Don't know how any of this works... Not liking Portnoys actions from that article, but hey let's face it, it's not 100% fact, so it is some sort of rumor and until we get the full story what can we do?
I can't see DT losing their name, and they'll always be DT in my opinion... If Myung left, I think they could still be DT... However if Petrucci left for some reason, I think then it'd be time to disband. No offense to Myung, but I always looked at it as Portnoy / Petruccis band. Now that Portnoy is gone, I really look at it as Petrucci as the "front man who doesn't sing." Better term would be band leader I suppose! That being said, there's no better choice than JP who seems like a very fair individual.
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Some questions I have is does a band have to pay royalties to another band if they perform one of their songs live? If Dream Theater plays YYZ live at a random show do they have to pay Rush/Whoever owns the rights to YYZ. If Dream Theater plays YYZ and then puts it on a live release, then yeah I'd assume they would have to pay royalties to the record label or Rush or whoever owns YYZ.
If you have to pay royalties for both of those cases, then if you tease a song, and start your show with the intro to say YYZ and then go into one of your songs, you have to pay royalties for playing 13 seconds of YYZ?
It's strange to me, I was under the assumption you only paid royalties if you used it for a live CD/DVD or some sort of release.
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All I know is that the Misfits got their name back after Danzig left, and Jerry Only certainly ruined that IMO. The Graves stuff was okay, and would have been much better if it had a different name instead of trying to follow Danzigs Misfits legacy...
Danzig was the Misfits
Portnoy wasn't Dream Theater...
If Danzig lost, no way Portnoy is winning the name Dream Theater. That's just how I look at it!