Chris Collins hurts my ears

[rumborak]

Man, listening through the whole Majesty Demos is a tough cookie. I don't know what it is, but Chris has this resonance in his voice that is really irritating after a while.
I hear Chris still does music; does he still sing like that?

rumborak

[ClairvoyantCat]

One of those 80s screechers with 100% ridiculous (ridiculous in a bad way) castrato notes and absolutely 0% vocal tone or charisma. 

As I remember he formed a Death Metal band that have an album out soon if not already

[Perpetual Change]

https://www.myspace.com/winterspell

[ZKX-2099]

I never heard an actual reason why he left Dream Theater... was he also... Dominici'd?

[rumborak]

https://www.myspace.com/winterspell

Holy cow. That was not good.

rumborak

[Slain]

I laughed pretty hard when reading the title of this thread. I'm not a huge fan either..

[tri.ad]

Yeah, he really tended do overdo things when it comes to vocal lines and singing style when he was in DT.

[ZBomber]

PASSION'S GRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!

[ClairvoyantCat]

https://www.myspace.com/winterspell

[ZBomber]

https://www.myspace.com/winterspell

This is hilarious. I would love to see these guys live.

[Adami]

https://www.myspace.com/winterspell

What the hell am I listening to?

[Mladen]

When I read the thread title, I thought Chris Who?  I haven't listened to the Majesty demos, but I might do it someday...

[ACID_FOX]

Deceptions Price Is Eternal Pain?

What are they, 12?

[Mebert78]

I never heard an actual reason why he left Dream Theater... was he also... Dominici'd?

According to the Lifting Shadows book, Chris did not have the family support to be in a band like the other members of Dream Theater did.  So he was forced to work day jobs and do other things, while the band was able to focus more on their craft.  That ultimately led to other problems and caused a rift and was the reason why he and the band split.  I can't remember whether he decided to leave or they asked him too.

I admire Chris.  He still makes music and does his thing regardless of the venue.  It's probably not easy to watch your old band go on to such large success, while you are still in your hometown area playing small gigs.  He's trooper and should be respected for that.  

For him, it's all about his love for the music.  Keep it up, Chris!  

[rumborak]

Was he the guy who got canned by DT mid-concert? Or who was that?

rumborak

[Samsara]

Was he the guy who got canned by DT mid-concert? Or who was that?

rumborak

Steve Stone, if memory serves...

[wkiml]

Ronnie James Dio tribute at Mulcahy's on LI

All bands will be performing Ronnie James Dio songs.

Bands scheduled to perform:
Cintron
Just Purple
Live after Death
Live Evil
Overdrive
Ozzmosis
Sacred Heart
Snakebite
Xciter

Special guests scheduled to perform:
Chris Collins
Deana Dee
Rob Ferreira
Danny Heyder
TC Kross
Bobby Marks
Michele Meech
Paul Morris
Butch Quinones
Bobby Rondinelli
Tomibass

[rumborak]

WTF, is that a joke? I mean, seriously, the stuff he does is god-awful.

rumborak

[Orbert]

When I read the thread title, I thought Chris Who?  I haven't listened to the Majesty demos, but I might do it someday...

I too had intended to check out the Majesty demos someday, but now I don't think so.  I have enough trouble getting through the first album, as I don't really care for Dominici's voice, so I'm sure the Majesty demos with an even-worse singer would be downright painful.

[Dr. SeaWolf]

While Dominici was not the best fit for the band vocally, he was still quite talented.  I don't know how fair it is to compare him to Collins.

[rumborak]

When I read the thread title, I thought Chris Who?  I haven't listened to the Majesty demos, but I might do it someday...

I too had intended to check out the Majesty demos someday, but now I don't think so.  I have enough trouble getting through the first album, as I don't really care for Dominici's voice, so I'm sure the Majesty demos with an even-worse singer would be downright painful.

Don't let that distract you from the Majesty Demos though. Less than a quarter of the tunes on there are sung by Collins. There is a lot of early-DT hilarity that a DT fan should really not miss out on.

rumborak

[Ben_Jamin]

His vocals fit real well on Two Far.

[Orbert]

Wait... so who sings the rest?

[ZBomber]

Wait... so who sings the rest?

A lot of it is just instrumental stuff with the band fooling around.

[Orbert]

Okay, I'm interested again.

[PlaysLikeMyung]

theres a cover of YYZ

Nuff said

[Tick]

https://www.myspace.com/winterspell

Holy cow. That was not good.

rumborak

I heard that.

[blackngold29]

theres a cover of YYZ

Nuff said

They should perform "Mike Thinks He's Dee Dee Ramone Introducing A Song Song" live sometime.

[PlaysLikeMyung]

one two three four *shredding*

[Perpetual Change]

I never heard an actual reason why he left Dream Theater... was he also... Dominici'd?

According to the Lifting Shadows book, Chris did not have the family support to be in a band like the other members of Dream Theater did.

Can anyone guess why 

[hefdaddy42]

While Dominici was not the best fit for the band vocally, he was still quite talented.  I don't know how fair it is to compare him to Collins.

I think it's plenty fair.

[Orbert]

Yeah, I didn't quite get that remark either.  Here's a singer who they worked with for a while but it didn't work out, here's another singer who they actually cut their first album with but it didn't work out.  Let's compare.

"No, it's not fair to compare them!"

Uh, what?

[hefdaddy42]

Here's the comparison: they both suck.

[ACID_FOX]

Here's the comparison: they both suck.

ZING!

[Gorille85]

Here's the comparison: they both suck.