Charlie Dominici was an American singer, best known as the second vocalist for the progressive metal band Dream Theater, having replaced Chris Collins and later being replaced by James LaBrie.
11 Facts About Charlie Dominici
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Charlie Dominici was born in Brooklyn, New York, and soon after moved with his family to the Five Towns region in Nassau County, Long Island.
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Charlie Dominici auditioned for Dream Theater in 1987 and was hired for the job in November of that year.
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Charlie Dominici performed on the band's debut album, 1989's When Dream and Day Unite.
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However, Charlie Dominici was older than the rest of the band and there were personal and creative differences at work.
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Charlie Dominici remained in contact with Dream Theater throughout their career, despite lapsing out of the music business and obtaining a job as a finance manager in the automobile business.
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Charlie Dominici was hired by Mike Portnoy to sing at his wedding to Marlene Apuzzo.
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Charlie Dominici started working on an album with his brother, guitarist Kane Daily, that never saw the light of day.
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Charlie Dominici's voice was heard on the YtseJam Records release "When Dream and Day Unite Demos" which featured pre-production and vocal demos of several songs, as well as Charlie Dominici singing Beatles covers and the traditional Christmas song "O Holy Night".
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On March 6,2004, Charlie Dominici joined his former bandmates onstage in Los Angeles for the first time in 15 years for a special performance celebrating the 15th anniversary of the band's first album, singing on "To Live Forever" and "Metropolis" along with LaBrie and former keyboardist Derek Sherinian.
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Charlie Dominici opened for Dream Theater at three shows at their Chaos in Motion Tour in June 2007.