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Mike Portnoy

Mike Portnoy

Real/full name:
Michael Stephen Portnoy
Age:
57 (born Apr 20th, 1967)
Place of birth:
United States (Long Beach, New York)
Gender:
Male

Biography

Portnoy is one of the founding members of Dream Theater and prominent in the band's songwriting and overall management until his departure in 2010. He had wanted to put the band on hold for a period of time, but the other four members disagreed. Portnoy quit, and they decided to carry on without him. He rejoined the band in 2023, thirteen years after his departure.

Several other tribute bands ...

Trivia

Married to Marlene Apuzzo.

Joined Bigelf for their autumn 2014 tour.

His son, Max Portnoy, plays drums with Next to None, as well as Code Orange and Tallah. Portnoy produced Next to None's debut album, A Light in the Dark (InsideOut Music, 2015).

In 2017, Portnoy toured as Mike Portnoy’s Shattered Fortress, performing Dream Theater's "12 Step Suite" (about his battle with alcoholism) ...

BPMD

Drums (2019-present)

Dream Theater

Drums, Vocals (additional) (1988-2010, 2023-present)

1989 Status Seeker (Single) Drums
1989 Afterlife (Single) Drums
1989 When Dream and Day Unite Songwriting (track 3), Drums
1992 Images and Words Percussion, Drums, Lyrics (track 3)
1992 Pull Me Under (Single) Drums, Vocals
1993 Live (Single) Drums, Vocals
1993 Images and Words: Live in Tokyo (Video) Drums
1993 Another Day (Single) Drums
1993 Live at the Marquee (Live album) Drums, Vocals (additional)
1994 The Silent Man (Single) Drums
1994 Wach auf! (Split) Drums
1994 RockVideo Monthly - Heavy Metal Releases - Spring 1994 (Split video) Drums
1994 Awake Lyrics (track 7), Songwriting (tracks 1-5, 7-10), Drums
1994 Lie (Single) Drums
1995 Tears (Single) Vocals (additional), Drums
1995 A Change of Seasons (EP) Drums, Vocals (additional)
1996 Fan Club Christmas CD 1996 (Compilation) Drums, Vocals (additional)
1997 Hollow Years (Single) Drums
1997 You Not Me (Single) Drums, Vocals (additional)
1997 Falling into Infinity Drums, Lyrics (tracks 1, 5, 9)
1997 Fan Club Christmas CD 1997 (Compilation) Drums, Vocals (additional)
1998 Touring into Infinity and Beyond (Single) Drums, Vocals
1998 Live Bonus Tracks (Single) Drums, Vocals
1998 Once in a Livetime (Live album) Drums
1999 Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory Lyrics (tracks 3, 8, 12), Percussion, Vocals, Drums
2000 Through Her Eyes (Single) Drums
2000 Fan Club Christmas CD 2000 (Compilation) Drums, Vocals (additional)
2001 Metropolis 2000: Scenes from New York (Video) Drums, Vocals (backing)
2001 Metropolis 2000: Scenes from New York (Video) Drums, Vocals (additional)
2001 Live Scenes from New York (Live album) Drums, Vocals (additional)
2002 The ATCO Demos (Demo) Drums, Vocals
2002 Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence Songwriting, Percussion, Lyrics (Disc 1: track 1; Disc 2: tracks 3-5), Vocals (additional), Drums
2003 The Majesty Demos 1985-1986 (Compilation) Drums
2003 Los Angeles, California 5/18/98 (Live album) Vocals, Drums
2003 Train of Thought Lyrics (tracks 2, 4), Drums, Songwriting (tracks 1-4, 6, 7)
2003 Graspop Festival 2002 (Live album) Drums, Vocals (additional)
2004 Master of Puppets (Live album) Drums, Vocals (additional)
2004 Tokyo, Japan 10/28/95 (Live album) Drums, Vocals (additional)
2004 Live at Budokan (Video) Drums, Vocals
2004 Live at Budokan (Live album) Drums, Vocals
2004 A Sort of Homecoming (Fan Club CD 2004) (Compilation) Drums, Vocals (additional)
2005 A Walk Beside the Band (Video) Drums, Vocals
2005 When Dream and Day Reunite (Live album) Vocals (backing), Drums
2005 The Number of the Beast (Live album) Drums, Vocals (additional)
2005 When Dream and Day Reunite (Video) Vocals (backing), Drums
2005 Octavarium Drums, Lyrics (tracks 1, 6, 8), Vocals, Percussion
2006 Romavarium (Fan Club DVD 2006) (Video) Drums, Vocals
2006 Old Bridge, New Jersey 12/14/96 (Live album) Drums, Vocals (backing)
2006 Awake Demos 1994 (Demo) Drums
2006 Dark Side of the Moon (Live album) Drums, Vocals (additional)
2006 Dark Side of the Moon (Video) Drums, Vocals (additional)
2006 Score - 20th Anniversary World Tour Live with the Octavarium Orchestra (Live album) Drums, Vocals
2006 Score - 20th Anniversary World Tour Live with the Octavarium Orchestra (Video) Drums, Vocals
2007 Forsaken (Single) Drums, Vocals
2007 Forsaken / Set the World on Fire (Split) Vocals (additional), Drums
2007 Systematic Chaos Lyrics (tracks 3, 5), Percussion, Vocals, Drums
2007 New York City 3/4/93 (Live album) Drums
2007 Made in Japan (Live album) Drums
2007 Bucharest, Romania 7/4/02 (Video) Drums, Vocals
2008 Forsaken EP (EP) Drums, Vocals
2008 Chaos in Motion 2007-2008 (Video) Drums, Vocals
2009 Stargazer (Single) Drums
2009 Tenement Funster / Flick of the Wrist / Lily of the Valley (Single) Drums, Vocals
2009 Odyssey (Single) Drums
2009 Take Your Fingers from My Hair (Single) Drums, Vocals
2009 Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part II (Single) Drums, Vocals
2009 Black Clouds & Silver Linings Drums, Songwriting (tracks 1, 2, 4-6), Percussion, Lyrics (tracks 4, 5), Vocals (additional)
2009 To Tame a Land (Single) Drums, Vocals (additional)
2009 Uncovered 2003-2005 (Live album) Drums, Percussion, Vocals (backing)
2009 Train of Thought - Instrumental Demos 2003 (Demo) Drums
2009 Santiago, Chile 12/6/05 (Video) Drums, Vocals
2009 Progressive Nation 2008 (Live album) Drums, Vocals (additional)
2009 Wither (Single) Drums, Vocals
2009 Wither (EP) Vocals (track 4), Drums
2010 Raw Dog (Single) Drums
2010 God of War: Blood & Metal (Split) Drums
2021 Lost Not Forgotten Archives: Train of Thought - Instrumental Demos (2003) (Demo) Drums, Vocals (additional)
2021 Lost Not Forgotten Archives: When Dream and Day Reunite (Live) (Live album) Drums, Vocals (additional)
2022 Lost Not Forgotten Archives: Awake Demos (1994) (Demo) Drums, Vocals (additional)
2023 Lost Not Forgotten Archives: Live at Madison Square Garden (2010) (Live album) Drums
(show all)

Flying Colors

Drums, Percussion, Vocals (2011-present)

John Arch

Drums (2003-present)

2003 Relentless (Single) Drums
2003 A Twist of Fate (EP) Drums

Liquid Tension Experiment

Drums (1997-present)

1998 Liquid Tension Experiment Drums
1999 Liquid Tension Experiment 2 Drums, Percussion
2001 Warzone XIII (The Dream Theater Projects) (Split) Drums
2009 Live in LA (Live album) Drums
2009 Live in NYC (Live album) Drums
2009 Live in NYC (Video) Drums, Percussions
2009 Live in LA (Video) Drums
2009 Liquid Tension Experiment Live 2008 (Boxed set) Drums
2021 The Passage of Time (Single) Drums
2021 Beating the Odds (Single) Drums
2021 Liquid Tension Experiment 3 Drums
(show all)

Metal Allegiance

Drums (2014-present)

2015 Metal Allegiance Drums, Percussion (tracks 2, 7), Vocals (additional) (track 7)
2016 Fallen Heroes (EP) Drums
2018 Volume II: Power Drunk Majesty Percussion, Drums

Neal Morse Band

Drums, Vocals (2012-present)

The Winery Dogs

Drums, Vocals (backing) (2012-present)

Transatlantic

Drums, Vocals (1999-2002, 2009-present)

2000 Progressive Springtime 2000 (Split) Drums, Vocals
2000 SMPTe Drums, Vocals
2001 Bridge Across Europe Tour 2001 (Live album) Drums, Vocals
2001 Live in America (Live album) Drums, Vocals
2001 Bridge Across Forever Drums, Vocals
2003 Live in Europe (Video) Drums, Vocals
2009 The Whirlwind Drums, Vocals
2010 Whirld Tour 2010 (Live from Shepherd's Bush Empire, London) (Video) Drums, Vocals
2011 The Official Bootleg DVD (Video) Drums, Vocals
2011 More Never Is Enough: Live @ Manchester and Tilburg 2010 (Live album) Drums, Vocals
2014 Kaleidoscope Drums, Vocals
2014 Kaliveoscope (Live album) Drums, Vocals
2021 The Absolute Universe (Abridged Version) Percussion, Vocals, Drums
2024 Morsefest 2022 - The Absolute Whirlwind (Live album) Drums, Vocals
(show all)

Yellow Matter Custard

Drums (2011-present)

Adrenaline Mob

Drums (2011-2013)

2011 Adrenaline Mob (EP) Drums
2012 Undaunted (Single) Drums
2012 Omertá Drums
2013 Covertá (EP) Drums

Amazing Journey

Drums

Cygnus and the Sea Monsters

Drums

Hammer of the Gods

Drums

Inner Sanctum

Drums (1985-1986)

1986 12 A.M. Drums

Intruder

Drums (1982-?)

Liquid Trio Experiment

Drums (1998, 2008)

2007 Spontaneous Combustion Drums
2009 When the Keyboard Breaks: Live in Chicago (Live album) Drums, Bass (track 8)

Majesty

Drums (1985-1988)

1986 Majesty (Demo) Drums
1988 Status Seeker / Ytse Jam (Single) Drums
2001 Warzone XIII (The Dream Theater Projects) (Split) Drums

OSI

Drums (2002-2004)

2003 Office of Strategic Influence Drums
2006 Re: Free (EP) Drums

S.A. Adams

Drums

2010 Unearthed Drums

Sons of Apollo

Drums (2017-2023)

2017 Signs of the Time (Single) Drums
2017 Coming Home (Single) Drums
2017 Psychotic Symphony Drums
2018 Alive / Tengo Vida (EP) Drums
2019 Just Let Me Breathe (Single) Drums, Vocals
2019 Labyrinth (Single) Drums, Vocals
2019 Live with the Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony (Live album) Drums, Vocals
2019 Goodbye Divinity (Single) Drums
2019 Fall to Ascend (Single) Drums
2020 Desolate July (Single) Drums
2020 MMXX Drums
(show all)

Adrenaline Mob

Drums (2015)

Altitudes & Attitude

Drums (2014)

Avenged Sevenfold

Drums (2010)

Bigelf

Drums (2014-present)

Fates Warning

Drums (2005, 2012)

John Petrucci

Drums (2005-2007, 2022-present)

Noturnall

Drums (2019-present)

Overkill

Drums (2004)

Stone Sour

Drums (2011)

Twisted Sister

Drums (2015-2016, 2023)

Umphrey's McGee

Drums (2023-present)

Fates Warning

2005 Live in Athens (Video) Drums (DVD)

Fozzy

2003 Unleashed, Uncensored, Unknown (Video) Unknown

Haken

2014 Restoration (EP) Gong (track 3)

Noturnall

2019 Scream! For!! Me!!! (Single) Drums
2023 Cosmic Redemption Drums (track 7)
2023 Cosmic Redemption Drums (Track 13)
2024 Scream! For!! Me!!! (Live in São Paulo 2019) (Single) Drums
2024 Cosmic Live Tour (Video) Drums

OSI

2006 Free Drums

Pain of Salvation

2006 Fan Club CD 2006 (Live album) Drums (track 7)

Vivaldi Metal Project

2022 EpiClassica Drums (track 3)

Adrenaline Mob

2011 Adrenaline Mob (EP) Executive producer
2012 Omertá Producer
2013 Covertá (EP) Producer

Dream Theater

1998 Live Bonus Tracks (Single) Mixing
1998 5 Years in a Livetime (Video) Compiling
1998 Fan Club Christmas CD 1998 (Compilation) Mixing
1999 Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory Producer
1999 Cleaning Out the Closet (Christmas CD 1999) (Compilation) Producer, Recording
2000 Through Her Eyes (Single) Lyrics
2000 Fan Club Christmas CD 2000 (Compilation) Producer
2001 Metropolis 2000: Scenes from New York (Video) Director
2001 Live Scenes from New York (Live album) Producer
2002 Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence Co-producer
2003 The Making of Scenes from a Memory (Compilation) Producer
2003 The Majesty Demos 1985-1986 (Compilation) Producer
2003 Los Angeles, California 5/18/98 (Live album) Producer
2003 As I Am (Single) Producer
2003 Train of Thought Producer
2004 Master of Puppets (Live album) Producer
2004 Tokyo, Japan 10/28/95 (Live album) Producer
2004 When Dream and Day Unite Demos 1987-1989 (Demo) Producer
2004 Live at Budokan (Video) Producer, Creative Director
2004 Live at Budokan (Live album) Producer
2004 A Sort of Homecoming (Fan Club CD 2004) (Compilation) Producer
2005 The Number of the Beast (Live album) Producer
2005 When Dream and Day Reunite (Live album) Producer
2005 Images and Words Demos 1989-1991 (Demo) Producer
2005 When Dream and Day Reunite (Video) Producer
2005 Octavarium Producer
2006 Old Bridge, New Jersey 12/14/96 (Live album) Producer
2006 Awake Demos 1994 (Demo) Recording, Mixing
2006 Dark Side of the Moon (Live album) Producer
2006 Dark Side of the Moon (Video) Producer
2006 Score - 20th Anniversary World Tour Live with the Octavarium Orchestra (Video) Director
2007 Forsaken (Single) Producer
2007 Systematic Chaos Producer
2007 Falling into Infinity Demos (Demo) Producer
2007 Bucharest, Romania 7/4/02 (Video) Producer
2008 Greatest Hit (...and 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs) (Compilation) Producer, Liner notes
2008 Chaos in Motion 2007-2008 (Video) Producer
2009 A Rite of Passage (Single) Producer
2009 Black Clouds & Silver Linings Producer
2009 Uncovered 2003-2005 (Live album) Producer
2009 Train of Thought - Instrumental Demos 2003 (Demo) Producer, Liner notes
2009 Santiago, Chile 12/6/05 (Video) Producer
2009 The Making of Falling into Infinity (Compilation) Producer
2009 Wither (Single) Producer
2009 Wither (EP) Producer
2010 God of War: Blood & Metal (Split) Producer
2011 Original Album Series (Boxed set) Producer
2021 Lost Not Forgotten Archives: Master of Puppets - Live in Barcelona, 2002 (Live album) Producer
2022 Lost Not Forgotten Archives: The Majesty Demos (1985-1986) (Demo) Producer
2022 Lost Not Forgotten Archives: Awake Demos (1994) (Demo) Recording, Mixing
2023 Lost Not Forgotten Archives: Live at Madison Square Garden (2010) (Live album) Producer
(show all)

Meanstreak

1992 The Dark Gift (Demo) Executive producer

Sons of Apollo

2017 Signs of the Time (Single) Producer
2017 Coming Home (Single) Producer
2017 Psychotic Symphony Producer (as "The Del Fuvio Brothers")
2019 Just Let Me Breathe (Single) Producer
2019 Labyrinth (Single) Producer
2019 Live with the Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony (Live album) Creative director, Producer (sound)
2020 MMXX Producer

Transatlantic

2000 SMPTe Producer
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