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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.
Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 in Boston, Massachusetts.The band comprises John Petrucci (guitar), John Myung (bass), Mike Portnoy (drums), James LaBrie (vocals) and Jordan Rudess (keyboards).
Portnoy was born and raised in Swampscott, Massachusetts, [5] [2] the son of Michael, a lawyer, and Linda, a high school teacher. [6] He is Jewish. [2] [7] [8] After attending Swampscott High School, where one of his classmates was ESPN's Todd McShay, [9] Portnoy graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in education. [10]
Drummer Mike Portnoy stated that the instrumental "Erotomania" was written "off the cuff" [1] as "a bit of a joke and parody". [1] Guitarist John Petrucci penned the lyrics to "Voices", dealing with the subject of mental illness. He researched schizophrenia and similar disorders and used religious terms "to make things more vivid". [2] "When I ...
Portnoy's struggle with alcohol was previously the subject of "The Mirror", a song from Dream Theater's 1994 album Awake. After he stopped drinking, Portnoy decided to write a suite of tracks describing the twelve-step program which would span several albums. He views the Suite as a concept album spread over five releases.
John Peter Petrucci (born July 12, 1967) is an American guitarist, best known as a founding member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater.He produced or co-produced (often with Mike Portnoy before Portnoy's absence from the band 2010-2023) all of Dream Theater's albums from Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999), and has been the sole producer of the band's albums released since A ...
Founder and CEO of Barstool Sports Dave Portnoy “beat cancer,” he said Wednesday after being asked during a podcast filming about a visible scar and bandage on his neck. The 47-year-old told ...
The Similitude of a Dream is the second studio album by progressive rock supergroup The Neal Morse Band, released on November 11, 2016. [1] [4] It is a concept album, loosely based on The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan [5] and follows Christian, who is tormented by spiritual anguish and told he must leave the City of Destruction to find salvation in the Celestial City.