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Chris Collins is an American guitarist and songwriter. He is best known as the first vocalist of the progressive metal band Majesty, which later became Dream Theater.[1]

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Chris Collins
Genres	Metal, instrumental rock, blackened death metal
Instrument(s)	Guitar, vocals
Years active	1986–present
Labels	Roadrunner
Website

The Majesty Days

Collins grew up on Long Island with fellow future Dream Theater members John Petrucci, John Myung and Kevin Moore. While those three went off to colleges to study music, Collins decided to join The United States Marine Corps. His enlistment in the USMC never happened however, the very week that he was supposed to go to boot camp he received a phone call from John Petrucci stating that they would like to record an album and that he should audition for the band. Collins recorded vocals for six tracks that the band made into their first demo tape, The Majesty Demos.

Collins wound up frustrating his bandmates with his poor vocal range, bad live performances and on-stage behavior. Eventually Collins left the band and that led to a mutual decision to part company, citing that he was not an appropriate choice for lead vocalist and that the band would never be a success with him in it.

Later career

Collins has worked with local tributes such as Snowblind, Never Enough, Scorched Earth, Speak of the Devil, and Live After Death. Collins also recorded vocals for the US progressive metal band Oblivion Knight whose album, Oblivion Knight, was released on Steel Legacy records. Oblivion Knight was the original band formed by now OSV bass player Steve Sexton.

References

External links

• Myspace page
• Entry at AllMusic

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Chris Collins es un cantante y guitarrista estadounidense conocido como el verdaderamente primer vocalista de la banda de metal progresivo Dream Theater, quien sería más adelante reemplazado por Charlie Dominici. Collins fue escogido después escuchar un demo tape en el que él era parte de una banda tributo a Queensrÿche; la banda quedó impresionada con su capacidad de alcanzar notas muy altas en grabaciones de estudio. Después de unirse a Dream Theater, o como eran conocidos en ese entonces Majesty; Collins grabó seis pistas con la banda que se volvieron los famosos "Majesty Demos" los cuales fueron hechos circular por la misma banda a través de cintas lanzadas al público en sus espectáculos.

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