For all the occasional internet shortcomings he might have, Mike made on FB a very tasteful post about the show and his past in DT, saying only nice things about the band and how grateful he was to relive those memories.
I think too that an eventual reunion, although very unlikely (and Mike himself acknowledges that), would pass through Mangini leaving of his own accord and desire, and JP sitting down with the other DT guys asking "So, guys, what do we do? do you think you can sit down in a room with him and see if it would work again?"
Let's hope that never happens. It would be extremely disappointing if the band took him back after all of the cheap shots he has aimed at them over the last 7 years.
It won't happen. JP and the gang have made it pretty clear that if another member leaves there is no replacing them....that would be it. Can't recall which interview it was but it's been mentioned a few times.
Maybe you cant say 'never' but highly unlikely given the comments from JP on multiple occasions and my own belief judging from the available social media and countless interviews etc from JLB/MP that those two are nowhere near reconciliation.....much less playing together again.
GMD, not attacking you or anything like that, but I was reading your post when this question struck me, so you get the quote...
These are honest questions, and not at all a sarcastic or ironic: Do any of you ever change your mind? Change your feelings? Change your view of certain events/people/relationships? I tend to re-evaluate things often, and it's amazing to me that I sometimes come to different conclusions over time. I either learn more about the situation, or more about myself, or just move past certain things bothering me. Certainly, what "bothered" me at 25 doesn't bother me at 50, and vice versa.
I'm amazed at how often posts here seem to take one thing or one event or one statement, and cast it in granite forevermore. I know for me, I went through a painful divorce in 2012/2013 (note: less than seven years ago) and the woman that I was with for 15 years (and had my only, beloved daughter) went from wife for whom I sacrificed, to mortal enemy (we talked through lawyers for a spell), to a forced nuisance(we had to parent), to a less-forced, more polite acquaintance, to, well, I wouldn't say "friend" but certainly someone I can interact with and even at times reminisce with, fondly.
People grow, evolve, change, and sometimes revert. We're not always static, and I know for me, I would hate to live life that way. I do NOT want to be the same guy I was at 25, even if I look back on that guy with fondness and appreciation.
Topic: Mike Portnoy's "Prog Metal" supergroup: Sons of Apollo (Read 308919 times)
