Mike Portnoy performance @GC Drum-Off Finals 2012- Hell's Kitchen

[MrPujangable]

MP sure misses DT! =( would love to see MP covering one of ADTOE songs..perhaps "on the backs of an angel"...

[tonysarrio1]

Tony sounds good to me. People just nit pick to much!! Rock on Tony!!!

[drgctube]

they should have played something from planet x...

[NADRUMMER]

i cry T_T

[nothinghunt]

I don't like the guitar

[yougotmikelopez]

@nothinghunt You're crazy. The guitar rocks on this!!

[WilfridRUN]

@nothinghunt

why do you say that, tony is a great guitarist like JP,do you think JP will play like tony on a planetX track? those guys got their own playing,tony play this song with respect and perfection,i'm sure!

[tonysarrio1]

Rock on Mike P.

[grosssover]

\m/ fuckin rock...

[GianfrixMG]

Portnoy covering DT. LOL

[drgctube]

@GianfrixMG [fix]... Planet X covering DT... because this song belongs to an album recorded with MP and DS... on DT

[lugzman91]

FINALLY A LIVE VERSION (ok, with half band...) IT'S A FUCKING LIVE VERSION

AWESOOME

S2 Sherinian!

[leovienne0607]

Drum off finals Did mike portnoy won?? hahahahahaha

[DomainObject]

Awesome! Would love to see these guys record something together.

[isisdazs]

I could cry.

[lukewj]

@sk84uhlivin1 To be exact, Dream Theater have played Hells Kitchen 54 times! Even more if you include its inclusion in Instrumedley.

[sk84uhlivin1]

@lukewj I said "in full." That means the entire thing at once. They always play Hell's Kitchen in a medley (including instrumedley.) But they have never played the entire thing live.

[lukewj]

@sk84uhlivin1 ok then, outside of its inclusion in Burning My Soul (where it was pretty much all of the song) and Instrumedley, it was played on its own 4 times at the end of 1998 in the "Intimate Evening with Dream Theater" gigs.

[sk84uhlivin1]

@lukewj According to the Mike Portnoy tourography on his website, they were played in the middle of those shows, but yes you seem to be correct. I've just been searching for a full, live version for years on YouTube and can't find it. Have you?

[lukewj]

@sk84uhlivin1 Unfortunately not no, but I have been looking for a bootleg from one of these shows. If I find one i'll definitely let you know.

[lukewj]

@sk84uhlivin1 In fact, scratch that. Turns out I already have 27th December 1998 bootleg from Philadelphia which does contain the full version of Hells Kitchen. I'll PM you a copy.

[lugzman91]

@lukewj could you send to me too please??? I'll be grateful to you for the rest of my life

[sk84uhlivin1]

Considering Dream Theater has never played this song in full live, it hurts to watch this.

[shbmira]

@sk84uhlivin1 You're wrong! They played this song sometimes!

[Estevarium]

must be MP's first time in a long while playing Dream Theater... big mistake he made when he quit.

[Aramprez]

they should conform a band...

[sdfdsv]

holy crap!