On October 25th, Dream Theater guitarist John Petrucci guested on The Classic Metal Show featuring host Chris Akin and guest host Jon Drake. The complete interview, which includes discussion about the transition of drummer Mike Mangini replacing Mike Portnoy, can be heard below:

Petrucci: "Mike Mangini really helped us to get through a major band member change, and in a way that was probably as smooth as any band member change could have gone. The way that he came in, his personality, his skills as a drummer, his background, his history, it clicked to the point where it was, if we would have met Mike 20 years ago, we would have been playing with this guy. If I would have grown up with him, I would have been friends with him jamming. And that's rare. It's rare to do that one time around."

The Classic Metal Show is heard Saturdays from 9:00pm to 3:00am EST at TheClassicMetalShow.com.

On October 10th, Petrucci hosted a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) session at 2:00pm EST. A complete transcript of the fan-fuelled Q&A; session is available here. An excerpt is available below:

Q: By this point you've probably checked a lot of items off of your "musical bucket list". What else would you like to accomplish?

Petrucci: "A collaboration with Peter Gabriel!"

Q: Will we see a liquid tension experiment reunion anytime soon?

Petrucci: "There are no plans for that right now."

Q: What's your opinion on the Petrucci Psycho Exercises videos?

Petrucci: "I think they're hysterical, I have no idea who made them but whoever it is has a great sense of humor. And yes my guitars ARE painted by Michaelangelo."