MIKE PORTNOY Named Drum! Magazine's Drummer Of The Year
July 7, 2011, 13 years ago
ADRENALINE MOB/ex-DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy has been named Drummer Of The Year, and takes the top spot in the Metal Drummer category in Drum! magazine's Drummies! 2011.
Says Portnoy: "WOW!! I just found out that I won Drum! magazine's Drummer Of The Year award... (as well as winning Metal Drummer and runner-up in Progressive Drummer and DVD Of The Year)... this is truly an honor!
"I am beyond words over the fact that in such a "transitional" year in my career, I won Revolver's Golden God Drummer Of The Year, Modern Drummer's MVP Of The Year and now Drum!'s Drummer Of The Year..."The fan's have spoken: MP ain't goin nowhere!!! You guys are the best... I will continue to make you proud! Onward & Upward."
A full list of categories and winners can be found at this location.
Portnoy spoke to Noisecreep right after the first gig by his new band, Adrenaline Mob, at the Hiro Ballroom in New York City. An excerpt follows:
Portnoy's frustrations stem from the instantaneous way rumors and gossip gets spread today, but it's not slowing him down.
"The thing that breaks my heart," shared Portnoy, "is that some of the fans rely more on what's reported about me than what I'm actually saying at the moment. I see all these sensational headlines on certain websites that misrepresent what I'm doing, and there are fans that react to that without knowing the real truth. I always try to offer sincere, heartfelt explanations through social media sites, and sometimes that gets lost."This past year for me featured the highest highs and some of the lowest lows. I mean, after spending 25 years in Dream Theater, something I'll never be more proud of, and then the experience with (AVENGED SEVENFOLD, it's been some pretty extreme emotional stuff."
Read more at Noisecreep.
A full length video clip of Adrenaline Mob's cover of the BLACK SABBATH classic 'The Mob Rules', professionally filmed/recorded by Pristine Productions LLC. at the band's debut show on June 24th at the Hiro Ballroom in New York City is available now for viewing below:
