current_members associated_acts years_active alias label article_title landscape past_members background genre img origin img_capt name
john mangini myung john petrucci james labrie jordan rudess mike liquid osi , platypus , transatlantic , the jelly jam , tension annihilator , extreme experiment , explorers club , mullmuzzler , 1985 -- present majesty -lrb- 1985 -- 86 -rrb- roadrunner east west , atco , mechanic , warner bros. , atlantic , elektra , dream theater
 yes mike stone derek sherinian portnoy kevin moore chris collins charlie dominici steve group_or_band progressive metal , progressive rock dreamtheater2011.jpg boston , massachusetts , united states dream : john myung , jordan rudess , james labrie , theater mike mangini and john petrucci . in 2011 . from left to right dream theater
dream theater

dream theater is an american progressive metal and progressive rock band formed in 1985 under the name majesty by john petrucci , john myung , and mike portnoy while they attended berklee college of music in massachusetts .
they subsequently dropped out of their studies to concentrate further on the band that would ultimately become dream theater .
though a number of lineup changes followed , the three original members remained together along with james labrie and jordan rudess until september 8 , 2010 when portnoy left the band .
in october 2010 , the band held auditions for a drummer to replace portnoy .
mike mangini was announced as the new permanent drummer on april 29 , 2011 .
the band is well known for the technical proficiency of its instrumentalists , who have won many awards from music instruction magazines .
guitarist john petrucci has been named as the third player on the g3 tour six times , more than any invited players .
in 2009 he was named the no. 2 best metal guitarist by joel mciver in his book `` the 100 greatest metal guitarists '' .
he was also named as one of the `` top 10 fastest shredders of all time '' by `` guitarone '' magazine .
jordan rudess is considered to be one of the greatest keyboard players of all time by many publications like musicradar .
former drummer mike portnoy has won 26 awards from `` modern drummer '' magazine and is also the second youngest person -lrb- at the age of 37 -rrb- to be inducted into the rock drummer hall of fame .
his replacement mike mangini has also previously set 5 wfd records .
john myung was voted the greatest bassist of all time in a poll conducted by musicradar in august through september 2010 .
the band was inducted into the long island music hall of fame in 2010 .
the band 's highest-selling album is the gold-selling `` images and words '' -lrb- 1992 -rrb- , which reached no. 61 on the `` billboard '' 200 chart .
both the 1994 release `` awake '' and their 2002 release `` six degrees of inner turbulence '' also entered the charts at no. 32 and no. 46 respectively and received mostly positive reviews . '' ''
was ranked number 95 on the october 2006 issue of `` guitar world '' magazine 's list of `` the greatest 100 guitar albums of all time '' .
it is ranked as the 15th greatest concept album -lrb- as of march 2003 -rrb- by `` classic rock magazine '' and as the number one all-time progressive album by `` rolling stone '' -lrb- as of july 2012 -rrb- .
`` six degrees of inner turbulence '' also led to dream theater becoming the initial band reviewed in the music section of `` entertainment weekly '' during its opening week of release , despite the magazine generally preferring more mainstream music .
the band 's eleventh studio album , `` a dramatic turn of events '' , was released on september 13 , 2011 .
on november 30 , 2011 , the album 's lead single , `` on the backs of angels '' , was nominated for a grammy award in the `` best hard rock/metal performance '' category , marking the band 's first ever grammy nomination .
dream theater 's self-titled twelfth studio album was released on september 23 , 2013 and earned their second grammy award nomination , this time for `` best metal performance '' , for the album 's first single , `` the enemy inside '' .
on april 9 , 2013 , `` images and words '' won loudwire 's fan voted march metal madness for world 's best metal album beating albums by dio , ac/dc , judas priest , megadeth and metallica .
as of 2011 , dream theater has sold over 12 million records worldwide .
