So... my musical was life changed forever on this day 30 years ago.
I went to see this show. After Iron Maiden played L'Amours in Broooklyn in 1988, my college roomate, who was from northern NJ, and I vowed that if they ever did something like that again, we'd be there. Sure enough, in the summer of 1992, they scheduled a show at The Ritz, and we were not missing it.
I've told this story before, but we got there early to get a good spot for Iron Maiden. But that meant having to stand for some lame local no name band.
Well, one minute into Dream Theater's set and I was BLOWN AWAY. This was the most incredible band I've ever seen. I really wished I'd taken some pics of DT, but I did not want to chance getting busted before Iron Maiden.
My two immediate thoughts about DT were...
1. the drummer was amazing, and
2. the bass player was insane. Yes I said that! JM was a head thrashing satin shirt wearing madman in those days.
The video boot to the Iron Maiden set is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5SoofegTwkIn spots down in front of Dave, you can see my flash going off from my camera in a few spots. This video can also be a bit shaky, but it does settle down to be quite watchable.
Seems the full Dream Theater set isn't on youtube, but Learning To Live is up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvSWzXSD42YJames is ridiculous at this show too.
DT's setlist was:
Pull Me Under
Under a Glass Moon
Metropolis, Pt. 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper
A Fortune in Lies
Learning to Live
Dream Theater would basically become the soundtrack to my adult life. I was 23 on June 8th, 1992.