Classic Rock Revisted has issued an interview with DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy. The following is an excerpt from the interview, conducted by Ryan Sparks:

Q: Success means different things to different people. Which of the band's achievements are you most proud of and mean the most to you?

A: "Well the fact that we’re still doing this almost twenty five years later, and that we’re still continuing to blossom. That’s probably the greatest achievement of all. But like I said there have been these little feathers in the cap along the way. The awards are nice and flattering. To have done some of the concerts we have done have been really cool, and to have toured with so many bands that we grew up loving, everybody from YES, to DEEP PURPLE and MEGADETH or whatever. Things like that are really cool little milestones, and when you’re a band like ours that isn’t a real mainstream act and doesn’t get a lot of mainstream exposure, every once and a while when you do, it means a lot."

Q: If someone had said to you back when you first started out in 1985 that twenty five years from now your band would be not only one of the biggest, but also one of the most influential bands in progressive rock, what would you have said to them?

A: "It’s amazing honestly because so many things that have happened over the past twenty five years are surreal to me. I know it’s all subjective, but like I said, that drum poll is of course subjective because there is no greatest and there is no best drummer, but just to have that kind of recognition is truly surreal. To be placed in the same category with John Bonham, Keith Moon and Buddy Rich is totally surreal. Like you said if you had told me that twenty five years ago, you know... it’s all a dream come true, no pun intended."

Read the full interview at this location.

The brand new Dream Theater video, for the Black Clouds & Silver Linings song 'Wither', can be viewed below.

Dream Theater's new Wither EP is currently available at . It features the following tracklisting:

'Wither' (Album Version)

'Wither' (Piano Version)

'Wither' (John Petrucci Vocal Demo)

'The Best Of Times' (Mike Portnoy Vocal Demo)

Track 1 taken from Dream Theater's album, Black Clouds and Silver Linings.

Tracks 2-4 previously unreleased.

Dream Theater are currently taking a break from their busy touring schedule to be with family and friends, but will kick off their Australian tour starting December 1st. See all the Dream Theater tour dates here.