04-18-2008
Wow. I know. It's been a while since I updated the site. I just didn't have the time to update in the past months, I was just working, working and constantly working. I'm sure many of you checked back to see if there's a new bootleg. (I hope you enjoyed the LA video in the meantime) Well there is one right now! This shows is from the Evening With Shows from Tilburg, Holland (04/15/1997) from before Falling Into Infinity came out. They are playing the new material, which includes Hell's Kitchen as well, which was still part of Burning My Soul at that time. And there are a few other goodies there as well. The Killing Hand '97 version and Caught In Alice's Nine Inch Tool Garden (a twisted version of Caught In A Web). So check it out! Hope you enjoy it. And I promise I try to get back into the habit of posting one bootleg each month. :)

12-29-2007
As promised. The new Bootleg of the Month is up and running. And I think it was well worth the wait. This time around I got something really special for all of you. But first of all a HUGE "Thank You!", to the man who "made it" and made this AMAZING bootleg available to all of us. I'm talking about Ricardo (aka RJPass on the Mike Portnoy Forum). He filmed this amazing DVD and released it and decided to share it with us and also let ME share it with all of you as part of the Bootleg of the Month feature. (yes you heard it right it, it is a DVD). I also got to thank his friend Distortion, who audio taped the show. The DVD is basically a combination of RJ's video and Distortion's audio source. And I got to say, the result is stellar. Just watched this DVD last night and it's really well made. So major props to these two guys!!! (A bit of a self plug here. The artwork for this release was done by yours truly and I'm really happy that I had the chance to be a part of this great project. On the right you can see two promotional wallpapers for this release as well.) The bootleg that you can download is simply called "Live in Los Angeles" and it is from the most recent Chaos in Motion Tour 2007, from the first U.S. leg (2007-07-27, Live at the Gibson Amphitheater, Los Angeles, CA)

Notes: This video was shot in HD (High-Definition), but had to be down converted/down sampled to "normal" DVD, though it only fits on a dual-layer DVD. So make sure that you have a dual-layer capable dvd-writer and also a dual-layer blank dvd. You can't burn this onto a regular 4,5GB DVD. The torrent size is 7,3GB, so it is probably going to take a bit to download this show. There is no "direct download" for this bootleg, because that would be too much of a hassle and doesn't really make sense anyway. There might be an audio bootleg available of this show as well somewhere down the road and I'm going to offer that as a "direct download".

12-25-2007
Merry Christmas everyone and a Happy New Year. I hope that everbody is doing well. Here's a little Christmas update for all of you (and I promise that the next bootleg of the month is coming as well in the next few days, so look out for that!). But on to the Christmas update. I uploaded three more videos. A performance of Octavarium from Vienna from the Octavarium World Tour. The second video is Dream Theater together with Queensryche performing Take Hold of The Flame. And last but not least. Dream Theater's cover of Metallica's Welcome Home (Sanitarium). I hope you enjoy these videos. There's also a Dream Theater Christmas wallpaper available. Choose your resolution from the right hand column.

UPDATE: So I thought that I should update that Christmas wallpaper, because I actually made that last year. So I spent some time on it and created a new one. Enjoy! ;-)

10-30-2007
I know you've been probably wondering where last month's bootleg of the month went or what happened. Well, the San Diego show was really successful, so that I decided to just leave it on the site for another month in order to give many many people the chance to download this amazing recording. And needless to say this was the most successful bootleg of the month up to this point. There were over 500 downloads of this show. Thanks again to Ricardo (RJPass) for making this available to all of us.

Now on to this month's bootleg of the month. This time around I thought to make it a bit more special. You get a show from the Images and Words tour AND in addition you also get an interview with the band from that same era. Thanks to Matt (TheAntipop) for providing the interview. The bootleg itself is a pretty well-known one. It's called Lost In The Sky and it is (for the most part) a soundboard recording from Italy (Live at the Palasesto, Milan, Italy 1993-11-15). The interview is taken from a radio station from Indianapolis (1993-07-06). Click on info on the sounds page to get some more detailed info on both the show itself and the interview. Go to the Sounds section and download NOW! Enjoy!

09-04-2007
All you great Dream Theater fans are in for a treat this month. I have a brand new bootleg up from the most recent US Leg of the Chaos In Motion Tour. This is the first concert of the US Leg. The setlist is awesome, the quality of the recording is stellar and the performance is tight. It is definitely one of the best bootlegs out there from this recent tour. The bootleg doesn't have a name, but it's the 07/24/2007 San Diego, CA show. A HUGE shout out and thank you to Ricardo (RJPass) from the Mike Portnoy Forum for recording/sharing this great bootleg with us and for allowing me to share this with all of you via my website. So if you are interested in hearing how the band sounds these days and you didn't have the chance to catch one of the shows, here's your best chance. Go to the Sounds section and download NOW! Enjoy!

08-04-2007
It's that time of the month again. The new Bootleg of the Month is up. This month we have a bootleg from the Metropolis 2000 Tour. It's the show from The House of Blues, from Orlando, FL 03/03/2000. This shows has been webcast back in 2000. Some interesting things about the setlist: John's solo before Through Her Eyes contains Amazing Grace, they play the Dr. Evil Theme and they are also playing the When Images And Words Unite medley.

On another note. You can now pre-order Lifting Shadows: The Authorised of Dream Theater. Click on the banner above to get to the pre-order site and visit www.dreamtheaterbook.com for more infos about the book and a few new excerpts. November 2007 can't come soon enough!!!

07-16-2007
As promised I uploaded a few more videos (4). All are from the World Tourbulence 2002. There are two great performances from Jones Beach 9/14/2002. One of them is Instrumedley and the other one is The Spirit Carries On. Then there is the Great Debate from the Beacon Theatre 3/27/2002. And last but not least, a very cool performance of Lines In The Sand with Doug Pinnick (King's X).

I also managed to add a Guestbook to the site (finally!). It would be great if you could leave a message there and tell me what you thought about the site. Thanks! ;)

07-02-2007
You guys are in for a treat this month. I got a lot of new stuff up. But first and foremost. There is an official/authorised Dream Theater biography book coming out in a few months (see banner at the top of the page). The book is called Lifting Shadows and I can't wait to get my hands on it. You can find out all about it (and read a few excerpts) on www.dreamtheaterbook.com.

I sorted through my Dream Theater backup DVDs and noticed that I have "a few" videos in my collection that are worth sharing with all of you. So in the coming weeks/months there will be new videos up on the site as well. For a start I put up two videos from the World Tourbulence warm-up gig from New York City (1/19/2002). The two songs are The Glass Prison and Scarred. This is basically the first ever public performance of The Glass Prison. At this point I also have to thank Emre from Bootlegmania, who allowed me to share these great videos with you. So check back often in the next few weeks, because I'll be putting up some more. Go the VIDEOS section and check them out.

Our third update is of course The Bootleg of the Month. I've got an amazing bootleg from the World Tourbulence 2002. The bootleg is called Rotterdamned and yes, you guessed it, it's the 11/03/2002 show from the Ahoy, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. This is one of the best recordings from the tour. The sound is great and the setlist has a few really cool gems, like: Instrumedley, the original version of Lines in the Sand, Lifting Shadows Off A Dream and a cover of Iron Maiden's Children of the Damned. One thing I wanted to ask you is, that you keep seeding the torrent after you finished downloading it, to help others get it as fast as possible as well. Thanks! ;)

And last but not least. As you may or may not know, I saw Dream Theater live in Budapest on the 6th of June 2007 and I made a poster that I wanted to get signed by the band. Unfortunately there wasn't an in-store/signing session, so I couldn't get it signed. :( Better luck next time I guess. (I also did a poster 2 years ago and although there WAS a signing session, I didn't get in and I couldn't get it signed. Maybe on the 3rd try I'll have more luck).

Enjoy!

06-05-2007
Systematic Chaos is out finally! Go and pick up your copy at your local music store. Dream Theater also kicked off their Chaos in Motion Tour 2007-2008. They played in Italy two days ago and the setlist pretty much baffled/surprised everybody. They played the whole Images and Words album from start to finish. They of course did that, because it's the 15th anniversary of Images and Words.

The Bootleg of the Month features a show from the Touring Into Infinity, from the Japanese leg. (Don't ask me why I always pick the Japanese shows. They seem to have the best quality). The bootleg is called I Do Like You and it's from the Yokohama Bay Hall, Kanagawa, Japan from 01-10-1998. The title is a word play on one of the songs that they are performing on this particular show, called I Don't Like You and features Nicky Lemons and The Migranes. You might be wandering what band this Nicky Lemons band is. Well it's basically Dream Theater with Derek Sherinian (former key player) singing. This line-up also somewhat of a warped version of Dream Theater, just like Nightmare Cinema was. So head over to the Sounds section and check out the new bootleg.

05-10-2007
The new batch of the Bootleg of the Month is here, but before that there is another update. As we all know Systematic Chaos is going to be released in a month and I thought that I create a wallpaper to get the excitement going even more. So check that out. There are two versions. A widescreen version for resolutions such as 1280x800, 1440x900 and 1680x1050 and then there is a regular 4:3 aspect ratio version for resolutions such as 1024x768, 1280x960, 1600x1200 which can also be used for 1280x1024 resolution, although it's a bit stretched. I hope you all like it as much as I do. The picture I used is the cover for the Special Edition of the album.

Now on to the Bootleg of the month. I decided to continue with the next discs of Forbidden Dreams. But this time you get all 4 remaining discs at once, which is two more shows. The first show is from the Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan from the 28th of August 1993, so basically another Images and Words show but from the second Japanese leg. The second one is from the Awake tour from the Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan from the 23rd of January 1995. So go over to the sounds section and grab the SHNs or the torrent.

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