Spotlight: Dream Theater

John Petrucci, Dream Theater

03-May-23 22:00

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American progressive metal pioneers Dream Theater are bound to perform on our shores very soon in support of their latest album, ‘A View from the Top of the World’. Haniff Baharuddin speaks to guitarist John Petrucci to talk about concept albums, songwriting, getting inspiration from music outside of progressive metal and more.

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Produced by: Daryl Ong, Othniel Ting

Presented by: Daryl Ong, Othniel Ting, Haniff Baharudin

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Categories: music

Tags: dream theater, progressive metal, A View from the Top of the World, John Petrucci, the pulse,

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