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Yep! and Yuk! I loved them up until Six Degrees, then felt disappointed by the Train of Turds and didn't bought a single CD after that. Listened a couple of time to Octacrap, felt disappointed and didn't even listen to newer releases after that. That's how much disappointed I was. Then I casually read of Portnoy quitting, I saw the mini series of auditions, I heard in disbelief how robotic Mangini sounded, and nope nope nope... Every time they reach a new bottom. Now lip synch and playback backing vocals? Oh my... I'm going to listen to some Cliff Burton isolated tracks to clean my soul. I feel like, even with Portnoy, they thought they can compose anything as if they are Frank Zappa, but they aren't at a musical level since they box themself in the metal genre, and for sure they aren't FZ at a comedic level; so the result is a soup of cliché of various bands at the limit of covers, plagiarism and copying the sound of the production (like in Octacrap, but I didn't listen after that), some Disney music, some circus music, tornado of notes, all in metal sauce. Boring.

I dig LaBrie, I do, but maybe it's time for someone else to step in. I get the dude has been the voice of DT, but Devin Townsend sang Spirit Carries On far better than LaBrie could.

It's a tough one for sure, but do you force your audience to listen to this or accept the inevitable and get some new blood in. I would get some new blood because I don't see DT being some wonderful family. They kicked out Mangini without thinking about it. Labrie is not original, they booted their original singer because he didn't cut the mustard. Imagine having someone in there that could pull of a great vocal live!

Petrucci was louder than the backing track. and you could easily hear the string break What the fuck do you need defence for? You're just thinking too much about yourself. Think less, be happy. No one give a pinch of shit at all. What is wrong with a backing track following the song? It rings out

James LaBrie is now the Vince Neil of prog metal

Any day now we will start seeing those funny live lyric videos like they have for Vince Neal.

I hope you make some new videos when the new album comes out

every Dream Theater concert is a sequence of hundreds of fails and cringes by James LaBrie. That's why my last DT concert was in 2009. Its unbearable now.

Haha, the later live performances sound like he's tryna do a ventrilloquist show, except he is the puppet. :D

After looking through a lot of your comments, all i see is you replying to comments that agree with you, but never seem to bother arguing with people that have good points

Well hey, look at it this way. All his bad performances are from after Portnoy left the band. Maybe now that Portnoy's back, the force that keeps Labrie from putting more than 30 percent effort in singing is now taking effect.

Wow, he sounded great in 1998!

😂😂😂😂😂, dai un pò di dignità...

Come on, guys. The material is challenging enough for a singer with a voice in top notch conditions. Think of an aging singer with throat issues over the years like a musician who suffers from tendonitis. A musician on a bad day makes a few mistakes. Broken strings? Change it, no biggie. Ripped drumhead on a drum? Avoid it and the drum tech will get it sorted out on 2mins. A singer blows his voice? There's no fixing it. And keep in mind, this is the last show of a freaking 8-month tour. LaBrie did a really god job. Give him a break.

This guy manages to sound like a yapping pug.

A sto punto falla un'ottava più bassa che viene meglio

DT fans dont come to a DT concert to see Labrie sing. They come to see Petrucci shred.

Sounds like vince niel 😂

The very reason I could never get into this band Labrie makes Dave mustaine sound like a vocal god 🤣

Tbf he hadnt peaked with 'big chungus' yet here

This video sucks balls tremendously... James gave the band the personality and power they needed from a frontman. After several flawless records and tours he is not a band member anymore, he is family, and you dont fire family just because they are having hard times. He has got bad shows but he keeps coming up whenever age or sickness thow him down

Breaking News: Man gets older, voice not as good. More on this at 11 after sports.

15:57 YOU ARE WELCOME

LaBrie's voice left the band with Portnoy

Boy, for such a technical band this really is the polar opposite of what you'd call the 'icing on the cake'. More like jizz all over the cake and buffet section.. I feel bad for the guy, but it's an unfortunate fact that vocals are usually the hardest thing to maintain, especially when you're talking over literal decades. It's a shame that muscle can't be maintained more easily, but it should also be said that, if you do stay in shape and eat healthy, it might not wind up being this bad.. But I'm not him so won't judge, it just sucks for everyone lol.

so sad, so sad, so sad, NOT LIVE

This is nonsense. Compere the perfomance in the same music at the same time. Take for instance the music Killing Hand, LaBrie is a million times better, just listen the version on the album Live at the Marquee.

This is a band whose best selling album from over 30 years ago has only sold 700,000 copies to date. Besides his voice being undesirable to many people, being technically proficient and fast doesn't make for music that many people want to hear. I have listened to most of their catalog and the noodly, wankfest of long songs demonstrating how technical they are doesn't equate to an enjoyable listening experience for me. The songs are too long in many cases. And the piano based ballads are not metal. "Return to Serenity" by Testament is a metal ballad.

At some point he fotgot english

He should start singing octaves lower. I can't believe he hasn't figured it out yet.

James is not cutting it he sings sharp all the time Michelle Luppi call him

Geddy never sounded like that live I can tell you. Brutal.

I saw a post on reddit saying how much this guy sucks and now after investigating I have this stupid song stuck in my head.

they use backing tracks and stem tracks, as do most metal bands these days. too many layers and accents that would sound terrible live. i hate dream theater with a passion but it's normal to perform with backing and stem tracks. The only metal bands that perform nearly perfect without constant backing tracks that I am aware of are trivium, parkway drive, between the buried and me, killswitch engage, cattle decapitation, five finger death punch, alter bridge, all that remains, heaven shall burn, arch enemy, disturbed, metallica, 311, and dave matthews band.

You can be upset that they flub or get lazy, but they're still performing despite being caught up in their moment and forgetting about the track(s) playing. You can still hear them do their thing, though. You're acknowledging the use of tracks for doubling/harmony, yet I'm seeing where you're livid in the comments and seem to be in disbelief that instruments need to take advantage of that, too. There are so very many layers/takes used to make music sound the way it does, I'm sure you're aware. It's a bummer you seem so upset about it, I guess it's from all the comments and people probably getting angry with you. They suck for that, sorry if that's the case. Your point is certainly contentious, but that doesn't mean others should be crude in responding to it.

at 2:26, he broke the string while bending the 24th fret on the e string, so i´m assuming he broke that string. The next note would´ve been probably on the 24th fret Estring without the bend. He moved closer to the neck of the guitar, i assume to the 5th fret b string. the pinch harmonic there is the same sound like the 24 on the broken e string. the question is, will the whole guitar detune if you break a string? a lot of bridges have that, I dont know if he has a built in mechanic to avoid it.

Next video: The Upward spiral of John Petrucci

This older songs can't be signed by a man that's anywhere but in the peak AF his voice. My dream is to see Dream Theater use a female vocalist. She cou do a duet. With James during the show. Someone like Floor Jansen.

DT is the middle-aged guy who's in shape with a hideously out of shape wife that they stay loyal to.

Every band especially older bands do this at least recording of back up vocals

He sounds ok (although far from incredible) in studio albums though, it perplexes me why he sucks on live shows

I don't know man, I saw him in 2023 and his vocals were so bad there is no way it was lip sync'd. He lost his voice, it sucks but it's reality. I don't go see them live for the vocals to be honest.

How about posting a clip from his 90's huh? This video is absolutely stupid :v

Sounds just like Score to me. No fake vocals here. 😎💫

È gallinaceo.

James was great for a long time and helped build huge success. That's the difference. If something had happened before getting really popular all of a sudden he'd have been let go too. But he was a powerhouse while building success. So he earned his spot among the rest of them, and wasn't just a hired gun. The loyalty and support from the rest of the group was well earned.

Shut up hating on him. Man the vocals in the 2000 on as i am etc were amazing. Just because he stopped being able to sing this means nothing. He still had an amazing voice. And still has a good one now. Listen to the music he is currently making. It's called getting older

Firstly dream theater sucks anyways because of labrie so I prefer him Using playbacks of his early Voice 20 years ago hahaha

I feel bad for him, he really does sound like a dying parrot on stage.