Editing James LaBrie (section)

===Food poisoning incident===
On December 30, 1994, while vacationing in Cuba, LaBrie was stricken with a severe case of [[food poisoning]] from contaminated pork and while vomiting, he ruptured his vocal cords. He saw three throat specialists who all said there was nothing they could do except have him rest his voice as much as possible. However, on January 12, 1995, against doctor's orders, he was on the Waking Up the World Tour in Japan promoting Dream Theater's ''[[Awake (Dream Theater album)|Awake]]'' album with his voice far from normal. LaBrie has said he did not feel vocally "normal" until at least 2002. He has also said that this era was a very hard time for him as a singer, and depression as a result caused him to consider departing from the band, although his bandmates supported him and urged him to stay. After the [[World Tourbulence]] tour, he discovered that his voice had fully returned. He said that his voice was fully healed by time and training.<ref name="voiceproblems">{{cite web|url=http://www.dprp.net/specials/labrie0405/index.php|title=LaBrie on how he almost once lost his voice|publisher=Dprp.net|access-date=August 7, 2013}}</ref> However, while speaking to Greg Prato of Songfacts in 2019, LaBrie explained how the incident affected his vocal range. "So, instead of hitting D's and E's and F-sharps and all that stuff, I was able to hit C, C-sharp, and D. But I had to really watch it. I have hit F notes here and there, but I have to really watch it. But that was probably the darkest moment in my life, for sure."<ref name="songfacts1"/>