◇ image via WikipediaDream Theater
Dream Theater is a Progressive rock act. Their sound grew out of Marillion, Neal Morse, In the Flesh?, Inside Out Music and Richard Christy. Those roots explain a lot about how Dream Theater arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Symphony X, Haken, Ayreon, Caligula's Horse and Between the Buried and Me, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Andy McKee, The Sound of Perseverance, Flying Colors, Johan Reinholdz and Ola Englund, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 57 connections around Dream Theater, reaching back through Marillion and forward to Andy McKee. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Dream Theater connections
Dream Theater grew out of Marillion, Neal Morse, In the Flesh? and Inside Out Music, shares an orbit with Symphony X, Haken, Ayreon and Caligula's Horse, went on to shape Andy McKee, The Sound of Perseverance, Flying Colors and Johan Reinholdz. 57 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Dream Theater
Sounds and acts that shaped Dream Theater.
- Marillionartist
- Neal Morseartist
- In the Flesh?artist
- Inside Out Musicartist
- Richard Christyartist
- Flamesartist
- Wishbone Ashartist
- Enchantartist
- Jay Beckensteinartist
- In Flamesartist
- Between the Buried and Meartist
- Symphony Xartist
- Pain of Salvationartist
- Crown Landsartist
- Firehouseartist
- Rushartist
- Iron Maidenartist
- Queensrÿcheartist
- Alice Cooperartist
- Kissartist
- Piece of Mindartist
- Desmond Childartist
- Beatallicaartist
- Mikael Åkerfeldtartist
- Liquid Tension Experimentartist
- Larks' Tongues in Aspicartist
- Have a Cigarartist
- Run to the Hillsartist
- Echoes: The Best of Pink Floydartist
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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Dream Theater.
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