Watch JOHN PETRUCCI Accept DREAM THEATER's Grammy Award For "Best Metal Performance"; Video

April 4, 2022, 2 years ago

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Watch JOHN PETRUCCI Accept DREAM THEATER's Grammy Award For "Best Metal Performance"; Video

The 64th annual Grammy Awards were handed out last night in Las Vegas, NV at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Dream Theater were victorious in the "Best Metal Performance" category for their song "The Alien", beating out Deftones, Gojira, Mastodon, and Rob Zombie.

Watch Dream Theater guitarist, John Petrucci, accept the band's award at the pre-telecast ceremony, below.

"Wow, this is absolutely insane," said Petrucci his acceptance speech. "On behalf of the entire band, I'd like to thank the Recording Academy and everybody who voted for us. You know, they used to tell us our songs were way too long, we used weird time signatures and there were too many guitar solos. In fact, this song is in 17/8, so try to tap your foot to it. But we just won a Grammy, so I'm glad we didn't listen... All the Dream Theater fans around the world, you guys rock. We love you. For fans of prog and prog metal, stay true to your art. And it's alive and well."

The latest addition to Dream Theater’s Lost Not Forgotten Archives, spanning three LP's, are the original demos from the recording sessions of one of Dream Theater’s most esteemed albums, Falling Into Infinity. These 16 tracks, recorded throughout 1996 and 1997 as demos for what would ultimately become 1997’s Falling Into Infinity studio release, spotlight some of the band’s most highly regarded works from that era. Also featuring rare material never formally released as part of the final studio album including "Raise The Knife", "Speak To Me", and "Cover My Eyes", Falling Into Infinity Demos, 1996-1997 is a can't-miss collection in Dream Theater’s eminent archival series. Also available as a 2CD digipak and digital album.

Pre-order here for the May 13 release.

Tracklist:

"Raise The Knife"
"Where Are You Now?"
"Take Away My Pain"
"You Or Me"
"Anna Lee"
"Burning My Soul"
"The Way It Used To Be"
"Lines In The Sand"
"Just Let Me Breathe"
"Peruvian Skies"
"Trial Of Tears"
"Cover My Eyes"
"New Millennium"
"Speak To Me"
"Metropolis Pt. 2"

Check out all of the Lost Not Forgotten Archives releases at this location.


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