PORTNOY: I Would Have Waited For PETRUCCI If He Wanted To Take A Break From DREAM THE

[Metal-Bot]

Sakis Fragos, publisher and chief editor of the Greek edition of Rock Hard magazine, last month conducted an interview with drummer Mike Portnoy (ADRENALINE MOB, DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD).

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[Groff]

EVERYONE: We wish PORTNOY would just shut the fuck up already.

[F1Filter]

Originally Posted by Groff

EVERYONE: We wish PORTNOY would just shut the fuck up already.

This.

[Beezow Doo-Doo]

Originally Posted by F1Filter

This.

Mangini wins.

[Blankplank]

Not to stick up for the guy, but this is gold.

Originally Posted by Blabbermouth

On some of the recent interviews with DREAM THEATER members in which they described their roles in the band as being "much more balanced" following Portnoy's departure and keyboardist Jordan Rudess' comment that Portnoy was "the DREAM THEATER police" who controlled the songwriting process while the drummer was in the band:

Balanced? With Jordan still in the band? Who are they trying to kid? It might as well be The Jordan Rudess + Backing-band Project. If it weren't for the insane amount of use of keys in DT, I'd probably like them a lot more, even after their shambolic performance last time I seen them.

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