Nightmare Cinema
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Nightmare Cinema was a spoof rock band whose lineup comprised members of Dream Theater playing instruments other than their usual instrument of choice. The name is meant to signify an "opposite" of Dream Theater, since the opposite of "dream" is "nightmare", and the opposite of "theater" is "cinema". During concert encores, starting on November 1, 1997 at the House of Blues in Chicago, Nightmare Cinema began their tradition of jamming on one song, with James LaBrie remaining the vocalist. The song they would usually play was Deep Purple's "Perfect Strangers". However, on one occasion they played Ozzy Osbourne's "Suicide Solution".
When keyboardist Derek Sherinian was fired from Dream Theater it spelled the end of Nightmare Cinema, despite the fact that his replacement, Jordan Rudess, is a capable guitarist himself.
Derek Sherinian named one of the songs on his solo album Black Utopia "Nightmare Cinema" after this band.
A similar joke band consisted of "Nicky Lemons" (Sherinian) and "the Migraine Bros." (Petrucci and Portnoy) performing a song called "I Don't Like You".
[edit] Line-up
While playing in Nightmare Cinema, the band members took on alternate stage names. The original names and instruments are enclosed in parentheses.
- Abdul Matahari (James LaBrie) - vocals
- Nicky Lemons (Derek Sherinian) - guitar (keyboards)
- Johnny James (John Petrucci) - drums (guitar)
- Juice Malouse (John Myung) - keyboards (bass)
- Max Del Fuvio (Mike Portnoy) - bass (drums)
[edit] External links
- Nightmare Cinema at Dream Theater's FAQ
- A video of Nightmare Cinema performing Deep Purple's Perfect Strangers
