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It’s 2016… you walk into the record store to buy DT’s newconcept album The Astonishing… 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! We're joined on this episode by our good friend Bob Hurd from the Two Bobs Cast! #johnpetrucci #mikeportnoy #jordanrudess #johnmyung#jameslabrie #dreamtheater #podcast #talkingintoinfinity

We’re back at it – throwing two Dream Theater records intothe Octagon and seeing which one comes out on top! On this installment, will it be the divisive – and most heavy – album in the band’s catalog – Train of Thought? Or will it be Mike Mangini’s swansong A View from the Top of the World? Let’s strap the gloves on and find out! #johnpetrucci #mikeportnoy #jordanrudess #johnmyung#jameslabrie #dreamtheater #podcast #talkingintoinfinity#aviewfromthetopoftheworld #trainofthought #mikemangini

We’re back and venturing outside of the DT world – alongwith our friends Wayne Joyner and Chris Akin - with our next installment of deep-diving the Pantera catalog! This time we’re digging into the very first “extreme metal” album to ever hit #1 on the Billboard charts - 1994’s Far Beyond Driven!

Let’s face it… we all know that Dream Theater is a veritable cornucopia of guitar insanity. However, some of John Petrruci’s riffs are so damned good that they rise above the rest. On this episode, we’re each giving our lists of our top ten favorite DT guitar riffs! #johnpetrucci #mikeportnoy #jordanrudess #johnmyung#jameslabrie #dreamtheater #podcast #talkingintoinfinity #guitar #metal#progmetal #riffs

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 #jeffbeckgroup Our good friend and world-renownedguitar 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 ontothe show to discuss his new release! #johnpetrucci #mikeportnoy #jordanrudess #johnmyung#jameslabrie #dreamtheater #podcast #talkingintoinfinity #steverosen #jeffbeck#theoriginalpunk #author #guitar #yardbirds #jeffbeckgroup

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 #jordanrudess #johnmyung#jameslabrie #dreamtheater #podcast #talkingintoinfinity #metallica #masterofpuppets#jameshetfield #heavymetal #1986 #kirkhammett #cliffburton #larsulrich#jasonnewsted #roberttrujillo

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 #dreamtheater #podcast #talkingintoinfinity

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 #mikeportnoy #jordanrudess #johnmyung#jameslabrie #dreamtheater #podcast #talkingintoinfinity #geofftate#operationmindcrime3 #operationmindcrime2 #operationmindcrime #queensryche

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 #talkingintoinfinity

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 it LIVE with Martin himself! #johnpetrucci #mikeportnoy #jordanrudess #johnmyung#jameslabrie #dreamtheater #podcast #talkingintoinfinity #vanhalen#martinpopoff #rankings

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 #dreamtheater #podcast #talkingintoinfinity #guitar #guitarsolos

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 bands – or is it just confirmation that it really is time for Dave Mustaine to hang it up? #johnpetrucci #mikeportnoy #jordanrudess #johnmyung#jameslabrie #dreamtheater #podcast #talkingintoinfinity #megadeth #behindthemask #vicrattlehead #davemustaine

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 the start of a decline in the quality of the band’s output? #johnpetrucci #mikeportnoy #jordanrudess #johnmyung#jameslabrie #dreamtheater #podcast #talkingintoinfinity #ironmaiden #somewhereintime #powerslave #heavymetal #1986