The I Need Therapy Thread v. Lets talk it out.

[Tick]

I am angry and sad. I fully understand Mike does not owe DT fans anything after all these years, but man does leave be beside myself right now. It bothers me more because he will no doubt become A7X's full time drummer, and I hate that fucking band! So unless Mike does something I like in the future I won't be following his work with A7X.
What an awful night this is. I need a hug.

[Quadrochosis]

https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=16386.0

[TheOutlawXanadu]

*hugs*

*kisses*

*grop...

Wait. What?

[orcus116]

I'm actually fairly apathetic despite being initially shocked. I can only see good things coming out of this.

[Nic35]

I just looked at my DT discography, and I honestly wanted to throw it in the garbage.

[LCArenas]

While I can kinda excited to see a new musical direction and stuff I don't really know what will happen with the fans connection. Man this is sad.

[Tick]

https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=16386.0

Stick your link smart ass!

[orcus116]

I just looked at my DT discography, and I honestly wanted to throw it in the garbage.

Oh come on.

[Quadrochosis]

I just looked at my DT discography, and I honestly wanted to throw it in the garbage.

Oh come on.

[Rafael Guerra]

I am getting over it. I'm convinced it was not a prank or hack, which was my initial theory for the past hours. I won't be able to listen to any DT album for couple of days, the mood is just totally broken, i don't know. I think the best we can do now is to wait, talk to each other, and hope that the new album will be a complete change of directions, a new AWESOME direction. We must be positive and support Petrucci, Jordan, James and Myung. I know they can do a very nice job together, we all know that.

[Sigz]

I just looked at my DT discography, and I honestly wanted to throw it in the garbage.

wat

[Rafael Guerra]

....I don't really know what will happen with the fans connection. Man this is sad.

It will get stronger, IMO. I was never so active in the forum like I was today.

[King Postwhore]

I'm with orc.  Yes I'm upset, and it will take awhile for me to stop thinking about it.  Part of me want's to see what DT's style will be now the Mike has left.

[Nic35]

I was saying that because I feel I won't be able to listen to them for a couple of weeks. Maybe it was a little too exagerated

[toro]

I just looked at my DT discography, and I honestly wanted to throw it in the garbage.

WUT, i looked at my DT collection and wanted to play them more than ever.

[orcus116]

I was saying that because I feel I won't be able to listen to them for a couple of weeks. Maybe it was a little too exageated

Perfectly understandable. On the flipside I think tomorrow I should actually do my discography runthrough.

[sonatafanica]

I've been crying uncontrollably ever since I heard the news guys I don't think I'm going to be o.k.




loljk I have a penis

[Arcaeus]

I saw this coming, and don't really care, though I feel bad for those of you guys that are disappointed (that do not include the ridiculous ex-fanboys screaming "OMFG A7X SUCKS WHY WOULD YOU BETRAY US PORTNOY!"). As I said in another thread, if Mike Portnoy has lost the passion for Dream Theater and is enjoying himself in Avenged Sevenfold, I don't understand why he shouldn't stay with them.

I've been crying uncontrollably ever since I heard the news guys I don't think I'm going to be o.k.




loljk I have a penis

[ReaPsTA]

I'm not saying good can't come of this. I'm interested in seeing what Petrucci can do with the band under his control.

But we're seriously underestimating how important MP was to the band purely as a drummer. Maybe I just personally enjoy his drumming more than is personally healthy, but I'm really worried that the drums will just simply be less good.

Also, why is everyone hoping that now DT will become more prog/fusion/whatever oriented? Petrucci wrote the main riff for ANTR for godssakes, it's not like it's gonna happen. The metal is going no where. And while I do prefer the more prog-metal type stuff on the whole (TCOT for example), I'd really hate to see DT become a less heavy band. These are the guys that wrote Lie and The Glass Prison. I don't want that to go away.

Also, I really question the ability of a less metal oriented drummer to (a) technically handle and (b) artistically feel Portnoy's parts.

[King Postwhore]

This is how I feel.  4:23 in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YKbYLb5GVc&feature=related

[toro]

YOU ARE TEARING ME APART MP!


Edit-Well this sounds kinda homosex

[Rafael Guerra]

I'll go to bed. Can't wait to wake up at 7 tomoz and check the forum as well as Twitter. Things are happening so fast...

[Dr. DTVT]

I have a bottle of fine whiskey I haven't opened in years.  It's been opened several times tonight.

It still hasn't fully hit home, and probably won't until we hear from the other band members.  In the mean time I think Dream Theater is the last thing I want to listen to right now.  Don't need salt in these fresh still bleeding wounds.

[Nic35]

In the mean time I think Dream Theater is the last thing I want to listen to right now.  Don't need salt in these fresh still bleeding wounds.

I don,t want to listen to anything with MP on drums.

[zxlkho]

I'm listening to their discography straight through... what is wrong with you guys?

[Nic35]

It's like when you break up with your girlfriend. You don't want to see pictures of the two of you when you were together and happy, because you know it's never gonna be the same.

That's exactly how I feel. Time is what I need.

[setrataeso]

You know, you guys can piss me off a lot, and I am left quite angry at several of you, but its times like these we become like a big DTF family.
This just feels like a wake. Like a loved one has died, and this whole extended family called "DTF" comes together and mourns.

[ReaPsTA]

I tried listening to TCOT. It felt like a weird blur. Couldn't do it.

[7StringedBeast]

I'm pretty much in utter shock.  I could have never seen this coming.  It's like someone in your family dying or something unexpectedly.  Seriously.  This is just so out of nowhere.  I would have never thought that Mike would ever leave the band.  damn.

[DarkLord_Lalinc]

I tried going through The Spirit Carries On...I'm seriously crying.

[Nic35]

I think that we all realize now how we loved DT, even if some of you weren't into them anymore. At least for me, it makes me realize that this band did a lot for me and seeing one of the pillar leaving the band is truly heartbreaking.

[MetalMike06]

This is still very surreal for me. Listening to their music right now...it just feels like the band is virtually 'retired'. It's like I'm listening to Queen...you know? An essential/founding member is gone. When I listen to the songs now I know I'll never see the same band that wrote that classic song I'm listening to.

I dunno. Maybe I'll feel different in the morning.

[Dr. DTVT]

It's like when you break up with your girlfriend. You don't want to see pictures of the two of you when you were together and happy, because you know it's never gonna be the same.

That's exactly how I feel. Time is what I need.

This.  Dream Theater has been my favorite band for 12 years.  I would never consider getting a tattoo, except for a DT one if I ever found a tattoo artist I completely trusted to do a good job.  I've invested THOUSANDS of dollars and THOUSANDS of hours (no, that's not an exageration) in them, and now I don't know whats going to happen.  It's very unsettling and I just don't think I have it in me right now to listen, and unless something changes by the end of the week, this might be the first time since 2001 I've gone an entire week without listening to Images and Words.  As I posted on my facebook, this is the worst day of my life since my friend died of leukemia in 2004, so yes this day is worse than the shootings for me.

[7StringedBeast]

Holy shit there are a lot of people in this forum right now.

[73109]

Mike said this...

Although I wish I could stay on board with A7X in a more permanent capacity, the reality is that I am committed to Dream Theater as my main priority and I will need to resume work with DT to start a new album at some point in 2011