Parasomnia Timeline Thread

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

Taylor Swift and Capitalism teaming up to bring you.... a delay to the widely anticipated Dream Theater album featuring the return of founding drummer Mike Portnoy

[hefdaddy42]

Taylor Swift and Capitalism teaming up to bring you.... a delay to the widely anticipated Dream Theater album featuring the return of founding drummer Mike Portnoy

Not really.

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

Not really.

I suppose we'll see.

[MinistroRaven]

Petrucci on IG just now:

Continuing with another week of tracking guitars for DT16.
Using my Tiger Eye 6-string Majesty on the song I'm currently working on.
Man, whether it be the flame, quilted , spalted or burl iterations, the full maple-top Majesty models consistently blow me away!
The complex and layered tone this instrument delivers is just so 3D.
It's like it knows when to bark and roar and when to be lyrical and elegant.
Just so satisfying and inspiring! Always eloquent, powerful and fearless in the track.
Talk about a fitting name for a guitar!

https://www.instagram.com/p/C5ye5gzORty/

[goo-goo]

Lol. JP is in full EBMM marketing mode.

[MirrorMask]

Yeah, that has to come with a "paid advertisement" fine dot, right? I'm glad JP is excited but that's not how one normally speaks even if excited.

[cramx3]

Yeah, that has to come with a "paid advertisement" fine dot, right? I'm glad JP is excited but that's not how one normally speaks even if excited.

Yeah, that post should 100% include #ad

[hefdaddy42]

Lol. JP is in full EBMM marketing mode.

[gzarruk]

Lol. JP is in full EBMM marketing mode.

Yeah, that was one sentence of studio update, and one paragraph of sales content

[Mladen]

People are commenting on JP's beard, but I want to bring up something else.

I've been noticing all of his more recent photos and videos are with a cap. I'm also not seeing a ponytail or anything.

Did he... cut his hair? 

[illusionist]

Did he... cut his hair? 

Maybe that's what he meant by saying You have no clue, on his video with MP

[MoraWintersoul]

I don't really think so. In most of these beanie/cap posts, you can see a longer piece of sideburn extending towards the back, which would make no sense if he cut his hair. He's probably just counting on growing the gray out some more until October and right now the line of gray is at an awkward place for him.

[HOF]

Always eloquent, powerful and fearless in the track.

This reads like a Richie Kotzen lyric.

[Mladen]

I don't really think so. In most of these beanie/cap posts, you can see a longer piece of sideburn extending towards the back, which would make no sense if he cut his hair. He's probably just counting on growing the gray out some more until October and right now the line of gray is at an awkward place for him.

Thanks, Milena. You've always been the expert on hair. Am I remembering it correctly that you cracked how the band's video call to Mangini in the documentary had to be taped much later given how LaBrie's hair was much longer compared to the audition footage? 

[nobloodyname]

People are commenting on JP's beard, but I want to bring up something else.

I've been noticing all of his more recent photos and videos are with a cap.

Oh yeah! Just been back through all the photos released in the last few weeks and he's wearing a cap in all of them!

Edit: good point re the grey, MoraWintersoul. Wonder if he's given up dyeing his hair and beard for good?

[hefdaddy42]

This reads like a Richie Kotzen lyric.

[geeeemo]

I was leaning toward wanting them to go gray. Labrie looks great, gray. But this pic of JP, he looks washed out. He has no face visible to counter the lack of color. My son (also a fan) said if they go gray on the stage, the band is going to look old. I thought about it, and I agree. But, I would prefer the natural (haha) brown for JP.

[hefdaddy42]

They ARE old. 

[MirrorMask]

Also, why would any DT fan care? maybe this has nothing do with the public perception and it's all about their own personal preference and how they want to appear, but is there someone telling them "guys if you look old you're not gonna sell many records"? who even approaches this kind of complex music, likes it, but then goes "yeah, I was into this sick 6 minutes solo that shows insane musicianship but then I saw the guitarist had grey hair and I stopped caring 'cause I'm young and I want to see young bands"? they're not exactly Ghost, their names and birth dates are a 30 seconds internet search away.

[Architeuthis]

They ARE old.

Age is all about perception.  Somebody in their nineties would think seventy year olds seem young. In turn seventy year olds think that those in ther fifties are young.
Those in their twenties think forty year olds are old.  What does it matter?

[geeeemo]

It doesn't matter to me what they do. I'm old (DT age). I dye my hair. At this stage, it is still a must. 

[T-ski]

They ARE old.

Can't be sure, never seen them post in the DTF Old as Mold Club thread.

[Dream Team]

The only reason it would ever matter is if they won another Grammy with a song that was a little more commercial and suddenly they had a bunch of attention from Gen Z.

[Wim Kruithof]

'It All Fades to Grey' sounds like a nice albumtitle to me.

[nobloodyname]

Long grey hair on a 40 year old plus man looks a shit tonne cooler than jet-black dyed (and straightened) fur

(I might have a vested interest in this assertion but I'm sticking with it )

[The Paddies]

'It All Fades to Grey' sounds like a nice albumtitle to me.

LaBrie's latest solo album is called 'Beautiful Shade Of Grey'.

Anyone care to share the Instagram photo of Petrucci?

[nikatapi]

Anyone care to share the Instagram photo of Petrucci?

[Zydar]

Six Degrees Of Grey

A concept album based on the '50 Shades Of Grey' movies/books. Mark my words.

[Adami]

Six Degrees Of Grey

A concept album based on the '50 Shades Of Grey' movies/books. Mark my words.

As long as JM is doing all of the lyrics, I'm in.

[MirrorMask]

Not serious of course, but imagine if they make sequel songs for just about anything.

Another song about the turbulences, the Seventh Degree. A crazyass instrumental, Hexavarium. And, just for the lulz, a very short mute instrumental, 15 seconds or so, called Metropolis part 3. Maybe they could reprise the static noise and, 25 years later, having someone finally stopping the disc from scratching 

[MoraWintersoul]

Am I remembering it correctly that you cracked how the band's video call to Mangini in the documentary had to be taped much later given how LaBrie's hair was much longer compared to the audition footage? 

That sounds like something I'd say but I only joined the forums after ADTOE 

I think JP will look great gray. We're approaching the point where their age is showing no matter if they keep the same style or not, so might as well pivot to "cool gray-haired metal guy".

[cramx3]

Not serious of course, but imagine if they make sequel songs for just about anything.

Another song about the turbulences, the Seventh Degree. A crazyass instrumental, Hexavarium. And, just for the lulz, a very short mute instrumental, 15 seconds or so, called Metropolis part 3. Maybe they could reprise the static noise and, 25 years later, having someone finally stopping the disc from scratching 

Maybe the new album will have the ending of Pull Me Under

[The Curious Orange]

Not serious of course, but imagine if they make sequel songs for just about anything.

A crazyass instrumental, Hexavarium.

A sequel would be Nonavarium.

[hefdaddy42]

What does it matter?

It doesn't.  Nothing matters.  It's only rock n' roll.

Can't be sure, never seen them post in the DTF Old as Mold Club thread.

Good point.

[Stadler]

Maybe the new album will have the ending of Pull Me Under

Hahaha