#mike portnoy

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Read about Mike Portnoy

In episode 9 of the ‘Prog rock 1965 - 2025’ series on my website ‘Music: Look, listen and enjoy’, the spotlight is on Mike Portnoy (1967), among others. He is an American musician who became best known as a drummer. Until 2010 and again from 2023, he was a member of the progressive metal group ‘Dream Theater’. He has performed numerous solo projects. Notable for organising the annual ‘Cruise to the egde’, a four-day cruise in which a handful of prog rock bands perform for the travelling fans. From 1999, he plays in the international superband ‘Transatlantic’ along with four other members of prominent bands. This episode also pays attention to Rick Wakeman, Peter Gabriel and Steven Wilson.https://hermanvandenbosch.com/2025/02/21/forerunners-rick-wakeman-peter-gabriel-mike-portnoy-and-steven-wilson-prog-rock-1965-2025-part-9/

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15/2/25

all of the above ... stranger in your soul - transatlantic (live in europe 2001)

pedagogue / crisader … planetist / maestro mercy … prophet / marvelry skimmer  -  wigwam  (being)

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Drummer MIKE PORTNOY Goes in Detail About Reuniting with DREAM THEATER

Canada’s The Metal Voice recently spoke to Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy about reuniting with band and the bands new album Parasomnia, which was released on Century media Feb 7, 2025. When asked about singer James Labrie’s health (as the had to cancel a show) “He’s okay, we’re in Biloxi (Mississippi) today and  it looks like the show will go on. So he is doing much better. He really was in…

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Holy shit, man! Classic Dream Theater is back. From the 12-minute mark onward - nothing but sheer music magic. Didn't realize how much I had truly missed Mike Portnoy in Dream Theater until just about 14 minutes into this epic long one.

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Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater) has never heard Shake It Off before. Mike Portnoy has been a prog-metal drummer since 1985. It's such a fun listen.

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Hottest Drummer Tournament Round 1

Mike Portnoy

Band(s): Dream Theater // Avenged Sevenfold // The Neal Morse Band // Liquid Tension Experiment // OSI // Flying Colors // The Winery Dogs // Metal Allegiance // BPMD // Transatlantic // Adrenaline Mob // Sons of Apollo // Various tribute bands

Albums/EPs as drummer:

When Dream and Day Unite (Dream Theater) Images and Worlds (Dream Theater) Awake (Dream Theater) Falling into Infinity (Dream Theater) Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (Dream Theater) Train of Thought (Dream Theater) Octavarium (Dream Theater) Systematic Chaos (Dream Theater) Black Clouds & Silver Linings (Dream Theater) Wither (Dream Theater) Paradox is (Dream Theater)

Nightmare (Avenged Sevenfold) Welcome to the Family (Avenged Sevenfold)

Testimony (Neal Morse) One (Neal Morse) Sola Scriptura (Neal Morse) Lifeline (Neal Morse) Testimony 2 (Neal Morse) Momentum (Neal Morse) The Grand Experiment (The Neal Morse Band) The Similitude of a Dream (The Neal Morse Band) The Great Adventure (The Neal Morse Band) Sola Gratia (Neal Morse) Innocence & Danger (NMB)

Liquid Tension Experiment (Liquid Tension Experiment) Liquid Tension Experiment 2 (Liquid Tension Experiment) Spontaneous Combustion (Liquid Tension Experiment) Liquid Tension Experiment 3 (Liquid Tension Experiment)

Office of Strategic Influence (OSI) Free (OSI)

Flying Colors (Flying Colors) Second Nature (Flying Colors) Third Degree (Flying Colors)

The Winery Dogs (The Winery Dogs) Hot Streak (The Winery Dogs) Dog Years (The Winery Dogs) III (The Winery Dogs)

Metal Allegiance (Metal Allegiance) Fallen Heroes (Metal Allegiance) Volume II: Power Drunk Majesty (Metal Allegiance)

American Made (BPMD)

SMPT:e (Transatlantic) Bridge Across Forever (Transatlantic) The Whirlwind (Transatlantic) Kaleidoscope (Transatlantic)

Adrenaline Mob (Adrenaline Mob) Omertà  (Adrenaline Mob) Covertà  (Adrenaline Mob)

Psychotic Symphony (Sons of Apollo) MMXX (Sons of Apollo)

Ben Graves

Band(s): Murderdolls // Satiate // Pretty Boy Floyd

Albums/EPs as drummer:

Dead In Hollywood/Right to Remain Violent (Murderdolls) Beyond the Valley of the Murderdolls (Murderdolls)

The Anatomy of Heartbreak (Satiate)

Public Enemies (Pretty Boy Floyd)

Guide To Extinction (Nocturne) Kristy Majors And The Thrill Kill (Kristy Majors And The Thrill Kill)

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Forerunners: Rick Wakeman, Peter Gabriel, Mike Portnoy, and Steven Wilson (Prog rock 1965 - 2025 part 9)

In the development of progressive rock, several musicians played an important role beyond the creative power of their bands. In this episode, I briefly consider four of these pioneers: Rick Wakeman, Peter Gabriel, Mike Portnoy and Steven Wilson. In doing so, I looked at their qualities as musicians, the extent to which their compositions broke new ground and their influence on other bands. Rick…

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25/1/25

stranger in your soul* - transatlantic (bridge across forever)

*their best epic? *(hidden ending at 27.30)

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Myles, Richie Kotzen and Mike Portnoy

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JOHN PETRUCCI Honors MIKE PORTNOY’s Late Sister With A Guitar Solo (Video)

DREAM THEATER‘s October 29th performance in Zagreb, Croatia was overshadowed by heartbreaking news. Drummer Mike Portnoy learned of his sister’s untimely death. Mike shared the news on social media, writing:  “Tonight in Zagreb Croatia was one of the hardest shows I’ve ever had to play. About 30 minutes before showtime, I received a call from my brother that my loving sister Samantha Leone…

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This is song #2 from the second and final album by the progressive metal supergroup Sons of Apollo.

It released two albums:

Psychotic Symphony (2017)

MMXX (2020)

The band was formed in 2017 with:

Mike Portnoy - drums

Billy Sheehan - bass

Derek Sherinian - keyboards

Jeff Scott Soto - vocals

Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal - guitars

Mmm… Wait! Bumblefoot? (Ha ha. Err…) Was he clumsy? No. He was helping his wife study for her veterinary exams and in the process he learned about this bacterial infection. "The name went from being just the name of an album, to the name of a record label, to a band name, to eventually his name as a solo artist."

My point of interest for this song Wither to Black is that it was based on a riff written by Mr Bumblefoot - initially called Rushgarden - because it sounded like a mixture of Rush and Soundgarden.

[Yes, it does. Plus the vocals reference a 'modern day' in a line! Good to see Rush-inspired great music.]