Dream Thetaer is my favorite band for many reasons. But many of you are wrong, because alot of people think that Pertucci is the backbone of the band. I think Portnoy is. ( the drummer). ive seen them 6 times live, and Portnoy changes more time signatures in one minute than you can shake a stick at. He keeps the band in beat, or alot of time off beat (using odd time sigs) alot of times.

I actually just got back from the symphony X and queensryche show in NYC. Tate is still my favorite singer, but there is still no band like dream theater.

And Pertucci is NOT the best musician in the band. Rudess is, he went to Juliard when he was 8 years old. I recentley saw them live at MSG, and he did eruption on the keyboard, and then he did such and amazing solo, that even the DT fans dropped there jaws. Everyoner was literally bowing to him, and the claps were louder than any show ive been too.

There just a great band.