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DREAM THEATER

LIVE IN BANGKOK

CHAOS IN MOTION WORLD TOUR 2007/2008

JANUARY 19^TH 2008

Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band comprising

James LaBrie -Lead Vocal

John Petrucci -Guitar,Vocal

Jordan Rudess-Keyboard

John Myung -Bass

Mike Portnoy –Drum,Vocal

Dream Theater was formed in 1985 under the name "Majesty" by Petrucci, Myung, and Portnoy, Though a number of lineup changes followed, the three original members remain today along with LaBrie and Rudess. Dream Theater has become one of the most commercially successful progressive rock bands since the height of the genre in the mid-1970s, despite being relatively unknown in mainstream rock circles. Although the band has had a few successful hits (notably 'Pull Me Under' in the early 1990s, which had extensive MTV rotation), it has mostly stayed underground for its career, feeding off support from fans.

The band is well known for the technical proficiency of its instrumentalists, who have won many awards from music instruction magazines. Dream Theater's members have collaborated with many other notable musicians. Guitarist John Petrucci was named as the third player on the G3 tour six times, more than any other invited guitarist.

The band's two highest selling albums are the gold selling Images and Words (1992), although it reached only #61 on the Billboard 200 charts,[1] and Awake (1994) which reached #32 on the Billboard 200.[1] Dream Theater has sold over two million albums in the U.S. and over eight million albums and DVDs worldwide. And have 8 Studio Albums already and ton of Side Project for each members.

Systematic Chaos is the ninth studio release of the progressive metal band Dream Theater, and their first released on the new label, Roadrunner Records.

Systematic Chaos was written and recorded from September 2006 to January 2007 at Avatar Studios in New York City, co-produced by drummer Mike Portnoy and guitarist John Petrucci and engineered by Paul Northfield. The final mix was signed off on Valentine's Day, February 14. The final master of the CD was finished and the track listing was released on February 21, and the album itself was released on June 5. Along with a standard version, there is also a Special Edition containing the standard CD, along with a DVD containing a 5.1 mix of the album and a 90 minute documentary detailing the making of the album entitled "Chaos in Progress - The Making of Systematic Chaos".It is their highest charting album in the United States to date.

Drummer Mike Portnoy described the album as "Heavy and technical, powerful and dynamic — all of the elements that people kind of expect out of a Dream Theater album.” The album also guests Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Steve Wilson, Daniel Gildenlow and Neal Morse .

The band is currently promoting their latest effort, Systematic Chaos with a world tour, which began on June 3, 2007 in Milan, Italy.

JANUARY 19^TH 2008 - DREAM THEATER LIVE IN BANGKOK

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