Talking Into Infinity - Episode 109 – Megadeth Retires!

It’s another ranking show on TII! This time around, a discussion about ranking the opening songs on each of the DT studio albums got us thinking… what are our top album opening songs of all time – by ANY band? Some of our answers just might surprise you!

Say it ain’t so, Dave! Megadeth has announced thattheir upcoming album and world tour will be their last – on this episode of TII, we look back on one of the most influential and genre-changing bands in music history and give our thoughts (and personal stories!) about arguably thesecond-most important band in thrash metal history!#johnpetrucci #mikeportnoy #jordanrudess #johnmyung#jameslabrie #dreamtheater #podcast #talkingintoinfinity #megadeth #davemustaine #megadethretiring #megadethretires

It’s the next entry in our series of “you can’t have DT”, so… it’s 2009 and you walk into the record store to buy Black Clouds and Silver Linings… and the clerk tells you that you CAN’T buy it! You HAVE to choose something else… what records are you grabbing? We give OUR choices for what we’d buy when we can’t have what we really want – the new Dream Theater record!#johnpetrucci #mikeportnoy #jordanrudess #johnmyung#jameslabrie #dreamtheater #podcast #talkingintoinfinity

The rock and metal worlds are in mourning as we allsay goodbye to the man who started it all for us – the legendary Ozzy Osbourne, who passed away last week at age 76 – just 17 days after his final performance. We talk about Ozzy’s legacy, his enduring impact, as well as tell some personal stories about the Prince of Darkness and the influence he had on us both - along with our good friend and guest co-host Chris Akin.#johnpetrucci #mikeportnoy #jordanrudess #johnmyung#jameslabrie #dreamtheater #podcast #talkingintoinfinity #ozzyosbourne #ripozzy#ripozzyosbourne #ozzy #blacksabbath #backtothebeginning

We’ve pitted a lot of albums against one another – especially a lot of Dream Theater against Dream Theater… but! We have NEVER pitted a single member of DT against themselves! On this episode, that’s exactly what we’re doing as we throw John Petrucci’s two solo records Suspended Animation and Terminal Velocity into the octagon to see which one comes out victorious!

He’s back with more explosive-fueled insanity and killer road stories – he’s friend of show “Pyro” John Watkins! This time around he’s got a kickass book to promote – “Do You Know Who I Think I Am? Memoirs of a World-Class Smartass” – it’s fantastic and engaging and Pyro is dishing all the details about the creation of this unique and hilarious read!

We’re back with another list – this is one that we found online, and let’s just say that there are some interesting choices on it! What is it listing? Someone’s opinion of which song is the best on each of the 16 Dream Theater studio releases! Let’s see if we agree with their selections – or if we’ll want to scream to the Peruvian Skies about how ridiculous some of them are!

We are back talking some Sons Of Apollo on TII! We’ve done our deep dive into Psychotic Symphony, the amazing debut from SOA - Sheehan, Soto, Bumblefoot and, of course  - Sherinian and Portnoy – this time we’re going track by track through their acclaimed sophomore (and, sadly, final) effort MMXX!

With the NFL draft having just taken place, we thought it would be a good idea to have another fantasy football-style song draft on the show – with a twist! This time, we’re ONLY allowed to choose songs from the Mike Mangini era of the band! The only question is… will Breaking All Illusions be the unquestioned #1 draft pick, or is there a sleeper in the cards? We’re on the clock and it’s time to find out!

We’re sitting down with our good friend and legendary guitarwriter Steve Rosen to discuss the third edition of his phenomenal Edward Van Halen book Tonechaser – Understanding Edward: My 26-Year Journey With Edward Van Halen and digging into how he made the recently-released audiobook versions come to life! We also touch on Steve’s thoughts about the Rock n’ Roll Hall Of Fame and Alex Van Halen’s recent autobiography Brothers!