Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: A watan Janairun 1991, ƙungiyar ta karɓi faifan demo daga Kevin James LaBrie, na ƙungiyar glam metal Winter Rose. Kungiyar ta karbi tef din kafin su yi alkawarin yin wani mawaƙa. Kungiyar ta burge da demo dinsa har aka kai shi daga Kanada zuwa New York don gwaji. LaBrie ya yi waƙa a waƙoƙi uku tare da ƙungiyar, kuma nan da nan aka ɗauke shi aiki don cika matsayin mawaƙa. Da zarar an tattara shi, LaBrie ya yanke shawarar sauke sunansa na farko don kauce wa rikicewa tare da sauran Kevin a cikin band. A cikin 'yan watanni masu zuwa, ƙungiyar ta koma yin wasan kwaikwayo na raye-raye (har yanzu galibi a kusa da NYC), yayin aiki a kan ɓangarorin murya don kiɗan da aka rubuta kafin sayen LaBrie. Derek Shulman da Atco Records (yanzu East West), wani bangare na Elektra Records, sun sanya hannu kan Dream Theater zuwa kwangilar kundi bakwai bisa ga demo na waƙoƙi uku (daga baya aka samar da shi a matsayin "The Atco Demos" ta hanyar ƙungiyar magoya bayan Dream Theater).  Tambaya: A ina ne shirin ya fi yawanci har yanzu yana wasa da raye-raye a wannan lokacin?
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