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Dream Theater

American progressive metal band
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Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band. It was founded in 1985 .

Dream Theater

Summary

Dream Theater is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,234 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dream Theater's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Dream Theater's genre is progressive rock[4].
  • Dream Theater's genre is progressive metal[5].
  • Dream Theater's record label is recorded as Roadrunner Records[6].
  • Dream Theater's record label is recorded as Atco Records[7].
  • Dream Theater's record label is recorded as Atlantic Records[8].
  • Dream Theater's record label is recorded as Inside Out Music[9].
  • Dream Theater's discography is recorded as Dream Theater discography[10].
  • Dream Theater's Commons category is recorded as Dream Theater[11].
  • Dream Theater's country of origin is recorded as United States[12].
  • Dream Theater comprises Jordan Rudess[13].
  • Dream Theater comprises John Myung[14].
  • Dream Theater comprises John Petrucci[15].
  • Dream Theater comprises James LaBrie[16].
  • Dream Theater comprises Mike Portnoy[17].
  • Dream Theater's website account on is recorded as ReverbNation[18].
  • 1985 marks the founding of Dream Theater[19].
  • Dream Theater's location of formation is recorded as New York[20].
  • Dream Theater's official website is recorded as http://www.dreamtheater.net[21].
  • Dream Theater's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dream Theater[22].
  • Dream Theater's Commons gallery is recorded as Dream Theater[23].
  • Dream Theater's topic has template is recorded as Template:Dream Theater[24].
  • Dream Theater's different from is recorded as Dream Theater[25].
  • Dream Theater's start of work period is recorded as 1985[26].
  • Dream Theater's history of topic is recorded as history of Dream Theater[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[28]

  • Country: US[29]

  • Began / founded: 1985[30]

  • Genre(s): heavy metal, metal, progressive, progressive metal[31]

  • Community tags: american, heavy metal, metal, progressive, progressive metal, progressive power metal[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 28503ab7-8bf2-4666-a7bd-2644bfc7cb1d[33]

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Founding

1985 marks the founding of Dream Theater[19]. Its location of formation is recorded as New York[20].

Why It Matters

Dream Theater ranks in the top 1% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,234 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

It has been cited as an influence by Coheed and Cambria[36], a rock band[37], founded in 1995[38].

FAQs

Who did Dream Theater influence?

Dream Theater has been cited as an influence by Coheed and Cambria[36].

Related Entities

Atlantic Records James LaBrie John Myung John Petrucci Jordan Rudess Mike Mangini Mike Portnoy New York Roadrunner Records United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . dreamtheater.net. Retrieved . dreamtheater.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 29d ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Record label → Roadrunner Records, Atco Records, Atlantic Records +1
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+412841'}, {'amount': '+410341'}, {'amount': '+582000'} +6
    Topic's main category → Category:Dream Theater
    Country of origin → United States
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P6927]]: dream-theater, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/214807015|dream theater (#214807015)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7190|NME artist]]"
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