Six Degrees Of Dream Theater

[TheGreatPretender]

Joss Stone was in the movie Eragon.
Avril Lavigne was featured on the Eragon soundtrack.
Chad Kroeger has had sex with Avril Lavigne.
Dream Theater is better than Nickelback.   

Yeah, but unfortunately for Avril, by the time she was old enough to even comprehend sex, James was already married. So she had to settle.

[Outcrier]

We can link members of Annihilator and Extreme as Mangini played for them.
There is Steve Vai too.

[Prog Snob]

This one can be solved in one step, let see if someone gets it.

Joss Stone to Dream Theater

After some Wikipedia digging, I think I've got it.

Joss Stone's first two albums were (at the very least partially) recorded at The Hit Factory, which is where Octavarium was recorded.


EDIT: Or the fact that for those same two albums, Mike Mangini was involved as a producer. That's probably it actually.


Okay, now I'll choose one...
Elvis Presley to Dream Theater

Elvis did a couple of songs on stage with Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra did Duets with Bono
Dream Theater covered U2's Bad.

[TheGreatPretender]

Elvis did a couple of songs on stage with Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra did Duets with Bono
Dream Theater covered U2's Bad.

It's gotta be more than just a cover of a song. They had to have some kind of a business partner in common. Although connecting Elvis to U2 in 2 degrees is a great start, I think.

[JayOctavarium]

I'm trying on the Elvis one.

[TheGreatPretender]

For really obscure ones that just don't have enough links, do we want to give up on them or simply add more degrees if necessary?

[Sycsa]

For really obscure ones that just don't have enough links, do we want to give up on them or simply add more degrees if necessary?

More degrees, obviously, gotta face adversity like a soldier. 

In the meantime, I'd like to return to this, 'cause I got a cryptic one:

Uriah Heep to Dream Theater... Hopefully someone here know who I'm talking about at least.

- Ken Hensley played with Hungarian Deep Purple tribute band Cry Free.
- Cry Free toured with Jon Lord of Deep Purple.
- Purple had Satriani as a guitarist for a tour.
- Satriani - G3.
- G3 - Petrucci.
- Petrucci - DT.


Now, back to Elvis, the no-no site pulls it off in 11 steps.

[TheGreatPretender]

Now, back to Elvis, the no-no site pulls it off in 11 steps.

Yeah, but I looked at that site, and unless it just happens to be that way, as far as I can tell, the site doesn't deal with in-depth business, like agents, producers, engineers, cover artists, etc. So there are a lot of potential links that could be missing.

[Prog Snob]

Elvis did a duet with Frank Sinatra
Sinatra did Duets with Bono
Bono did Perfect Day (Lou Reed) with David Bowie
Bowie worked with Jordan

[Nihil-Morari]

Elvis did a duet with Frank Sinatra
Sinatra did Duets with Bono
Bono did Perfect Day (Lou Reed) with David Bowie
Bowie worked with Jordan

Oh wow, that's the best link I guess.

[hipodilski]

Here's a fun one - Savatage to DT
I can do it in three steps, but it's kinda obscure to non Sava-fans.

[Prog Snob]

Here's a fun one - Savatage to DT
I can do it in three steps, but it's kinda obscure to non Sava-fans.

I can name that link in one step.

Al Pitrelli did Guitar Battle with John Petrucci.