Rich Wilson is a UK-based freelance

rock music Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States and ...

writer who has written for publications including '' Classic Rock Magazine'', ''

Metal Hammer ''Metal Hammer'' is a heavy metal music magazine and website founded in 1983, published in the United Kingdom by Future, with other language editions available in numerous other countries. ''Metal Hammer'' features news, reviews and long-form ...

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Record Collector ''Record Collector'' is a British monthly music magazine. It was founded in 1980 and distributes worldwide. History The early years The first standalone issue of ''Record Collector'' was published in March 1980, though its history stretches ba ...

'', '' Rock Hard'', the '' Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music'', and '' Prog magazine''. He is also the author of the authorized biography of the band

Dream Theater Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. They subsequently dropped out of the ...

, titled ''Lifting Shadows'', released in November 2013.Rich Wilson. Lifting Shadows: the Authorized Biography of Dream Theater. Rocket 88 (Paperback edition, September 27, 2013)

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