Guitar player from A7X gives a little more insight about the MP/DT split.

YouMakeMeSick · December 20, 2011, 05:56:37 AM

Starts at 10:30 in the video:

https://www.bravewords.com/news/174640

This is of course this guy's take on things, but I thought the same when I found out Mike was leaving.

AngelBack · December 20, 2011, 06:05:14 AM

Seems the majority of DTF'ers got it right AGAIN, even without all the details.

cyberdrummer · December 20, 2011, 06:18:11 AM

The plot thickens, it seems.

chrisbDTM · December 20, 2011, 06:20:00 AM

that mustve been so awkward for A7X.

gmillerdrake · December 20, 2011, 06:27:18 AM

Quote from: AngelBack on December 20, 2011, 06:05:14 AM
Seems ~~the majority of DTF'ers~~ EVERYONE got it right AGAIN, even without all the details.

skydivingninja · December 20, 2011, 06:28:12 AM

Wonder what MP's response on twitter will be?

JimmyJava · December 20, 2011, 06:32:09 AM

gentaishinigami · December 20, 2011, 06:33:09 AM

Today should be fun

El JoNNo · December 20, 2011, 06:34:07 AM

I tried to join Avenged Seven fold, only 3 responded.

a51502112 · December 20, 2011, 06:42:52 AM

"...but I already sent out my press release."

Millais · December 20, 2011, 06:43:57 AM

oh dear. really didn't want to see this whole thing over again.

chrisbDTM · December 20, 2011, 06:44:54 AM

and it was at that point Portnoy accidentally his whole career

Nick · December 20, 2011, 06:48:17 AM

It never gets easier in the Portnoy camp these days... yikes.

SnakeEyes · December 20, 2011, 06:53:37 AM

Quote from: skydivingninja on December 20, 2011, 06:28:12 AM
Wonder what MP's response on twitter will be?

We'll see when Jordan reposts it.

mavric · December 20, 2011, 06:59:54 AM

Quote from: chrisbDTM on December 20, 2011, 06:44:54 AM
and it was at that point Portnoy accidentally his whole career

chknptpie · December 20, 2011, 07:01:59 AM

FlyingBIZKIT · December 20, 2011, 07:04:08 AM

More marriage analogies!

bosk1 · December 20, 2011, 07:04:24 AM

Pretty much what we already knew, but it's cool that he shed some light on a few more details. So, again, what they had agreed to was that Mike was going to fill in for the first part of the tour only; he assumed that it might turn into something more; A7X moved forward with the original plan that everyone had agreed to. That's basically what it boiled down to.

SnakeEyes · December 20, 2011, 07:04:42 AM

This interview just totally wasn't necessary, by the way. He didn't say anything "wrong," but for crying out loud, let it frigging die already. This issue is always right about to die and some asswipe (whether it be Portnoy or this guy or a fan asking one of them a question) has to start the whole thing all over again. Okay, we get it. Portnoy left DT to go play with Avenged Sevenfold and he screwed himself out of the band that he co-founded. Sucks for him, but it's over. It was over a year ago. Why can't everyone just get the hell over it now? These interviews are so redundant.

INTERNET: SERIOUS DRAMA

edit...

bosk: "who's your daddy now, Luke?" .... LOL

bosk1 · December 20, 2011, 07:08:31 AM

Dude, take a valium and a nap. He was asked a rather obvious interview question and responded to it well.

yorost · December 20, 2011, 07:09:51 AM

Your prescriptions, they're not legal.

SnakeEyes · December 20, 2011, 07:14:19 AM

Quote from: bosk1 on December 20, 2011, 07:08:31 AM
Dude, take a valium and a nap. He was asked a rather obvious interview question and responded to it well.

Um, no. What purpose did this interview serve? To get MP all riled up? To get the fans riled up? Because, guess what? That's all that's going to happen. There was no reason for this..... he didn't say anything new. It's just fuel for the fire. DT was just nominated for a grammy and now we're going back to last year when all that BS was happening. THIS is what's known as, "beating a dead horse." Again - what's the point? Maybe you could tell me after your nap?

edit..

You know what..... whatever. I don't care, if people want to relive it..... have fun, I don't have to click the thread, right?

Sorry, guys, carry on.

Nick · December 20, 2011, 07:16:19 AM

I think given what the band went through it was a rather good question, especially since the band hadn't said much on the issue. And it's not like it took up some great length of time or she pressed against his will, it took up maybe 2 minutes of a 25 minute interview.

FlyingBIZKIT · December 20, 2011, 07:17:05 AM

Quote from: bosk1 on December 20, 2011, 07:08:31 AM
Dude, take a valium and a nap. He was asked a rather obvious interview question and responded to it well.

Quote from: Nick on December 20, 2011, 07:16:19 AM
I think given what the band went through it was a rather good question, especially since the band hadn't said much on the issue. And it's not like it took up some great length of time or she pressed against his will, it took up maybe 2 minutes of a 25 minute interview.

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fibreoptix · December 20, 2011, 07:17:29 AM

Quote from: SnakeEyes on December 20, 2011, 07:14:19 AM
Quote from: bosk1 on December 20, 2011, 07:08:31 AM
Dude, take a valium and a nap. He was asked a rather obvious interview question and responded to it well.

Um, no. What purpose did this interview serve? To get MP all riled up? To get the fans riled up? Because, guess what? That's all that's going to happen. There was no reason for this..... he didn't say anything new. It's just fuel for the fire. DT was just nominated for a grammy and now we're going back to last year when all that BS was happening. THIS is what's known as, "beating a dead horse." Again - what's the point? Maybe you could tell me after your nap?

Well, I mean... as DT fans we're very close to the source... possibly because of MP's heart-on-the-sleeve nature, so we find ourselves very clued in. From the perspective of the interview as an A7X interview... how are we to know that their fans weren't necessarily as clued in? It's could all be very useful information for them, as opposed to us.

SnakeEyes · December 20, 2011, 07:18:39 AM

Quote from: Nick on December 20, 2011, 07:16:19 AM
I think given what the band went through it was a rather good question, especially since the band hadn't said much on the issue. And it's not like it took up some great length of time or she pressed against his will, it took up maybe 2 minutes of a 25 minute interview.

Let me just reply to this one last thing and I'll drop it: I know what you mean and I wasn't criticizing the Avenged Sevenfold guy at all. I know that he was just answering a question and he did so very gracefully, might I add. I'm just saying, overall, there's no point to this. I guess I almost wish he had said, "eh, I'm tired of that topic, we already have talked about it, let's move on." That's all. But, I've said my piece.

kirksnosehair · December 20, 2011, 07:22:47 AM

<----- Portnoy's entire story on what went down

lordxizor · December 20, 2011, 07:32:43 AM

Nice to confirm that all of our assumptions were correct. I feel bad for Mike having is expectations fall apart like that. No one to blame but himself though. I wonder if he asked to get back in with DT after he found this out?

Cruithne · December 20, 2011, 07:33:23 AM

Quote from: SnakeEyes on December 20, 2011, 07:14:19 AM
What purpose did this interview serve? To get MP all riled up? To get the fans riled up? Because, guess what? That's all that's going to happen. There was no reason for this..... he didn't say anything new.

He did say something new, to my knowledge. I don't think it's been so clearly stated by anyone involved before that he quit DT with the expectation that he'd be joining A7X.

Besides, the reason for this is the same reason that any interviewer asks a question - because they think they might get an answer that people will be interested in reading/hearing about. Just because it's stirring up the pot, again, in the DT fan community doesn't mean that it's not a valid question to be asked of a member of A7X.

Mebert78 · December 20, 2011, 07:35:56 AM

All I can say is "wow." Sounds like MP really put Avenged Sevenfold in an awkward spot and made rushed announcements without even considering how it would affect them.

Nick · December 20, 2011, 07:38:27 AM

Well, in the weighty decision of leaving Dream Theater, I can understand MP not thinking about how publicity might affect A7X. What bugs me is Mike assuming they would want him on full time. It didn't necessarily have to come from an ego thing, he may have thought it would be an obvious help to the band or something, but in any case it was just a bad decision in a string made at that time.

bosk1 · December 20, 2011, 07:50:28 AM

Quote from: SnakeEyes on December 20, 2011, 07:18:39 AM
Quote from: Nick on December 20, 2011, 07:16:19 AM
I think given what the band went through it was a rather good question, especially since the band hadn't said much on the issue. And it's not like it took up some great length of time or she pressed against his will, it took up maybe 2 minutes of a 25 minute interview.

Let me just reply to this one last thing and I'll drop it: I know what you mean and I wasn't criticizing the Avenged Sevenfold guy at all. I know that he was just answering a question and he did so very gracefully, might I add. I'm just saying, overall, there's no point to this. I guess I almost wish he had said, "eh, I'm tired of that topic, we already have talked about it, let's move on." That's all. But, I've said my piece.

She was interviewing a key member of Avenged Sevenfold about recent goings on in the band. And Mike Portnoy's involvement in A7X, albeit temporary, was a VERY big part of the band's recent history. Of course it would be asked about. I'm not sure how you think it wouldn't.

KevShmev · December 20, 2011, 08:04:17 AM

Snake Eyes, to use Portnoy's vernacular, he was just answering a question he was asked and telling it like it is.

Nick · December 20, 2011, 08:11:48 AM

Quote from: KevShmev on December 20, 2011, 08:04:17 AM
Snake Eyes, to use Portnoy's vernacular, he was just answering a question he was asked and telling it like it is.

Yikes, I think I just got a chill.

Mebert78 · December 20, 2011, 08:15:02 AM

I chuckled when the interviewer and this AX7 dude used the wife/girlfriend analogy, lol...

AX7 guy: "It was causing us a lot of heartache to see our named in this drama-filled love triangle.

Interviewer: "He divorced his wife for his girlfriend, and his girlfriend was like: 'Whoa, we hardly know each other. You're much older."

AX7 guy: "That's exactly kind of how it was."

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Guitar player from A7X gives a little more insight about the MP/DT split.