Author Topic: Portnoy & Akerfeldt. Do You Want It? (Read 824 times)

darkshade · « **on:** July 25, 2012, 03:50:28 PM »

If these 2 musicians, who seem to be very good friends, get together to form a project, who would you want in it?

Assuming it was a prog-rock/metal fusion type project of some kind, I'd love Derek Sherinian to be involved. Not sure who I'd want on bass.

yeshaberto · « **Reply #1 on:** July 25, 2012, 03:51:00 PM »

I could see this having serious awesome potential

senecadawg2 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 25, 2012, 03:52:02 PM »

I'm assuming Portnoy would be in charge of all vocals... right?

Cool Chris · « **Reply #3 on:** July 25, 2012, 04:33:35 PM »

Quote from: senecadawg2 on July 25, 2012, 03:52:02 PM

I'm assuming Portnoy would be in charge ~~of all vocals~~... right?

Zantera · « **Reply #4 on:** July 25, 2012, 04:34:43 PM »

It's hard for me seeing a project like this happen, but I would check out anything with Åkerfeldt in it.

pogoowner · « **Reply #5 on:** July 25, 2012, 04:48:07 PM »

I don't think Akerfeldt and Portnoy are really in the same place at all, musically-speaking, anymore. I'm sure Portnoy would jump at the opportunity, but I doubt Akerfeldt would have any interest.

Pols Voice · « **Reply #6 on:** July 25, 2012, 05:14:13 PM »

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #7 on:** July 25, 2012, 05:40:04 PM »

Not really - I'd rather have another Storm Corrosion or other Akerfeldt/Wilson collab to be completely honest.

SystematicThought · « **Reply #8 on:** July 25, 2012, 05:46:21 PM »

I get the impression that they are good friends, not musical friends. MP seems to hate experimenting and being in studio for too long. Akerfeldt would pay attention to the music too much for MP.

FlyingBIZKIT · « **Reply #9 on:** July 25, 2012, 06:10:31 PM »

Quote from: Pols Voice on July 25, 2012, 05:14:13 PM

No.

Adami · « **Reply #10 on:** July 25, 2012, 06:23:17 PM »

Id rather see an Akerfelt/Gildenlow project.

FlyingBIZKIT · « **Reply #11 on:** July 25, 2012, 06:23:44 PM »

Quote from: Adami on July 25, 2012, 06:23:17 PM

Id rather see an Akerfelt/Gildenlow project.

Zantera · « **Reply #12 on:** July 25, 2012, 06:34:18 PM »

Quote from: FlyingBIZKIT on July 25, 2012, 06:23:44 PM

Quote from: Adami on July 25, 2012, 06:23:17 PM
Id rather see an Akerfelt/Gildenlow project.

That would be kinda cool.

Adami · « **Reply #13 on:** July 25, 2012, 06:46:21 PM »

I just remember reading an interview with Mikael about going to see a DT show in like 2002 or something and he said something along the lines of "Yea....DT were cool I guess, but the opening band Pain of Salvation, they really impressed me"

Jaq · « **Reply #14 on:** July 25, 2012, 07:42:40 PM »

I think, much like someone else here-Rumborak over in another thread?-that Portnoy had a tendency to overstate the potential for a musical collaboration with Akerfeldt. After Heritage, I honestly don't know what sort of project they'd work on well anyway.

Scrub206 · « **Reply #15 on:** July 25, 2012, 09:00:00 PM »

I would love to see this happen. I feel there is a chance it might but not likely.

ZKX-2099 · « **Reply #16 on:** July 25, 2012, 11:31:09 PM »

I'd check it out. But I imagine it would sound like Heritage for the most part.

Kwyjibo · « **Reply #17 on:** July 26, 2012, 03:08:41 AM »

Quote from: Zantera on July 25, 2012, 06:34:18 PM

Quote from: FlyingBIZKIT on July 25, 2012, 06:23:44 PM
Quote from: Adami on July 25, 2012, 06:23:17 PM
Id rather see an Akerfelt/Gildenlow project.

That would be kinda cool.

That would be definitely cool.

As to the Akerfeldt/Portnoy project, I don't know. Maybe this could be improved by adding other cool musicians and writing the songs together as a band (like in Flying Colors). If you only have Akerfeldt and Portnoy, I would imagine that Akerfeldt writes the songs and Portnoy helps arranging them and I wouldn't expect too much of it.

Sketchy · « **Reply #18 on:** July 26, 2012, 04:08:51 AM »

If it happened, I'd see how it turns out, but yeah, I do very much think that another Akerfeldt/Wilson album would be more the thing I'd be looking for. That said, if it was a full band thing with the whole band writing, that could be cool.

TAC · « **Reply #19 on:** July 26, 2012, 08:45:33 AM »

Who gives a fuck?

What sucks now is that to be a fan of MP, we have to follow him from project to project. Some hit, some miss.

EDIT: Sorry, Darkshade, I didn't mean to be disrespectful towards you. You ask a perfectly legit question. We can all dream about MP working with ____________. MY frustration is that watching MP perform with DT has always been my favorite part of being a DT fan. Now we're relegated to side project after side project with nothing really to latch onto.

rogerdil · « **Reply #20 on:** July 26, 2012, 09:07:58 AM »

If I never see Akerfeldt, Wilson and/or Portnoy used in the same sentence, it would be wonderful news.

Nekov · « **Reply #21 on:** July 26, 2012, 10:19:28 AM »

Quote from: TAC on July 26, 2012, 08:45:33 AM

Who gives a fuck?

What sucks now is that to be a fan of MP, we have to follow him from project to project. Some hit, some miss.

EDIT: Sorry, Darkshade, I didn't mean to be disrespectful towards you. You ask a perfectly legit question. We can all dream about MP working with ____________. MY frustration is that watching MP perform with DT has always been my favorite part of being a DT fan. Now we're relegated to side project after side project with nothing really to latch onto.

I agree with this. I feel like Mike should take 1 year off to clear of his mind and start practicing again to improve and then come back and start doing stuff.

? · « **Reply #22 on:** July 28, 2012, 11:15:51 AM »

I bet MP would want the project to be metal and Mikael wouldn't so I don't think it's very probable, although they are good friends. I also think a project featuring Steven Wilson and Portnoy is even less likely; I remember reading that Steven was asked to sing on the OSI debut when the project was still basic prog metal in vein of The Thing That Never Was but he declined the offer as he wasn't into that style. However, he agreed to sing Shutdown after KevMo had joined and taken the project into a direction MP was not very comfortable with. Actually, I think a project by Steven and Kevin could be mindblowingly awesome!

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #23 on:** July 28, 2012, 05:51:14 PM »

Quote from: ? on July 28, 2012, 11:15:51 AM

Actually, I think a project by Steven and Kevin could be mindblowingly awesome!

That could be very interesting indeed.

rumborak · « **Reply #24 on:** July 28, 2012, 05:54:52 PM »

Quote from: Nekov on July 26, 2012, 10:19:28 AM

I agree with this. I feel like Mike should take 1 year off to clear of his mind and start practicing again to improve and then come back and start doing stuff.

Wellll ... that's I'm pretty sure what Adrenaline Mob was supposed to be. I don't think it's all PR when he says AM is his main band right now. It's just that not many people care for the music he's into these days. And it's of course not good news if a side project of his completely overshadows his main project.

rumborak

Zook · « **Reply #25 on:** July 28, 2012, 11:46:41 PM »

Jeff Loomis.

FlyingBIZKIT · « **Reply #26 on:** July 28, 2012, 11:48:26 PM »

I wanna see a Neal Morse/Bruce Dickinson Disney CD.

SystematicThought · « **Reply #27 on:** July 28, 2012, 11:58:24 PM »

Quote from: Zook on July 28, 2012, 11:46:41 PM

Jeff Loomis.

I think everyone in the Nevermore camp (past and present) would love to have some cash-flow right now

Gadough · « **Reply #28 on:** July 29, 2012, 12:02:25 AM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umDr0mPuyQc

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #29 on:** July 29, 2012, 12:30:55 AM »

Pinga · « **Reply #30 on:** July 29, 2012, 01:37:00 AM »

I'm not sure what Portnoy could bring to the tale in such a project.

Adami · « **Reply #31 on:** July 29, 2012, 01:39:08 AM »

Quote from: Pinga on July 29, 2012, 01:37:00 AM

I'm not sure what Portnoy could bring to the tale in such a project.

RAWWWWWWWWRRRRRRRRRR

Pinga · « **Reply #32 on:** July 29, 2012, 01:40:55 AM »

A valid point. Then no, I do not want it.

Nekov · « **Reply #33 on:** July 29, 2012, 12:04:49 PM »

Quote from: rumborak on July 28, 2012, 05:54:52 PM

Quote from: Nekov on July 26, 2012, 10:19:28 AM
I agree with this. I feel like Mike should take 1 year off to clear of his mind and start practicing again to improve and then come back and start doing stuff.

Wellll ... that's I'm pretty sure what Adrenaline Mob was supposed to be. I don't think it's all PR when he says AM is his main band right now. It's just that not many people care for the music he's into these days. And it's of course not good news if a side project of his completely overshadows his main project.

rumborak

I know and it saddens me. I'm just hoping he realizes that a lot of his fans don't care about Amob.

rumborak · « **Reply #34 on:** July 29, 2012, 06:49:28 PM »

I'm at this point pretty indifferent about it. MP is a drummer, not a songwriter. So, he has reasonably little influence on the songwriting aspect of the music he plays in, which is ultimately what I care about.
If he started a prog metal outfit it would all depend on who's writing the songs. AM wasn't so uninteresting because MP lost his mojo or something; it's because the songs were mostly written by Orlando. And Flying Colors was successful because Morse+Morse wrote good songs.

rumborak

May 18, 2013, 05:01:27 AM

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Author Topic: Portnoy & Akerfeldt. Do You Want It? (Read 824 times)