I like the comment that one of you made about DT and Vai being "Musicians Bands" this is the truest thing ever said. You have to play to appreciate their sh##. Petrucci is really flashy he uses a lot of scales other than penatonic so that is really cool. I love some of his solos then I hate some of them. Being fashy as John can sometimes take away from a song. I am glad for his sake he is progressive rock.
COB is a band that I see being huge for a long time. Alexi is making it known that he is a force to be recconed with. He is a absolute god. He is james and kirk all rolled up in an attractive little package. LOL I see cob being our kids Metallica. But if not You all really have to respcet that a Death metal based group has hit number one on the charts overseas higher than Brittney spears did in the U.S. And if I read it correctly he didnt really trash Johns' playing I am sure he thinks that he is good. He just said that DT is rather lame but that may have a lot to do with their singer, the music in my opinion is great!