Nightmare Cinema is a warped version of Dream Theater. It features John Petrucci on drums, John Myung on keyboards, Mike Portnoy on bass, Derek Sherinian on guitar, and James LaBrie on vocals.
They made several appearances during encores in Europe, the US and Japan, starting with the November 1st, 1997 show at the House of Blues in Chicago. Nightmare Cinema's setlists consisted almost entirely of Deep Purple's "Perfect Strangers", but Ozzy's "Suicide Solution" was played on one occasion in Japan.
Once Derek left DT, Nightmare Cinema also ceased to exist, with Mike saying it was a special thing between that line-up of the band and it won't be repeated.
Nicky Lemons- guitar (Derek Sherinian)
Juice Malouse- keyboards (John Myung)
Johnny James- drums (John Petucci)
Abdul Matahari- vocals (James LaBrie)
Max Del Fuvio- bass (Mike Portnoy)