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Like yesterday I remember the first time I heard Dream Theater...

I was riding home from work with a friend I car-pooled with.  We were partaking in our usual ritual along the way, listening to the same old crappy radio station... a typical end to another typical day.

Then, the DJ says "Next, a brand new songfrom a new band.  Pull Me Under from Dream Theater, check it out."  I had no idea that what I was about to hear would change the way I hear music for life.  Now, 17 years later I remember it like yesterday still.

We drove along route 78, not a word spoken between us as we heard 'Pull Me Under' for the very first time.  When the song ended, sadly it had to, I turned the radio down to silence.  Amazed, I looked at my friend and said "THAT made up for ALL of the bull$hit this radio station has played over the past five years combined!  That was freakin' awesome!" 

Some get it and some don't, he really didn't get it but I did.  I went out and bought 'Images and Words' the next day and listened to it religiously for days, weeks, months on end.  Almost no other music made it to my ears, I was hooked! 

I have enjoyed the music from this band above and beyond anyone else over the years since.  Just this weekend I was turning some newer friends on to 'Images and Words' for their first taste of the band.

I have gone through so much in life since then. Their music has come to mean more to me over the years especially since I have gotten clean and sober.  My passion for this band and music in general has returned.

As much as I have loved them, I have yet to see them in concert but that will change this year... SOON!  My plan is to see them on my two year sobriety anniversary.  I have no doubt that it will be a life changing experience.