James LaBrie
James LaBrie In Berlin, 2007
Background information
Born	May 5, 1963 (1963-05-05) (age 45)
Origin	Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada
Genre(s)	Progressive metal Rock opera
Associated acts	Dream Theater Winter Rose Ayreon MullMuzzler True Symphonic Rockestra Fates Warning Shadow Gallery Explorers Club Trent Gardner Henning Pauly Frameshift Tim Donahue
Website	Official site

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Biography

Kevin James LaBrie was born in Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada and started singing and playing drums at age 5. By his mid-teens, he was a member of several bands as a singer and/or drummer, and in 1981, at age 18, he moved to Toronto to further his musical pursuits. He currently resides in Midland, Ontario, with his wife Karen, daughter Chloe, and son Chance. Penetanguishene Bay and the Town Docks Penetanguishene (pronounced: []  ) is a town in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Image:Toronto, Ontario Location. ... Midland (population 16,300, 2006 Canada Census) is a town located on Georgian Bay in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. ...

After stints with various bands, he became the vocalist for glam metal band Winter Rose, who released a self-titled album in 1987. Glam metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that arose in the late 1970s - early 1980s in the United States. ... Winter Rose was the name of a Canadian glam band who were active in the 1980s. ... Winter Rose was a self titled debut album by the the band fronted by James LaBrie (Dream Theater lead singer) released in the year 1987. ...

In 1991 he learned that an American progressive metal band called Dream Theater was in the market for a singer, so he sent down a tape and was quickly flown to New York for a full audition. The trial went well, and he was chosen ahead of 200 other hopefuls to fill the full-time vocalist position in that band.^[1] Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Myung, John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, before they dropped out to support the band. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

Having two Johns (Myung and Petrucci) in the band already, and with another Kevin in the band, LaBrie dropped his first name and adopted his current stage name of James LaBrie. John Ro Myung (IPA: ) (born on January 24, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois) is a bassist and a founding member of the progressive metal group Dream Theater. ... John Peter Petrucci (born July 12, 1967) is an American guitarist best known as a founding member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. ... Kevin Moore promotional photo Kevin Moore (born May 26, 1967) is a keyboardist, composer and original member of the American progressive metal band Dream Theater. ... For the Okkervil River album, see The Stage Names. ...

LaBrie has since had a significant impact on the vocal melodies on each Dream Theater album, but continues to have little input into the musical side of Dream Theater. To date he has written lyrics for at least one song on each album (excluding Images and Words) Dream Theater has released with him in the band. Images and Words is the second album by progressive metal band Dream Theater. ...

On December 29, 1994, while vacationing in Cuba, LaBrie suffered a severe case of food poisoning and while vomiting, ruptured his vocal cords. He saw three throat specialists who all said there was nothing they could do for him and the only thing he could do was rest his voice as much as possible. However, on January 12, 1995, and against doctor's orders, he was on the "Awake" tour in Japan with his voice far from normal. LaBrie has said he didn't feel vocally "normal" until at least 1997. But in 2000, the "Scenes from a Memory" tour almost destroyed his voice completely. LaBrie has said that this was a very hard time for him as a singer. He got a bit depressed and wanted to leave the band. His bandmates supported him and told him to stay. After the "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" tour he discovered that his voice was back. He has said that his voice was fully healed by time and training. It is very notable in his live performances, for example the 20th anniversary DVD Score. It should be noted that the rupturing of his vocal chords created irreversible effects on his vocal range. High-register vocal performances on songs like "Take the Time", "Surrounded", and "Learning to Live" are sung differently or the arrangement altered to fit his current vocal ability. Foodborne illness or food poisoning is caused by consuming food contaminated with pathogenic bacteria, toxins, viruses, prions or parasites. ... Awake is the third studio album from progressive metal band Dream Theater. ... Metropolis Pt. ... Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (often abbreviated to SDOIT or 6DOIT) is the sixth full-length studio album by progressive metal band Dream Theater. ...

His musical inspiration comes from many different genres, including such artists as Metallica, Ludwig van Beethoven, Nat King Cole ^[2], Queen and Sting, whose inspiration, according to LaBrie, is shown on the Dream Theater's album, Octavarium. Metallica is a Grammy Award-winning American heavy metal/thrash metal band formed in 1981[1] and has become one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ... “Beethoven” redirects here. ... Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was a popular American jazz singer-songwriter and pianist. ... Queen are an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, lead vocalist Freddie Mercury, and drummer Roger Taylor, with bass guitarist John Deacon joining the following year. ... Sting circa 1987 Gordon Matthew Sumner, CBE (born October 2, 1951), best known by his stage name Sting, is an English musician and formerly bassist and lead singer of The Police. ... Octavarium is the eighth full-length Dream Theater studio album, released on June 7, 2005 (see 2005 in music). ...

Throughout his career with Dream Theater, he has lent his voice to many other artists' records as well as tribute albums to some influential artists. In 1991, not long after joining Dream Theater (and before ever appearing on a Dream Theater recording), he sang background vocals on the song "Life in Still Water" on Fates Warning's "Parallels" album..^[3] He has appeared on many Trent Gardner releases (including Leonardo: The Absolute Man and Explorer's Club), as well as appearing on albums by such artists as Ayreon (The Human Equation, released 2004), Shadow Gallery, Tim Donohue and Frameshift. Fates Warning is a progressive metal band, formed in 1983 by John Arch, Jim Matheos, Victor Arduini, Joe DiBiase, and Steve Zimmerman in Connecticut, USA. The band directly contributed to the establishment of the progressive metal genre. ... Parallels is the sixth album by progressive metal band Fates Warning, released in 1991. ... // Trent Gardner was the fourth born of five children (three brothers and one sister). ... Explorers Club is a collaboration of prog artists who released the albums Age of Impact and Raising the Mammoth. ... Ayreon ( ) is a project by Dutch composer and musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen. ... The Human Equation is the sixth album by Arjen Anthony Lucassen, released under the name Ayreon. ... Shadow Gallery is a six-piece American progressive metal band formed in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania during the early 1980s, originally under the name Sorcerer. ... A progressive rock / metal band led by Henning Pauly. ...

With Matt Guillory and Mike Mangini, LaBrie has released three solo albums under various names (Mullmuzzler, James LaBrie's Mullmuzzler, and simply James LaBrie). His latest, Elements of Persuasion, was released in March, 2005. A fourth solo album is widely rumored to be in the works. Matt Guillory Matt Guillory (1974–) is an American musician. ... Mike Mangini during a drum clinic in Singapore in November 2004 Michael Mangini (born April 18, 1963 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA) is a celebrated drummer who has played for Annihilator, Extreme, Steve Vai, Tribe Of Judah, Mourning Widows, and more recently, James LaBrie. ... MullMuzzler was the name of the James LaBrie Band before it was renamed in 2005. ... Elements of Persuasion is Dream Theater lead singer James LaBries third solo album, his first two being Keep It To Yourself and MullMuzzler 2, which were released under his band MullMuzzler. ...

Since 2004, LaBrie has been working with the True Symphonic Rockestra project, along with Thomas Dewald, Vladimir Grishko, Dirk Ulrich, Christopher Jesidero, Sandro Martinez, Paul Mayland, Marvin Philippi, and Igor Marin. Their album, "Concerto In True Minor - 3 Rock Tenors" was released on iTunes and for download on Amazon on March 28, 2008 by Brainworx and Marinsound. True Symphonic Rockestra is an opera-oriented project featuring Dream Theater vocalist James LaBrie accompanied by opera tenors Vladimir Grishko and Thomas Dewald. ... This article is about the iTunes application. ... Amazon. ...

LaBrie is also a featured vocalist on Henning Pauly's "Babysteps" project released in 2006, LaBrie plays the role of the arrogant doctor.

James has said in many older interviews that he is Christian, and actively practices the religion. ^[4] However, more recent interviews, along with some of his lyrics (including "Undecided" on Elements of Persuasion) imply a more spiritual and deist perspective, separate from any form of organized religion.^[5][6] Elements of Persuasion is Dream Theater lead singer James LaBries third solo album, his first two being Keep It To Yourself and MullMuzzler 2, which were released under his band MullMuzzler. ... For other uses, see Ceremonial Deism. ...

Discography

With Dream Theater

• Images and Words (1992)
• Live at the Marquee (1993)
• Awake (1994)
• A Change of Seasons (EP, 1995)
• Falling into Infinity (1997)
• Once in a LIVEtime (1998)
• Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999)
• Metropolis 2000: Scenes from New York (2001)
• Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002)
• Train of Thought (2003)
• Live at Budokan (2004)
• Octavarium (2005)
• Score (2006)
• Systematic Chaos (2007)
• Greatest Hit (...and 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs) (2008)

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With MullMuzzler

• Keep It to Yourself (1999)
• MullMuzzler 2 (2001)

MullMuzzler was the name of the James LaBrie Band before it was renamed in 2005. ... Keep It To Yourself is the debut album by Dream Theater lead singer James LaBries band MullMuzzler. ... MullMuzzler 2 (also called James LaBries MullMuzzler 2) is the second solo album by Dream Theater lead singer James LaBrie with his band MullMuzzler. ...

As James LaBrie

• Elements of Persuasion (2005)

Elements of Persuasion is Dream Theater lead singer James LaBries third solo album, his first two being Keep It To Yourself and MullMuzzler 2, which were released under his band MullMuzzler. ...

As a guest

• Shadow Gallery - Tyranny (1998)
• Explorer's Club - Age of Impact (1998)
• Trent Gardner - Leonardo: The Absolute Man (2001)
• Explorer's Club - Raising The Mammoth (2002)
• Frameshift - Unweaving the Rainbow (2003)
• Tim Donahue - Madmen & Sinners (2004)
• Ayreon - The Human Equation (2004)
• Henning Pauly - Babysteps (2006)
• True Symphonic Rockestra - Concerto in True Minor (2008)

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Other

• Winter Rose - Winter Rose (1987)

Winter Rose was the name of a Canadian glam band who were active in the 1980s. ... Winter Rose was a self titled debut album by the the band fronted by James LaBrie (Dream Theater lead singer) released in the year 1987. ...

References

External links

• Dream Theater official web site
• James LaBrie official web site
• Voices - James LaBrie's official message board
• MullMuzzler official web site
• Frameshift web site
• TSR official web site
• "Rocker loves hockey", LaBrie @ NHL.com