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ericthecableguy
08-03-2005, 08:03 PM
I love dream theater, but i can't seem to find any other bands like them... help please.
And let's not turn this into a bash dream theater thread. :D
werdnarolyat
08-03-2005, 08:37 PM
i reckon Symphony X are along the same lines.

all excellent musician guys :cool:
Raskolnikov
08-03-2005, 10:02 PM
i reckon Symphony X are along the same lines.
They would be my suggestion as well.

I would say their musicianship isn't quite up to the level of DT, but I like their songwriting a lot better.
Jolly McJollyson
08-04-2005, 05:04 PM
I love dream theater, but i can't seem to find any other bands like them... help please.
And let's not turn this into a bash dream theater thread. :D
Sonata Artica
Symphony X
Racer X
Rhapsody
Nightwish
NO1SHREDDER
08-05-2005, 10:56 AM
Sonata Artica
Symphony X
Rhapsody
Nightwish
labyrith
spocks beard
porcupine tree
Jolly McJollyson
08-05-2005, 11:35 AM
Sonata Artica
Symphony X
Rhapsody
Nightwish
labyrith
spocks beard
porcupine tree
In Porcupine Tree's DREAMS are they like Dream Theater.
Dante7978
08-05-2005, 12:27 PM
You should check out Adagio.
HDJ
08-05-2005, 12:30 PM
Liquid Tension Experiment (basically an instrumental DT, with Tony Levin on Bass instead of John Myung)
Explorer's Club (Mike Portnoy side project)
Fates Warning (the drummer can find a beat in anything)
Dixie Dreggs
Frank Zappa (Frank could outdo DT)
Rush
Jolly McJollyson
08-05-2005, 01:05 PM
Frank Zappa (Frank could outdo DT)
Probably because Frank is the greatest thing since music.
Lohrtar
08-08-2005, 11:12 AM
Check out X-Japan's Art of Life... It's very long (about thirty minutes) but very impressive. It doesn't really appeal to me that much, but neither does Dream Theater (Well not yet anyway)... Still check it out, I'm sure you'll like it.
HDJ
08-08-2005, 11:28 AM
Probably because Frank is the greatest thing since music.

Frank was almost above music.....
scarface84
08-08-2005, 05:11 PM
Stratovarius, especially the song "speed of light"
Akira
08-08-2005, 05:27 PM
Liquid Tension Experiment (basically an instrumental DT, with

Gasp! That's the sort of band i've been looking for for ages! Thanks!
SPL
08-08-2005, 10:01 PM
Suncaged with Marcel Coenen.
yugoslavianpunk
08-11-2005, 08:14 AM
John Petrucci is one of favorite guitarists and i heard that the guitarists from symphony x makes petrucci look l ike cobain ,is that true? Ive never heard symphony x but petrucci is amazing.
Raskolnikov
08-11-2005, 03:09 PM
John Petrucci is one of favorite guitarists and i heard that the guitarists from symphony x makes petrucci look l ike cobain ,is that true?
I like Symphony X a lot more than I do DT, but I wouldn't say anything even close to that.

Michael Romeo probably isn't quite the technical monster Petrucci is, but I like his writing and prasing a lot better. If you like DT, you really should check out Symphony X -- you may not end up liking them as much as DT, but I'm 99% certain that you will like them.