Portnoy Working With Russell Allen (of Symphony X)
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Topic: Portnoy Working With Russell Allen (of Symphony X)
Posted By: Anthony H.
Subject: Portnoy Working With Russell Allen (of Symphony X)
Date Posted: February 03 2011 at 19:31
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Mike Portnoy posted the following Faceboook status today. I was pretty psyched when I read it: "VERY excited about a new project I am working on with one my fav singers in the world and my good buddy Sir Russell Allen...wait til you hear this sh*t!!"
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Posted By: Luna
Date Posted: February 03 2011 at 19:56
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Awesome!
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Posted By: Earendil
Date Posted: February 03 2011 at 21:16
| This is gonna be awesome. Portnoy's still as busy as ever! |
Posted By: Synchestra
Date Posted: February 03 2011 at 23:16
Oh he got a new job, cool. I don't particularly like Portnoy but I'd hate to see the guy working at McDonald's or something  ------------- 'Yeah, thats.. Whatever you're talking about for ya' - Zapp brannigan |
Posted By: Harry Hood
Date Posted: February 04 2011 at 01:30
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The full lineup: Mike Portnoy: Drums Neal Morse: Keyboards Dave LaRue: Bass Steve Morse: Guitar Russell Allen: Vocals An unholy fusion of symphonic prog, jazz, and power metal. Dregsatlantic X BELIEVE. ------------- 
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Posted By: Evolver
Date Posted: February 04 2011 at 06:38
Wait 'til Steve Morse insists on including a bluegrass tune.  ------------- Trust me. I know what I'm doing. |
Posted By: Earendil
Date Posted: February 04 2011 at 07:25
Now that would be interesting. |
Evolver wrote:Posted By: omardiyejon
Date Posted: February 04 2011 at 07:48
everything worked well till power metal. ------------- http://www.normalisr.com/?username=omardiyejon" rel="nofollow - http://www.normalisr.com/?username=omardiyejon |
Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: February 04 2011 at 08:19
The world will shatter into pieces if this rreally work out due to excessive awesomeness!   -------------   
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Posted By: Hanyou
Date Posted: February 04 2011 at 08:55
That's the best part!!!  I wonder if this is the same as the project with Neal and Steve. I kind of hope not, because I was looking forward to another Spock's Beardish project. But TBH if it is the same project that would be epic too.
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Posted By: BlindGuard
Date Posted: February 04 2011 at 09:23
Posted By: natewait
Date Posted: February 04 2011 at 13:16
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I'm pretty sure this is a separate project from the one with the Morses. The Morse project involves Neal Morse, Steve Morse, Mike Portnoy, Dave LaRue and Casey McPherson as the vocalist. I can't wait to see what musicians are involved in this project. I love both Portnoy and Allen, so it already sounds promising! Mike just doesn't know how to take a break, does he? ------------- Please check out my Progressive Music Blog: http://leviathanprog.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow - The Leviathan . |
Posted By: Earendil
Date Posted: February 04 2011 at 21:24
| I'd like to see them do something other than "mainstream" progressive metal. It's not likely, but I'd like to hear Portnoy do a bit of experimenting. And Russell Allen is versatile enough that they wouldn't have to just to do a DT and Symphony X mix. Maybe the other musicians will help with that. |
Posted By: mp3killer
Date Posted: February 05 2011 at 03:22
Portnoy & Allen ? This definitly looks promising!
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: February 05 2011 at 11:48
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This would have been pretty cool 10 years ago. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: February 05 2011 at 12:27
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Let's face it: "super groups" mostly suck. ------------- 
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Posted By: Anthony H.
Date Posted: February 05 2011 at 12:41
Transatlantic certainly don't. So I don't think this will either. ------------- |
Posted By: Harry Hood
Date Posted: February 05 2011 at 21:43
See also: The Tangent. Had their roots as a super group before they became Tillison's solo band. -------------
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Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: February 06 2011 at 11:53
| Hope this doesn't mean the next Symphony X album is on hold. |
Posted By: Hanyou
Date Posted: February 06 2011 at 11:56
Not only does Transatlantic not suck, I actually prefer it to The Flower Kings and Hogarth-era Marillion. I don't have the least bit of cynicism about whatever they're cooking up.
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Posted By: TLM170
Date Posted: February 16 2011 at 10:21
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