However, he requested a clarification be included before we start - “It’s important to differentiate the ten albums that changed my life vs. my ten favourite albums. You see footage of the Who live, you can’t take your eyes off Keith, but if you listen to Live at Leeds, it shows what an amazing live band they were. He preferred different brands such as The Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Rush, and Ir… Trivia Bands he also plays/played with: And the live versions are all extended, they’re improvising and branching out, and trying new things. They formed a band, initially taking the name "Majesty" before changing their name to Dream Theater. Bath We made that album at a point in Dream Theater’s career where we almost threw in the towel. The Wall is one of the most cinematic albums. ]. I can’t help but listen to what he does, and be blown away. We made that record after sitting around for almost two years, in the wake of the failure of our debut album [1989’s When Dream and Day Unite]. It changed the course of the band and my life. Read Full Biography, Long Island native Mike Portnoy is best known as the former drummer for progressive metal group Dream Theater. Thank you for signing up to Classic Rock. Portnoy played on AVENGED SEVENFOLD's latest album, "Nightmare", following the death of that band's drummer, Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan, and toured with them for the entire second half of 2010. But what would happen next, no one saw coming. Mike Portnoy elects his 5 favorite albums of all time: David Bowie “The Rise and Fall of … A lot of people pinpoint Master of Puppets as the quintessential Metallica album. Aside from his amazing career as the drummer of Dream Theatre, Mike Portnoy is also known for his numerous side projects and tribute bands. Liquid Evolution 04. Alive! And the album has so much depth in terms of production and sonic value, but it’s not like the later-day Radiohead albums, where it’s just experimentation for experimentation’s sake. The first is an album that came out six weeks after I came out - the Beatles’ Sgt. It changed my life as I knew it and put me on course for everything I’ve done ever since. At that point, when I heard that album, I became a Kiss fanatic, and got to see them in 1977 live. The next couple shaped me as a drummer - the first being the Who’s Live at Leeds. When you listen to The Song Remains the Same, you’re hearing Zeppelin being what made them the great band that they are - how each and every performance was different from night to night. And allowed me the ability to do everything I’ve done ever since. Long Island native Mike Portnoy is best known as the former drummer for progressive metal group Dream Theater. It’s now been 25 years, and since then, I’ve made maybe 50 albums, but it was the success of Images and Words that allowed me to do that. Born in 1967, he began playing drums in his teens for various small bands, including the…, Album Premiere: The Winery Dogs, 'Hot Streak'. It changed my life and I think it changed everybody on earth’s life, because at the time it was the most ground-breaking album ever made. Mike Portnoy was one of the founding members of Dream Theater and was a prominent in the band's songwriting and overall management until his departure in 2010. Overview ↓ Biography ↓ Discography ↓ Songs ↓ It’s one of those albums where they broke every rule in the book, and then wrote a whole new book of rules in the process. Sign up below to get the latest from Classic Rock, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! Related Artists. Long Island native Mike Portnoy is best known as the former drummer for progressive metal group Dream Theater. As much as I love Moving Pictures and Permanent Waves and Hemispheres, to me, Exit…Stage Left was the go-to album, because it had all the best songs from those albums. (Classic Rock) 30 May 2017. I celebrated my 50th birthday last month, and Sgt. Overview ↓ Biography ↓ Discography ↓ Songs ↓ So this is a little bit of a different approach. I just fell in love with those songs on that album. It was Live at Leeds that really showed me Keith Moon’s true colours, and the fact that he really was - to my ears - the focal point of the Who. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, Rhapsody In Blue 07. Pepper. Whether or not it was on stage or in the studio, it at least brought out that energy. Michael Stephen Portnoy was born on April 20, 1967, in Long Island in Long Beach, New York. And that album was the first time I heard Terry Bozzio playing drums. The chunky rhythms and production was so raw and tight. But there were quite a few non-prog surprises in the list he assembled for us. I remember being an eleven-year-old kid, and being able to listen to songs like Jewish Princess or Broken Hearts Are for Assholes, all these songs that I felt like I was listening to a “dirty album”! He had wanted to put the band on hold for a period of time, but the other four members disagreed and decided to carry on without him. And the same way that Sgt. Cover To Cover is a studio album of cover songs recorded by Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy and Randy George during the recording of the albums Testimony (2003), One (2004) and ? You will receive a verification email shortly. Born in 1967, he began playing drums in his teens for various small bands, including the… I’m going to go with The Song Remains the Same, which is a live album. Louder is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. He announced his departure from the band in 2010. Please deactivate your ad blocker in order to see our subscription offer, Video: Mike Portnoy thrashes metal classics on a tiny Pokemon drum kit, Steve Howe: The 10 Records That Changed My Life, Read Classic Rock, Metal Hammer & Prog for free with TeamRock+, Retransmission by W.E.T. Visit our corporate site. I’d never heard another drummer play with such character and personality before. And I still might, as well. Long Island native Mike Portnoy is best known as the former drummer for progressive metal group Dream Theater. The next drummer from that era who shaped who I am today and changed my life was John Bonham. They left Berklee soon after. In university, he met John Petrucci and John Myung. I had already been a huge fan of Tommy, which is still one of my favourite albums of all-time - from a songwriting and musical sense, but not really from a drumming sense. As you know, Mike Portnoy achieved worldwide fame as the drummer of Dream Theatre but it is not the only reason […] Those are favourite albums of mine. Pepper. It’s one of my favourite albums of all time. Not just musical chords, but emotional chords. Pepper, but as far as I’m concerned, OK Computer is the Sgt. I had never heard anything like this. Shop for Vinyl, CDs and more from Mike Portnoy's Shattered Fortress at the Discogs Marketplace. When that came out, I wasn’t familiar with the first three studio albums. This was released in 1997, which was 30 years after Sgt. As well as progressive type writing - in terms of longer songs and odd time signatures. But then I discovered Rush, and Neil turned my world upside down - in terms of what you can do with a drum kit. Most of these songs have previously been released on special editions of … Drummer Mike Portnoy, famous for his work on Dream Theater showed in a recent Youtube video his extensive record collection and revealed his 5 favorite albums of all time and explained why. Hypersonic 02. Born in 1967, he began playing drums in his teens for various small bands, including the… Read Full Biography. That was the album that really shaped my style of what was to come in my career. Because if you look at my favourite album list, I’ll have Jellyfish’s Spilt Milk or the Beastie Boys’ Paul’s Boutique. He left Inner Sanctum (his last high school band) after being awarded a scholarship to attend the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Mike Portnoy’s age is 53. It had Jacob’s Ladder, Xanadu, YYZ. So you had a combination of great songs and absolutely groundbreaking production - it’s a combination that makes for one of the greatest albums of all-time. The musician talked about his vinyl collection and showed all the albums from the hard rock band. Greg Prato Mike Portnoy Talks New Sons of Apollo Album, Juggling Projects RollingStone India | February 2020 The drummer extraordinaire on self-indulgence in prog music and ‘MMXX,’ the new album from his supergroup with guitarist Bumblefoot, Derek Sherinian, Billy Sheehan and Jeff Scott Soto Anurag Tagat. 1-3 - Mike Portnoy, Neal Morse, Randy George, George Randy on AllMusic - 2020 In the years since, Mike Portnoy has been on more than 3 dozen albums including more than 20 studio albums with bands like Flying Colors, Sons of Apollo, Neal Morse Band, The Winery Dogs, and more. © To have done so much incredible work on just four tracks in the studio is absolutely incredible. I love hearing John Bonham guide these jams and improvisations on the album. By MARowe 01. Adrenaline Mob, Cygnus and the Sea Monsters, Dream Theater, Flying Colors, Hammer of the Gods, Inner Sanctum, Liquid Tension Experiment, Liquid Trio Experiment, Liquid Trio Experiment 2, Metal Allegiance, OSI, Rising Power, Sons of Apollo, Transatlantic, The Winery Dogs, Yellow Matter Custard. We came close to breaking up, but we stuck with it, got a singer, got a new label, made this album, and even once it came out, it kind of sat on the shelf for a few months, before anybody even noticed it. To have done so much incre… All rights reserved. Beating The Odds 03. And it showed me how deep a record can go - in terms of hitting emotional chords. **UPDATE** A couple of hours after this article was published, Mike Portnoy took to his Twitter to address Mark Zonder's comments.He wrote: "Well I had a busy week: Started that week recording BIGELF's album, then flew to TX for a gig w [ADRENALINE MOB], back to LA for Metal Masters 3 and then flew down to Brazil to end the week w @fateswarning Sorry Mark Zonder if I didn't have time … Pepper is going to celebrate its 50th birthday this week. But I just love hearing them improvise and jam with each other. He went through so many different phases, and I love Joe’s Garage with Vinnie Colaiuta on drums, and I love Apostrophe (‘) and Over-Nite Sensation. Drummer Mike Portnoy, famous for his work on Dream Theater gave his opinion on all Led Zeppelin albums on a video posted on his official Youtube Channel. I was able to learn about sex, drugs, and rock’n’roll through these satirical lyrics of Frank Zappa. (2005) by Neal Morse. But I can’t really say they changed my life. Pepper for the new millennium. And at that point, we changed singers, record companies, we spent two years writing this material with nothing going for us - no audience, no fanbase, no management, no singer, no record label. It was almost like he was drumming circles around these songs. Chroma Key keyboardist and vocalist Kevin Moore is the only other full-time member of the band. And then sure enough, in its wake, I discovered Exodus’ Bonded by Blood, Anthrax’s Fistful of Metal, Megadeth, Testament, and bands like that. is "ludicrously good" says our reviewer, Jason Bieler shines on star-studded sonic adventure Songs For The Apocalypse, Lonely The Brave hit unexpected new heights on The Hope List, Here Lies Man mesmerise on genre-melding album Ritual Divination, Bon Scott's strange prog rock past explored on Fraternity's Seasons Of Change. I grew to appreciate that album on a musical level - as well as the rest of the Zappa catalog, which shaped who I am. I was drawn to Frank because of the humour. … On the May 5th 2010, Portnoy released a statement on his status with Avenged Sevenfold on their official website saying: "Although I wish I could stay on board with A7X in a more permanent capacity, the reality is that I am committed to Dream Theater as my main priority and I will need to resume work with DT to start a new album at some point in 2011.....However, I will be able to join my brothers in Avenged Sevenfold for at le… He has won twenty-six awards from Modern Drummer. He was a featured drummer on Synyster Gates and Avenged Sevenfold’s 2008 album Nightmare. There was a problem. Heavy metal drummer and vocalist best known for co-founding the band Dream Theater. I remember the first time I heard Kill ‘Em All, I had never heard anything that raw and heavy and fast in my life. When you listen to The Wall from start to finish, you’re taken on this emotional journey of ups and downs. It’s my favourite Pink Floyd album. Explore releases from Mike Portnoy's Shattered Fortress at Discogs. Michael Stephen "Mike" Portnoy (born April 20, 1967) is an American drummer primarily known as the former drummer, backing vocalist, and a co-founder of the progressive metal/rock band Dream Theater.Known for his technical skill as a drummer, Portnoy has won 30 awards from the Modern Drummer magazine. OSI is an American progressive rock band, originally formed by Fates Warning guitarist Jim Matheos in 2002. Mike Portnoy gives opinion about all Led Zeppelin albums: Led Zeppelin I […] That pretty much changed my life and made me who I am today - in terms of wanting to be a touring musician. Dream Theater’s former drummer, Mike Portnoy, recently posted a video on his Instagram account and gave more details about Translatlantic’s upcoming album(s) while sharing the video of their new record’s third single in which he is the lead vocalist. It changed my life and I think it changed everybody on earth’s life, because at the time it was the most ground-breaking album ever made. BA1 1UA. He always supported by his father when he shows his interest in music. So to me, Exit…Stage Left was the go-to album to have a crash course in Neil Peart. At first I was drawn to that album because of the humour, but when I became a more serious musician, I started realising what the hell was going on behind the lyrics. By To this day, Frank is still one of my biggest heroes of all-time. Mike produced their debut album, A Light in the Dark (InsideOut Music, 2015). Sometimes he’s guiding them, and sometimes he’s following Jimmy Page’s lead or John Paul Jones’ lead. Born in 1967, he began playing drums in his teens for various small bands, including the… Read Full Biography. Dream Theater’s former drummer, Mike Portnoy, recently posted a photo featuring Liquid Tension Experiment’s new album and expressed his excitement about ‘The Absolute Universe’ album while saying that it is now available for pre-order. It’s so hard to pick just one Zappa album, because they were all so different. Forever. And personally, I can’t take my ears off of Keith. Ex-Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy picks his most prized platters... It’s understandable to assume that prog rock would have loomed large in Mike Portnoy’s formative listening years (after all, he was a co-founding member of Dream Theater). I wouldn’t be here talking to you today if we didn’t make and release that album. Which is a little more straight-ahead, 4/4 drumming. The band had just released the album Black Clouds and Silver Linings and completed a world tour. It was the first taste of thrash. The production is just so deep. Before I discovered Neil and Rush, it was all the bands I just named. Mike Portnoy has reunited with fellow Dream Theater founder John Petrucci on the latter’s upcoming solo album, Terminal Velocity. The Twelve-step Suite (also known as the Twelve-step Saga or Alcoholics Anonymous Suite) is a set of five songs by American progressive metal and rock band Dream Theater.One song was featured on each Dream Theater studio album from Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence to Black Clouds & Silver Linings.. But I think it was Kill ‘Em All that really changed my life and really had an effect on me. Please refresh the page and try again. Following is an excerpt from his rundown. I find that drummers really shine and get to be themselves live on stage. And these are pretty much in chronological order.”. But then once Pull Me Under broke around October of ’92, it changed everything. Pepper re-wrote all the rules and was the blueprint for experimentation in ’67, I think OK Computer did that in ’97 - for a whole new generation. Dream Theater’s former drummer, Mike Portnoy recently posted a photo on his Instagram account and revealed that the supergroup he formed in 1997 will be releasing two new albums after 22 years of break. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for Cover to Cover Anthology, Vols. I discovered Rush around 1981 or so, when Moving Pictures came out. It also has amazing songs - everything from Exit Music (For a Film) to Paranoid Android to Karma Police …I mean, those are amazing, well-written songs. Adrenaline Mob, Amazing Journey, Avenged Sevenfold, BPMD, Cygnus And The Sea Monsters, Dream Theater, Flying Colors, Hammer Of The Gods, Inner Sanctum (6), Liquid Tension Experiment, Liquid Trio Experiment, Majesty (10), Metal Allegiance, Mike Portnoy's … England and Wales company registration number 2008885. Pepper is going to celebrate its 50th birthday this week. Mike Portnoy, who is the former drummer of Dream Theatre and current member of Sons Of Apollo, revealed the craziest band he’s ever listened to by sharing a new post on his official Instagram account. I celebrated my 50th birthday last month, and Sgt. Drum legend Mike Portnoy (The Winery Dogs, ex-Dream Theater) recently spoke with Music Aficionado about his Top 10 prog rock albums. Mike Portnoy is famous for his work as the drummer of Dream Theatre, for forming the […] A lot of people say it’s not truly live and was all redone in the studio, but whatever the case, it doesn’t matter - to me, that album captured the true spirit of what Kiss was live on stage. And to this day, I still think it’s the one that had the biggest impact on me. It would be crazy to have a list of albums that changed my life and not have one of my own, because Dream Theater’s Images and Words - literally - changed my life! 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