Dream Theater mainman Mike Portnoy says a lot of the band's fans have missed the point about some members not being involved in songwriting.
He believes people have failed to understand that if certain musicians don't contribute a great deal, it's because they don't want to – and that suits the band dynamic.
He also thinks former keyboardist Derek Sherinian, now with supergroup Black Country Communion, got a bad deal from some fans, who should now realise what they're missing.
Portnoy tells Blistering.com: "The chemistry works. It's not what most would think is a normal chemistry because there's certain members way more involved than other members, but it's not by design.
"A lot of people look at John Myung's lack of lyrical contributions the last 10 years and they'll hold it against me or John Petrucci.
"But it's not the case. That's the way John Myung is – and if he doesn't want to contribute, he doesn't have to. Same with our singer, James LaBrie: he takes a lot of flak for not contributing to the music, but this is what works for us.
"When Kevin Moore was keyboardist in the band, it didn't work. He was miserable and made a lot of tension for us. When Derek Sherinian was in, there was a great personal chemistry — he's a great guy and easy to get along with. But the fans never truly accepted him and I don't think they truly embraced him until he was gone."
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