The Digital Man's Dream Theater Page

Thanks to Buster for the new logo!

Dream Theater is the 1990s answer to progressive rock, and are the primary band of the new prog scene to carry the torch. They take their major influences from the likes of Rush, Yes, King Crimson, and other prog rockers. These pages are really cool:

Mark Bredius maintains the new Official Dream Theater Web Site, Under a Cyber Moon.
Ed Polzin's DT Page has tons o' stuff! Pack a lunch!
Caught In A World Wide Web, maintained by Mike Burstin, has lyrics, articles, and a bunch of other stuff.
Dr. Mosh's New and Improved Prog Goodness Page or whatever he calls it this week is chock full of great stuff about DT and other prog bands as well.
Skadz's DT Page has a whole bunch of cool info.

There are other Dream Theater pages out there, but these pages cover just about everything, including links to the other ones.

The Dream Theater FAQ

I used to be the maintainer of the Dream Theater Frequently Asked Questions list. I still maintain an official mirror site for the FAQ, so you can find all you need in your mind if... uh, I mean you can find all you need in the FAQ.

I hope that everyone enjoyed my little April Fools' Day joke for 1997, by the way. :) If you didn't get to see the joke page, you can still have a look at it here.

Falling Into Infinity

Dream Theater's newest effort, Falling Into Infinity, was released in the United States on September 23, 1997. You can follow the story of how it was recorded by reading the Falling Into Infinity Studio Log.

The Ytsejam

If you have read the liner notes to Dream Theater's newest release, A Change of Seasons, then you have heard of the "on-line Ytsejammers." If you would like to subscribe to the Ytse Jam, read this page. Many of the Ytsejammers have designed some great home pages as well. Check them out.

There is now a second mailing list for Dream Theater. Unlike the Ytse Jam, Metropolis will be moderated, meaning that the owner of the list will exercise control over a lot of aspects of the list. This will include everything from trimming signature files on posts to killing senseless discussion threads. To subscribe to Metropolis, send mail here. The subject should be asdf, and the main body should say subscribe metropolis your_first_name your_last_name.

Internet Relay Chat

Many of us "on-line Ytsejammers" gather on Internet Relay Chat at night to further discuss Dream Theater, progressive rock, politics, women, sports, and anything else we feel like talking about. :-) To get an idea about what it is that we do, you can visit Steve-O's semi-official #ytsejam page and BoLo's Other Unofficial #ytsejam page.

YtseCon II and the Home for the Holidays Tour

From Wednesday, 27 December to Saturday, 30 December, 1995, Dream Theater presented a mini-tour they called Home for the Holidays. Besides the great thrill of seeing one of my favorite bands on our home turf of Long Island, the members of the Ytse Jam Mailing List organized the second YtseConvention before the second show of the tour. Click here if you wish to read my take on the HftH shows, YtseCon II, and my friends on the Ytse Jam, and to see a collection of pictures and other images from the YtseWeekend of December, 1995.

YtseCon III

The Third YtseCon took place on Saturday, October 12th, 1996, at the LaGuardia Marriott Hotel in New York City. Jeff Chew spent months planning the event, and it was a great deal of fun meeting so many Jammers from around the country, and around the world. In the near future, I will have some cool graphics and stuff from the convention, much like those from the second YtseCon.

The Fix for '96

In December 1996, Dream Theater played five shows in the Northeastern US, to give us all a taste for what's going to be on the new album. In addition to some great surprises (like "Another Hand/The Killing Hand" and "The Ytse Jam") and some bold new arrangements (in songs like "Learning to Live" and "A Change of Seasons"), the boys premiered five new songs for us: "Burning My Soul," "Just Let Me Breathe," "Peruvian Skies," "Lines In The Sand," and "Take Away My Pain." You can see a picture of Mike in action at The Chance, Poughkeepsie, NY, on December 4th. Photo by Cris Lepurage.

Kevin Moore

Kevin Moore, the keyboard wizard that helped create Dream Theater, has set up a web page to promote his new demo tape. Visit the web page for ChromaKey, the new tape, recorded with Fates Warning drummer Mark Zonder.

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