DREAM THEATER's JAMES LABRIE Says He Has No Relationship With MIKE PORTNOY

[zappafrank2112]

(Not sure if this would be considered too... gossipy?  Or volatile/inflammatory a topic, so remove if so)

https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/dream-theaters-james-labrie-says-he-has-no-relationship-with-mike-portnoy/

ETA: The crux of the headline is pretty much the meat of things:

"LaBrie discussed his relationship with Portnoy in a new interview with Radio Forrest. He said: "I haven't spoken to Mike, to be quite honest, since he left the band. So I think that pretty much says it all."

But again, I wasn't sure if it would open any floodgates, etc.

[Elite]

lol the article calls The Astonishing ‘controversial’

[zappafrank2112]

lol the article calls The Astonishing ‘controversial’

...which it was!

[Setlist Scotty]

Wow! Big surprise! 

[Kotowboy]

Love how MP says it's up to them and the ball is in their court etc etc when he quit the band when he didnt get what he wanted and dissed the band in the press for ages afterwards.

[pg1067]

Love how MP says it's up to them and the ball is in their court etc etc when he quit the band when he didnt get what he wanted and dissed the band in the press for ages afterwards.

[jayvee3]

Doesn't appear to be anything too crazy in there we wouldn't have already concluded, and I really do like how James addresses how important Mike Mangini is to the band in its current iteration. Nothing over the top or disrespectful from either party, while their feelings on the matter seem pretty well set in stone. It's the sort of thing some may overthink, but honestly, it seems on par with about what we could expect discussing the matter at this point.

[Mr.Mister]

Leave it to BM to turn 23 words into a 728 words blog post

[AVFTTOTW]

Portnoy and Labrie always had a shaky relationship.

On the other hand, as also evident by the recent LTE3, is that Portnoy and both Johns will always be teenage friends and still managed to retain friendship despite being out of contact also for many years.
Portnoy has no desire to go back to DT and probably won't have a reunion, but both Johns still have an interest in doing music together with him on the side, as with Rudess (henceforth LTE).

[SeRoX]

Blabbermouth really deserves its name.

[CDrice]

Don't worry James. Most people don't either.

[Setlist Scotty]

Portnoy and Labrie always had a shaky relationship.

That's not true. When JL first joined the band, I believe he was closest to MP. But obviously over time, relationships change so that later on they were not as close as originally.

[TheBarstoolWarrior]

That makes sense. MP made some comments that could poison the water. Even after he left, I believe he made a comment during an interview about DT having 'annoying vocals' which I presume he would not say if he had any salvageable relationship with JLB.

[DTwwbwMP]

Love how MP says it's up to them and the ball is in their court etc etc when he quit the band when he didnt get what he wanted and dissed the band in the press for ages afterwards.

 

[cramx3]

"LaBrie discussed his relationship with Portnoy in a new interview with Radio Forrest. He said: "I haven't spoken to Mike, to be quite honest, since he left the band. So I think that pretty much says it all."

Wow! Big surprise! 

lol the article calls The Astonishing ‘controversial’

...which it was!

Wow! Big surprise! 

Typical Blabbermouth, slow news day. 

[gzarruk]

In other news, water is wet.

[Elite]

Is water still wet when it’s frozen? 🤔

[Fritzinger]

Portnoy and Labrie always had a shaky relationship.

On the other hand, as also evident by the recent LTE3, is that Portnoy and both Johns will always be teenage friends and still managed to retain friendship despite being out of contact also for many years.
Portnoy has no desire to go back to DT and probably won't have a reunion, but both Johns still have an interest in doing music together with him on the side, as with Rudess (henceforth LTE).

At least he says so. I believe if the guys in DT asked MP to come back, he would do it immediately.

[Elite]

Well, if there's truly some animosity between James and Mike P. I wouldn't really count on that.

[Kotowboy]

Is water still wet when it’s frozen? 🤔

Not if it's dry ice.

[TheCountOfNYC]

Is water still wet when it’s frozen? 🤔

Not if it's dry ice.

But dry ice is frozen carbon dioxide, which is decidedly not water.

[hefdaddy42]

This is not news.

[bosk1]

Garbage article with misleading headline.  They took a one-liner, bolstered it with quotes from YEARS ago, and turned all that into an agenda that doesn't really exist.  We shouldn't perpetuate that kind of gossip here.  Not sure why it was even posted.