Mike Portnoy
Biography
Michael Stephen "Mike" Portnoy is an American drummer primarily known as the former drummer, backing vocalist, and a co-founder of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. Known for his drumming prowess and technical skill, Portnoy has won 23 awards from the Modern Drummer magazine. He has co-produced the last six Dream Theater albums with guitarist John Petrucci, starting from Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory. From A Change of Seasons onwards, Portnoy had been writing a substantial amount of Dream Theater's lyrics. He is the second youngest person (after Neil Peart) to be inducted into the Modern Drummer's Hall of Fame (at 37 years of age). On September 8, 2010, it was announced that Portnoy had left Dream Theater. Portnoy cited conflicting interests as the reason behind his departure. On February 3, 2011, Portnoy announced that he has started a new project with Symphony X singer Russell Allen and guitarist Mike Orlando. Also he is involved in various projects with Neal Morse...
Known For
Top 40 Movies
Morsefest 2019
2021
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
2010
Dream Theater: Score - 20th Anniversary World Tour
2006
Dream Theater: Metropolis 2000 - Scenes From New York
2001
Metal Meltdown - Featuring Twisted Sister Live at the Hard Rock Casino Las Vegas
2016
Dream Theater - Santiago, Chile 12/6/05
2009
Dream Theater: Dark Side of the Moon
2005
Dream Theater: 5 Years in a Livetime
1998
Phil Collins: Drummer First
2024
Dream Theater: A Walk Beside the Band
2005
Dream Theater - Quarantième: Live à Paris
2025
Flying Colors : Third Stage - Live in London
2020
The Making of the Absolute Universe by Transatlantic
2021
Dream Theater: Chaos in Progress: The Making of Systematic Chaos
2007
Neal Morse: Question Mark and Sola Scriptura Live
2017
Transatlantic: The Final Flight: Live At L'Olympia
2023
Transatlantic: KaLIVEoscope
2014
Modern Drummer Festival Weekend 2003
2003
Transatlantic: More Never Is Enough
2011
Dream Theater: Live at Budokan
2004
Flying Colors : Second Flight - Live at The Z7
2015
The Neal Morse Band: Alive Again
2016
Dream Theater: Chaos in Motion
2008
Quarantième: Live à Paris
2025
Neal Morse: The Making of Momentum
2012
Dream Theater: The Score So Far...
2006
Mike Portnoy - LTE3
2021
G3 - Live in Tokyo
2005
Transatlantic - Building the Bridge / Live in America
2006
Dream Theater: The Rudess Experiment
1994
Portnoy Sheehan MacAlpine Sherinian: Live in Tokyo
2013
Amazing Journey: One Night in New York City
2006
Liquid Tension Experiment 3
2021
Neal Morse: Morsefest - Testimony & One feat. Mike Portnoy Live
2014
The Winery Dogs - Unleashed in Japan
2014