Yellow Matter Custard is a Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

 tribute supergroup

Supergroup (music)

In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe "a rock music group whose performers are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups"....

 consisting of Mike Portnoy

Mike Portnoy

Michael Stephen "Mike" Portnoy is an American drummer primarily known as the former drummer, backing vocalist, and a co-founder of the progressive metal band Dream Theater, as well as the temporary drummer for the hard rock band Avenged Sevenfold. Known for his drumming prowess and technical...

 (Dream Theater

Dream Theater

Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung, and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts. They subsequently dropped out of their studies to further concentrate on the band that would...

, Transatlantic

Transatlantic (band)

Transatlantic is a progressive rock supergroup consisting of Roine Stolt of The Flower Kings, Pete Trewavas of Marillion, Mike Portnoy formerly of Dream Theater and Neal Morse formerly of Spock's Beard. They formed in 1999 as a side project to their full time bands until 2002...

, OSI

OSI (band)

OSI is an American progressive rock band, originally formed by Fates Warning guitarist Jim Matheos in 2002. Chroma Key keyboardist and vocalist Kevin Moore is the only other full-time member of the band...

, Liquid Tension Experiment

Liquid Tension Experiment

Liquid Tension Experiment is an instrumental progressive rock/metal supergroup, founded by Dream Theater's former drummer Mike Portnoy in 1997. The band has released two albums through Magna Carta Records...

, Liquid Trio Experiment, Avenged Sevenfold

Avenged Sevenfold

Avenged Sevenfold is an American heavy metal band from Huntington Beach, California. Formed in 1999, the group consists of vocalist M. Shadows, lead guitarist Synyster Gates, rhythm guitarist Zacky Vengeance, bassist Johnny Christ....

, Adrenaline Mob

Adrenaline Mob

Adrenaline Mob is a heavy metal supergroup featuring Mike Portnoy , Russell Allen , Mike Orlando, Paul DiLeo , and Rich Ward . Adrenaline Mob was formed in early 2011 and performed their first live performance on June 24, 2011 at the Hiro Ballroom in New York City...

), Neal Morse

Neal Morse

Neal Morse is an American multi-instrumentalist and progressive rock composer based in Nashville, Tennessee.-Background:...

 (Transatlantic

Transatlantic (band)

Transatlantic is a progressive rock supergroup consisting of Roine Stolt of The Flower Kings, Pete Trewavas of Marillion, Mike Portnoy formerly of Dream Theater and Neal Morse formerly of Spock's Beard. They formed in 1999 as a side project to their full time bands until 2002...

, Spock's Beard

Spock's Beard

Spock's Beard is a progressive rock band formed in 1992 in Los Angeles by brothers Neal and Alan Morse. Neal played keyboards and was the lead vocalist, as well as being the primary songwriter before leaving the band in 2002 to pursue a solo career. Alan plays electric guitar...

), Paul Gilbert

Paul Gilbert

Paul Brandon Gilbert is an American guitarist. He is well known for his technical guitar work with Racer X and Mr...

 (Racer X, Mr. Big

Mr. Big (band)

Mr. Big is an American rock supergroup, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1988. The band is a quartet composed of Eric Martin , Paul Gilbert , Billy Sheehan , and Pat Torpey ; Mr. Big also included Richie Kotzen, a reputable blues-based guitarist who replaced Gilbert in 1999...

), Matt Bissonette

Matt Bissonette

Matt Bissonette is an American bass player and the brother of drummer Gregg Bissonette. He attended the University of North Texas's jazz music program. According to Guitar 9, an online musicianship magazine, he has played bass and other stringed instruments on at least 22 albums, with music...

 (Mustard Seeds, Jughead

Jughead (band)

Jughead is a rock band consisting of Ty Tabor , Derek Sherinian , Matt Bissonette , and Gregg Bissonette . Jughead's catalog consists of a single self-titled album released by InsideOut Music in 2002....

, The Squirts, Joe Satriani

Joe Satriani

Joseph "Joe" Satriani is an American instrumental rock guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, with multiple Grammy Award nominations...

, ELO

ELO

- Music :* Electric Light Orchestra, a British rock music group** The Electric Light Orchestra , the group's debut album** ELO 2, the group's second album* ELO Part II, an offshoot band of Electric Light Orchestra- Sports and games :...

). Kasim Sulton

Kasim Sulton

Kasim Sulton is an American bass guitarist, keyboardist, and vocalist. Best known for his work with Utopia, Sulton sang lead on 1980's "Set Me Free," Utopia's only top 40 hit in the United States...

 (Utopia

Utopia

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 and various Todd Rundgren

Todd Rundgren

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 bands) played bass with the band in 2011, replacing Bissonette.

They take their name from a lyric in "I Am the Walrus

I Am the Walrus

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", by The Beatles

The Beatles

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: "Yellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog's eye".

Ty Tabor

Ty Tabor

Ty Tabor is the lead guitarist, songwriter, and co-lead vocalist for the progressive metal band, King's X....

 (King's X

King's X

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) was originally approached to play guitar for the group, but was unable to due to the King's X touring schedule.

Conceived as more of a project than a band, they have only performed a total of five times: twice in 2003 (May 17 at Upper Montclair, New Jersey

New Jersey

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 and May 18 at B.B. King's Blues Club, New York

New York City

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), and three times in 2011. Due to scheduling conflicts, Matt Bissonette was unable to play with the band in 2011, and thus was replaced by Kasim Sulton

Kasim Sulton

Kasim Sulton is an American bass guitarist, keyboardist, and vocalist. Best known for his work with Utopia, Sulton sang lead on 1980's "Set Me Free," Utopia's only top 40 hit in the United States...

.

Band members

• Mike Portnoy
  Mike Portnoy
  Michael Stephen "Mike" Portnoy is an American drummer primarily known as the former drummer, backing vocalist, and a co-founder of the progressive metal band Dream Theater, as well as the temporary drummer for the hard rock band Avenged Sevenfold. Known for his drumming prowess and technical...
  
   - Drums/Vocals
• Neal Morse
  Neal Morse
  Neal Morse is an American multi-instrumentalist and progressive rock composer based in Nashville, Tennessee.-Background:...
  
   - Keyboards/Guitars/Fuzz Bass/Vocals
• Paul Gilbert
  Paul Gilbert
  Paul Brandon Gilbert is an American guitarist. He is well known for his technical guitar work with Racer X and Mr...
  
   - Lead Guitar/Vocals
• Matt Bissonette
  Matt Bissonette
  Matt Bissonette is an American bass player and the brother of drummer Gregg Bissonette. He attended the University of North Texas's jazz music program. According to Guitar 9, an online musicianship magazine, he has played bass and other stringed instruments on at least 22 albums, with music...
  
   - Bass/Vocals (2003)
• Kasim Sulton
  Kasim Sulton
  Kasim Sulton is an American bass guitarist, keyboardist, and vocalist. Best known for his work with Utopia, Sulton sang lead on 1980's "Set Me Free," Utopia's only top 40 hit in the United States...
  
  - Bass/Vocals (2011)

Additional players

• Bert Baldwin - Keyboards/Percussion/Samples

Discography

• One Night In New York City (2CD/DVD) (2005) - Special features include rehearsal footage and audio commentary from Mike and Howard Portnoy.
• One More Night In New York City (2CD/DVD) (2011)