Dream Theater Frontman James LaBrie on The MetalSucks Podcast #436

This week, Dream Theater frontman James LaBrie and songwriting partner Paul Logue join us! We celebrate James’ new solo album Beautiful Shades of Grey and discuss how they got James’s son Chance to work on drums for the album, and why they decided to cover Led Zeppelin’s “Ramble On” for the album. We also talk about how the album was originally just acoustic guitars and vocals, life advice from our fathers that has stuck with us, and the powerful tribute he made for his late brother on the album.

Petar and Sylvia also discuss Kid Rock and Prince not being nice to Steve-O, Metallica playing its album to a barrel of whiskey, what record we can listen for 24 hours straight and still enjoy, and the most expensive rock song to use in feature films.

Song: James LaBrie “Devil in Drag”

Song: James LaBrie “Give and Take”

Thank you to our sponsor, Metal Blade Records, for their continued support!

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