surprised Im even defending them, i havent listened to DT in months (aside from my friend throwing A Change Of Seasons on yesterday, that was niiice!)

btw, Myung is the "quiet Asian guy". That's why he chills a lot. what did he say, like, 4 words on the Live at Budokan DVD?

and isnt this supposed to be an "appreciation" thread?


Edited by darkshade - August 25 2008 at 01:29

burritounit wrote: After a while I got a bit bored of DT but after seeing them live in Puerto Rico for the first time I started loving them again. Still one of my all time favorites.

 

Edited by MisterProg2112 - August 25 2008 at 22:51

There is a diffeence between "showingoffish confidence" and complete cockiness. And, I don't really care when he was put in the "Drummers Hall of Fame," he is overrated beyond measure. And there was nothing funny about him. He acted like a moron.

I saw DT in Chicago with 3, Between the Buried and me, and Opeth. It was a very dissapointing show (DT I mean, all the other bands were amazing). Don't get me wrong, DT sounded great, like listening to one of thier albums, but the arrogance ondisplay was astounding. Never, NEVER, have I seen such a self-absorbed band. John Myung was the only guy who came off as being cool, and big surprise, he had the least amount of solos. Rudess and Patrucci were alright, butthe constant close ups of thier soloes got really old really fast. You can play good, we get it, so could you stop showing off for 5 seconds and just play? Patrucci looked totally bored. He looked like he would rather be having a root canal. LaBrie was annoying as hell. He kept throwing the mic stand in there air like it was really a show o strength. It was just idiotic.Though the worst BY FAR was Mike Portnoy. What a DOUCHE. He kept standing up and nodding his head like he was hot sh*t. He would point to his little camera that was on his drum set, and when the stage hand was late with his mic, he bitched him out so everyone could hear in the middle of the song. It was shameful. Portnoy isn't that good. . . in fact, I would go so far as to say he may be the most overrated drummer of all time. There are so many greater drummers. Portnoy is mediocre at best.

Edited by ~Rael~ - August 24 2008 at 16:26