Not to contradict you, and not that he meant what im about to say, but if he hasn't heard of Dream Theater it is probably because they have been a lot less influential in music and made much less of an impact on the industry than pink floyd. Therefore not making PF the better band, but more influential.

Or maybe im wrong, idk but thats how i saw it.

we all have different views on this. I think you could be right, and you could be wrong. but its a free opinion ;).

and dream theater hasnt had much influence on people like Pink Floyd has because Pink Floyd im sure has been around longer and has made a bigger inpact in the music industry. Dream Theater does have some influence like with John Petrucci and his way to play a solo easier. But as you said "less infuence" you say they still had an influence which is right. Just not as much as Pink Floyd.

If Dream Theater had come out the same time as Pink Floyd they may have impacted a specific genre but not music as a whole which Floyd did. In addition to that their influence still wouldn't have been as big.

No! the simple fact is that one band was judged better than the other purely because he has only heard one of those bands. I am not questioning what band he prefers, merely the criteria he used.

yeah. he did say that he's never heard of Dream Theater, and rating between Dream Theater and Pink Floyd and only knowing half of the story is not really qualified as a "rating" per say.

The real question is do you really need to know Dream Theater.

I'll go for a no on that one.

well. i suppose if you've heard Dream Theater and not really know them as in what there music is like than i agree with you. But you should still have some back up information on something like that in case somebody brings up a point as jackhammer did.

it can be a no and a yes, depends on how you look at the situation.

I don't even need to listen to Dream Theater , just looking at their album covers makes me want to punch stuff.

I enjoy both of them, but voted for Floyd. Like in many polls, the bands that are being compared are very different. While they are both great musically, I feel that Pink Floyd has just contributed much more to music and our culture in general.

im trying to be sure, is that a good thing or a bad thing? i mean it could go either way, you may feel good when punching a little boy in the face or you may feel bad hitting an old person in the hip. either way, i mean Dream Theater will get anyone riled up to go on a mass murder trip. not really...but you know.