I really love MP as a drummer (still until this day) and as a musician. I really like ALL his projects, some most of others, of course (damn, even AMob I like it a lot!
), but I don't get the need for him, from time to time, to say things like this:
"After spending 25 years strictly dedicated to one band, I feel free now!"
And LTE, Transatlantic, Neal Morse, many tribute bands, AX7? They started to happen when???
"I don't care about technique. I have kind of been pigeonholed as a technical drummer since I was in DREAM THEATER for all those years, but it's actually very far from the truth. I am not a technical drummer at all. I'm more from the Keith Moon/Lars Ulrich school of 'hey, look at me!' I just get up there and bash. I have no interest in playing 'perfect.' To me, it's more about being an entertainer. Having a connection with the audience."
IMO this is SO obviously not true... I mean, there's a lot of super technical drummers out there nowadays, but I don't think MP (or anybody) sees himself closer to Keith Moon than to, let's say, Thomas Lang. I understand that today MP don't have interest to improve his technique, that he is very happy with his level of ability, but to say that he doesn't care... c'mon! (it's easy to say that you don't care about money when you are... rich!:-))