Dream Theater

Logo and imagery

Early on in their career, Dream Theater adopted a custom logo (known as the Majesty symbol) and wordmark which has appeared on the vast majority of their promotional material since, with at least one of the official marks appearing on the front cover of every major release to date, with the exception of Once in a LIVEtime. Even after the band dropped the Majesty name the symbol remained as their official mark, and it is viewed by the Dream Theater fan community in much the same way as the four symbols of each member of Led Zeppelin are embraced by fans of that band. It is common to see people with Majesty symbol tattoos at Dream Theater concerts.

Related Topics:
Led Zeppelin - Tattoo

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The Majesty symbol is derived from Mary Queen of Scots' mark{{ref|mary-symbol}}, which was re-worked by Charlie Dominici for use on the album artwork for When Dream and Day Unite{{ref|majesty-symbol-dominici}}.

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The fact that the wordmark did not appear on the cover of Once in a LIVEtime was interpreted by some fans as evidence that the band had sold out and strayed from their roots, but by the time it had reclaimed its place on the cover of Scenes From a Memory the unhappiness was largely forgotten. It has since appeared on every subsequent release.

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