This is interesting, maybe answering some questions here:
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Mike, are there songs from the Mangini albums they made without you that you’d like to play live?Petrucci: I don’t think he knows any of them. [All laugh].
Portnoy: One of the things we discussed with me coming back was about set lists for future tours. And John and the guys were open to me taking the reins back [in making them]. But with that came the discussion: what are we going to do with all the stuff from the last 13 years?
Petrucci: Yeah, you need to research.
Portnoy: I need to dive into those albums and do my research and learn these songs in order because obviously everything has to be represented. I am not going to speak for these guys, but I don’t think they want those five albums just erased from the history of the band.
Petrucci: No, absolutely not. Especially not the Grammy Award-winning [“The Alien”]. Did I just say that?
Portnoy: Geez.
LaBrie: The irony in that is I don’t want to play that song."
(Why, James?!)
Good to see MP still thinking as a fan inside the band!