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Mike Portnoy

Mike Portnoy
  • Name: Mike Portnoy
  • Birthday: 1967-04-20
  • Also known as: Dream Theater,Liquid Tension Experiment,Liquid Trio Experiment,Liquid Trio Experiment 2
  • Place of birth: Long Beach, New York, USA
  • Popularity: 0.011
Biography: 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: Scenes from a Memory. From A Change of Seasons onwards, Portnoy had been writing a substantial amount of Dream Theater's lyrics. He is the second youngest person (after Neil Peart) to be inducted into the Modern Drummer's Hall of Fame (at 37 years of age). On September 8, 2010, it was announced... Read More

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Dream Theater - Parasomnia 2025-02-07
Phil Collins: Drummer First   as  Self 2024-12-18
Morsefest 2023: Testimony feat. NMB   as  Self 2024-11-08
Neal Morse - Cruise to the Edge: Awakening - The Movie   as  Self 2024-05-23
Transatlantic: Morsefest 2022 - The Absolute Whirlwind   as  Self 2024-04-26
Transatlantic: The Final Flight: Live At L'Olympia   as  Self 2023-02-17
Morsefest 2020: Cover2Cover   as  Self 2023-01-23
Morsefest 2020: Sola Gratia   as  Self 2023-01-23
The Neal Morse Band: Morsefest 2021   as  Self 2022-06-24
The Neal Morse Band: A U.S. Tour Of Innocence And Danger   as  Self 2022-03-01
The Neal Morse Band: The Making of Innocence & Danger   as  Self 2021-08-27
Morsefest 2019   as  Self 2021-08-27
Neal Morse: The Making of Lifeline   as  Self 2021-07-01
Mike Portnoy - LTE3   as  Himself - Drums 2021-04-17
Liquid Tension Experiment 3 2021-04-16
The Making of the Absolute Universe by Transatlantic   as  Self 2021-02-05
Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe   as  Self 2021-02-05
Mike Portnoy: The Absolute Universe 2021-01-01
Transatlantic: Live At Sweden Rock 2014   as  Self 2020-11-01
Flying Colors : Third Stage - Live in London   as  Self 2020-09-18
Neal Morse: The Making of Sola Gratia   as  Self 2020-09-11
The Neal Morse Band : The Great Adventour - Live in BRNO 2019   as  Self 2020-03-06
Mike Portnoy : MPMMXX Drum Cam 2020-01-01
Sons of Apollo - Live with the Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony - Documentary   as  Self 2019-08-30
Sons Of Apollo: Live With The Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony   as  Self 2019-08-30
The Neal Morse Band: The Great Adventure Commentary   as  Self 2019-03-01
The Neal Morse Band: The Adventure Begins (The Making Of The Great Adventure)   as  Self 2019-01-25
The Neal Morse Band – Live In Limbourg   as  Self 2019-01-15
Mike Portnoy: Third Degree 2019-01-01
Mike Portnoy: The Great Adventure 2019-01-01
Morsefest 2017 - Testimony of a Dream   as  Self 2018-11-23
Haken - Live at ProgPower USA 2016   as  Gong (Guest Appearance) 2018-06-22
Haken - L-1VE 2018-06-22
The Neal Morse Band : The Similitude of A Dream - Live in Tilburg 2017   as  Self 2018-06-15
Mike Portnoy: The Similitude of a Dream Live 2018-01-01
The Winery Dogs : Dog Years - Live in Santiago and Beyond 2013-2016   as  Himself - Drums 2017-08-04
Morsefest 2015: Sola Scriptura   as  Self 2017-03-24
Morsefest 2015: Question Mark   as  Self 2017-03-24
Neal Morse: Question Mark and Sola Scriptura Live   as  Self - Drums, Vocals 2017-03-02
The Neal Morse Band: The Making of a Dream   as  Self 2016-11-11
The Neal Morse Band: Alive Again   as  Self 2016-08-05
Metal Meltdown - Featuring Twisted Sister Live at the Hard Rock Casino Las Vegas   as  Himself - Drums 2016-07-22
The Neal Morse Band: Cruise to the Edge   as  Self 2016-01-01
Flying Colors : Second Flight - Live at The Z7   as  Self 2015-11-13
Building the Beast: The Making of Metal Allegiance   as  Self 2015-09-18
Neal Morse: The Sola Scriptura Sessions   as  Self 2015-09-01
Morsefest 2014: Testimony   as  Self 2015-08-21
Morsefest 2014: One   as  Self 2015-08-21
The Neal Morse Band: Live in Athens   as  Self 2015-05-01
The Neal Morse Band: The Making of The Grand Experiment   as  Self 2015-02-10
Mike Portnoy: Hot Drums 2015-01-01
Neal Morse: The Making of ?   as  Self 2015-01-01
Mike Portnoy: Metal Drumming 2015-01-01
Transatlantic: KaLIVEoscope   as  Self - Drums 2014-10-27
Flying Colors: Second Nature Video Anthology   as  Self 2014-09-29
Neal Morse: Morsefest - Testimony & One feat. Mike Portnoy Live   as  Self 2014-09-25
The Winery Dogs: [2014] Sonisphere Festival   as  Himself - Drums 2014-07-05
The Neal Morse Band - Live In India   as  Self 2014-07-01
Transatlantic: The Making of Kaleidoscope   as  Self 2014-01-28
The Winery Dogs - Unleashed in Japan   as  Himself - Drums 2014-01-15
Mike Portnoy: Drumming Nature 2014-01-01
Mike Portnoy: Kaleidodrums 2014-01-01
Flying Colors: Live in Europe   as  Self - Drums 2013-10-14
Portnoy Sheehan MacAlpine Sherinian: Live in Tokyo   as  Self - Drums 2013-09-03
The Neal Morse Band/The Flower Kings: 19 Days in Europe   as  Self 2013-07-01
Neal Morse: Live Momentum   as  Self 2013-02-19
Mike Portnoy: The Drumming Dog 2013-01-01
Mike Portnoy: Live Momentum 2013-01-01
Neal Morse: The Making of Momentum   as  Self 2012-09-11
Mike Portnoy - Drumming Colors   as  Himself 2012-06-01
Mike Portnoy - Drumerta   as  Himself 2012-06-01
Morse Portnoy George: The Making of Cover 2 Cover   as  Self 2012-05-20
The Making of Flying Colors   as  Self 2012-03-26
Neal Morse: One Under Construction   as  Self 2012-03-01
PSMS Portnoy, Sheehan, MacAlpine & Sherinian: InstruMENTAL Inspirations 2012-01-01
Mike Portnoy: Testimony 2: Live in Los Angeles   as  Himself 2012-01-01
Transatlantic: More Never Is Enough   as  Self 2011-10-25
Stone Sour: Rock In Rio 2011   as  Himself - Drums 2011-09-24
Neal Morse: Testimony Two - Live in Los Angeles   as  Self 2011-09-12
Neal Morse: The Making of Testimony Two   as  Self 2011-05-23
Dream Theater: The Spirit Carries On   as  Himself 2011-04-28
Transatlantic: The Official Bootleg DVD   as  Self 2011-03-01
Yellow Matter Custard: One More Night in New York City   as  Self - Drums 2011-02-28
Transatlantic: Whirld Tour 2010: Live from Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London   as  Self 2010-10-24
Mike Portnoy on the “Art Of Drumming” with Terry Bozzio 2010-08-25
Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage   as  Self 2010-06-29
Mike Portnoy - Whirlwind Drumming   as  Himself 2010-06-01
Transatlantic: The Making of the Whirlwind   as  Self 2009-10-23
Dream Theater - Santiago, Chile 12/6/05   as  Himself 2009-07-23
Mike Portnoy - Black Clouds and Silver Drumming   as  Himself 2009-07-01
Liquid Tension Experiment: Live In LA   as  Himself - Drums 2009-01-01
Liquid Tension Experiment: Live In NYC 2009-01-01
Mike Portnoy - Score 2008-12-20
Dream Theater: Chaos in Motion   as  Himself - Drums 2008-09-30
Neal Morse: Live at 3RP   as  Self 2008-09-01
Liquid Tension Experiment - LTE Live 2008 2008-01-01
Neal Morse: The Making of Testimony   as  Self 2007-09-01
Dream Theater: Chaos in Progress: The Making of Systematic Chaos   as  Drums / Vocals 2007-06-05
Mike Portnoy - sysDRUMatic Chaos   as  Himself 2007-06-01
Mike Portnoy - In Constant Motion   as  Himself - Drums 2007-03-23
Dream Theater: Bucharest, Romania   as  Himself 2007-01-01
Dream Theater: Score - 20th Anniversary World Tour   as  Himself - Drums 2006-08-29
Dream Theater: The Score So Far...   as  Himself 2006-08-29
Amazing Journey: One Night in New York City   as  Himself - Drums 2006-05-31
Transatlantic - Building the Bridge / Live in America   as  Self 2006-05-02
Dream Theater: Romavarium   as  Self - Drums 2006-03-31
Hammer of the Gods: Two Nights in North America   as  Himself - Drums 2006-01-01
G3: Live in Tokyo   as  Drums 2005-10-25
Cygnus and the Sea Monsters: One Night in Chicago   as  Himself - Drums 2005-09-18
Mike Portnoy - Live at Budokan   as  Himself 2005-06-01
Dream Theater: A Walk Beside the Band   as  Himself - Drums 2005-01-01
Dream Theater: Dark Side of the Moon   as  Drums and Vcoals 2005-01-01
Mike Portnoy - Drumavarium 2005-01-01
Dream Theater: Riding the Train of Thought   as  Self 2004-10-05
Dream Theater: Live at Budokan   as  Himself - Drums 2004-10-05
Mike Portnoy: Progressive Drum Concepts 2004-09-21
Dream Theater: When Dream and Day Reunite   as  Drums 2004-08-01
Neal Morse: Testimony Live   as  Self 2004-07-27
Mike Portnoy - Drums of Thought   as  Himself 2004-06-01
Yellow Matter Custard: One Night in New York City   as  Self - Drums 2003-05-18
Modern Drummer Festival Weekend 2003   as  Self 2003-03-05
Transatlantic - Live in Europe   as  Self - Drums, Backing Vocals 2003-01-08
Dream Theater: [2002] Rotterdamned 2002-11-03
Mike Portnoy - Ten Degrees of Turbulent Drumming   as  Himself 2002-07-01
Mike Portnoy - Drums Across Forever   as  Himself 2002-06-01
Mike Portnoy - Liquid Drum Theater   as  Himself - Drums 2001-10-01
Dream Theater: Metropolis 2000 - Scenes From New York   as  Himself - Drums 2001-04-21
Transatlantic: The Making of SMPTe   as  Self 2000-03-21
Dream Theater: 5 Years in a Livetime   as  Himself 1998-10-27
Dream Theater: [1994] The Rudess Experiment   as  Himself - Drums 1994-09-04
Dream Theater: Images And Words - Live In Tokyo   as  Himself - Drums 1993-08-01