Mike Portnoy
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.
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Dream Theater: Live at Budokan
7.594
Transatlantic: The Final Flight: Live At L'Olympia
8
Liquid Tension Experiment 3
0
Dream Theater: Score - 20th Anniversary World Tour
7.6
Dream Theater: Images And Words - Live In Tokyo
6.4
Dream Theater: Metropolis 2000 - Scenes From New York
8.357
Dream Theater – Live At Tokyo Sun Plaza
0
Sons of Apollo - Live with the Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony - Documentary
0
Haken - Live at ProgPower USA 2016
0
Dream Theater: Riding the Train of Thought
0
Mike Portnoy - In Constant Motion
5.2
Mike Portnoy - Liquid Drum Theater
0
Dream Theater: Chaos in Motion
6.9
Transatlantic: More Never Is Enough
0
Dream Theater: Bucharest, Romania
0
Neal Morse: The Making of Momentum
0
Neal Morse: The Making of Sola Gratia
0
The Making of Flying Colors
0
Mike Portnoy: Testimony 2: Live in Los Angeles
0
Mike Portnoy - Live at Budokan
0
Mike Portnoy - Drumerta
0
Mike Portnoy - Drumming Colors
0
Mike Portnoy - Drums of Thought
0
Mike Portnoy - sysDRUMatic Chaos
0
Mike Portnoy - Whirlwind Drumming
0
Yellow Matter Custard: One More Night in New York City
0
Mike Portnoy - Black Clouds and Silver Drumming
0
Mike Portnoy - Drums Across Forever
0
Mike Portnoy - Ten Degrees of Turbulent Drumming
0
Mike Portnoy - Drumavarium
0
Neal Morse: Live Momentum
4.8
Portnoy Sheehan MacAlpine Sherinian: Live in Tokyo
8
Mike Portnoy: The Great Adventure
0
Mike Portnoy: The Absolute Universe
0
Mike Portnoy: The Similitude of a Dream Live
0
Mike Portnoy: Third Degree
0
Mike Portnoy: The Drumming Dog
0
Mike Portnoy: Drumming Nature
0
Mike Portnoy: Hot Drums
0
Mike Portnoy: Kaleidodrums
0
Mike Portnoy: Metal Drumming
0
Mike Portnoy: Live Momentum
0
The Neal Morse Band – Live In Limbourg
0
PSMS Portnoy, Sheehan, MacAlpine & Sherinian: InstruMENTAL Inspirations
0
The Neal Morse Band: A U.S. Tour Of Innocence And Danger
0
Transatlantic: The Official Bootleg DVD
0
Transatlantic: The Making of Kaleidoscope
0
The Neal Morse Band - Live In India
0
Neal Morse: The Making of Testimony Two
0
Neal Morse: The Making of Lifeline
0
Modern Drummer Festival Weekend 2003
0
The Neal Morse Band: The Great Adventure Commentary
0
Flying Colors: Second Nature Video Anthology
0
Transatlantic: The Making of SMPTe
0
Morse Portnoy George: The Making of Cover 2 Cover
0
The Neal Morse Band: The Making of Innocence & Danger
0
Neal Morse: One Under Construction
0
Neal Morse: The Making of ?
0
Neal Morse: The Sola Scriptura Sessions
0
Neal Morse: The Making of Testimony
0
The Neal Morse Band: The Making of The Grand Experiment
0
The Neal Morse Band: The Adventure Begins (The Making Of The Great Adventure)
0
The Neal Morse Band: The Making of a Dream
8
Neal Morse: Live at 3RP
0
The Neal Morse Band: Live in Athens
0
The Neal Morse Band/The Flower Kings: 19 Days in Europe
0
The Neal Morse Band: Cruise to the Edge
0
Mike Portnoy on the “Art Of Drumming” with Terry Bozzio
0
Morsefest 2020: Sola Gratia
0
Morsefest 2020: Cover2Cover
0
Transatlantic: Live At Sweden Rock 2014
0
Transatlantic: Whirld Tour 2010: Live from Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London
5.7
Transatlantic - Building the Bridge / Live in America
0
Transatlantic: The Making of the Whirlwind
0
Haken - L-1VE
0
The Neal Morse Band: Morsefest 2021
0
Morsefest 2019
0
Dream Theater: When Dream and Day Reunite
5
Transatlantic - Live in Europe
9
Flying Colors: Live in Europe
6.2
G3 - Live in Tokyo
7.1
Neal Morse: Testimony Two - Live in Los Angeles
6.8
Transatlantic: KaLIVEoscope
8
Liquid Tension Experiment - LTE Live 2008
0
Morsefest 2014: Testimony
0
Morsefest 2014: One
0
Neal Morse: Morsefest - Testimony & One feat. Mike Portnoy Live
0
Transatlantic: Morsefest 2022 - The Absolute Whirlwind
0
Flying Colors : Second Flight - Live at The Z7
8.5
Neal Morse - Cruise to the Edge: Awakening - The Movie
0
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Dream Theater: [1994] The Rudess Experiment
0
The Winery Dogs: [2014] Sonisphere Festival
0
The Winery Dogs - Unleashed in Japan
8
Metal Meltdown - Featuring Twisted Sister Live at the Hard Rock Casino Las Vegas
8
The Neal Morse Band: Alive Again
7.5
Cygnus and the Sea Monsters: One Night in Chicago
0
Stone Sour: Rock In Rio 2011
7.5
Morsefest 2015: Question Mark
10
Morsefest 2015: Sola Scriptura
10
Neal Morse: Question Mark and Sola Scriptura Live
0
Yellow Matter Custard: One Night in New York City
0
Amazing Journey: One Night in New York City
0
Mike Portnoy - Score
0
Mike Portnoy: Progressive Drum Concepts
0
Dream Theater: A Walk Beside the Band
0
The Winery Dogs : Dog Years - Live in Santiago and Beyond 2013-2016
8.5
Liquid Tension Experiment: Live In LA
7.1
Hammer of the Gods: Two Nights in North America
0
The Neal Morse Band : The Similitude of A Dream - Live in Tilburg 2017
0
Morsefest 2017 - Testimony of a Dream
0
Liquid Tension Experiment: Live In NYC
10
Neal Morse: Testimony Live
0
Dream Theater: The Spirit Carries On
5.6
Dream Theater: The Score So Far...
0
Dream Theater - Santiago, Chile 12/6/05
0
Sons Of Apollo: Live With The Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony
8.7
Dream Theater: [2002] Rotterdamned
0
Dream Theater: Chaos in Progress: The Making of Systematic Chaos
0
The Neal Morse Band : The Great Adventour - Live in BRNO 2019
8
Mike Portnoy : MPMMXX Drum Cam
0
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
7.488
Flying Colors : Third Stage - Live in London
8.5
Dream Theater: Dark Side of the Moon
0
The Making of the Absolute Universe by Transatlantic
0
Dream Theater: Romavarium
8.5
Mike Portnoy - LTE3
0
Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe
0
Morsefest 2023: Testimony feat. NMB
0
Dream Theater: 5 Years in a Livetime
7.7
Building the Beast: The Making of Metal Allegiance
0
Phil Collins: Drummer First
0
Dream Theater - Parasomnia
8
Dream Theater: Live in Paris 2024
0
Dream Theater: Panem et Circensis
0
Neal Morse: Testimony 2...For You.
0