Symphony X - A Winters Dream - The Ascension

By the end of 1983, the musicians had accumulated enough material to record five songs. “We needed a democassette for our performances, but we had absolutely no money. I went to my parents and explained that we have songs and we need to record a demo, as well as take a couple of shots. My parents always helped me - they really believed in me - so my father paid for the studio time and the tape itself. We needed a drummer, and we found a guy named Johnny Kreis on an ad in The Recycler. We met for the first time when he brought his drums to the studio where we were writing a demo. ”Fortunately, Johnny Kreis knew how to play went smoothly.