MIKE PORTNOY Talks Departure From DREAM THEATER - "I Always Follow My Heart; I'm Not Gonna Follow My Wallet"

November 23, 2016, 8 years ago

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MIKE PORTNOY Talks Departure From DREAM THEATER - "I Always Follow My Heart; I'm Not Gonna Follow My Wallet"

Drum legend Mike Portnoy (The Winery Dogs, The Neal Morse Band, ex-Dream Theater) recently spoke with Josh Rundquist aka That Drummer Guy to discuss his career and all things prog rock, including his departure from Dream Theater. Check out the interview below. 

Portnoy recently did a two-hour Facebook Live chat, specifically, a track by track description of The Neal Morse Band’s new album, The Similitude Of A Dream, which was released last Friday, November 11th. Video footage of the session can now be seen below:

The Neal Morse Band - singer/guitarist/keyboardist Neal Morse, drummer Mike Portnoy, bassist Randy George, keyboardist Bill Hubauer and guitarist Eric Gillette - recently released a new video for The Similitude Of A Dream album track, “The Man In The Iron Cage”, which can be found below.

Tracklisting:

Disc 1
“Long Day”    
“Overture”     
“The Dream”  
“City Of Destruction”     
“We Have Got To Go”  
“Makes No Sense”   
“Draw The Line”  
“The Slough”     
“Back To The City”  
“The Ways Of A Fool”    
“So Far Gone”
“Breath Of Angels”              

Disc 2
“Slave To Your Mind”              
“Shortcut To Salvation”          
“The Man In The Iron Cage”        
“The Road Called Home”               
“Sloth”                                           
“Freedom Song”                            
“I'm Running”                                 
“The Mask”                                   
“Confrontation”                               
“The Battle”                                      
“Broken Sky/Long Day Reprise”    

“The Man In The Iron Cage” video:

"So Far Gone" video:

"The Ways Of A Fool” lyric video:


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