Mike Portnoy

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Anika Nilles playing the drums
Watch Anika Nilles demonstrate exactly why Rush have chosen her as their new drummer

By Fraser Lewry Published

In other news, Mike Portnoy reacts to Anika Nilles' appointment as Rush drummer

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Dream Theater sitting on a sofa
Dream Theater hook up with Z2 Comics for special Parasomnia graphic novel release

By Jerry Ewing Published

Reunited US prog metallers Dream Theater have released their new Parasomnia: The Graphic Album in various formats

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Portrait of American musician Mike Portnoy, co-founder and former drummer of progressive metal group Dream Theater, taken on April 30, 2009. Portnoy is also known for playing with Avenged Sevenfold and Transatlantic. (Photo by Kevin Nixon/Metal Hammer Magazine/Future via Getty Images/Team Rock via Getty Images)
How Mike Portnoy became Avenged Sevenfold’s saviour after the The Rev died

By Rich Wilson Published

Dream Theater man’s stand-in role may have complicated his own position, but the younger band were grateful for his unflappable optimism as they fought to keep going

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A photograph of Mike Portnoy
“I paid a scalper $400 to see The Who play Tommy. It was worth it”: Mike Portnoy’s prog world

By Grant Moon Published

The Dream Theater drummer’s musical world includes Rush, Yes, King Crimson, Roger Waters and Frank Zappa – alongside the Bee Gees

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Portrait of American rock musician Mike Portnoy photographed in London, on July 2, 2012.
"I'm scared for my life and career at this point." Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy jokes he's worried about his job after spate of drummer firings

By Stef Lach Published

Josh Freese, Zak Starkey and Jason Bonham have been let go – which Portnoy says makes it a weird time for drummers

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Mike Portnoy
How Mike Portnoy reinvented himself after the trauma of leaving two massive bands

By Rich Wilson Published

In 2011, while trying to find homes for his enormous collection of Dream Theater drumkits, Mike Portnoy was planning a new direction with Flying Colors, Adrenaline Mob, PSMS and Transatlantic

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Dream Theater’s Mike Portnoy
“Now I’m James LaBrie’s biggest cheerleader”: Mike Portnoy on his return to Dream Theater

By Rich Wilson Published

Co-founding drummer discusses how easy 16th album Parasomnia came together, his sadness when he thought a reunion might not happen, and how he’s not quite the control freak some people think he is

Biographies
Mike Portnoy, Taylor Swift
Watch prog metal drum legend Mike Portnoy attempt to play along to Taylor Swift's Shake It Off with absolutely no idea what he's listening to

By Paul Brannigan Published

"Taylor, I'm really sorry, I totally ruined your song!"

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Mike Portnoy onstage
Listen to the audience playlist Mike Portnoy compiled for the Dream Theater tour

By Fraser Lewry Published

Mike Portnoy's DT40 audience playlist includes songs by Snarky Puppy, Queens Of The Stone Age, Frank Zappa, Jack White and many more

Concerts & Shows
Dream Theater 1999
When Mike Portnoy quit Dream Theater for the first time, the shakeup led to Metropolis Pt. 2

By Dave Ling Published

1999 modern prog masterpiece – their first record with Jordan Rudess – came after the dismissal of Derek Sherinian, the demise of internal “fake democracy” and fights with their label and the media

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