Comments on: IS THERE ANY DOUBT THAT MIKE PORTNOY IS ONE OF THE BEST DRUMMERS ON THE PLANET?

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 21:00:54 +0000

He helped avenged sevenfold with their newest album nightmare since their original drummer passed away in 2009…but mike later said on via facebook that he would no longer be working with A7X anymore and they found a new drummer, so he is obviously looking for another band to permanently play in other than DT.

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:48:18 +0000

Show serious drummers some fucking respect and admit that Mike Portnoy sucks ass! He is the most untight drummer ever! He is groovy though, but alot of other drummers are too. I can see that noone in this forum is a serious drummer.. Just listen to a live Portnoy take for gods sake!

By: Connor

Connor — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:36:50 +0000

yes really.

By: AntiDtHater

AntiDtHater — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:50:32 +0000

ummm, no not really…

By: Evan

Evan — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:04:36 +0000

Wow, just because he has alot of different pieces on his kit, doesnt make it gay or stupid, it just means that he would like you put in as many different sounds as he can in one song, anybody who complains about his huge kit should shut up because you cant tell me that if you had his kit, you wouldnt use all the different cymbals, and all that crap, Portnoy is an extremely good drummer and thats that. How are you supposed to incorperate all these different sounds in a song if you only have 2 cymbals and a single bass drum?

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 05 May 2009 01:12:47 +0000

Give me a GospelChops drummer or George Kollias/Flo Mounier/Hannes Grossmann ANY DAY over Mike Portnoy. Listen to Tony Royster Jr. and THEN tell me how “in the pocket” Mike is.

By: wendell

wendell — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:20:54 +0000

Yeah, he is great, but he should find another band, cause DT is way too boring.
I would like to see him in The Mars Volta

By: iolanach

iolanach — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:01:04 +0000

I love Portnoy, but Sean Reinert and Gene “The Atomic Clock” Hogan are superior drummers, imo.

By: Gravy

Gravy — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:32:11 +0000

hell yeah!!

By: gnarlk

gnarlk — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:11:59 +0000

to the above genius: people who use the term hater are retards and yes i’d rather listen to a good hip hop album over dream theater.

By: Sammy

Sammy — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:22:28 +0000

@rohit: Don’t confuse the situation with your technicalities and facts.

By: haters suck!

haters suck! — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:37:34 +0000

U know, haters are stupid!! Mike is a great drummer like it or not! One of the best out there, really. For those who hate dream Theater, what type of music you hear!?? let me know….maybe 3 minute pop songs….or brutal chaotic death which everything sound pretty much the same……..or maybe rap

By: Rohit

Rohit — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:09:52 +0000

@ Sammy

6/8 time and 12/16 are pretty much the same thing and can be simplified into 3/4

By: Person J. Nobody

Person J. Nobody — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:10:22 +0000

Um… Sean Reinert… *cough-cough*
Portnoy’s great, though. Definitely somewhere near the top of my list.

By: hibernum

hibernum — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:31:24 +0000

My friend, in this world there are two kinds of drummers: those who think Mike Portnoy is a god and those who think he is a second rate Neil Pert clone.

By: cornblood

cornblood — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:04:18 +0000

I don’t really listen to much Dream Theater, but as a drummer myself, I think Portnoy’s pretty good.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:07:00 +0000

I love you to pieces Vince, but fucking Mitch Mitchell died and you post this?? Yes, Portnoy is a great drummer, but fuck Dream Theatre and their masturbating.

And gnarlk…right on, dude. Crover is the shit.

By: ZapBranigan

ZapBranigan — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:00:35 +0000

I like playing on a larger drum set. I play with 4 toms, 3 crash, 2 china, 3 splash, 1 bell plus of course snare, ride, hi-hat, & bass (w/double pedal).
I look at it like a painter. A painter can paint an amazing piece in black & white. But take that same black & white painting and add some different colors to accent certain things and you could make something much more interesting (my opinion).
The trick about playing on a larger set is to not over play, which is something I work on.
The bare minimum is snare, bass and hi-hat. Everything else is extra.

By: Sammy

Sammy — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:52:31 +0000

I am thoroughly convinced Portnoy could play 6/8 time with his feet, 4/4 with the right hand and 12/16 with the left. All while keeping the crowd entertained while his bandmates forget there IS an audience.

By: dthrasher

dthrasher — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:21:24 +0000

I think a sign of a great drummer is having a small kit and still tearin it up. This 500 piece drum kit shit is ridiculous. Case in point, Neal Peart would be a hundred times less gay if he didn’t have all those goofy fucking chimes to ruin songs with.