Talking Into Infinity - A Dream Theater Podcast

Our good friend and world-renowned guitar author Steve Rosen has written a new book called “The Original Punk –Jeff Beck Stories – From Yardbird To The Guitar Shop” and is coming back onto the show to discuss his new release! #johnpetrucci #mikeportnoy #jordanrudess #johnmyung#jameslabrie #dreamtheater #podcast #talkingintoinfinity #steverosen #jeffbeck#theoriginalpunk #author #guitar #yardbirds #...

We’re forty years removed from one of the greatest in heavymetal history, 1986, and we decided to do some deep dives into some of the incredibly classic records that defined that year. On this episode, we’re digging into what is probably the best record to come out in ’86 – and an album some people call the greatest in metal history – Metallica’s Master Of Puppets! #johnpetrucci #mikeportnoy #jord...

It’s our seventh installment of album song rankings and this time we’re tackling Awake! Brian is on record as not being a big fan of this album (and later deciding that he actually quite enjoys it) whereas Jon loves it – how will our lists compare? I mean, we already know that Brian will bewrong about Space Dye Vest, but… #johnpetrucci #mikeportnoy #jordanrudess #johnmyung#jameslabrie #dreamtheate...

Geoff Tate is back with the final installment of his Operation: Mindcrime trilogy – this time told from the perspective of Dr. X! Some people are calling it the sequel that no one wantedwhile some fans are saying that this may be Geoff’s best post-Queensryche album yet! We’re digging into the record track by track with some help from our good friend - the mighty Chris Akin! #johnpetrucci #mikeport...

It’s 2013… you walk into the record store to buy DreamTheater’s self-titled album… and the clerk tells you that you CAN’T buy it! You HAVE to buy something else… what records are you buying? We give OUR choices for what we’d buy when we can’t have what we really want – the new Dream Theater record! #johnpetrucci #mikeportnoy #jordanrudess #johnmyung#jameslabrie #dreamtheater #podcast #talkingintoi...

It’s our sixth installment of album song rankings and this time we’re taking on Falling Into Infinity! Jon won’t be able to rank them all number one, and Brian isn’t nearly as big a fan of this album as Jon is, so how far apart will they be in regards to Jon’s favorite DT album? #johnpetrucci #mikeportnoy #jordanrudess #johnmyung#jameslabrie #dreamtheater #podcast #talkingintoinfinity

He’s written almost 8,000 record reviews… he has 135 booksin print… he’s been a research expert on pretty much every hard rock and heavy metal documentary anyone’s EVER watched… he’s Martin Popoff, and he finally crossed a line (as far as Jon is concerned.) He has put out a video listing theWORST song on each of the Van Halen studio releases – we’re watching it for the first time and reacting to i...

We’ve said for years that fans can submit show ideas to us –and someone finally has! Our good friend Johan sent us an email and asked us if we would rank all 16 DT studio albums solely based on their guitar solos, and we’re answering the call (get it?) We’re not gonna lie (sorry, had to do it twice)– this was a tough one! #johnpetrucci #mikeportnoy #jordanrudess #johnmyung#jameslabrie #dreamtheate...

We’re bringing on the Paul (Rich) and Eric (Rich) from one of the country’s hottest Kiss tribute bands – Mr. Speed! We’ll be discussing life in a tribute band, touring regionally as a self-sustained act and running down our top favorite Ace Frehley songs!

We went to our local theater last week to catch thecareer-spanning Megadeth documentary Behind The Mask and get our first listen to the band’s new self-titled record! Jon was underwhelmed by the first three songs that were released while Brian enjoyed them – what’s the verdict now that we’ve heard the album in its entirety? Is it a worthy sendoff for one of metal’s most legendary and influential b...

It’s our first show of 2026 - a year forty years removed from one of the greatest in heavy metal history, 1986! We’ll be doing some deep dives into some of the incredibly classic records that defined that year and on this episode, we’re starting off with the fan-favorite Iron Maiden album Somewhere In Time! Is it worthy successor to the hugely successful and popular Powerslave – or does it signal...

It's THAT time of year again... our fifth annual Fan Hangout show! This one is a freeform musical discussion about anything the fans want to talk about - driven by fans who have graciously agreed to jump out from the chat and into the limelight as they guest host the show with us! The GorillaFarts will be flowing, Brian’s bad jokes will be worse than ever, and the holiday cheer – and music tal...

It’s the next entry in our series of “you can’t have DT”, so… it’s 2011 and you walk into the record store to buy A Dramatic Turn Of Events… and the clerk tells you that you CAN’T buy it! 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! #johnpetrucci #mikeportnoy #jordanrud...

We host a DT podcast, so you’d figure that we would know our stuff when it comes to all manner of trivia about the band – but do we? We test our qualifications and put ourselves through a number of online Dream Theater quizzes to how much we REALLY know about our favorite band! #johnpetrucci #mikeportnoy #jordanrudess #johnmyung#jameslabrie #dreamtheater #podcast #talkingintoinfinity

Jon recently caught the Columbus, Ohio stop of DreamTheater’s Parasomnia/A Change Of Seasons tour and he has plenty of stories to tell - including meeting the band! #johnpetrucci #mikeportnoy #jordanrudess #johnmyung#jameslabrie #dreamtheater #podcast #talkingintoinfinity

There have been some recent developments in the DTcamp and we’re digging into recent news and interviews and giving our thoughts on all the current happenings! #johnpetrucci #mikeportnoy #jordanrudess #johnmyung#jameslabrie #dreamtheater #podcast #talkingintoinfinity #rush #rushreunion@anikanilles #acefrehley

Just a quick show note to let you know that we're still here and pumping out content - but a certain platform has been pulling down our episodes for some stupid reason, which is why nothing new has shown up on the audio platforms for a few months. We will be fixing this error in the very near future! Until then... here's a short explanation! Carpe Diem!

With Symphony X embarking on their first proper U.S. tour in a decade, we decided to dive into one of the band’s most beloved and iconic releases – 2007’s Paradise Lost! Is it a little slice of heaven, as most fans agree – or is it actually a little bit of hell? We give our thoughts on this incredible slab of prog metal greatness!

It’s another ranking show on TII! This time around, a discussion about ranking the opening songs on each of the DT studio albums got us thinking… what are our top album opening songs of all time – by ANY band? Some of our answers just might surprise you!

Say it ain’t so, Dave! Megadeth has announced thattheir upcoming album and world tour will be their last – on this episode of TII, we look back on one of the most influential and genre-changing bands in music history and give our thoughts (and personal stories!) about arguably thesecond-most important band in thrash metal history! #johnpetrucci #mikeportnoy #jordanrudess #johnmyung#jameslabrie #dr...

It’s the next entry in our series of “you can’t have DT”, so… it’s 2009 and you walk into the record store to buy Black Clouds and Silver Linings… and the clerk tells you that you CAN’T buy it! 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! #johnpetrucci #mikeportnoy #jor...

The rock and metal worlds are in mourning as we allsay goodbye to the man who started it all for us – the legendary Ozzy Osbourne, who passed away last week at age 76 – just 17 days after his final performance. We talk about Ozzy’s legacy, his enduring impact, as well as tell some personal stories about the Prince of Darkness and the influence he had on us both - along with our good friend and gue...

We’ve pitted a lot of albums against one another – especially a lot of Dream Theater against Dream Theater… but! We have NEVER pitted a single member of DT against themselves! On this episode, that’s exactly what we’re doing as we throw John Petrucci’s two solo records Suspended Animation and Terminal Velocity into the octagon to see which one comes out victorious!

He’s back with more explosive-fueled insanity and killer road stories – he’s friend of show “Pyro” John Watkins! This time around he’s got a kickass book to promote – “Do You Know Who I Think I Am? Memoirs of a World-Class Smartass” – it’s fantastic and engaging and Pyro is dishing all the details about the creation of this unique and hilarious read!

We’re back with another list – this is one that we found online, and let’s just say that there are some interesting choices on it! What is it listing? Someone’s opinion of which song is the best on each of the 16 Dream Theater studio releases! Let’s see if we agree with their selections – or if we’ll want to scream to the Peruvian Skies about how ridiculous some of them are!