John Myung

Ernie Ball Music Man has augmented its lineup of Artist Series electric guitars and bass guitars with new-look Albert Lee and John Myung models, which are available from the company’s Vault. In the electric guitar department, Ernie Ball Music Man has dressed its Albert Lee model in a Polar...

Recently I found myself with headphones on, engrossed in Dream Theater’s new album, A View From the Top of the World, and I’m open-mouthed in amazement at the ever-impressive technical ability of their bass behemoth, John Myung. I had the pleasure of interviewing him in person many moons...

Dream Theater has been on the cutting edge of pioneering Progressive Rock since the mid-eighties. Just this past October, they released their fifteenth album, “A View from the Top of the World” and it is a smoking hot example of their iconic sound. Founding member John Myung has...

One of the bass players that I really wanted to speak with when we first decided to launch Groove – The No Treble Podcast over seven years ago was Dream Theater’s John Myung. When I first heard the advance cassette of Images and Words back in 1992, I was blown away by his ability to hold the complex groove of this progressive metal group along with his ability to turn riffs and melodies into a lead sound, while matching the musical prowess of his bandmates.

Just last year, John Myung teamed up with Ernie Ball to unveil a signature bass guitar, the spec'd-to-the-hills Bongo 6. Now, the Dream Theater low-end ranger has himself his first signature pedal, the John Myung Double Drive. A collaboration between Myung and Ashdown Engineering, the Double Drive features two individual...

Progressive metallers Dream Theater, now 31 years into their career, have recently released their ninth live album – an impressive statistic, given how hard it is these days to get a single studio release out, let alone a live one. Distant Memories – Live In London was recorded last year...