John Petrucci Interviewed by The Crooked Step

Spain’s The Crooked Step interviewed Dream Theatre guitarist John Petrucci on October 24, 2009, before a concert in Barcelona. The interview can be streamed below.

On November 18, Dream Theatre’s promotional video for “Wither” made its online debut. Footage for the video was shot during five different shows on the band’s recently completed European tour:

• Oct. 04 - Zenith - Paris, France
• Oct. 06 - Zenith - Lille, France
• Oct. 07 - Ahoy - Rotterdam, Netherlands
• Oct. 09 - Apollo - Manchester, UK
• Oct. 10 - Wembley - London, UK


The Wither EP was released via online retailers. The track listing is as follows:

01. Wither [Album Version] (5:25)
02. Wither [Piano Version] (5:07)
03. Wither [John Petrucci Vocal Demo] (5:24)
04. The Best of Times [Mike Portnoy Vocal Demo] (13:04)

Track 1 was taken from the album Black Clouds & Silver Linings, while tracks 2-4 were previously unreleased.

Black Clouds & Silver Linings, Dream Theatre’s tenth studio album, sold 40,000 copies in the U.S. in its first week of release, landing a position at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 chart. Dream Theatre’s last album, 2007’s Systematic Chaos, sold 36,000 opening units and entered the Billboard 200 at No. 19. In 2005, Octavarium launched with 27.000 copies and debuted at No. 36.

In addition to a standard-version CD, Black Clouds & Silver Lining was released as a vinyl LP as well as a three-disc, special edition CD that includes the full album and two bonus CDs: one of instrumental mixes of the album, another of six cover songs.

News Of The World ;)

Liquid Tension Experiment back in the game! The legendary Dream Theater based supergroup re-unites to blow people's minds up once again in Philadelphia during the upcoming NEARfest (North East Art Rock Festival)! Before seeing the group in action, we can listen to "Spontaneous Combustion" - the brand new release by Liquid Trio Experiment. Under this name you can find almost the whole original LTE line-up lacking only for John Petrucci. That means we should expect more keyboard-driven music, however, Jordan Rudess's name is a guarantee of amazing sonic sensations. The CD hits the market right today (Oct 22nd).

Gear News: New PRS model! This month the world met Paul Reed Smith's youngest child - The Mira. This beautiful guitar with mahogany body and Brazilian Rosewood fretboard combines traditional, classic-rock design with modern components. The new pickups help with creating trusted rock tone - sweet, spacious clean and warm, crunchy overdriven lead. For more information, go to www.prsguitars.com or look for the Mira clip on the company's YouTube channel.

Studio News: Rusty Cooley back in studio! The shred demon came to studio with his band Outworld to make a new demo. Does it mean we should expect a full-length successor of their amazing eponymous debut? We'll see, now all the shred fans must wait for the demo songs.
www.rustycooley.com

Tour News: Dream Theater along with Symphony X still on tour! All the prog metal fanatics, who missed their chance to see two of the genre's greatest bands on stage during one evening can still make up for this. The shred giants common tour lasts for two more weeks, moving across the Europe. For accurate dates see www.dreamtheater.net

More news coming soon!