History

The progressive metal gods, Dream Theater were formed in 1985 by three students of Berklee college of music under the name of "Majesty". Those three students were drummer Mike Portnoy, guitarist John Petrucci and base guitarist John Myung. Then Kevin Moore, Petrucci's high school band-made filled in on keyboards and Chris Collins was recruited as lead vocalist. The band started off covering their idols Rush, Iron Maiden, Queensrÿche, Pink Floyd. Later in 1986, they recorded a collection of demos known as "The Majesty Demos" which sold 1000 copies within 6 months. But after the release of the demos, Chris Collins left the band due to musical differences. Then after a year of struggle, Charlie Dominici joined the group. After Charlie's recruitment the band started playing shows in and around New York city and gained some exposure. But soon after that a Las Vegas group also named as majesty threatened legal action for the use of their name. So the band had to change their name and named themselves as "Dream Theater" as suggested by Mike Portnoy's father.