Mike Portnoy Interview 4-21-11.mpeg

Mike Portnoy interviewed at the Metal Masters Clinic on 4-21-11 in Cerritos,CA.
Interview by Tone and filmed by Ricardo.
Visit MikePortnoy.com for more info.

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[hbferri]

I like this guy so much, but i cant stop thinking he is continuously trying to show he is OK after DT.

[MetallicaMadMan666]

i dont get, he left DT because he wanted to take a break but he has done nothing but work since he has left.

[mscalabrino238]

@MetallicaMadMan666 he wanted to try something new with new musicians, he meant take a brake from dream theater

[Cleistorme]

@MetallicaMadMan666 he meant take a break from the band itself and the guys in it, not music in general. Being around the same guys all the time for twenty years just burned him out from the band, not music. Its kinda like when a member of the band makes a solo album and then a year or two later the band gets back together and makes music together again. Only difference here is it was the drummer.

[Zakariah1971]

This man is the MIKE TYSON of bad ideas..

[MetallicaMadMan666]

@Padge314 i know he wanted to take a break cause it was burning him out, thats the point i was making

[Padge314]

@MetallicaMadMan666 He wanted to take a break from Dream Theater,he felt it was burning him out.

[EXHellfire]

Man, to know he had to leave DT, breaks my heart, I just watched the 'Chaos in Progress' video, the making of Systematic Chaos, and it's evident he worked his ass off for the band, and he also looked like the little kid in it, which makes me think that now DT must not be having so much fun without him anymore in the rehearsals :/

[mikeybbdrummin]

@Mjbabycakes7072 .Interviewer: "It's hard NOT to be a Mike Pornoy fan!" MP: " I would think so!".....really??.thats what you call down to earth....or, regarding clinics.."I'm not interested in drum solos, or talking about my technique"..Isnt that what made him popular in the first place.. his biggest supporters: Drummers!!.basically he did clinics when he "Had" to, now he calls the shots and could care less about talking to YOU about what you like about him.....what a humble sweetheart he is!

[mikeybbdrummin]

@Bigplacius hahaha.......so funny you say that....in my hand I have Drumhead mag, Jul-Aug 2008...its caled Superdrummers...and Mangini has the biggest pic on the cover along w/smaller pics of Thomas, Marco, Virgil, Grant Collins and a guy (never heard of) Furio Chirico..3 years before ream theater....so he obviously had the skills and credentials long ago..MP is a great drummer...all the 80's drummers a mentioned were doing MP stuff in moderation before DT was popular....so its not new drumming.

[Bigplacius]

@mikeybbdrummin hows he over rated other than fanboys every thing ever written about him has said hes a great PROG drummer not a super drummer with marco minnemann or thomas lang...if anything mike mangini is over rated......

[MetallicaMadMan666]

@trompaklas mike portnoy wanted to take a break, not the rest of DT