The Rudess Experiment - VIDEO - 9-9-1994

[gmillerdrake]

Ran across the video linked below last night. It was Dream Theater performing at the Concrete Foundations Forum in Burbank, CA on September 9, 1994.  The description says that "This was the first show with Jordan Rudess as a temporary replacement (he wasn't able to commit to DT yet and did not become a full member of the band until 1998"

I remember reading about this concert in the Lifting Shadows book but hadn't seen (or heard) any of the footage. JLB is ON FIRE in this!!! Anyway.....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpEx7pDIq8A

[devieira73]

Ran across the video linked below last night. It was Dream Theater performing at the Concrete Foundations Forum in Burbank, CA on September 9, 1994.  The description says that "This was the first show with Jordan Rudess as a temporary replacement (he wasn't able to commit to DT yet and did not become a full member of the band until 1998"

I remember reading about this concert in the Lifting Shadows book but hadn't seen (or heard) any of the footage. JLB is ON FIRE in this!!! Anyway.....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpEx7pDIq8A

Very cool this footage, especially because of the sound quality. This show was right before James had that food poisoning that affected his voice.

[Setlist Scotty]

This show was right before James had that food poisoning that affected his voice.

Well, not *right* before that incident. They also did the North American leg of the Waking Up the World tour before the incident, too. It was while he was on vacation before the Japanese leg that he got the food poisoning. While there's no soundboards in circulation from that leg, there are some great audience recordings as well as a radio broadcast from Denver, so there is other documentation of JL's performances from that time period. 

[devieira73]

Cool, I forgot about that American tour still in 94.

[TAC]

I taped the first two shows of that tour. The Berklee show was really cool. Those early shows included TOWHTSTS and Innocence Faded  before they were dropped.

[gmillerdrake]

TOWHTSTS is one of my DT favorites. Really like that song

[TAC]

TOWHTSTS is one of my DT favorites. Really like that song

They played it without keyboards. I guess they figured Derek had enough to learn, so they were played as a four piece.

[El Barto]

God damn, it's Angus Myung.

[TAC]

God damn, it's Angus Myung.

He was pretty active back in the day. I would love some of that these days.

[ytserush]

I don't think I ever saw this video. I've had the audio for almost 25 years but I don't think I ever found the video.

[TAC]

I don't think I ever saw this video.

I do not believe you.

[ytserush]

I don't think I ever saw this video.

I do not believe you.

Sacre Bleu!

[darkshade]

Watched this last night. Makes you wonder 'what if?'

[RaiseTheKnife]

Ah, the show where Yngwie set his guitar on fire before DT's set, causing the entire place to be evacuated and delayed the show. 

I have a homemade bootleg of this show with a different mix with the keyboards dominating the mix.  I think I downloaded it from Caught in a Worldwide Web back in 1998. EDIT:  Correction, I just pulled my old cassette and the mix is almost identical (since the stereo mix features the keys shifted heavily to the left speaker, my version was likely sourced from a computer that favored the left speaker).  The puzzling difference is that my cassette version is sped up almost a full step higher than originally recorded. 

[Dedalus]

It is strange to see JM and MP in this video and to compare how they behave on stage today. 

[Mebert78]

Wow, JLB is a beast here.  That was a fun watch.  Thanks for sharing!

[MoraWintersoul]

 Love this full show with Derek as well: Dream Theater - Live at the Warfield, San Francisco 1994

I put on Lie when I feel the metal need to break my neck headbanging to something.

[gzarruk]

Love this full show with Derek as well: Dream Theater - Live at the Warfield, San Francisco 1994

I put on Lie when I feel the metal need to break my neck headbanging to something.

To me, the Awake tour was the best era with Derek.

[TAC]

I honestly don't think I've ever seen the 94 Warfield show. I had the 93 show way back in the trading days.

[MoraWintersoul]

I honestly don't think I've ever seen the 94 Warfield show. I had the 93 show way back in the trading days.

Put it on when you have the time, it's lovely.

[ytserush]

I honestly don't think I've ever seen the 94 Warfield show. I had the 93 show way back in the trading days.

Think I only have a handful of shows between '94 and '98. Wasn't my favorite live era of the band in general although there were some "especially special" shows during this period which I needed to get.

[Cool Chris]

Am I in the minority here thinking those screams of James from this era are just.... not pleasing to the ear?

[PetFish]

I really miss the live jams.

I love the ones that are embedded within a song that add a new twist over the standalone jams but they're all fun.

[MoraWintersoul]

Am I in the minority here thinking those screams of James from this era are just.... not pleasing to the ear?

I like 'em most of the time, but I'm a metal person

[Eldomm]

Am I in the minority here thinking those screams of James from this era are just.... not pleasing to the ear?

I am with you, I never liked him screaming like that.

[don_waka]

I'm not crying. You're crying. 

[Orbert]

Wow, that video takes me back.  This is the band I fell in love with back in the 90's.

[ytserush]

Am I in the minority here thinking those screams of James from this era are just.... not pleasing to the ear?

Never liked them either. Also wasn't a fan of the twirling hair from that period.

[ytserush]

I really miss the live jams.

I love the ones that are embedded within a song that add a new twist over the standalone jams but they're all fun.

Always looked forward to those myself.