I think it's really lame that Dream Theater was constantly firing band members. I can understand it, being a rich and successful musical group of elite musicians, but I like to view bands as a group of brothers. I would never fire a band member as long as they were doing their job, even at the expense of the success of the band. If you WOULD fire a brother, you were never really a family to begin with. I laugh when I hear Mike make comments about Dream Theater being a family. They're a cold hearted corporation, nothing more, nothing less. How dare Mike want to fire JLB back in the day. Some family. That was really f***ing lame that Mike would fire all those previous members, and even consider firing the long term face of the band. On another controversial and related opinion, I think Mike Portnoy is a jerk and I would want nothing to do with him if I was a musician.