The drummer on this song is Mike Portnoy. He was the drummer on A7X's Nightmare album, because he was The Rev's favorite drummer and The Rev once said that he was the only person he would ever let sit behind his kit.

Just a few Dream Theater suggestions for you to look into: The glass prison Endless sacrifice The dance of eternity Octavarium Panic attack In the name of god In the presence of enemies (pt 1 and 2) Metropolis part 1 (part 2 is an entire album if you fancied doing the whole album in one long video ;)) Never enough As I am This dying soul A change is seasons The count of Tuscany A nightmare to remember Under a glass moon On the backs of angels Build me up break me down Lost not forgotten Breaking all illusions Bridges in the sky I know that’s a ton of suggestions but trust me, every single one of these will blow you away!

Panic Attack is another song that truly captures the Dream Theater essence.

i'm actually in tears a bit right now. this is a song i grew up listening too and what introduced me to dream theater. Such a nostalgic song for me, and you discovering it just makes me so happy.

How has no one mentioned this: The song is too low! The version you're listening to is either slowed down or tuned down somehow. It's driving my ears crazy, I love this song and it's so weird to hear it sound all weird like this.

The entire band is made up of incredible musicians, and just plain nice down to earth guys. No egos, just great people.

The drummer is (was) the amazing, incomparable Mike Portnoy! Was, because he left the band 2010 and was replaced by the equally amazing 5 time Guiness Book of World Records holding Mike Mangini! Never has a band been blessed with such abundant percussionary mastery!

"I wonder who the drummer is " Millions of fan boys are reaching for the keyboard. You just opened a can o worms right there

You gotta react to their songs "As I Am", "Under a Glass Moon", and "Count Of Tuscany". Epic songs

Images & Words - Great album...Take The Time, Another Day, Surrounded and Metropolis Part I: The Miracle and the Sleeper are all worth a listen also.

Hey Alex, I am super happy you are reacting to Dream Theater again, honestly since you have done this you should react to Octavarium or The Count of Tuscany at some point, they are super long...but trust me you will not regret it, it's an experience!

You should check out Dream Theater's "The Glass Prison" and get ready for 13 minutes of stank-face lol

You gotta check out "The Count of Tuscany" by Dream Theater! It's an absolute masterpiece and probably has the most beautiful ending I've ever heard in music

Every album from Dream Theater is absolutely mind-blowing. I recommend everything from Dream Theater. Metropolis Part 1 from this album just blew me away when I first heard it back in 1993. Explore the albums Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence and Train of Thought. These albums will change your musical perspective. Actually, all of Dream Theater's albums will change your musical perspective. They do have a few poppish, slower songs, but just about anything from Dream Theater would be a great recommendation to react to.

Yay! Two Alexes! So fun!

You hit the nail. The album "Images And Words" has been hailed as a starting point of a whole new genre, progressive metal. You should check out the videos the group did about when they searched replacement for Mike Portnoy. The shortlist is rather impressive, the final two being Marco Minnemann and their current drummer Mike Mangini. For Minnemann, please check out Steven Wilson and the group Aristocrats which features guitarist Guthrie Govan and bassist Bryan Beller. But, the group has a certain tendency of overdoing things, money back if you can see the fingers flying, playing because they can.

It ends like that because of the lyrics that read every breath leaves me one less to my last. You just took your last breath on the note before the song ends. Dream Theater is the GREATEST band of all time. Am about to see them for the 13th time in Dallas in March. Every member is an All Star and they've even carried on nicely since their original drummer Mike Portnoy ( greatest musician ever) left the band. Thank you for playing this

The "who is this drummer" killed me a bit inside, I feel so grateful I studied music and was introduced to so many bands and the actual members, I met Dream Theater under this iconic line up and boy they could play and had such small egos

Please do more Dream Theater. Wirth your time, some of the best musicians today.

Dream Theater is my favorite band if all time and Mike Portnoy is my favorite drummer of all time! As a drummer myself, I can confidently say that I have never heard another drummer as skillful and talented as Mike Portnoy. He truly captures what it means to be a drummer. Please check out more Dream Theater, you will not regret it! My recommendation would be Disappear

You should check out the 'kids cover dream theater' cover of this song. It's pretty damn good. They also cover 42 & 2 by Tool and do really good covering that as well.

Alex, now that you’ve heard this song, you must now go on a long and winding journey through 30 years of Dream Theater. You’ll have your face melted and your head spinning at every turn. When you hear all the musical complexities, you’ll be amazed.

You should listen to: The 12 step suite (the glass prison, this dying soul, the root of all evil, repentance, the shattered fortress), as i am, ytse jam, stream of counsciousness, breaking all illusions, six degrees of inner turbulence, metropolis pt 1 the miracle and the sleeper, panik attack, a change of seasons and lots of others

The crazy thing is these guys have been filling stadiums for 25 or so years and this is the only radio hit they ever had.

The Count of Tuscany is my personal favorite Dream Theater song

Images and Words is still my favorite Dream Theater album. Incredible.

Theses guys are on a whole different level. Beyond talented. They have so many time changes. Just incredible

Dream Theater - As I Am.... will completely blow your mind :D Kickass song

Seen this great band several times , this song still gives me goosebumps after almost 30 years!🤘🤘

I would definitely love to see some more dream theater reactions! Like Metropolis, Under a Glass Moon, Learning to Live, Panic Attack, The Best of Times, The Count of Tuscany, which are just some of my faves

First Dream Theater song I ever listened to was Constant Motion and it still holds a special place in my heart. Fantastic band.

I'm so happy you finally got to Dream Theater 🤘

Good stuff, Alex! Mike Portnoy was their drummer for this song (for sure their biggest hit), and probably their biggest record. Highly recommend anything live from them too - Sacrificed Sons live is great. As I Am is also a song that you would love!!

This is the original song that hooked so many of us back in the 90's.... I was a diehard fan for years and years..... Funny thing is, this isn't even the best song on the album - Metropolis, Under a glass moon - such a good album!

THE Best Band Out There~! Saw them last night in Mesa AZ. There are no words............

The drummer was the drum instructor at Berkley College of Music.

The guitarist openly admits that Metallica was an influence. Images and words and Awake are their best albums imo, every song is fire, but there's no bad dream theater

These are some of the Greatest musicians ever! It's an acquired taste for sure but it's well worth putting in the effort to follow along. You can listen to the same song on 20 different occasions and catch something different each time. It's so much better than a repeating riff throughout the whole song, that shit becomes like Chinese water torture. Example: "it takes two to make a thing go right" sure there's a place for that, just like there's a place for McDonald's and a place for Ruth's Chris.

That opening clean guitar riff is just timeless,man...Pure magic. The band isn't even playing at that point and it just takes you away immediately.

Thank you for this!!!! Please do more of the Greatest Band Ever !!! My Favorite, Dream Theater

Images and Words is a great album and you should listen to the whole thing sometime at least once for yourself!

Dream Theater is one of my all-time favorite bands and "Pull Me Under" is pretty high up on my list of favorite songs by them. I definitely think you should take a deeper dive into these guys if you can. There's a lot of great music to be found! I see a lot of song suggestions from their older catalogue, but if you want to check out some of their newer songs, I'd suggest "At Wits End", "Pale Blue Dot", "The Alien", or "Barstool Warrior"

Dream Theater rabbit hole lol... this is an iconic song from them BUT the journey has only begun. The Count Of Tuscanny, Breaking All Illusions, Octavarium, Best Of Times, Change Of Seasons and many many more. Keep these coming! Great work Alex and thank you!

Man been a dream theater fan for 30 years now and going to see them again next month 🤘😁🤘

you totally have to check Symphony X as well

I see you chose one of their short songs... check out the whole album Scenes From A Memory and go the entirety of it from start to finish... apart from it being a full story album, for me, it was my introduction to Dream Theater and it is a masterpiece. Do yourself a favour and check it out 🙃

Their new tour begins next week! Supporting their 15th studio album. A View From the Top of the World. You should Definately check it out!! They are waaaay good in concert. It is something to see.

Dudes, this is one of the meloest tracks on the CD!! All of the band members are master class in their instruments.

This band started an entirely new genre called "Progressive Metal" Five of the most insanely talented musicians to ever grace a stage with their presence!

Metallica is one of their influences along with Rush, Yes and Iron Maiden. My favorite band. The downside is if it's not Tool or Dream Theater it just doesn't quite measure up. This a deep rabbit hole with lots of twists and turns. Enjoy it!

I had this group on cassette tape, wow.

This was an immediate click. Old Dream Theater reactions are unicorns on YT, and they're gold. And I looove gooooooooooold.

Love it!! Please check out more DT songs, I think you’ll have a real journey with their discography

Even Pull Me Under is quite lackluster compared to say.. Under a Glass Moon for example which also shows off more of Petrucci's talent. Side note.. the drummer in this period is Mike Portnoy, fully one of the best metal drummers out there. Progressive thrash is quite a good description although especially for their album train of thought. If you listen to the song "as I am" you'll see what I mean.

Wow! I've never heard Dream Theatre before but I loved this song!!! Epic!!

One concert I'll never forget seeing Dreamtheater in Seattle at the Paramount theater images and words tour in 93 absolutely blown away Galactic Cowboys were back up Seeing Dreamtheater for the first time was memories of seeing Rush for the first time in Victoria BC in 77 Farewell to kings tour dam time flies

Dream Theatre's best work is Metropolis part 2: Scenes From A Memory. The whole album is obviously essential, but Home and The Spirit Carries On both stand out in my mind.

your friend: You can tell this is some quality production Portnoy: I fucking hated the snare sound on Images and Words

No way!!! You did a reaction to Dream Theater!! My dad got me into them when I was a kid. I've been hooked ever since.

Dream Theater Finally! I've listened to all of their song all my life. You should do METROPOLIS PT. 1 and DANCE OF ETERNITY! That's the true essence of Dream Theater! Dream Theater is known for virtuosity and hundreds of time signatures in one song. Octavarium has one of the best Petrucci solos ever, if you have the time, do it! More Dream Theater!

You haaaaave to react to more Dream Theater!!!! Seriously man.

This song is legitimately one of my all time favorites!!! It hit so freaking hard!!!

I've been asking for this song for over a year, thank you thank you. Amazing song, amazing band.

That face melting at 9:46 was priceless, welcome to the Dream Theater world

Drummer is Mike Portnoy 1985-2010 Iced Earth - Dante's Inferno 🔥🔥

This is LITERALLY My Favorite Dream Theater Song Ever!!!!

This was the song that got me into Dream Theater back in 1994 (and the album was already 2 years old) but Dream Theater kept me a fan of Dream Theater all the way to current day.

A nightmare to remember. I just want more people to hear the geniusness and power in the song.

Brooo!!! You must react to Dream Theater - This Dying Soul or Instrumedley Live at Budokan DVD... Pure gold my friend!!!

I got to see these guys at a waterpark outside El Paso on this tour nearly 30 years ago. Amazing band

Metropolis Part 1 and 2 are my favorite songs from DT. You might want to do Part 2 as a series since its a whole album and its amazing. Same with 6 Degrees of Inner Turbulence Its a 42 min long song that split in 6 parts. Glad you got to hear some Dream Theater.

I remember waiting for this video to premier on MTV. Kevin Moore one of the original band members was my ex husband cousin. Loved every song on this cassette. They have come a long way since then.

Dream Theater members came together around 1985 in Berkeley school of music... Mike Portnoy (drums) met John Petrucci (guitar) and John Myung (bass), who were bandmates from high school. They all loved metal and prog artists like Rush, King Crimson, Yes, Genesis, Frank Zappa, etc. so they combined the 2 genres. The band was called Majesty, and keyboardist Kevin Moore, a friend of Petrucci, joined w/ Chris Collins (vocals)... Majesty wrote demos and got signed in 1988, but opted to record a new songs for an album w/ vocalist Charlie Dominici. Their debut album 'When Dream & day unite' was released in 1989, but they had to change the band name to Dream Theater (suggested by Portnoy's father after a movie theater) ... However, the band could not get a tour or any promotion for the record. Dream Theater had only played a few small gigs... they mostly rehearsed and wrote more music. Going into 1991, they needed a new singer... they had a full album written, but no way forward. They found Canadian singer James LaBrie that year and he was the perfect fit, being operatically trained and a powerful voice. Their new demos generated interest and Dream Theater was picked up in 1992 by Pantera's Atco label. Released that year, 'Pull me under' was released as a radio single and Dream Theater went on their first tour, playing clubs... then MTV put 'Pull me under' on rotation and the 2nd Dream Theater album 'Images & words' went gold (half million copies sold in US) Mike Portnoy was Dream Theater's 'captain' and co-producer for 25 years, but he opted to leave the band in 2010... he wanted to explore other musical projects... Since then, he has recorded & toured w/ Avenged Sevenfold, Adrenaline Mob, The Winery Dogs, Flying Colors, Transatlantic, Sons of Apollo, etc. He recently played drums on John Petrucci's solo album 'Terminal velocity' in 2020. Dream Theater recruited drummer Mike Mangini and carried... Jordan Rudess (keyboards) joined in 1999... following the exits of Kevin Moore and Derek Sherinian (who formed the band Sons of Apollo w/ Mike Portnoy)

I'm glad you gave them the opportunity they deserve. The song is a beauty!

Oh, another Alex Hefner reaction, all by himself... 😆😅 Still trying to see your friend's face, almost halfway through the reaction 😅 But besides that, thank you for reacting to my favorite band ever. I've been subscribed to you for years now. So glad to see you enjoying these amazing musicians. Going to see them live again in April 😁❤️ Can't wait!!!

The drummer (Mike Portnoy), guitarist (John Petrucci) and the Keyboardist (Jordan Rudess) are an incredible trio

They just won a Grammy for "The Alien", likely one of their most technical songs. Check that one out if you want to hear some of their heavier, crazy time signature stuff.

The perfect mix between melody and prog techically skills!!!! ANY song from Images\ Awake albums is a killer

This Band is amazing on all levels. I saw them in 1994 at a small venue and still saying this is one the the best shows I have ever seen. Just the level of musicianship these men show is staggering. At the time the band line up was James LaBrie (vocals), John Petrucci (guitars), Mike Portnoy (drums), John Myung (bass), and Kevin Moore (keyboards). Just a all around amazing show of music but by far the best memory I have is during a break for the band Petrucci came out and sat on a speaker and just started playing the some of the most amazing guitar music my jaw dropped. There is so many amazing songs that you could listen to by them it is hard to pick and choose but some of my favorites are "space dye vest" and "Hell's Kitchen" the second song really shows off how amazing Portnoy's drumming is.

You can already tell that's a NICE RICH PRODUCTION QUALITY... And that's all he had to say BAM!!! 👊🔥🤘✌️

Hello. Love your Channel. We love Dream Theater and remember it from when it first came out. AWESOME band! You have to do Dream Theater = CAUGHT IN A WEB! You will lose your mind!

Damn memories right there, Head Bangers Ball MTV Saturday nights!This song was a ride!

Finally !! You should check more of their stuff

The next song in the album is called Die Another Day. You will really like it.

Love your friend's reaction to this....Also I liked how he reacted to Ghost. May be bring him back for more. Also, please react to Bloodywood's new track -Aaj

All right! Dream Theater!!! You would love Octavarium, Home and Panic Attack. Hope to see one of them from you. Cheers

All band members are awesome.

So many hits with dream theater... Mike Portnoy is a drummer hero! My suggestions for now are Under a glass moon and Take the time(both from this same album). Keep it up! 🤘🏽

LOL Bro, congratulations as the rest of us long time Dream Theater fans happily and heartily welcome y'all into the fold. I've been a fan ever since this album came out (1992) and trust me when I tell you it gets better and better. These guys helped define the progressive metal genre as we know it and are beloved around the world. I think of them as basically what Rush would be if they were a metal band. Each of the musicians are virtuosos on their respective instruments and they've done some AMAZING tunes since then, so by all means check them out. I'd love to see y'all's reaction to more DT.

Forsaken, Endless Sacrifice, As I Am, On The Backs of Angels…so many from them.

Wait. What?! Duuuuude! So much good DT out there! Switch ups, which I know you like…you won’t find another close to them. Technical ability…they are all masters in their domains.

Pull me Under is always the gateway to all dream theater universe

Alex finally man!!! These guys been around for 25 years and counting lol. You seriously need to go down the DT rabbit hole. Can't wait to see more reactions to them. Also don't forget to check out CASKETS too bro you will love em!!

Been waiting for this for years!!

You love when a band takes a while to get to the lyrics? You’re gonna love DT.

That's nothing....As I Am and The Glass Prison. Will melt your brain. 🤟🏻🤟🏻

Mike Portnoy is in my humble opinion one of the greatest drummers of all time. So so so dynamic. Great reaction!

After Zep this is my favorite band of all time, and you have just dipped your toe into the pool here fellas. Check out their whole catalog, and you were right Metallica (and Rush and Maiden) were big influences on these guys. The “Train of Thought” album is a great example of this.

Octavarium. 'Nuff said 🙌🏻 24 minuets of pure proggy goodness 🤘🏻

I remember hearing this song on KNAC back when it first came out as a kid. When I heard the hook to Pull Me Under I was a fan for life.