I don't like their image or the fact that they have stage names, but to be honest I heard the music before I saw them, heard their names or knew that they had a lot of fans that I wouldn't like, so I just judge them by the music...
Disappointing that Mike Portnoy isn't staying with them - as a band that has produced a lot of great music but could potentially become better or worse depending on what direction they go, I think they'd really have benefited from his influence, as well as just his drumming talent. If it really is like he makes out, that he was willing to stay with them but they let him go, then they seem to be idiots.