Prog Metal Musicians Play Their Favorite Songs

Pretend you're watching this video in 17/8 time as prog-metal legends like Dream Theater, Mastodon and more play some of the songs that have inspired them most.

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[DrCorndog]

Guitarist: Here's my first riff.
Portnoy: Listen to me play every Rush song.

[shyboy]

Portnoy playing Rush, I could listen to that all day

[robertbordevik]

12:00 haven’t played it in 50 years. Plays it perfectly 😂

[DVTOM]

I've met Jordan Rudess and he is in another human zone. He becomes what he is playing

[MrBaronCabron]

I loved Rush all my life and didn't think they could get any better, then they played The Garden and I was blown away once again. Saw them live with it

That's the sign of an amazing band, amazing every step

[dylanbrown]

Petrucci's tone is spot on. Didn't realize how much his rig sounds like Alex

[TheSateef]

Improvisation is not allowed at Julliard. LOL

[EdForceOne-pz]

I love how Mike Portnoy tells us a whole story every section he is on here. It shows his undying passion for rock music. Rush when he grew up and how Neil Peart shaped his drumming style, and later on Iron Maiden's drummers bringing the energy and intensity with those opening riffs. I could listen to him talk about music all day! -- side note, if you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend the Drumeo YT channel and all of Mike's appearances there!

[danepresley]

Love all the Maiden and Rush stuff🤘 Also Jinjer is 🔥

[Keabs]

Crazy how the first rush song portnoy thinks of is lakeside park lmao. Truly shows he knows their whole catalogue!

[satanizedghost]

Jordan Rudess with hair seems so weird 😂 also I just realized he’s almost 70 years old xD he’s the oldest in Dream Theater. And Petrucci always looks high AF haha. My first piece of instrument was the keyboard/piano but the drums will always be the love of my life and Mike Portnoy is one of my drum rock gods 🤘🏻

[davidag]

11:10 "Where Eagles Dare" is one of the most badass intros of all time. The whole song is super hard to play well alive, but that intro... damn!

[nickfoster]

7:43 the tone coming from that Kempar is SO fucking crazy! 🤘

[sethstring]

Hasn't played Light My Fire in 50 years... nails it.

[kimonodragon]

Its funny how their "at home practice" tones reflect their guitar personalities (i.e., John Petrucci perfectly dialed in, Bill Kelliher blowing out the speakers from his couch)

[jdubd]

Sick to see Dir en Grey and Mastodon in the same vid- they were my metal gateway bands!

[SaxyCalzone]

I don't get why people hate on Jordan Rudess. I've had the oppurtunity to have several Skype/Zoom lessons with him and he's an extremely knowledgable and gracious musician. I've been intimidated trying to learn from yahoo nobody music teachers down the street, but Jordan is extremely patient and forthcoming with his understanding of music, even when it's something trivial for someone of his background and education.

[ZEBASS]

LW: "Show us your favorite songs and musical influences"

Die: "I will just play a lot of our own songs"

[NigelFortune]

Portnoy is my guy. Just a killer drummer!

[AnotherGus]

3:50 “the big one”. Man, I love YYZ… its really cool to see Mike fucking Portnoy playin this!!!