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Within Vinony's link graph, Mike Portnoy is referenced by 433 other articles, and connects out to Dream Theater, Boston and heavy metal music.
It sits within the topics 1967 births, 20th-century American drummers and Adrenaline Mob members.
Its subject is documented across 42 Wikipedia language editions.
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Long Beach, New York, USA
Michael Stephen "Mike" Portnoy is an American drummer primarily known as the former drummer, backing vocalist, and a co-founder of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. Known for his drumming prowess and technical skill, Portnoy has won 23 awards from the Modern Drummer magazine. He has co-produced the last six Dream Theater albums with guitarist John Petrucci, starting from Metropolis Pt. 2:…
Known for
- Dream Theater - Parasomnia2025
- Quarantième: Live à Paris — Drums2025
- Dream Theater - Quarantième: Live à Paris — Drums and Vocals2025
- Transatlantic: Morsefest 2022 - The Absolute Whirlwind — Self2024
- Neal Morse - Cruise to the Edge: Awakening - The Movie — Self2024
- Morsefest 2023: Testimony feat. NMB — Self2024
- Phil Collins: Drummer First — Self2024
- Transatlantic: The Final Flight: Live At L'Olympia — Self2023
- Morsefest 2020: Sola Gratia — Self2023
- Morsefest 2020: Cover2Cover — Self2023
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Key facts
- Also known as
- MP
- Born
- Michael Stephen Portnoy , ( 1967-04-20 ) April 20, 1967 (age 59) , Long Beach, New York , U.S.
- Origin
- Boston, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Genres
- Progressive metal heavy metal progressive rock hard rock blues rock
- Occupation
- Musician
- Instruments
- Drums vocals
- Years active
- 1984–present
- Member of
- Dream Theater The Neal Morse Band Liquid Tension Experiment Flying Colors The Winery Dogs Metal Allegiance BPMD Noturnall
- Formerly of
- Avenged Sevenfold Cygnus and the Sea Monsters Yellow Matter Custard OSI Adrenaline Mob Transatlantic Sons of Apollo
- Website
- mikeportnoy .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Stephen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Long Beach
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- progressive metal
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Roadrunner Records
- Official website
- www.mikeportnoy.com
- Image
- Mike Portnoy 2025 Tons of Rock-2.jpg
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- member of
- Adrenaline Mob
- Commons category
- Mike Portnoy
- date of birth
- 1967-04-20
- name in native language
- Michael Stephen Portnoy
- start of work period
- 1984-00-00
- social media followers
- 212000
- short name
- Mike Portnoy
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Encyclopedic overview
Michael Stephen Portnoy (born April 20, 1967) is an American musician best known as the drummer, backing vocalist, and co-founder of the progressive metal band Dream Theater.
In September 2010, Portnoy announced his departure from Dream Theater after 25 years, with Mike Mangini succeeding him as the band’s drummer. In October 2023, 13 years after his departure, the band announced his return. Both before and during his time away from Dream Theater, Portnoy remained active with a variety of bands and projects, including Adrenaline Mob, Avenged Sevenfold, Transatlantic, Yellow Matter Custard, Flying Colors, the Winery Dogs, Liquid Tension Experiment, Metal Allegiance, Sons of Apollo, the Neal Morse Band, and BPMD.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mike Portnoy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.