Mike Portnoy leaves Dream Theater

[The King in Crimson]

Well, sonuvabitch.

It's sad to see him leave, but... I'm eager to see how the band will handle this. Hopefully a new voice in the band will help to get the creative juices flowing.

I'm glad that I got to see them when they toured with Iron Maiden, but I'm sad that I now won't be able to see the 'core group' do a headlining show.

[The Letter M]

I just realized - I'm really glad Mike finished his Twelve Step Suite before leaving the band. There would've been SO MUCH RAGE had he left before completing it.

That's all I have to add...for now.

And speaking of the suite, I'm going to listen to my mix of it right now...as I finish up listening to "A Change Of Seasons" from LFSNY. *sigh*

-Marc.

[faemir]

Reading the 5/8 thread.

I wasn't aware that it redirected to the home of anonymous.

[Gorille85]

I just realized - I'm really glad Mike finished his Twelve Step Suite before leaving the band. There would've been SO MUCH RAGE had he left before completing it.

That's all I have to add...for now.

And speaking of the suite, I'm going to listen to my mix of it right now...as I finish up listening to "A Change Of Seasons" from LFSNY. *sigh*

-Marc.

Your avatar is beating the shit out of his drums!

[emindead]

Edit that post, faemir.

[lateralus88]

Reading the 5/8 thread.

I wasn't aware that it redirected to that website that shall go unnamed.

The elitist "herp derp look at those deetee fans who are bawling their eyes out, arent they stupid lol" attitude is so pathetic and reminiscient of *snip!
* there's no wonder you guys hang out here instead, especially when you realise that it's not all cool and hip to be hatin' on dream theater.

So to all the 5/8ers reading this. Grow the fuck up and go listen to some djent or kvlt or whatever tickles the cool crew nowadays.

I'd hate to see you get in trouble dude. You might want to make the above changes to your post.

[Implode]

The only reason I'm really upset is that I never got to see them in concert.

[Dark Master Of Sin]

Just saw this, I'm honestly crying...

[OptionalPlayer]

The biggest news of Dream Theater's history.

Users Online: 517 Guests, 138 Users (8 Hidden)
Most Online Today: 827. Most Online Ever: 827 (Today at 09:22:36 PM)

And "Portnoy" is currently trending on Twitter.

Of all the things big Dream Theater news-related things, why the hell is it this?

[Ben_Jamin]

Time to listen to Caught In A Web.

[setrataeso]

Time to listen to Caught In A Web.

....why?...
Of all the songs...

[zxlkho]

Time to listen to everything DT has ever released.

[ScioPath]

Time to listen to everything DT has ever released.

[Nic35]

Listening to Disappear.

Why, tell me the reasons why
Try, still I don't understand

[OptionalPlayer]

Blabbermouth got the official report:

https://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=145753

[Nic35]

Wow.

[Nick]

Reading the 5/8 thread.

I wasn't aware that it redirected to ****

The elitist "herp derp look at those deetee fans who are bawling their eyes out, arent they stupid lol" attitude is so pathetic and reminiscient of *** there's no wonder you guys hang out here instead, especially when you realise that it's not all cool and hip to be hatin' on dream theater.

So to all the 5/8ers reading this. Grow the fuck up and go listen to some djent or kvlt or whatever tickles the cool crew nowadays.

Read my last post and consider this a warning. We do NOT want shots being fired across forums. They may do as they please, and frankly they may attack this place and Dream Theater fans that post here, but that is not what we will do here.

[setrataeso]

Maybe edit the unnamed site out of his post as well, eh?

[Nick]

Thanks.

[Arcaeus]

The second one is still there, hotshot.

[faemir]

Edited, though i'd love to know why that's a rule, it smacks of "he who shall not be named" voldemort syndrome. But a rule's a rule.


Reading the next edition of Lifting Shadows will be the worst thing ever.

[Nick]

Thanks again... this is a moderators nightmare... so many factors, I've been up way too long, reading about this way too much, and I'm about to finally go to bed. BE GOOD DAMMIT. I don't want to have to lay any smack-downs in the morning.

[Nick]

Put this into the initial post, but I'm going to put it here as well-

A few things to remember-
1. There will be no bashing of Mike Portnoy
2. There will be no bashing of Dream Theater
3. There will be no bashing of certain other forums

[emindead]

The NEWS ATTENTION at the top of the page, should be changed, don't you think?

[Scard]

Well...I saw him with them on their last tour, opening for my favourite band, Iron Maiden. That's a good way to go out in my books. There's no saying he'll NEVER come back either, anything can happen. I wish him the best, even though I'm not a fan of A7X

[Talon]

Thanks again... this is a moderators nightmare... so many factors, I've been up way too long, reading about this way too much, and I'm about to finally go to bed. BE GOOD DAMMIT. I don't want to have to lay any smack-downs in the morning.

i feel ya man : (

[ZBomber]

The worst part about MP leaving is that Raw Dog was the last DT song with him on it.


lolol

[Arcaeus]

The worst part about MP leaving is that Raw Dog was the last DT song with him on it.


lolol

Okay, I was perfectly fine with Mike leaving before, but now I think I'm gonna start crying.

[setrataeso]

The worst part about MP leaving is that Raw Dog was the last DT song with him on it.


lolol

Yeah, his leaving wasn't as ominous in that way as Kevin's was.

[Scard]

What about the 12 Step on DVD!

[CrimsonE]

I'm not sure exactly what to think of this myself.  I guess it's better that MP leaves than continues with a band that he no longer feels comfortable with, but it's still a shame, especially b/c the band is continuing to grow, both musically and in terms of sales.  

As for DT, I can't imagine a parallel situation where a driving force for the band (not the singer) leaves so abruptly.  I'm guessing that the closest would be if Lars left Metallica, or if Steve Harris left Iron Maiden.  To many, MP was DT.  Let's hope that this move transitions the band into a new beginning and does not signal the beginning of the end.  

[lateralus88]

The worst part about MP leaving is that Raw Dog was the last DT song with him on it.


lolol

[Arcaeus]

The worst part about MP leaving is that Raw Dog was the last DT song with him on it.


lolol

You asshole now I'll have to be reminded of this travesty every time I look at this page.

[lateralus88]

The worst part about MP leaving is that Raw Dog was the last DT song with him on it.


lolol

You asshole now I'll have to be reminded of this travesty every time I look at this page.

You're welcome.

[Volk9]

The worst part about MP leaving is that Raw Dog was the last DT song with him on it.


lolol