Dream Theater

As have been pointed out already, there's too much feelings about Dream Theater. They are so big that there are a huge bunch of diehard fans following them, and that's all right, but when people tell me that I can't deny something or that I have to admit something else, I get kind of bugged. As you may have noticed in some other posts, I'm a rabid LaBrie hater, and I'd like to say you can't deny that he's an awful singer, but what the heck, I guess I am quite unfair.
 I voted for overrated, anyway. Besides LaBrie, I don't think Portnoy is technical enough to compete with monsters like Virgil Donati (which Portnoy himself has admitted, btw) but he's perfectly suited for bands like LTE and Transatlantic, where he can leave those metal cliches behind and let his imagination flow. I never liked Myung, despite being a bass player myself. Technique without feeling. Petrucci is a blast from hell, though! Great tone, very diverse playing - when he's NOT in DT. Same goes for Rudess, a fantastic player, but what does he do in a pure metal band? He proves his skills on his solo records and with LTE.
 Then again, Dream Theater ARE a good band. Especially Octavarium.
But, they lock themselves up in their genre. The 70's flirting on Octavarium is cool, though - but wasn't that Transatlantic's thing??

Valarius wrote: Correct reputation. "Overrated" is a term people use when a band they dislike is getting more attention than their favourite band. "Underrated" is what they call their band.

Soooo true