An Amazing New Band

It was August 31, 2016 (Stephanie's birthday). We had just finished our fantasy football draft. Mike Matney sent me an amazing song.. "Ether" by Bloody Hammers, and I think it might have been the 2nd time he'd sent it to me. Mike is amazing, and has turned me onto quite a few new bands. "Ether" is fantastic, by the way, as is a lot of their other stuff.

I had just prior to that shown him "Anesthetize" by Porcupine Tree, the Gavin Harrison drum-cam version. Upon reading a bunch of the comments under Bloody Hammers' "Ether," I figured out that in addition to them being one of Sweden's most popular bands, someone mentioned that this band called GHOST is too.

Not even 15 minutes later I was listening to this live version of Ghost's recently Grammy award-winning song, "Cirice", and this was my very first exposure to Ghost. The rest is history. . .

Saw them live in October, 2016. They have a ton of history, and have also entangled themselves within a lot of mystery surrounding band members' identities, and such.. But their music is so good that the negative publicity is worthless. They've toured the world, drawn millions of fans, and are currently venturing out on a tour along with IRON MAIDEN.

They are also currently working on their next studio album.

Dream Theater - A Mind Beside Itself

Erotomania - Voices - The Silent Man


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Dream Theater's Christmas Gift

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 25th, 2013 – 6:00AM EST
HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM DREAM THEATER

TO OUR FANS ALL OVER THE WORLD!
It is because of all of you that “A Dramatic Tour Of Events” was such a success. We enjoyed playing to you all each and every night on the road!

As a special “Thank You” we are releasing a compilation of live tracks that were not included on “Live At Luna Park.” With these now being available, you have a complete documentation of all the songs that were played during the tour (with the exception of cover songs.)
Happy Holidays, and we look forward to having you “Along For The Ride” in 2014.
~Dream Theater

CD1:
01 Under A Glass Moon (Phoenix, AZ 12/4/11)
02 Forsaken (London, UK 7/24/11)
03 Peruvian Skies (London, UK 7/24/11)
04 Endless Sacrifice (Austin, TX 10/26/11)
05 Drum Solo (Austin, TX 10/26/11)
06 YtseJam (Austin, TX 10/26/11)
07 The Great Debate (London, UK 7/24/11)
CD2:
08 Another Day (Austin, TX 7/7/12)
09 Through My Words/Fatal Tragedy (Montreal, QB 10/7/11)
10 To Live Forever (Huntington, NY 7/19/12)
11 Learning To Live (Tel Aviv, Israel 7/19/11)
12 The Count of Tuscany (London, UK 7/24/11)
13 As I Am (Shibuya, Japan 4/24/12)


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Here'e a Triple Shot of Weezer

"Buddy Holly"


"Undone - The Sweater Song"


"Say It Ain't So"


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Def Leppard - "High 'n' Dry"

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Pantera - "Drag The Waters"

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Rush "Working Man" - Slowed Down

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Very Sabbath-esque!

Brand New Dream Theater

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It's finally here! Click the image above to go listen.. What I've heard so far is absolutely amazing!

Metal Zodiac

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Havok - "Point of No Return"

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Brand New Dream Theater!

"The Enemy Inside" - Dream Theater

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Full album is set for release on September 24, 2013!

Two Double Shots of Alter Bridge

Watch Over You - from Blackbird

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Blackbird - from Blackbird

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Wonderful Life - from AB III

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Life Must Go On - from AB III

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A Double-shot of Creed

Creed - "Torn"   (from My Own Prison, 1997)

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Creed - "What If"   (from Human Clay, 1999)

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I know they get a bad rap, but I really loved them in their prime. The first two albums were pretty incredible, and they were also VERY good live when I saw them in '99 in San Antonio. It was the Joe & Harry Freeman Coliseum, and it was up close & personal - very well done.

Although their 3rd album, Weathered, seemed significantly less creative -and much more commercial- I really enjoyed their 4th release, and most recent album Full Circle.. released 10 years after Human Clay in 2009.

These two are without a doubt my two favorite Creed tunes. There are many more, though. Mark Tremonti, currently with Alter Bridge is an amazing song writer, and wizard on the axe.

How About Some LIVE Dio

Dio - "The Last in Line" (LIVE)

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Dream Theater - "Raise the Knife" (LIVE)

~from Score, originally Falling Into Infinity


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Deftones - "My Own Summer (Shove It)"

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Not a huge Deftones fan, but there are a handful of their songs that I like, and this is probably my favorite.

Brand New FFDP - "Lift Me Up"

Featuring Rob Halford of Judas Priest.

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Pantera - Cemetery Gates

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One of Dimebag's best IMHO..

Rush - La Villa Strangiato - LIVE

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Still getting it done after all these years. I love you, Rush!

RUSH's 2013 Hall of Fame Acceptance Speech

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It's about time. These guys are the greatest of all-time. No doubt about it. They've had more influence on me, and most of my favorite music than anyone else I know of.. blah blah blah... blah blah blah blah, and yes Alex is one of the most underrated guitarists of his time. We all know Neil is the master. No one else has won as many awards as this man. No one will ever be better than Neil Peart. And we all know Geddy Lee is universally revered for his technologically-advanced multi-tasking, and superb bass-playing.. Kudos to Alex Lifeson for this bit! These guys... They are.. well,

Simply the greatest band of all-time!