Are Dream Theater Over Rated?

No they're not, and I'm no big fan of them, only have 3 of their albums, and love 2 of them, and started the disliking the one left.

They're awesome musicians, and write some incredible Metal, which is, duh, Prog Metal...

BTW, I completely don't understand this statement of the OP: "I listen to prog to relax and feel some emotion", man, relax? Has it occured to you that Metal is in general, quite the opposite of 'relax'.... dude, if you listen Prog to relax, better stay away of Heavy Prog, and all the Metal sub-genres, and you can also include a lot of other bands, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, ELP, many others....

Yes - I have several DT albums but the only one I can seriously listen to is "Awake". I have yet to understand what the hype is with "Scenes..".

Yes they are!

cacho wrote: No they're not, and I'm no big fan of them, only have 3 of their albums, and love 2 of them, and started the disliking the one left. They're awesome musicians, and write some incredible Metal, which is, duh, Prog Metal... BTW, I completely don't understand this statement of the OP: "I listen to prog to relax and feel some emotion", man, relax? Has it occured to you that Metal is in general, quite the opposite of 'relax'.... dude, if you listen Prog to relax, better stay away of Heavy Prog, and all the Metal sub-genres, and you can also include a lot of other bands, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, ELP, many others....

I can relax to death metal and prog metal its just got to be your gig man, I listen to metal for the musicianship and complexity and it helps me get work done as well, it gives you that extra push.

Petrovsk Mizinski wrote: valravennz wrote: Yes - I have several DT albums but the only one I can seriously listen to is "Awake". I have yet to understand what the hype is with "Scenes..". Haven't you heard? The Fanboys like it, now you can see what all the hype about it is.

progkidjoel wrote: Well to begin with, I think DT are Over rated. Sure, they are incredibly technically talented, but I feel as a Prog Metal band, they have a long way to come before they deserve any more of my money. First of all, I find them to be incredibly unexpressive. Some songs are an exception, (Wait for sleep, Surrounded) but overall, I find their lyrics to be incredibly shallow and often ridiculously lame. Second of all, DT show off way too much. It seems to me when they are writing a new song/album, John Petrucci must sit there wondering where he could fit a guitar solo. DT do a lot better when they stick to some basic themes and softer melodies. Third of all, they aren't very compositionally talented. For example, "Take The Time." It has good solos, terribly lame lyrics and overall bad vibes for me. I listen to prog to relax and feel some emotion, Not to listen to incredibly unoriginal guitar solos and cheesy lyrics. But thats just my opinion.

They practically took Prog Metal to a whole other level friend. And They Have influenced THOUSANDS OF BANDS! you look at every prog metal band out there look at their myspace and see if it doesn't say Dream Theater as an influence.

When you think of Metal The biggest names that pop into your head are Iron Maiden, Ozzy, Dream Theater, and Metallica these guys were gods.

Petrovsk Mizinski wrote: ^Haha, relax bro. Man, I don't need to put emoticons into every post I make to make people aware I'm not being overly serious? The way I worded that post was deliberately done as to make people understand it shouldn't be taken seriously.

progkidjoel wrote: Well to begin with, I think DT are Over rated. Sure, they are incredibly technically talented, but I feel as a Prog Metal band, they have a long way to come before they deserve any more of my money. First of all, I find them to be incredibly unexpressive. Some songs are an exception, (Wait for sleep, Surrounded) but overall, I find their lyrics to be incredibly shallow and often ridiculously lame. Second of all, DT show off way too much. It seems to me when they are writing a new song/album, John Petrucci must sit there wondering where he could fit a guitar solo. DT do a lot better when they stick to some basic themes and softer melodies. Third of all, they aren't very compositionally talented. For example, "Take The Time." It has good solos, terribly lame lyrics and overall bad vibes for me. I listen to prog to relax and feel some emotion, Not to listen to incredibly unoriginal guitar solos and cheesy lyrics. But thats just my opinion.

hawkcwg wrote: cacho wrote: No they're not, and I'm no big fan of them, only have 3 of their albums, and love 2 of them, and started the disliking the one left. They're awesome musicians, and write some incredible Metal, which is, duh, Prog Metal... BTW, I completely don't understand this statement of the OP: "I listen to prog to relax and feel some emotion", man, relax? Has it occured to you that Metal is in general, quite the opposite of 'relax'.... dude, if you listen Prog to relax, better stay away of Heavy Prog, and all the Metal sub-genres, and you can also include a lot of other bands, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, ELP, many others.... I can relax to death metal and prog metal its just got to be your gig man, I listen to metal for the musicianship and complexity and it helps me get work done as well, it gives you that extra push.

I can relax to metal.
I don't find DT at all relaxable to though, I'd much rather chill to some Opeth, Metallica, Black Sabbath or RATM.

AlanD wrote: Overrated by some, underrated by others, I suspect.   I can personally live without them, I did buy one of their cds a few years back but quickly tired of it and it went to a better home via a car booty when I needed some cash.