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Mike Portnoy

Metal music
Symphonic metal
Mike Portnoy is an American heavy metal rock drummer who spent 25 years with the band Dream Theater. Born on Long Island in New York, he grew up listening to British bands such as The Beatles, The Who, Iron Maiden and Led Zeppelin and learned to play the drums as a young boy. He played in high school bands Rising Power and Inner Sanctum and studied at Boston's Berklee College of Music. In 1985, he joined fellow students John Petrucci and John Myung in a group called Majesty which soon became Dream Theater and they performed and recorded together until Portnoy left in 2010. H...
Songs
The Vengeance
The VengeanceRichard D Kotzen Jr, Billy Sheehan and Mike Portnoy

4:34

Pharaoh
PharaohRichard D Kotzen Jr, Billy Sheehan and Mike Portnoy

5:49

Gaslight
GaslightRichard D Kotzen Jr, Billy Sheehan and Mike Portnoy

3:27

Lorelei
LoreleiRichard D Kotzen Jr, Billy Sheehan and Mike Portnoy

5:09

Breakthrough
BreakthroughRichard D Kotzen Jr, Billy Sheehan and Mike Portnoy

4:59

Xanadu
XanaduRichard D Kotzen Jr, Billy Sheehan and Mike Portnoy

4:02

Albums