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CCVP 
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 Posted: September 08 2010 at 20:43 |
 Drew wrote:
I can't bring myself to listen to Avenged Sevenfold- DAMN this better not be about $$$................
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Portnoy was intreasingly goining in that direction. I mean, come on, using Slipknot as influence for Dream Theater albums? SERIOULY man! I don't think it is about cash. Maybe it is just that the guys at A7x can massue his ego some way the guys at DT can't. They are young and he is one of their idols, so they just STFU and listen what he has to say and DO exactly what he says (probably).
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: September 08 2010 at 20:45 |
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Walter, just so you don't feel bad (like that would ever happen), I appreciate your humour at a time like this.
Hopefully they get someone with a tolerable snare tone this time 'round. Although that still won't likely make me start listening to DT again
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JJLehto
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Posted: September 08 2010 at 20:46 |
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Surprising
Also ALL OF MY RAGE
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horsewithteeth11
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Posted: September 08 2010 at 20:47 |
WalterDigsTunes wrote:
DisgruntledPorcupine wrote:
This is seriously the worst thing in the history of music for me... |
You've obviously never heard of 1989.
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You mean when great new genres like grunge came to exist? 
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Epignosis
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Posted: September 08 2010 at 20:49 |
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I like Mike. I like Dream Threater. I'm not too concerned about his leaving.
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Area
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Location: Italy
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Posted: September 08 2010 at 20:50 |
Today is a bad day for progessive music...
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"And in the end,
the love you take
is equal to the love you make."
(Paul McCartney - Beatles)
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CCVP
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Joined: September 15 2007
Location: Vitória, Brasil
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Posted: September 08 2010 at 20:55 |
Epignosis wrote:
I like Mike. I like Dream Threater. I'm not too concerned about his leaving.
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how so?
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omardiyejon
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Location: Turkey
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Posted: September 08 2010 at 20:56 |
wow as a big dream theater fan, i can't say that i'm sorry about this break up. of course this is a strange feeling that thinking dream theater without portnoy, but not a sad one 
if dream theater decides to go on, i hope they will agree with a drummer who has jazzy influences in his drumming. i don't know, like nick d'virgilio style drummers. this may be the kind of addition to the band that will possibly take dream theater back to the 'progressive rock' years.
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Epignosis
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Posted: September 08 2010 at 20:59 |
CCVP wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
I like Mike. I like Dream Threater. I'm not too concerned about his leaving.
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how so?
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Well, um...
I like Mike because he's a talented drummer, and I do actually like his singing.
I like Dream Theater because they are an amazing progressive metal band.
And I'm not too concerned about his leaving because if what he says is true, then he shouldn't be in Dream Theater anymore anyway. Why should a guy stay in something he doesn't want to stay in? Just to make you and other people happy? He's a grown man. Let him do what he wants.
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Tarquin Underspoon
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Posted: September 08 2010 at 21:02 |
I hear Bill Bruford's available.... 
In all seriousness, though, I'm intrigued to see where both parties go after this. I'm optimistic that DT will return to an "older" sound, and I'm curious to see where Mike's gut leads him musically. However, what happens to my beloved Prog Nation?
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"WAAAAAAOOOOOUGH! WAAAAAAAUUUUGGHHHH!! WAAAAAOOOO!!!"
-The Great Gig in the Sky
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punxycpa
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Posted: September 08 2010 at 21:03 |
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Shocking news, no doubt. But I must agree with those who've said this could be a really good thing for the band as a whole. Portnoy said he put his whole self into DT 24/7/365, but with all the side projects he does and has done over the last decade or more, I don't think he has. And just to know there will never be another DT album will Portnoy's growling on it is a welcome relief.
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TheCaptain
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Posted: September 08 2010 at 21:07 |
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Balls.
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Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal.
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Dorsalia
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Posted: September 08 2010 at 21:13 |
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Wow.
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"Es ist übrigens unmöglich, eine Meinung zu haben, ohne dass es unerfreuliche Überschneidungen gibt. Die Grünen sind für den deutschen Wald, die NPD ebenfalls."
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Mr. Maestro
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Posted: September 08 2010 at 21:13 |
*Sniff* 
WAAAHH!!!!
Sorry. I couldn't help myself. Ah well.
So now what? A new drummer for DT? I can hardly imagine who could replace Mike. But let's just wait and see.
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"I am the one who crossed through space...or stayed where I was...or didn't exist in the first place...."
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GY!BE
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Posted: September 08 2010 at 21:13 |
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Sad but he might come back because on facebook he says "take a break"...for me DT is dead whithout Portnoy he was the heart of the band...
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: September 08 2010 at 21:14 |
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I vote Marco Minnemann
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Drew
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Posted: September 08 2010 at 21:18 |
Mr. Maestro wrote:
*Sniff*
WAAAHH!!!!
Sorry. I couldn't help myself. Ah well.
So now what? A new drummer for DT? I can hardly imagine who could replace Mike. But let's just wait and see. |
Crossing my fingers for Virgil Donati..........
Edited by Drew - September 08 2010 at 21:18
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spookytooth
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Posted: September 08 2010 at 21:21 |
I'm not really a big Dream Theater fan but....woah. This is pretty big news in the prog world. I didn't really care for what DT produced after Train of Thought (listened to their new album, didn't like it at all), though. I do wish to see what Mike does now. I hope he'll continue to do progressive projects, and hopefully in the future he'll distance himself from the absolutely terrible Avenged Sevenfold. I'm not as interested in what DT will do, however.
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Would you like some Bailey's?
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el böthy
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Location: Argentina
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Posted: September 08 2010 at 21:22 |
This must be the most shoking news in music!  What sh*t. I mean I´m really into DT anymore... but DT without Portnoy? That just makes me kinda sad...
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"You want me to play what, Robert?"
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DisgruntledPorcupine
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Posted: September 08 2010 at 21:29 |
C'mon DT! Get Pickles the Drummer!
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Mike Portnoy leaves Dream Theater
