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DREAM THEATER Drummer Reveals Top 10 Favorite Albums Of All Time

May 21, 2007

DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy recently revealed his ten favorite albums to Amazon.com. They are as follows (in chronological order):

THE BEATLES - "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (1967)
THE WHO - "Tommy" (1969)
DAVID BOWIE - "Ziggy Stardust" (1972)
ELTON JOHN - "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (1973)
PINK FLOYD - "The Wall" (1979)
THE BEASTIE BOYS - "Paul's Boutique" (1989)
MR. BUNGLE - "Mr. Bungle" (1991)
JELLYFISH - "Spilt Milk" (1993)
RADIOHEAD - "OK Computer" (1997)
MUSE - "Absolution" (2003)

To read Portnoy's comments on each of his selections, click here.

DREAM THEATER's new album, "Systematic Chaos", will be released on Tuesday, June 5 (date may vary in different countries) through Roadrunner and will be available in two formats: regular-edition CD (cover) and a special-edition CD and DVD (cover).

DREAM THEATER will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guests on Saturday, May 26 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio show, aptly named "Rock Show". Listen to the program live via the Internet between 9:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. (midnight) U.K. time (between 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. EST) at BBC.co.uk.

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