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Michael Stephen Portnoy [2] (born April 20, 1967) is an American musician who is primarily known as the drummer, backing vocalist, and co-founder of progressive metal band Dream Theater. In September 2010, Portnoy announced his departure from Dream Theater after 25 years, with Mike Mangini taking his place as drummer of the band.
Flying Colors is an American supergroup composed of Mike Portnoy, Dave LaRue, Casey McPherson, Neal Morse, and Steve Morse. [2] The band's mission, chartered by executive producer Bill Evans, is to combine complex music with accessible songwriting.
Liquid Tension Experiment (LTE) is an American instrumental progressive metal supergroup founded by Mike Portnoy in 1997. The band initially released two albums, between 1998 and 1999. An extension of their second regular album, with the absence of John Petrucci was released in 2007 under the name "Liquid Trio Experiment".
In the October 2009 issue of Rhythm Magazine, Portnoy was listed as #5 in their list of the Top 50 Drummers of All Time. [5] He was featured on Fuse TV's Talking Metal where he joined with Bobby Ellsworth and the show's hosts in covering Motörhead's "Overkill." On June 14, 2010, Mike Portnoy won the Metal Hammer Golden God Award for Best ...
Mike Portnoy BPMD is an American heavy metal supergroup . Formed in 2019, the band consists of Overkill singer Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth , Vio-lence and former Machine Head guitarist Phil Demmel , and two members of Metal Allegiance –bassist Mark Menghi and drummer Mike Portnoy .
The name of the band was proposed by Sherinian after he scrolled through a list of suggestions by Portnoy and saw the word "Apollo" among them. It was picked due to Apollo being the god of music. [9] [8] But because the band suspected there could be another band called Apollo, they thought of possible variations, which is how the name was ...
The band was conceived by drummer Mike Portnoy and bassist Billy Sheehan, who were aiming to form a power trio rock band with a lead singer/guitarist as the frontman. After an aborted project, tentatively titled "Bad Apple", with guitarist/vocalist John Sykes, talk show host Eddie Trunk heard about it and suggested Richie Kotzen, who had previously played with Sheehan in the band Mr. Big from ...
In June 2013, Mike Portnoy announced via Adrenaline Mob's Facebook page that he would be playing four more shows with the band before departing. Portnoy cited scheduling conflicts that prevented him from being able "to fully commit to the band's future activities at the moment". The band released its second studio album, Men of Honor, on ...