Mike Portnoy
Long Beach, New York, USA
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Michael Stephen "Mike" Portnoy is an American drummer primarily known as the former drummer, backing vocalist, and a co-founder of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. Known for his drumming prowess and technical skill, Portnoy has won 23 awards from the Modern Drummer magazine. He has co-produced the last six Dream Theater albums with guitarist John Petrucci, starting from Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory. From A Change of Seasons onwards, Portnoy had been writing a substantial amount of Dream Theater's lyrics. He is the second youngest person (after Neil Peart) to be inducted into the Modern Drummer's Hall of Fame (at 37 years of age). On September 8, 2010, it was announced that Portnoy had left Dream Theater. Portnoy cited conflicting interests as the reason behind his departure. On February 3, 2011, Portnoy announced that he has started a new project with Symphony X singer Russell Allen and guitarist Mike Orlando. Also he is involved in various projects with Neal Morse.
Movie Credits
Transatlantic: The Final Flight: Live At L'Olympia
Dream Theater: Score - 20th Anniversary World Tour
Dream Theater: Images And Words - Live In Tokyo
Dream Theater: Metropolis 2000 - Scenes From New York
Sons of Apollo - Live with the Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony - Documentary
Mike Portnoy: Testimony 2: Live in Los Angeles
Mike Portnoy - Ten Degrees of Turbulent Drumming
Yellow Matter Custard: One More Night in New York City
Mike Portnoy - Black Clouds and Silver Drumming
Portnoy Sheehan MacAlpine Sherinian: Live in Tokyo
PSMS Portnoy, Sheehan, MacAlpine & Sherinian: InstruMENTAL Inspirations
The Neal Morse Band: A U.S. Tour Of Innocence And Danger
The Neal Morse Band: The Making of Innocence & Danger
The Neal Morse Band: The Adventure Begins (The Making Of The Great Adventure)
Morse Portnoy George: The Making of Cover 2 Cover
The Neal Morse Band: The Making of The Grand Experiment
The Neal Morse Band: The Great Adventure Commentary
The Neal Morse Band/The Flower Kings: 19 Days in Europe
Mike Portnoy on the “Art Of Drumming” with Terry Bozzio
Transatlantic: Whirld Tour 2010: Live from Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London
Transatlantic - Building the Bridge / Live in America
Neal Morse: Testimony Two - Live in Los Angeles
Neal Morse: Morsefest - Testimony & One feat. Mike Portnoy Live
Transatlantic: Morsefest 2022 - The Absolute Whirlwind
Flying Colors : Second Flight - Live at The Z7
Neal Morse - Cruise to the Edge: Awakening - The Movie
Metal Meltdown - Featuring Twisted Sister Live at the Hard Rock Casino Las Vegas
Cygnus and the Sea Monsters: One Night in Chicago
Neal Morse: Question Mark and Sola Scriptura Live
Yellow Matter Custard: One Night in New York City
The Winery Dogs : Dog Years - Live in Santiago and Beyond 2013-2016
Hammer of the Gods: Two Nights in North America
The Neal Morse Band : The Similitude of A Dream - Live in Tilburg 2017
Sons Of Apollo: Live With The Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony
Dream Theater: Chaos in Progress: The Making of Systematic Chaos
The Neal Morse Band : The Great Adventour - Live in BRNO 2019
The Making of the Absolute Universe by Transatlantic
Building the Beast: The Making of Metal Allegiance
