As I watched the new Dream Theater DVD last night I got to thinking about LaBrie and all the bashing he takes here at this board. I was wondering if these four incredibly trained highly technical musicians simply would out-shine any vocalist that fronted this band ???

My only thought was perhaps..................Ian Gillan.



As I watched, I also noticed that their stage set-up is identical to the early 70s version of Deep Purple............lead guitar on the right..........keyboard and bass on the left.

I saw Ian Gillan front Deep Purple shortly after their FIREBALL and MACHINE HEAD releases and he was probably the most talented vocalist I have seen (that I remember).

I thought of Plant or Daltry trying to front Dream Theater.............it just would not work.

LaBrie is a handful and, I'll admit, sometimes a little bit goes a long way (whats with that tongue anyway ?) but, I also know that he is a talented vocalist and I'm not certain that there is anyone out there right now that would be a better fit to front these four specific people. I think they (all 5) make an amazing collection of musical talent.