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Portrait of Mike Portnoy

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
Education
Berklee College of Music; Long Beach High School; Five Towns College
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
Instruments played
drum kit; voice
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.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
Pull Me Under (from "Images and Words") — —— percussionRock 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.