Re: dream theater
Kind of lost interest in them after Images & Words. They are superb technical musicians, but I've always found them slightly soulless. It's a purely personal opinion of course, and I'd never criticise someone for loving them, but Mike Portnoy disappeared up his own arsehole back in about 1994 and hasn't been seen since. All that drumming has kept him supple enough to maintain all the back slapping he gives himself!
I'll be interested in hearing what new stuff is like though without him.