| rdfs:comment | - Liquid Tension Experiment is a highly dangerous progressive experiment that was initiated by liquid scientist Dr. Mike Portnoy during 1898 and 1899 in the famous liquid tension lab, Dream Theater.
- Sometime near the end of The Nineties, Dream Theater's drummer, Mike Portnoy, was asked by his company to form a Progressive Rock/Metal supergroup. Said group was composed by Portnoy, his Dream Theater comrade John Petrucci on guitar, the legendary bassist Tony Levin and a not-so-noble keyboardist named Jordan Rudess. Thus, the seeds for Liquid Tension Experiment were planted.
- Mike Portnoy invited Jordan Rudess (keyboard) and progressive rock icon Tony Levin of King Crimson (bass, Chapman Stick) to join him. In his instructional video Liquid Drum Theater, Mike Portnoy said that his first choice for the guitar was Dimebag Darrell, but he was unable to join because of conflicting schedules. Portnoy then turned to fellow Dream Theater member John Petrucci to fill the position. The combo was formed as a side project to Dream Theater in 1998. Some theorize that Rudess was asked to join Dream Theater a second time largely because of the success of Liquid Tension Experiment. He had already declined a previous offer to join in 1994 and instead became a member of the Dixie Dregs. The band played fast, fusion-based pieces similar to those of Dream Theater, if somewhat mor
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| abstract | - Mike Portnoy invited Jordan Rudess (keyboard) and progressive rock icon Tony Levin of King Crimson (bass, Chapman Stick) to join him. In his instructional video Liquid Drum Theater, Mike Portnoy said that his first choice for the guitar was Dimebag Darrell, but he was unable to join because of conflicting schedules. Portnoy then turned to fellow Dream Theater member John Petrucci to fill the position. The combo was formed as a side project to Dream Theater in 1998. Some theorize that Rudess was asked to join Dream Theater a second time largely because of the success of Liquid Tension Experiment. He had already declined a previous offer to join in 1994 and instead became a member of the Dixie Dregs. The band played fast, fusion-based pieces similar to those of Dream Theater, if somewhat more jazzy, and devoid of vocals. Liquid Tension Experiment released two albums, Liquid Tension Experiment (1998) and Liquid Tension Experiment 2 (1999) on Magna Carta Records. They also played a few live shows in New York, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles. Mike Portnoy has previously stated in numerous interviews (and on his web site FAQ) that there would not be a third LTE album, as 3/4 of the band is in the current Dream Theater line-up and the material would be too similar; yet there can always be live shows with the same line-up. In 2007 however, he said that a third release is possible, but that his problems with the Magna Carta label are more of an obstacle than getting the band members together to record. Several songs and riffs from the project have been incorporated into Dream Theater's live performances, such as "Instrumedley" from Live at Budokan.
- Liquid Tension Experiment is a highly dangerous progressive experiment that was initiated by liquid scientist Dr. Mike Portnoy during 1898 and 1899 in the famous liquid tension lab, Dream Theater.
- Sometime near the end of The Nineties, Dream Theater's drummer, Mike Portnoy, was asked by his company to form a Progressive Rock/Metal supergroup. Said group was composed by Portnoy, his Dream Theater comrade John Petrucci on guitar, the legendary bassist Tony Levin and a not-so-noble keyboardist named Jordan Rudess. Thus, the seeds for Liquid Tension Experiment were planted. The band released only two albums before Rudess' definitive incorporation to Dream Theater and the obvious disbandment, at least for studio recordings, since three-quarters of the band were composed by Dream Theater members. It didn't stop Portnoy from releasing several other albums [live recordings] via his own label, Ytsejam Records. There was a spinoff of this band, called Liquid Trio Experiment, which was composed of the same members, except one of them, who happened to be Petrucci in the first album, Spontaneous Combustion, and Rudess in the second, When the Keyboard Breaks.
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