Tekn50

Thing is Dream Theater are going to get more popular now, and on their latest album they have gone slightly more commercial though they stuck in crazy stuff for us real fans :*)

If Prog gets commercial again like in the 70s it WILL become sh!t and die again, which is bad. Basically it's a genre untouched by the mass media except maybe in Holland and Italy, and that's why it's so good, lots of hardcore fans but not so much money the artists get complacent.

One thing's for sure, Dream Theater rock ass.

retired_charlene

look there is NO WAY it can get popular again, he's shown me loads of pictures of prog bands and i've seen their haircuts

Tekn50

I would

retired_jennifer89889

No need for all that, surely?

retired_kishnata

Ooh another gig for me to consider.

November
25 Manchester Roadhouse
26 Leeds Joseph Wells
27 Glasgow ABC 2
28 London Underworld
29 Bristol Thekla
30 Birmingham Custard Factory

December
1 Brighton Enigma
3 Camber Sands Pontins ATP Nightmare Before Christmas


I'll probably do the Underworld show. If I can find someone.

Tekn50

I have a Mike Portnoy T-shirt, a book, 2 of his signature ctmbals, his signature, and his DVD's and I say that's just about enough.

The man is my god and I suggest to get the full DT effect you purchase a DVD, (there are two good'ns, live at the budokan and live scenes fom new york)

retired_kishnata

Doh, meant to add its The Locust.

retired_ghamdika

I'd imagine The Locust would be frickin AWESOME live, pity they're not playing Belfast :/

retired_mandellarino

http://www.thelocustbitmydog.com/index.html

They were going play Exeter, but apparentely decided on the Bristol show instead. Oh well.

Only gigs I got coming up are the Four Tet / EiTS one which I'm only really gonna go for EiTS. I think Kid Koala might playing as support too, which would be amazing, but I'm not sure if thats only one of the shows or all. And Chemical Brothers sometime in December.

retired_tanya1967

Man, I'd LOVE to see The Locust, but they're not playing Oxford.