John Myung

John Ro Myung is the bassist and a founding member of the progressive metal group Dream Theater.

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Born on January 24, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois, to Korean parents, John Myung grew up in Long Island, New York. He played the violin from the age of five until he was asked to play electric bass in a local band when he was fifteen. He stuck with bass from then on, and after graduating from high school he enrolled at the Berklee College of Music, where he met future band mates John Petrucci (guitar) and Mike Portnoy (drums). The three of them formed the band Majesty with keyboardist Kevin Moore and vocalist Chris Collins, which would later become Dream Theater.

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Though Dream Theater is his primary focus musically, he has appeared in a number of other projects through his career. His first non-Dream Theater venture was in the pop-prog band Platypus with Rod Morgenstein, Ty Tabor and ex-Dream Theater bandmate Derek Sherinian. He is also a member of Jelly Jam, which consists of the same line-up as Platypus, but without Sherinian. His soft-spoken nature has added a bit of a mystique to his character. John's main influences include Chris Squire, Steve Harris and Geddy Lee and their respective bands Yes, Iron Maiden and Rush.

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Apart from his membership in these bands, he has appeared as a guest on numerous records (see Discography below).

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