What are all the aspects involved in covering an entire album by another band? What does Mike take into consideration when picking an album?
MP: As you might know, I have the first five covers picked out already. I can’t say that all five of us are fans of all five albums. I don’t know if there are any albums out there that all five of us love. There might be some, but in the case of Master of Puppets, Jordan never had even heard that album. So there’s going to be some cases where not all five members are going to be influenced by a particular album, but the five that I’ve picked out already are definitely ones that have been a part of the band’s history. And I’m picking out albums and bands that really have to do with the formation of Dream Theater’s sound and style. Also, when choosing the albums, some of these ones that we will be doing in the future aren’t necessarily even my favorite albums by these bands. For instance, I would have preferred to do Iron Maiden’s “Piece of Mind” album, but I think it might have been a little bit too obscure for an entire audience to relate to. So, we may be going with a little more comm
