We’ve done a deep dive into DT’s debut record – but we haven’t discussed how we would rank the songs in order from worst to first. Let’s face it, Dream Theater is like pizza – even when it isn’t great, it’s incredibly good – so how can we possibly pit great songs against great songs? It’s time to find out, and we’re starting where it all began – 1989’s When Dream and Day Unite!

We are back from the Mammoth WVH/Sevendust/Alter Bridge show in Cleveland and we have plenty to talk about! Tonight we are winging it and discussing anything musical that comes to mind!

Jon is headed to Burgettstown, PA to catch Pantera on their current tour, so what better time to dig into what almost every Pantera fan considers their greatest record – the absolute CLASSIC Vulgar Display Of Power! We don’t have many superlatives to present here that haven’t already been used, so… grab a Black Tooth Grin, getcha pull, and let’s do it Lone Star State style once again with Wayne Joyner – as well as the mighty Chris Akin!

Jon is back from Newport, Kentucky where he caught the Dreamsonic tour and he has some stories to tell! Since we’re on the topic of DT live, we attempt to write a setlist using only ONE song per album – and we CAN’T use songs we have gushed over a LOT on the show previously!

Brian is back and we are FINALLY talking some Sons Of Apollo on TII! We’ve dug into some seriously kickass records on the show and it’s about time that we talk about Psychotic Symphony, the amazing debut from SOA! Sheehan, Soto, Bumblefoot and, of course  - Sherinian and Portnoy – what’s not to like? We go track by track and give our thoughts on one of the most criminally underrated prog records (and bands) you’re likely to find!

Brian had a last-minute commitment come up – so we’re switching gears on this week’s show! One of Jon’s good musician buddies – a self-professed huge Van Halen fan – is just NOW discovering the David Lee Roth era of the band! What are his impressions of the seven DLR records? How do they stack up against the Sammy albums? And, most importantly – how can this happen?? Grab your brown M&M’s and get ready to dance the night away as we dig into some untouchable rock classics! Booz-de-booz-de-bop!

It’s the next entry in our series of “you can’t have DT”, so… it’s 1997 and you walk into the record store to buy Falling Into Infinity… and the clerk tells you that you CAN’T buy it! Jon, of course, stages a boycott and refuses to purchase anything until he’s allowed to snatch up FII, but… YOU have to choose something else… what records are you grabbing? We give OUR choices for what we’d buy when we can’t have what we really want – the new Dream Theater record!

We're digging into one of the final DT albums we haven't touched on yet - 2013's self-titled record! The band were trying to incorporate all of their huge prog ideas into a much more concise, to-the-point song format for this release - did they nail it or did they miss the mark? We discuss!

It's a big double episode on TII! We welcome bassist Conner Green of prog technicians Haken onto the show to discuss their upcoming tour in support of their new record Fauna! After that we bring on the mighty Chris Akin for a spirited discussion about Metallica's brand new album 72 Seasons!