Explorers Club (band)

Not to be confused with The Explorers Club (band).

Explorers Club
Origin	Vacaville, California, United States
Genres	Progressive metal Progressive rock
Years active	1997–2002
Labels	Magna Carta Records
Past members	Trent Gardner James LaBrie John Petrucci Terry Bozzio John Myung Kerry Livgren Gary Wehrkamp Matt Bradley Derek Sherinian Mark Robertson Matt Guillory Marty Friedman Billy Sheehan James Murphy Steve Howe Steve Walsh

Explorers Club was a progressive metal/rock supergroup headed by the Gardner brothers of Magellan featuring, among others, James LaBrie, John Petrucci of Dream Theater, and Derek Sherinian (then Dream Theater), D.C. Cooper (Royal Hunt), drummer Terry Bozzio, Billy Sheehan (bassist of UFO, Mr. Big and Steve Vai fame), James Murphy (from the metal scene) Their first album, Age of Impact was released in 1998, and Raising the Mammoth was released in 2002, to a slightly less favourable critical reception, notably due to the album's somewhat odd musical structure.

Discography

Studio albums

• Age of Impact (1998)
• Raising the Mammoth (2002)