Mike Portnoy_Honor Thy Father

[SupernothingTK]

ARE THOSE DREAM THEATER PANTS?!

[Yazuac23]

of course

[SupernothingTK]

I need some.

[Radiokaos420]

Why yes, yes they are. I will now scourge the internet to find a pair...

[i8urmommy]

amazing what he does. never stops amazing me

[Mobroz]

This is one of their best songs.

[KibaBoy26]

These cymbals are Sabian HHX series, right?

[PandaBasher]

he uses hh, aax hats, and loads of different cymbals. there's a diagram of his kit and all his cymbals on the sabian website in artists :)

[BloodPlzKThnxLol]

I don't know why somebody rated your comment down twice. Their obviously ignorant asses. He plays multiple kinds of cymbals, all from Sabian, some being HHX. Obiously, These people were looking at that one crash that was AA. There's about twenty more cymbals to look at though...

Noah.

[Fredu999]

mikeportnoy,com/drums/mirage/ there's a list.

[DRAG0NSIN7]

its sorta mixed he has some b8's aax and aa's in there

[oOoOViperOoOo]

Uhm he has no b8's on his set lol

[gmezamer]

the intro sounds like Bastard son of God by Bloodbath O.o

[synax444]

hah yeh it does!

[MikeGiunta]

do you have this dvd? if so can you put up in the name of god? my favorite song from that album

[papagei109]

hes very good but he the songs all are from the same drumes style but very cool!

nice mike!

[123porMao]

The best drummer of the world no more to say.

[theanvilcracks]

Right, that discussion is not even interesting anymore, the new question is who is second best? ;p Lombardo? Pennie? Who?

[djfabozzi]

Doesn't it seem like he should choke up on the sticks a little bit? I

[plumpinator12]

the way he does it gives him more bounce on symbols and the drums themselves, it involves less flick of the wrist, and lets him play longer and better.

[daviduzz]

Well, that's the funny thing about Mike 'cause it actually looks like his grip on sticks in very tight.

[theanvilcracks]

He's sorta holding the stick with his thumb and index finger, the rest of his fingers just provide him with more control but they don't grip tight, it could look like it though, I'll give you that... :p

[singevague925]

a commandment, right?

[metaleon021]

this drummer has done a lot of practice in his life...all these fills,co-ordinations,fast double bass,and all these ideas he came up simply don't exist in this earth!MIKE PORTNOY=PERFECT DRUMMER AND PERSON!

[HellPet]

So perfect!

Dream Theater is just perfect! The vocals are not my favourite though :( But they rule. The best drummer ever.

[xbasz]

Portnoy rules!! it would be awesome to have that drum kit :D

[drummerboy6666]

BEAST MODE [ON] OFF

[marziofiore]

U are an idol....ahahahahahah!!

[cityofthreewaters]

Fuck me.....awesome!! :)

[kylefooj]

Mike Portnoy and Buddy Rich are my fav. drummers of all time!

do his pants say Dream Theater? lol

[Aleexz93]

0:11

Nice!

[nextinline777]

what a jew

[finkledoodle]

amazin... thats all there is to say lol

[Loutjuh1991]

simon philips is better

[lasenggoallstars]

jordison who? :) nyehehehe...slipknot what? harharhar...

[Desteyor]

The best drummer!!!!! omfg!!!

[kmk247420]

I think Mike Portnoy is the best drummer alive or dead, the way he plays his music, and the time changes just baffles me, I could never play like this in a million or two years, hands down Mike Portnoy is better than god...HA

[midinerd]

What parts in particular?

[eKuL1995]

allow me to point out that a good bunch of people could play this, but the real skill is being able to come up with all of the solos and fills and in this case intros.

[midinerd]

it's compositonally deliberate, but comes across like styrofoam...

[entershikari21]

mike is great, but there are also a lot of good drummers such as Dennis Chambers, Virgil Donati...i dont think he's the best.

Just a matter of taste i supose. Nevertheless he is amazing

[N1ko312]

hes just great

[tiedyeguy1]

jordison couldn't even dream of playing at this level, portnoy beats jordison hands down

[Thambos]

Best drummer ever.

[ChaosDrummer23]

You fucking dick! it Ends in the best moment!!!!

[blinkxbiggestxfan]

uncomparable

[igrek74]

chut ... joey jordison is speed and play with of group mike is technical but is not playing with the group

[diamondplatedmonster]

Mike is actually playing with the group...if you knew anything about music you would know that Dream Theater plays in many weird time signatures that sound very weird to people that are not used to hearing that.

[MaximumRockerII]

yes, some of my friends are like wth is this

this isnt good, but little do they know...

[gotbass33727]

Mike portnoy once thought about joining slipknot. So as a sacrement, he ripped out half of his liver and gave it to Slipknot. We now know this piece of MP's liver as Joey Jordison. =)

[thedrummer141414]

great explanation! LOL

[RawfellCopta]

His liver must have been beaten up from the alcoholism ... makes sense!

[ajdr666]

Mike portnoy owns everybody! that's what Im talking about, Joey Jordison? hes not even a half of mike's arm...don't compare him with god, he's quick but mike is more intelligent and technical!

[Axisdrummer89]

Hes got some tricky beats there

[anash258]

i wish i could play just like MP! his the best! oh yea his using many kind of cymbals ryte? wat it is? i mean not the brand but types.. i'm a beginners..

[anash258]

His god of drum!

[fernando333666]

revolucion drummer. is perfec

[FRANKcontreOLI]

wow :O

[DLS4life444]

awesome

[XSportSeeker]

Love the music, Mike is awesome.

Nothing to add.

[jatojaum]

is anybody able to tell me how to get the transcription [at least of the fist 30 seconds] of the drums in this musik?

i have lost some pieces of his solo [a little bit fast for me to get all with perfection]

[jessyutub]

for jatujaum.. r u a drummer? try to extract every notes of his intro fills.. it works..

[cgmsdh]

dDwant to learn a song, all they have to do is listen to it many times.

A few more times of carefully listening to the intro and his fills will work.

[cgmsdh]

*Drummers are lucky; if they want to learn a song, all they have to do is listen*

Something happened to the sentence last comment.

[jak2206]

it depends if ur a natrul drummer

[cgmsdh]

I guess. I mean it's mostly being able to hear what kind of drum/cymbal is being played.

But being a natural drummer defenitelty helps.

[Axisdrummer89]

Listening is half of it, the you have to coordinate it

[whitecastleawesome]

most of it is just a 4 2 split sextuplet between ur hands and feet so its really not that bad to learn and it sounds cool as hell

[jessyutub]

mike portnoy is fu..k'n great!! love his intro fills on this song.. very inspired..

[teotheater]

best of the best.composer and creator of drums.

[BobSaggot666]

scenes from a memory is their best album altogether :P

[youngblood92]

Images & Words is good too=O

[devilsguy11]

the beggining is one of his best fills hes ever done

[BobSaggot666]

train of thought and systematic chaos are his 2 best drumming albums, imo

[YouCanCallMeJustin]

what about Scenes From A Memory?..

Ehh..? cmon dude..Dance Of Eternity, Overture 1928, Home, Strange Deja Vu, Fatal Tragedy..?

:D

[ellusionistMatt5515]

Yeah but those are the two worst Dream Theater albums in my opinion. After SDOIT it all went downhill for me.

[tylerlouisohyeah]

wtf is SDOIT

[Rossdw4]

six degrees of inner terbulance

[tylerlouisohyeah]

oh ya. i luv that album

[GoldenRizla]

he is the best

[diabloz60]

♥dream theater♥

[zakkydude654]

i would say mikes best drums cd's to listen to in my opinion are, Train of thought and Metropolis, scenes from a memory.

very inspirational to me

although all of it is, also im not saying all the other drumming on the Dt albums are crud.

i love dream theater

[zalmiak]

\m/

[ale666mm]

excelente batero

[ZildjianDrummer244]

Long Live Mike Portnoy!

[bastianfrusciante]

HEADBANGING!!!!!

[seikuken]

if only i could steal some other people's talents, i would definitely steal portnoy's.

[Kurkkuviipale93]

I wouldn't, bcuz if you stealed his talent, there would be no Dream Theater whitout portnoys talent ;P

[Stivaris]

you are right but there would be dream theater with seikuken's talent :D

[BroaxOut]

agree

good video but if it had been some amateur guy, everyone would have said "fake" cause you can only hear the cd and because it was cut

but... its portnoy and HE played the backtrack so lol

[Fazzoff]

rofl... Noone would be able to contain the power of Mike Portnoy's little finger let alone his whole body.

[diabloz60]

i would like to bee as good as Mike Portnoy. :)

[Kapuzina1337]

3:50 is amazing -.-

[breathe1988]

its an easy one, that what you mean. the really hard parts come after the break

[Kapuzina1337]

thats subjective -.-

[yiqitcan]

doomtrust.... mike is the best xD

[doomthrust]

mike is better than joey jordison

[andungan]

(@_@)!!!! huwaaaaaaaaaaaaw!!!!!!!

[ebof2112]

This is quite possibly the best Dream Theater cover I've ever seen. This guy fucking knows his Dream Theater!!!!lol

[Hayameru]

lol gj in noticing that the man you just viewed pounding wardrums was actually the god himself.

[Rockonforever88]

I really hope you're not serious...

[GoodlikeSweeper]

lolololololololololloololol

"This guy fucking knows his Dream Theater!!!!"

Your damn right he know DT,when he plays with them every day....:)

[AceHearts75]

Really.....

[ShellyOFG]

this IS the dream theater drummer :P

[ricardoestrella11]

are you fuking serios

THIS IS MIKE PORTNOY

THE ONE AND ONLY DREAM THEATER DRUMEr

[itsmikeretard]

"This guy fucking knows his Dream Theater!!!!"

...I guess YOU don't.

[iamrichlol]

lmfao.

[Mtallica101]

lmfao ... you've got to be kidding ...

[MFekz]

i know. wonderful COVER huh? mike plays almost as good as this. they sure do look alike

[Greenwithevil]

im pretty sure he's not that stupid...

after all he did end with a "lol"

but then again.. i might be wrong

[PaulV7]

PEDAL DUPLO EM 3:40 + ou - SENSACIONAL

[MisterBeagle]

I have spoken with people who think that Joey Porter (think that's his name, the Slipknot drummer) is better than Mike.

LOL

[mattcommnet]

Joey Jordison

[Jgee2112]

youre a retard. joey porter is an nfl linebacker. get your drummers right

[Evlendik2626]

my brother;) işte

[lightbulbfactory]

are those dream theater shorts that he's wearing?????

I need a pair

[Suxkers]

*.*!! MASTER!!

Viva Dream Theater ;)!

[donminino777]

love the band, the drummer is fukin sick dt rules  ;o0\m/

[izi1221]

That's guy is awesome ;)

[jeremyglick]

I like how his hair changes.

And yes, he owns.

[EmyNemy]

Amazing.. =) I love DT

[57270sylvainfe57270]

mike portnoy is THE best

I'm a drummer too and that's so difficult to play this I agree justina and zoddie

I'm french sorry if there is many grammar's error :p ^^

[drumminded]

both of you are not a drummer if u are amaze with what mike does. a drummer is never been amaze with a drummer also but appreciates for their style. hey guys you need to be a progressive drummer for you to understand what drumming is all about.

[ajthemetalgod]

Shut the fuck up wanker.

Sometimes a good musician Can make even an Experienced persons jaw drop.

If stuff that Mike does doesnt amaze you, Then go die.

[maddermofo]

dude you suck balls. go practise til' your arms fall off

[bennyboy273yeah]

are u talkin bout portnoy???!!!

[maddermofo]

no way!!!!

I'm talking to the guy who suggested that Portnoy is somehow not the greatest drummer on planet earth

[Juztiina]

I agree with zoddie too.. im a drummer true and i have played them for many many years and seen many live concerts... But when I saw DTs concert and Mike playing drumms there I was amazed.. Not

because of the unbelivebale skill.. The feeling he bringed to the audience.. in my opinion one of the worlds best drummers :))

[Juztiina]

* im a drummer too xD

[Crisp44]

zoddie is right. im also a drummer and talking down to portnoy is fucking stupid. ive seen mike play live with dream theater and my respect for him went way up after seeing him live. Pnoys drumming is one of a kind, a true master of the drums.

[Maddin667]

i totally agree!! i saw him live some days ago and i have never seen a drummer with such a time feeling. and he can be joking while playing the drums perfectly!!

[Simon91666]

i´m not a drummer so can someone tell me if he or drummers in general need all those toms and cymbals and whatever? or is it just cool to have a big drumkit? ^^

[theaterittaja]

of course u need all of them and that set in the vid is not even big u should check out score

[joneski31]

I want more......

[zoddie]

wow are people actually comparing speed to skill? WTF are you kids coming up with this skewed reality of what a good drummer is... I'm a drummer and I gotta say, Mike Portnoy would put everyone here in the dust. hes got way more creativity and skill and just as much as any other well known drummer thats worked to get where he has, Get a fucking job you losers christ!

[wallaceww2]

TOCA MUIIIITOOOOO

[Shortyrider3]

Mike "Machine" Mallais holds the record at 1034 strokes (4 faster than Tim Waterson).

[BehemothOwns]

Eh, no, its mike mangini now, like 1200 or something

[Shortyrider3]

Really? Where did you find that? The website i found must be outdated...

[BehemothOwns]

Ehr i noticed now that you might have ment bassdrumming but if not, the video of mike mangini is on youtube somewhere

[radpick]

Rocking!

[ajsommer]

small drumset, lol, jk!!!

[alveeee]

love this song!

[skippyball666]

its good to see the best drummer in world @ work

[derekbulldoze]

wicked drummer ! awesome music ( i.e petrucci and some random asian dude that follows them around Myang?

SHIT VOCALS makes them sound glam Would be interested how they would sound with a different vocalist! better i reckon

[GBsleekie]

I think you're a random idiot. GTFO

[skippyball666]

i think u should stop spaming unice comments :/

[ohwuttup]

MP, Peart, Jason Costas from All That Remains, and Danny Carrey are at the top of my list.

[Dogdrule]

check out chad kent if you have time. fastest feet ever (listen to the very end of "aliens" by atomship) ur list is the same as mine except for chad kent.

[Sobo612]

nope, Tim Waterson has the fastest feet

[Dogdrule]

oh ya, totally forgot he had the world record there for a sec...lol

[ironcobra88]

are you a fucking idiot portnoy is slow as fuck compared to some drummers

[Dogdrule]

ya, id noticed, but never said anything about that...unless it was an old comment iv forgotten about. cuz i mean, even i can play most of portnoys dbl bass stuff, and thats really saying something, cuz my pedal and skills suck. oh, off topic but, im guessing you use iron cobras, and i wsa thinkin about getting them. what type do you think are the best?

[Nattfodd88]

Mike Portnoy rulez!

[striderpt85]

my fav song by dt too.. all train of thought is the shit tbh

[danobra]

My Favorite Song Of DT \,,/

[LordJelly]

It's my favourite track from DT.

[rafinski]

at one part, hes playing stuff in the video, but since the audio form the actual song is playing, you cant hear it... i wish i could, i love his drumming, i think hes great, even though im a guitarist (youll porlly say hes the best ever, but how would i know?)^^

[mrPortnoy92]

one of the best... ever

[beardedbucket]

now look here son, flo mourier from cryptopsy is way better than this guy

[Octovarium32]

You don't have an idea of what you're talking about. Mike Portnoy is the youngest drummer ever to be honored in the drummer hall of fame. You're stupid little crytopsy drummer is nothing.

[Octavarium99]

Ha ha dude check out my user-name! Thats fucked up!

Portnoy rules.

[xam999]

hey big boy, post somewhere else...

[philipontesenuts]

yhea right

[TonySatriano]

lol cryptopcy.... ew

Portnoy owns!

[granos8]

mike portnoy is awesome, he is one of the greatest drummers in the whole world.

[crowley16]

mp is prety coll genbial waop!

[mflagg19]

he's awesome, him and danny carey are tied in my book

[ChromeXk]

nandoanalog I hope to god your not being serious! If not then post a video of yourself playing "faster, better, smarter" otherwise shut the fuck up!

[nandoanalog]

When i began playing drums, mike was my god!!! Today, i can play this one better, faster, harder, smarter, than he does.... plus... i can lead with my left hand... Anyways... he is the perfect drummer for dream theater. There are no better musicians. Only diferent styles of musician.

[drumfreak66]

Hey drummers check out CANON IN D(OUBLE BASS)!!!

[YurtleTheTurtle]

its rely worth a look. its amazing

[XSportSeeker]

This is just great. For some fun, you can also look for videos of people trying to reproduce this. I mean, there are very nice tries, but nothing like Mike.