Mike Portnoy first Interview out of Dream Theater!! Part 2 of 3 09/11/2010

First Interview after the departure of Dream Theater Part 2 09/11/2010

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[tansuturdag]

OK. Take the break. Come back a few years later, Mike!

[SebyT10]

he just want a break from the band for a couple of years - thats it.

[martynhanson]

two reasons why they couldn't take him back in Dec

1) they had another drummer

2) Mike had already said he was burned out with DT

[4through6strings]

reminds me of rush . Neil needed the time off and they respected that . could it be a record label problem pressure from the label ?

[fatbeer85]

now i know its not just me. this dude is totally leading the interview to make it sound dramatic. dream theater is too awesome to make this into a soap opera

[Burbridge92]

"...and luckily it's ended on good terms and those guys have made it blatantly clear that the door's always open for me..." -Mike Portnoy, 10th September 2010

"…I tried, and the door is now shut…the ball is now in their court, not mine…" -Mike Portnoy, 20th December 2010

DT 1-0 MP

[frostbyteSB]

Minnemann is great, but I'm not sure he could sing Mike's vocal parts.

[agus6115]

minneman would easily pick up where portnoy left off.

[incubator2k3]

my god.. he did lyrics, true... still best lyrics from dream theater are from petrucci, kevin moore and myung. I don't see the trouble of doing setlists, im sure the guys can handle it. Same goes for concepts... lets not forget who made metropolis or the killing hand. he did a lot beyond drumming true.. but the fact is, he didn't have to. And to be honest about the last couple of albuns, BC&SL and SC i always had the impression the he was sufocating the band.. thats my 2 cents

[mattovarius]

@USAon3 I agree - I hope DT goes back to their roots and goes more progressive rather than heavy with the new album.

[USAon3]

@ewonian

Being that MP was more or less the main driving force behind DT, your post is actually kind of an ironic statement. MP more or less pushed the band into heavier and heavier albums.

I'd love to see DT regress a little bit into the style they had in the 90s. Awake and SFAM were masterpieces to say the very least and groundbreaking in the genre of progressive metal.

Perhaps the way for DT to move forward might be to take a step or two backward.

[satrianilife]

I think it's best for the band. It is to me the only way the rest of the band could clip off the umbilical cord and face maturity, It's all good