What did Dream Theater use for inspiration during the writing and recording of Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence?
MP: The stuff I brought in: Metallica – Master Of Puppets, Tool – Aenima, Radiohead – OK Computer, Radiohead – bootleg (don’t remember the name), Pantera – Far Beyond Driven, U2 – Actung Baby, Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral, Soundgarden – Superunknown, Alice In Chains – Dirt, Kevin Gilbert – Thud, King’s X – Faith Hope Love, Galactic Cowboys – Space In Your Face (the King’s X and Galactic Cowboys CDs were only to play the 8 string bass sounds to JM). John Petrucci brought in some Bartok, Rage Against The Machine – Battle for Los Angeles and Maria Tipo – Chopin Nocturnes.
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