MIKE PORTNOY interviewed in 2011 about Yes, Dream Theater, and prog metal | Raw & Uncut

[@altaybayr]

Raw and uncut videos are truly gold.

[@BangerTV]

Thanks! There's always more on the cutting room floor than we can ever use so it's a good way to get it out there to the fans.

[@dydy0928]

"...love listening to Yes, Pink floyd and Genesis, but at the end of the day, I wanna just crank up something loud and fucking headbang" Me too, Mike! :D

[@dydy0928]

fuck off flixzone bots

[@quentinjairo1428]

i know it's kind of off topic but does anyone know of a good website to watch new movies online ?

[@defender908]

He was the balls and chunk of dream theater. Legend.

[@eppufart2232]

"Balls and chunk is where it's at" - Mike Portnoy

[@knightsoulita4899]

I still remember the day , many years ago, I've listened for the very 1st time to "Images and Words": I was alone in my bedroom and my mouth fell open. I was completely blown away by how good that music was. I'm still blown away everytime I listen to that record now. Thanks Dream Theater!

[@kennyfoster655]

Knightsoul ITA me too... had it on cassette... many hours alone in my room listening to this album...

[@ot7kz2e]

I totally agree. For me it’s magical every time i listen it

[@spriestplayer2329]

it's not even their top 3 album. overrated

[@MysticRhythmsLive]

@@spriestplayer2329 I don't think the people here are comparing I&W to their other albums. Obviously as time went on they got better, especially after Rudess came on the scene. Considering I&W was their second album (1st with LaBrie) and the period of time it came out, it was definitely a landmark achievement. Many still consider it their best album. It's all subjective, so to say it's overrated is a bit "over the top".

[@Heatwave9000]

@@MysticRhythmsLive Tbf in my opinion A Dramatic Turn of Events is a much improved version of images & words. The albums are very similar. I like how i&w has lots of energy but labries high asf vocals annoy me. Good vocalists can be understood even when belting high notes.

[@pag3309]

More Mike Portnoy interviews please he's cool as hell

[@tomost3891]

Mike Portnoy is the Dream Theater member I want to have a beer with

[@romankrhounek5974]

Tom Ost Mike hasn't been in dream theater in over 7 years and doesn't drink lol

[@dreamtheaterfanboy4421]

Bad idea. He was an alcoholic.

[@NovatrihardianPramuditya]

he usually drink 0% beer. lol.

[@diaphanoux]

@@romankrhounek5974 He doesn;t drink anymore, He's was the one I would've wanted to hang out with though, the rest of DT members, you can tell they're pretty much boring.

[@romankrhounek5974]

@@diaphanoux lol I Know that's what I said to the other guy

[@bartonofarrell2693]

Great band , dream theater, always intelligent and such skill and talented people.this is a great interview.

[@TheBrannagan]

Mike Portnoy is a God!

[@STR82DVD]

Great interview! Couldn't agree more about Mike's take on Prog Rock/metal.

[@abrahamtalamantesramirez2032]

I love these extended interviews, please keep it up!

[@MistermookS]

Images and words, what an album! I have listened to that on tape. Man, those were the days.

[@bryancenterfitt7127]

I had no idea that he went to school like Bittner did. Two of the best drummer's around!

[@michaelpiscatelli823]

I got to see yes at Boston Garden 3 row center my friends gave me a ticket wasnt in to them but went for the hell of it .Wow was I blown away real musicians after that I started to listen to there albums.Starship trooper live holy shit amazing.

[@colinme2672]

Yesongs still their best. They were much better live.

[@maladykiller]

This interview is epic....it passes 8 min.

[@nixneato]

Funny to realise he perfectly knew back then he was leaving the band.

[@llongone2]

80s Prog Metal: Queensryche, Fates Warning, Crimson Glory....all kind of stopped playing prog by the time "Images and Words" came out.

[@mvunit3]

You lost me on FW and QR though - "Promised Land (1994, I&W's came out in 1992)" and the rest of FW's catalogue? Almost every FW album sounded different than the one before, and they had their own style of Prog for each imo :). I think all 3 bands (QR, FW and DT) inspired and influenced the 1st 3 waves of Prog Metal, and then others came along and broke the "formula" that Prog Metal was following for a time. But hey, I like it all. As long as the band's sound good to my personal ears :D.

[@Chuloloc]

Awesome. Thank you, Banger TV.

[@LunyMilky]

A hell of a guy!!, love this guy's attitude! x')

[@MikeBoardley]

Thanks #Banger for posting this. I love Metal and all of the material you produce is excellent. Keep it coming.

[@the6ig6adwolf]

Mike Porntoy is the best!

[@prog1962]

Too bad he left this incredible band, great interview

[@kothrising4762]

Ballz 'n' Chunk: A detective series

[@bradmillar6178]

Close to the edge is my all time favorite, have the music notation tattood on me

[@samueld4196]

Thanks for this interview i enjoyed, and i feel what he feels when i listen to metal too.

[@ronnielopez4191]

Great interview

[@yasserjamilq8]

Great stuff Sam! Keep it coming. Love your work! i would like to see you interview more contemporary bands which you have not interviewed before like A7X, Alter Bridge (I know they are not metal), maybe randy blythe again? That would be super cool! Corey Taylor would be a lot of fun too!

[@BangerTV]

Thanks. More new interviews coming soon!

[@guitarbattleslive1274]

i think he meant that alter bridge is not metal

[@HansAaraas]

Gotta love MP. I think Mangini is doing a fantastic job in DT though.

[@Guppusmaximus]

To say no one was doing what they were doing back then is kind of ignorant. Obviously, 'Images & Words' was fairly different but Watchtower, Queensryche & Fates Warning basically laid the groundwork. Besides the monstrous musicianship on 'Control & Resistance', 'Perfect Symmetry' (FW) had an admiration for overall musicality in Progressive Metal that was missing at the time. To me, that album established what happens when you blaze your own path. I mean, 'Rage for Order' & 'Op M' provided the overall epic / dramatic & complex approach to the genre but that Fates Warning album really showed a maturity that I think influenced DT whether they admit to it or not. Seriously, I don't know how you could not reference such a masterpiece if you consider yourself a Prog head like Portnoy does.

[@scottmurdock01z]

Thanks 4 reminding me about FW, haven't thought about them in years.

[@diaphanoux]

Preach!!!... "I NEED THAT ADRENALINE"

[@MoodAmbient]

The first progressive rock album could be The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds.

[@elconocido1994]

"Rick Allen Style" LOL

[@mikereiss4216]

Rick Allen is still better than Lars even with one hand. ;)

[@davep8221]

Epic: Mike Oldfield, Amarok, 60:02. Specifically composed so that it was impossible to cut a 3 min single out of it.

[@nestorgonzalez]

Seriously nice interview

[@krthkh]

"The Shattered Fortress" is fuckin EPIC but with Mangini's parts

[@raymondhartmeijer9300]

it starts off a bit weird, Sam asking his personal discovery of Prog, while Mike's answer is kind of a general history of the genre

[@TheViniciusAH]

Try Inteview Maynard James Keenan

[@saunakchattopadhyay7902]

Dude's really picky about whom he gets interviewed by.

[@spriestplayer2329]

he is insanely boring to talk to.

[@JoeyArmstrong2800]

Fates Warning should have been huge

[@mvunit3]

AMEN! But to their fans . . . they are :).

[@ryant3600]

as Savatage as well

[@sebasreartes]

Great interview Sam! Cheers from Argentina. "Be Prog and Metal my friend!"

[@einarabelc5]

WTF, Gentle Giant Man!!! Gong!!!

[@andyfox8377]

Greatest drummer of all time

[@thedude4672]

What about Frank Zappa (Mothers of Invention and post MoI)?

[@Zeynep-xq4yr]

Portnoy babam

[@kemaldenizercan3726]

"A lot of wannabe's." Damn. That hurt

[@mikereiss4216]

He's right about close to the edge and with that in mind it's kind of a shame that Bill Bruford left right after it.

[@pvdguitars2951]

Portnoy will always be a hero, inside or outside Dream Theatre. For me, DT lost it all after he left/got kicked out. Don’t get me wrong, Mangini is beyond great. But the magic was simply gone. Their material got weaker, their shows were handicapped by his absence (like watching a pole dancer without legs)

[@reactions4u438]

🤣

[@tomesilva36]

"stuck out like a sore thumb"

[@the6ig6adwolf]

If anyone wants to listen to a truly epic song check out Billy the Mountain by Frank Zappa.

[@eu210495]

What Yes album Portnoy is talking about?

[@johncalvo1743]

Close to the Edge. 1972 I believe.

[@eu210495]

@@johncalvo1743 ❤️🙂

[@gtrslinger]

Interesting to hear him say "DT kids ... Wanna be's who go to Berklee to try and be like DT" Where else can people like minded musicians who enjoy DT? Not on some bulletin board.

[@christianaquino8677]

Mike I miss you in Dream Theater , i follow all your works and they are awesomes but in DT Wolrd I miss you , the music istn the same Without you , please Men Think i a little in Fans and Return !!!

[@josephrohrbach1588]

Is Sam a fan of Prog?

[@BangerTV]

Yup!

[@RoshinrajRavi]

Beyond The Lighted Stage (the Rush documentary) was co-directed by Sam

[@thedude4672]

He dislocated his wrist doing a fill and it was facing the other way?! Jeebus! I'll never complain about having carpal tunnel syndrome ever again.

[@Opranius]

God this environment of the interview is beautiful but I think it's not so sexy for Portnoy.

[@Chadner]

So I guess, if we were to put it in simple terms, they stuck out like a sore thumb.

[@jsmirnoff77]

Unfortunately this doesn’t show his OTHER side as a control freak and a generally unpleasant guy.

[@StraightNoChaser86]

Where'd you get that info from?

[@austin3g410]

First

[@corbensutherland3062]

Jeez, his ego is kinda obnoxious

[@mvunit3]

POW! . . . This is why Banger, I have said numerous times here at KZbin and at your Fb page, that Mike should have been a guest speaker on the Prog Metal Tree. I know that the man is SUPER busy with all his projects, but this is the guy I could "trust" with the knowledge of Progressive Rock and Prog Metal history, but have a cup of joe and talk all things Prog and Metal as if we were friends for years :). And because of this interview from a few years ago, how could you guys not have heard of/listened to; Watchtower and Fates Warning (as was said in 2 episodes of Locking Horns)? I'm glad FW stayed on the list and "why" because of the fans speaking out. But Watchtower is a great omission because they inspired other Thrash and Prog Metal bands to be over the top technical (Spiral Architect, early Sieges Even, Linear Sphere, Atheist, Memento Waltz, Manitou, Death/Control Denied - being Chuck Schuldiner was a huge fan, and many more), though Mekong Delta came at the same time, Watchtower got the exposure - they invented the music for the term, and super obscure sub-genre "Math Metal" (over a decade before "Mathcore" - hey, I didn't make the genre up). We now have tons of technical bands of all sorts of extremes (as well as Cynic inspiring those with "Fusion" elements) where the branches can be traced from its pioneers; Watchtower, Mekong Delta and Cacophony (and possibly for 2 albums, early Fates Warning). I hope you get to talk to Mike Portnoy at length again, maybe make it a duo with Mikael Akerfeldt, those 2 know their Prog (and especially Steve Wilson with Progressive Rock). Would also love to hear John Petrucci's take on Prog and Metal music :).