Dream Theater's new drummer O__O

I apologize for not posting anything for a while... so, let's go ahead and jump into the hot topic of Dream theater's newest member, Mike Mangini.

Wow. For those of you who are not exactly familiar w/ Dream theater, you should know that the 5 of them were a very close band and Portnoy's leaving was extremely spontaneous. According to James LaBrie, in the "The spirit carries on" episodes, they have been part of the same band for 25 years. All their children knew each other and they've been at each other's weddings. Pretty much, they were pretty much a family. The fact that Portnoy might be leaving never even crossed their minds. So you can imagine the rest of the band members' faces after he made the announcement.

The thing that I really respect about Dream Theater is that they had the same members for 25 years and didn't go crazy. There is a certain level of maturity in their music which I really value. Anyhow, because Dream Theater is Dream Theater and will not play the "temporary musician game", they found the best 7 drummers in the world and decided to hold an audition. (If you're interested in watching these amazing auditions, visit Dream Theater's youtube channel) Dream Theater also made it very clear to the public that Mike Mangini is a permanent member as far as they're concerned, so, we'll be seeing some crazy drum parts from Dream Theater over the course of a couple years.

Recently I'm hearing this crazy news about people either siding with Avenged Sevenfold or Dream Theater. Perhaps this is because of the whole Mike Portnoy plays drums for A7x's Nightmare album which I talked about a few days ago. Personally, I think they're both great, I have greater respect for DT, but A7x has pretty awesome music as well. Instead of deciding which one is better, I think we should try and support both ^^

Y'all should listen to "The Dance of Eternity", "A Nightmare to Remember", and "Honor thy Father". Those are probably my favorite out of DT. If you're looking for something a little more "Pink Floyd-ish", then try "The Spirit Carries On". (not the auditions btw.)

Anyhow, Maria, call me when you're feeling a little better so that I can fill you in on some of the crazy stuff we did at school.