Description
Double album on yellow vinyls with gatefold cover and cd. Limited 2700 copies
Majesty was formed in September of 1985. Guitarist John Petrucci and bassist John Myung met up with drummer Mike Portnoy while attending the Berklee College of music in Boston. During their first semester at Berklee the three members rehearsed daily and worked on original material. During December of 1985, while home for Christmas break, the trio was joined by keyboard player Kevin Moore, who had played with Petrucci and Myung before in their home of Kings Park in Long Island. Majesty spent the next several weeks at home writing and rehearsing until mid January of 1986 when Petrucci, Portnoy and Myung returned to Berklee , while Moore returned to Fredonias School of music. In March of 1986, vocalist Christ Collins joined the band to complete their line-up. At this time when they were recording their one and only demo the members were just young Rush-loving kids looking to rise to metal stardom. Back then, they weren’t as epic, they weren’t as musically accomplished, and they weren’t as brilliant as they are now. Dream Theater have never been a band like, say, Alice Cooper or Black Sabbath with a ton of line-up changes. Every member, with the exception of the vocalist, went on to be in Dream Theater, and everyone but Kevin are still in the band today. The songs on this demo sound just like the ones on ‘When Dream And Day Unite’, meaning they sound like cool Queensryche-type music with keyboards. But, John Petrucci doesn’t really do anything special on guitar here, which surprised me. The bass is much more audible here than on any of their studio albums, and Myung does some cool slapping and popping. Cool to hear all these demos but dont expect an an early A Change of Seasons here.
Track list:
1. Particle E. Motion
2. Another Won
3. The Saurus
4. Cry For Freedom
5. The School Song
6. YYZ
7. The Farandole
8. Two Far
9. Anti-Procrastination Song
10. Your Majesty
11. Solar System Race Song
12. I’m About To Faint Song
13. Mosquitos In Harmony Song
14. John Thinks He’s Randy Song
15. Mike Thinks He’s Dee Dee Ramone Introducing A Song Song
16. John Thinks He’s Yngwie Song
17. Gnos Sdrawkcab
18. Another Won
19. Your Majesty
20. A Vision
21. Two Far
22. Vital Star
23. March Of The Tyrant