Composer
Mike Portnoy
American drummer
b. 1967
13 works in the index
- Born
- 1967
- Birthplace
- Long Beach
- Citizenship / historical state
- United States
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
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.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- drummer; musician; record producer; composer; songwriter; recording artist
- Selected recorded memberships
- Transatlantic; Dream Theater; Nightmare Cinema; Liquid Tension Experiment; Liquid Trio Experiment; OSI; Adrenaline Mob; Flying Colors; The Winery Dogs; Yellow Matter Custard; Metal Allegiance; Sons of Apollo
- Genres
- progressive metal
- Official website
- http://www.mikeportnoy.com/
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 47063040
- ISNI
- 0000000078478275
- GND ID
- 135457610
- Library of Congress ID
- no99004934
- MusicBrainz ID
- b5f0d80b-d773-44dc-b136-36163e526589
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- percussion, Piano
- Genres represented
- Rock
- Works with composition dates
- 0 of 13
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Works
Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.
| Work | Year composed | Catalogue / opus | Key in title | Listed instruments | Genre | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pull Me Under (from "Images and Words") | — | — | — | percussion | Rock | 4 |
| Home (from "Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory") | — | — | — | percussion | — | 2 |
| Caught in a Web (from "Awake") | — | — | — | percussion | — | 2 |
| Peruvian Skies | — | — | — | Piano | — | 1 |
| Just Let Me Breathe | — | — | — | Piano | — | 1 |
| 6:00 | — | — | — | — | Rock | — |
| All Of The Above | — | — | — | — | Rock | — |
| Hell's Kitchen | — | — | — | — | Rock | — |
| Metropolis Part 1 | — | — | — | — | Rock | — |
| New Millennium | — | — | — | — | Rock | — |
| Overture 1928 | — | — | — | — | Rock | — |
| Strange Deja Vu | — | — | — | — | Rock | — |
| When The Water Breaks | — | — | — | — | Rock | — |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 47063040. Portrait: Birgit Fostervold, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.