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Offline Yazman

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Do any DT members own pets?
« on: October 26, 2022, 11:24:18 AM »
Being a pirate, does James have a parrot? What about John Myung, does he have a dog? What's Mike Mangini's cat like?

Seriously do any of them own pets?

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Re: Do any DT members own pets?
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2022, 11:27:45 AM »
Being a pirate, does James have a parrot? What about John Myung, does he have a dog? What's Mike Mangini's cat like?

Seriously do any of them own pets?

Jp and Jordan used to have cats.

Don’t know about the others.

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Re: Do any DT members own pets?
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2022, 11:30:48 AM »
Not sure how or why we would know.
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« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2022, 12:00:35 PM »
Portnoy has had a couple (or more?) dogs in his lifetime. I believe one was named Bongo? I'm not sure what his current dog's name is but you browse his Twitter, I'm sure you'll find some pics.

If Myung has any pets, we would never know. We barely know anything about him, let alone his pets! :lol

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Re: Do any DT members own pets?
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2022, 12:04:23 PM »
I heard JP has a bear he wrestle with on his backyard.

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Re: Do any DT members own pets?
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2022, 12:52:46 PM »
Mike has listed his pets on several occasions in the "Thank you's" on various records.  I can't tell you which ones off the top of my head, and I'm not home so I can't look it up.

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Re: Do any DT members own pets?
« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2022, 02:19:37 PM »
Portnoy has had a couple (or more?) dogs in his lifetime. I believe one was named Bongo? I'm not sure what his current dog's name is but you browse his Twitter, I'm sure you'll find some pics.

If Myung has any pets, we would never know. We barely know anything about him, let alone his pets! :lol

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Mickey is his current dog who's a bit old at this point.  Mike definitely tweets a lot about his dog.  I don't recall seeing or hearing much from the other members of DT having pets.

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Re: Do any DT members own pets?
« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2022, 04:01:18 PM »
Portnoy has had a couple (or more?) dogs in his lifetime. I believe one was named Bongo? I'm not sure what his current dog's name is but you browse his Twitter, I'm sure you'll find some pics.

If Myung has any pets, we would never know. We barely know anything about him, let alone his pets! :lol

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Mickey is his current dog who's a bit old at this point.  Mike definitely tweets a lot about his dog.  I don't recall seeing or hearing much from the other members of DT having pets.

Jordan used to post quite a bit about his cats in past years in social media (I can recall especially the white one).

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Re: Do any DT members own pets?
« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2022, 04:09:08 PM »
First post by the OP in 4 1/2 years, and this is the pressing issue that coaxed him out of mothballs??
would have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
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Re: Do any DT members own pets?
« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2022, 04:32:31 PM »
His account was hacked by WildRanger.  :lol :rollin :lol
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Re: Do any DT members own pets?
« Reply #10 on: October 26, 2022, 04:42:11 PM »
Wildranger's Op would've been something like this..

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It's a fact that most rock and metal musicians have dogs(not all, but most) and can't stand cats.

What you think about this? Is it contrary for some persons to be fans of both animals, because they are a big minority?
Do Dogs and Cats have to be such a two big rival pets?
would have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
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« Reply #11 on: October 26, 2022, 04:49:44 PM »
What a bizarre thread topic.

JP carries a racoon or possum on his face all the time so I guess that's classed as a pet.
Everyone else, except Wolfking is wrong.

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« Reply #12 on: October 26, 2022, 05:00:14 PM »
Wildranger's Op would've been something like this..

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It's a fact that most rock and metal musicians have dogs(not all, but most) and can't stand cats.

What you think about this? Is it contrary for some persons to be fans of both animals, because they are a big minority?
Do Dogs and Cats have to be such a two big rival pets?

 :lol :lol :lol

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Re: Do any DT members own pets?
« Reply #13 on: October 26, 2022, 05:56:33 PM »
Things must be slow in the DT world when the top 2 threads in this subforum are about their pets and a fake Instragram account.
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Re: Do any DT members own pets?
« Reply #14 on: October 27, 2022, 01:13:57 AM »
First post by the OP in 4 1/2 years, and this is the pressing issue that coaxed him out of mothballs??

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Re: Do any DT members own pets?
« Reply #15 on: October 27, 2022, 07:57:14 AM »
Look, I don't want to go all P/R - but, as you all know, I will if I have to (and have in the past, numerous times) - but it's got to stop. The ridiculing of pet owners is deplorable, and doing so (especially on social media) is really a root cause of too many thing including, but not limited to, gun violence, high taxes, and, of course, the recent spate of COVID cases and the rampant divisiveness of our country.

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Re: Do any DT members own pets?
« Reply #16 on: October 27, 2022, 08:41:57 AM »
What a bizarre thread topic.

JP carries a racoon or possum on his face all the time so I guess that's classed as a pet.

I really do wish he'd get rid of that thing.
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Re: Do any DT members own pets?
« Reply #17 on: October 27, 2022, 09:21:58 AM »
First post by the OP in 4 1/2 years, and this is the pressing issue that coaxed him out of mothballs??

 :rollin Yeah, I get how absurd that seems. I mainly lurk here really, but I should really post more or something. For full disclosure, the idea came up in conversation of a practical joke for a metal site I'm involved in running where for April Fools we'd do a joke "dog review" or something of a metal band member's pet, and I was wondering if any DT members had pets.

It is a pretty damn weird question though. I found out about Portnoy's dog Mickey though thanks to this thread and it turns out he has a whole IG account with 11K followers which is as cute as it is funny as hell: http://instagram.com/mickey_portnoy

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Re: Do any DT members own pets?
« Reply #18 on: October 27, 2022, 09:53:53 AM »
Wildranger's Op would've been something like this..

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It's a fact that most rock and metal musicians have dogs(not all, but most) and can't stand cats.

What you think about this? Is it contrary for some persons to be fans of both animals, because they are a big minority?
Do Dogs and Cats have to be such a two big rival pets?

Objectively speaking, of course.

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Re: Do any DT members own pets?
« Reply #19 on: October 28, 2022, 05:04:04 AM »
What a bizarre thread topic.

JP carries a racoon or possum on his face all the time so I guess that's classed as a pet.

I really do wish he'd get rid of that thing.

Yeah, agree.  Come on John.....thats enough.
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Re: Do any DT members own pets?
« Reply #20 on: October 28, 2022, 12:17:05 PM »
 :lol  Honestly, as much as he likes bearding, aside from not having to shave, that thing still has to be a pain in the ass.
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« Reply #21 on: October 28, 2022, 01:15:27 PM »
I like to think that JM owns a number of lizards, snakes and other reptiles.
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Re: Do any DT members own pets?
« Reply #22 on: October 29, 2022, 02:43:48 PM »
Mike’s new dog is Mickey and it has its own IG account @Mickey_Portnoy

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Re: Do any DT members own pets?
« Reply #23 on: October 29, 2022, 03:29:24 PM »
Awesome. Maybe Rodrigo can set up an interview..
would have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
Winger Theater Forums........or WTF.  ;D
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Re: Do any DT members own pets?
« Reply #24 on: October 30, 2022, 01:18:47 PM »
Things must be slow in the DT world when the top 2 threads in this subforum are about their pets and a fake Instragram account.

Exactly this. Unless these cats or dogs can play a string (or eight), why the hell should we wanna know.
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Re: Do any DT members own pets?
« Reply #25 on: November 02, 2022, 01:07:33 PM »
Apparently MP had a cat who just passed away

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« Reply #26 on: November 02, 2022, 02:15:45 PM »
Apparently MP had a cat who just passed away

I heard he wrote a song about it.. The Best Of Iams
would have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
Winger Theater Forums........or WTF.  ;D
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« Reply #27 on: November 03, 2022, 07:37:07 AM »
Apparently MP had a cat who just passed away

I heard he wrote a song about it.. The Best Of Iams
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« Reply #28 on: November 03, 2022, 09:53:09 AM »
I heard JP has a bear he wrestle with on his backyard.


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Re: Do any DT members own pets?
« Reply #29 on: November 10, 2022, 05:38:22 AM »
James has two Labrador dogs called Rover and Phideaux.
JMX has a chinchilla called Boris.
Mike Mangini has an African snail called Zildjian
John Petrucci has a wolf called Beowulf.
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Re: Do any DT members own pets?
« Reply #30 on: November 14, 2022, 11:48:05 PM »
Wildranger's Op would've been something like this..

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It's a fact that most rock and metal musicians have dogs(not all, but most) and can't stand cats.

What you think about this? Is it contrary for some persons to be fans of both animals, because they are a big minority?
Do Dogs and Cats have to be such a two big rival pets?

Objectively speaking, of course.

I kinda miss WR.

Did he get banned?
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« Reply #31 on: November 15, 2022, 09:44:54 AM »
Wildranger's Op would've been something like this..

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It's a fact that most rock and metal musicians have dogs(not all, but most) and can't stand cats.

What you think about this? Is it contrary for some persons to be fans of both animals, because they are a big minority?
Do Dogs and Cats have to be such a two big rival pets?

Objectively speaking, of course.

I kinda miss WR.

Did he get banned?

Dunno.  I've asked the same question in the past and none of the mods responded (either because they didn't see my post or didn't care to respond).
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« Reply #32 on: March 10, 2023, 11:35:54 AM »
Wish I had a dog, but living alone isn't really the best scenario for a dog.  Maybe when I retire in a few years.
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