Mikey B has just quit his old band of "Students of Strategic Influence (SOSI)" and has moved
over to this band. Mike would actually like to call his new band the same name as his old one, for it was his idea,
and it was never the official name of the band. The reason that Mike quit was because he wanted to move to his side
of music, which was the Dream Theater side. However, Nick did not want to have anything to do with this. That's how
Mike found Edgar, who happens to be a Dream Theater fan also. Dream Theater, made up of drummer Mike Portnoy, guitarist
John Petrucci, keyboardist Jordan Rudess, bassist John Myung, and singer James LaBrie, is a great progressive rock band that
has been in existence for almost 16 years now, and have made a great influence on progressive rock, after it died down in
the mid 1980s. Edgar has recently found an admiration for Liquid Tension Experiment, a side project band made up of
drummer Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater), guitarist John Petrucci (Dream Theater), keyboardist Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater),
and acclaimed bassist Tony Levin (King Crimson). Mike's second favorite band happens to be Liquid Tension Experiment
(the first being Dream Theater), which is a very good thing for both of these talented musicians. Although the band
is without a drummer and a bassist, they have found songs that they can play that only require a guitar and a piano, for example
State of Grace by Liquid Tension Experiment is a song that Edgar and Mike are going to try to learn for the talent show.
--Robert
Hasselhahf, Site Editor and Manager
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