Mike Portnoy
Birthday: 1967-04-20
Place of Birth: Long Beach, New York, USA
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 that Portnoy had left Dream Theater. Portnoy cited conflicting interests as the reason behind his departure. On February 3, 2011, Portnoy announced that he has started a new project with Symphony X singer Russell Allen and guitarist Mike Orlando. Also he is involved in various projects with Neal Morse.
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Dream Theater: Live at Budokan
Live at Budokan is a live recording released by progressive metal band Dream Theater on October 5, 2...
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Transatlantic: The Final Flight: Live At L'Olympia
Following the release of 2021’s ambitious studio album ‘The Absolute Universe’, progressive[1]rock s...
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Liquid Tension Experiment 3
Liquid Tension Experiment 3 is the third studio album by the American instrumental progressive metal...
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Dream Theater: Score - 20th Anniversary World Tour
Score: 20th Anniversary World Tour Live with the Octavarium Orchestra is a live album, recorded on A...
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Dream Theater: Images And Words - Live In Tokyo
Images and Words: Live in Tokyo is the first home video release from American progressive metal band...
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Dream Theater: Metropolis 2000 - Scenes From New York
The video contains "Scenes From A Memory" in its entirety from its final performance in New York Cit...
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Dream Theater – Live At Tokyo Sun Plaza
Woodstock Tape And Video. Recorded live at Tokyo Sun Plaza, Japan, January 24, 1995, and was broadc...
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Sons of Apollo - Live with the Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony - Documentary
The band discusses the life of the band and getting ready to play with an orchestra in the 2000 year...
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Haken - Live at ProgPower USA 2016
Released as a bonus additional live show on the “L-1VE” DVD release, captured from their performance...
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Dream Theater: Riding the Train of Thought
Documentary on Dream Theater's 2004 Train of Thought tour leading up to the Live at Budokan concert....
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Mike Portnoy - Liquid Drum Theater
This 2-disc DVD set features Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater. Volume One features music of Dream Theat...
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Mike Portnoy - In Constant Motion
Disc 1: In the Dream focuses on music from the last three Dream Theater albums, Six Degrees Of Inner...
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Dream Theater: Chaos in Motion
Dream Theater's Chaos In Motion World Tour kicked off June 3rd, 2007 in Milan Italy and ended on Jun...
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Transatlantic: More Never Is Enough
More Never Is Enough contains, as the title suggests, more live footage of the Whirld Tour 2010 for ...
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Dream Theater: Bucharest, Romania
Official Dream Theater Bootleg of their live performance in Bucharest, Romania on July 4, 2002...
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Neal Morse: The Making of Momentum
Go behind the scenes with Neal, Randy and Mike to explore the making of the momentous 2012 release, ...
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Neal Morse: The Making of Sola Gratia
Originating from a seed planted in his mind about writing a record based on the apostle Paul, Sola G...
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Mike Portnoy - Live at Budokan
Mike’s drum-cam footage from the historic "Live At Budokan" Dream Theater show filmed on April 26th ...
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Mike Portnoy - Drums of Thought
Mike's Drum-cam footage from Dream Theaters Train of Thought recording sessions. Audio Options incl...
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Mike Portnoy - sysDRUMatic Chaos
Mike’s drum-cam footage from Dream Theater's Systematic Chaos recording sessions. Audio Options inc...
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Mike Portnoy - Drumerta
Mike's drum cam footage from the recording sessions for Adrenaline Mob's album Omertà. Audio Option...
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Mike Portnoy: Testimony 2: Live in Los Angeles
Mike's Drum-Cam footage from Neal Morse's Testimony 2 Tour. Audio options include: Full Band, Isola...
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Mike Portnoy - Whirlwind Drumming
Mike's Drum-cam footage from Transatlantic's The Whirlwind recording sessions. Audio options includ...
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The Making of Flying Colors
Go behind the scenes and watch the band’s songs come to life through the extraordinary collaborative...
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Mike Portnoy - Drumming Colors
Mike's drum cam footage from the recording sessions of Flying Color's self-titled album. Audio Opti...
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Yellow Matter Custard: One More Night in New York City
One More Night in New York City from drummer Mike Portnoy's amazing Beatles tribute band Yellow Matt...
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Mike Portnoy - Drums Across Forever
Mike's Drum-cam footage from Transatlantic's Bridge Across Forever recording sessions. Audio Option...
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Mike Portnoy - Ten Degrees of Turbulent Drumming
Mike's Drum-cam footage from the Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence recording sessions. Audio Options ...
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Mike Portnoy - Black Clouds and Silver Drumming
Mike Portnoy’s Drum-cam footage from Dream Theater’s Black Clouds & Silver Linings recording ses...
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Mike Portnoy - Drumavarium
Mike’s drum-cam footage from Dream Theaters Octavarium recording sessions. Audio Options include: Fu...
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Neal Morse: Live Momentum
When progressive rock icon Neal Morse was preparing to tour his highly acclaimed 2012 studio release...
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Portnoy Sheehan MacAlpine Sherinian: Live in Tokyo
Live In Tokyo is a live performance from November 14, 2012 at Zepp Tokyo for supergroup PSMS, which ...
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Mike Portnoy: The Great Adventure
Mike's Drum Cam from The Neal Morse Band's The Great Adventure 3 Audio Options: • Album Mix • Iso...
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Mike Portnoy: Drumming Nature
Mike Portnoy's Drum Cam footage from Flying Colors' Second Nature Sessions 1. Open Up Your Eyes 2....
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Mike Portnoy: The Similitude of a Dream Live
Mike's Drum Cam from The Neal Morse Bands The Similitude Of A Dream Live performance from Tilburg in...
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Mike Portnoy: Third Degree
Mike's drum cam footage from the recording sessions of Flying Color's album, Third Degree. Audio Op...
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Mike Portnoy: The Drumming Dog
Mike's Drum Cam footage from The Winery Dogs Recording Sessions. Audio Options include: Full Band M...
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Mike Portnoy: The Absolute Universe
Mike's drum cam footage from the recording sessions of Transatlantic's album(s) The Absolute Univers...
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Mike Portnoy: Hot Drums
3 Audio Options: • Full Band Mix • Isolated Drums & MP Vox • Headphone Combo Mix Tracks: • Obli...
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Mike Portnoy: Metal Drumming
MP's Drum Cam from the Metal Allegiance Sessions 3 Audio Options: • Full Band Mix • Isolated Drum...
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Mike Portnoy: Kaleidodrums
Mike Portnoy's Drum Cam footage from Transatlantic's Kaleidoscope recording sessions INTO THE BLUE ...
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PSMS Portnoy, Sheehan, MacAlpine & Sherinian: InstruMENTAL Inspirations
This DVD features up-close-and-personal views of four of the finest musicians of the modern age. Th...
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The Neal Morse Band – Live In Limbourg
Experience The Neal Morse Band’s epic performance of their triumphant double-album, The Similitude o...
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The Neal Morse Band: A U.S. Tour Of Innocence And Danger
Watch NMB as they embark on their first post-lockdown tour supporting the Innocence & Danger album. ...
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Mike Portnoy: Live Momentum
Mike's drum-cam footage from Neal Morse's US Momentum Tour. Recorded live October 11th, 2012 at the...
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Transatlantic: The Making of Kaleidoscope
Making of Kaleidoscope DVD – Full length DVD behind the scenes of the writing and recording of this ...
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Transatlantic: The Official Bootleg DVD
Includes two hours of "never before seen" backstage & live home-made movies, shot during the "Bridge...
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The Neal Morse Band - Live In India
Recorded Live at the Mood Indigo Festival – ITT Bombay 2013...
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Modern Drummer Festival Weekend 2003
A two-disc set with almost SIX HOURS of footage and special features. Featured artists and groups i...
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Neal Morse: The Making of Testimony Two
An in-depth look behind the scenes of the creative process involved in making this record....
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Neal Morse: The Making of Lifeline
At last, see the behind-the-scenes progression of this album from the demo stage to recording with M...
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The Neal Morse Band: The Great Adventure Commentary
On this fabulous DVD, Mike Portnoy, Neal Morse, Bill Hubauer, Eric Gillette and Randy George discuss...
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Morse Portnoy George: The Making of Cover 2 Cover
Originally available as part of a sold out deluxe CD/DVD set, here is an opportunity to see behind t...
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Transatlantic: The Making of SMPTe
Transatlantic recording their first album, June-July 1999. This video appeared as a bonus on the Eur...
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Flying Colors: Second Nature Video Anthology
Each pre-order will include a free bonus DVD, Flying Colors - Second Nature - Video Anthology with b...
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The Neal Morse Band: The Making of Innocence & Danger
The Making of Innocence & Danger Documentary Bill Hubauer Studio Tour Randy George Studio Tour Er...
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Neal Morse: One Under Construction
An in depth look inside the making of the “One” album....
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Neal Morse: The Sola Scriptura Sessions
Taking a look back into the making of the “Sola Scriptura” album. This video includes the exclusive ...
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The Neal Morse Band: The Making of a Dream
Bonus DVD with "The Making Of A Dream" documentary going behind the scenes of the landmark album, Th...
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Neal Morse: Live at 3RP
From the Inner Circle series this DVD is filmed with camcorder. Recording the concert of Neal Morse,...
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The Neal Morse Band: Cruise to the Edge
Here is the live performance from the Neal Morse Band, aboard the Cruise to the Edge cruise in Novem...
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The Neal Morse Band: Live in Athens
"What do you get when you take five nutty musicians and one crazy soundman to Israel and Greece? You...
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The Neal Morse Band: The Adventure Begins (The Making Of The Great Adventure)
2CD/DVD Special Edition featuring behind-the-scenes video clips of the making of the album. DVD-1.1...
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Neal Morse: The Making of Testimony
This two hour long video is a rough cut of the footage taken during the writing and recording sessio...
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The Neal Morse Band: The Making of The Grand Experiment
Bonus DVD from 2015 SE: 1. The Making of "The Grand Experiment" (45:40) - Music Videos : 2. Agend...
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The Neal Morse Band/The Flower Kings: 19 Days in Europe
Featuring great never before seen footage – both bands jamming together in the dressing room – the o...
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Transatlantic: The Making of the Whirlwind
Behind the scenes documentary of Transatlantic's 2009 album, The Whirlwind....
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Morsefest 2020: Cover2Cover
Friday Night – COVER TO COVER NIGHT! Debut of new C2C3 material as well as classics from our cover c...
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Transatlantic: Live At Sweden Rock 2014
Transatlantic Sweden Rocks Festival June, 5 2014 DVD 1. Into The Blue 2. Whirlwind Medley: Intr...
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Morsefest 2020: Sola Gratia
Saturday Night – PREMIERE OF Neal’s SOLA GRATIA plus other great progressive rock from his catalog p...
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Haken - L-1VE
Following the release of the bands much-acclaimed fourth studio album 'Affinity', they embarked upon...
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Mike Portnoy on the “Art Of Drumming” with Terry Bozzio
Two of the most acclaimed drummers in history came together for a candid conversation and improvised...
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Transatlantic - Building the Bridge / Live in America
"Building the Brige" is a two hour documentary that takes you through every part of the making of th...
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Transatlantic: Whirld Tour 2010: Live from Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London
Whirld Tour 2010: Live in London is the third live album by the progressive rock supergroup Transatl...
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The Neal Morse Band: Morsefest 2021
This 5 CD/2 Blu-ray set captures An Evening of Innocence and An Evening of Danger shows which premie...
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Morsefest 2019
The 4 CD/2 Blu-ray also features a host of bonus features including two of the VIP Q&A sessions from...
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Dream Theater: When Dream and Day Reunite
When Dream and Day Reunite is an Official Bootleg released by Dream Theater by Mike Portnoy on his Y...
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Transatlantic - Live in Europe
Released in 2003, it documents the November 12, 2001 show by the band at the 013 Club, Tilburg, Neth...
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Flying Colors: Live in Europe
2013 live release from this supergroup consisting of Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater), Dave LaRue (Joe S...
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G3 - Live in Tokyo
G3, a guitar supergroup that features top-tier shredders Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, and John Petrucci,...
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Neal Morse: Testimony Two - Live in Los Angeles
With 2DVDs and 3CDs, Testimony 2 - Live in Los Angeles is Neal's most opulent live release as a solo...
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Transatlantic: KaLIVEoscope
"The Kaleidoscope tour was indeed a landmark for Transatlantic. It was our first time in many parts ...
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Liquid Tension Experiment - LTE Live 2008
The LTE Box Set is the ultimate souvenir of Liquid Tension Experiment's 10th Anniversary Reunion Tou...
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Morsefest 2014: Testimony
Long-time collaborators Mike Portnoy and Randy George as well as Neal Morse Band anchors, Bill Hubau...
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Morsefest 2014: One
Long-time collaborators Mike Portnoy and Randy George as well as Neal Morse Band anchors, Bill Hubau...
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Neal Morse: Morsefest - Testimony & One feat. Mike Portnoy Live
Over 5 hours of great performances including the entire Testimony and One albums plus special encore...
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Transatlantic: Morsefest 2022 - The Absolute Whirlwind
This mammoth Limited 5CD + 2 Blu-ray Artbook set features both sets from Morsefest in their entirety...
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Flying Colors : Second Flight - Live at The Z7
Virtuoso prog/pop/rock band with (former) members of Deep Purple, Dream Theater, The Winery Dogs, Av...
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Neal Morse - Cruise to the Edge: Awakening - The Movie
Join Neal behind the scenes at Cruise To The Edge 2024. Neal was invited to Cruise to the Edge 2024 ...
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Dream Theater: The Rudess Experiment
Dream Theater at Concrete Foundations Forum, Burbank, CA, USA 1. Pull Me Under 2. Caught in a Web ...
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The Winery Dogs: [2014] Sonisphere Festival
The Winery Dogs at Knebworth Park, Knebworth, England Elevate We Are One Time Machine The Other ...
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The Winery Dogs - Unleashed in Japan
"Unleashed in Japan" is the first live album of the Hardrock veterans around Mike Portnoy, Billy She...
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Metal Meltdown - Featuring Twisted Sister Live at the Hard Rock Casino Las Vegas
The first “Metal Meltdown” concert series event kicked off at The Joint at the world famous Hard Roc...
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The Neal Morse Band: Alive Again
Riding on the tremendous success of their breakthrough album, The Grand Experiment, The Neal Morse B...
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Cygnus and the Sea Monsters: One Night in Chicago
Dream Theater drummer, Mike Portnoy, and his Rush tribute band Cygnus and the Sea Monsters live CD/D...
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Stone Sour: Rock In Rio 2011
Stone Sour at Cidade do Rock, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on September 24, 2011. Setlist: 01. Mission Sta...
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Morsefest 2015: Question Mark
THE NEAL MORSE BAND, featuring MIKE PORTNOY, the 38 musicians on stage create a prog orchestra. Frid...
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Morsefest 2015: Sola Scriptura
THE NEAL MORSE BAND, featuring MIKE PORTNOY, the 38 musicians on stage create a prog orchestra. Satu...
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Amazing Journey: One Night in New York City
Amazing Journey, Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy's all-star tribute to The Who, featuring Paul Gi...
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Yellow Matter Custard: One Night in New York City
The entire legendary Beatles tribute show featuring Mike Portnoy, Neal Morse, Paul Gilbert and Matt ...
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Mike Portnoy - Score
Mike Portnoy's drum cam footage from Dream Theater's historic 20th anniversary Score Concert recorde...
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Mike Portnoy: Progressive Drum Concepts
Dream Theater's drummer covers drum set assembly, double-bass techniques, odd time signatures, groov...
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Dream Theater: A Walk Beside the Band
Released by the DTIFC (Dream Theater International Fan Club), this DVD contains behind the scenes in...
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The Winery Dogs : Dog Years - Live in Santiago and Beyond 2013-2016
The Winery Dogs – Richie Kotzen (lead vocals/guitar), Mike Portnoy (drums), Billy Sheehan (bass) – h...
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Liquid Tension Experiment: Live In LA
1. Acid Rain (10:43) / 2. Kindred Spirits (7:53) / 3. Biaxident (7:34) / 4. Freedom of Speech (8:54)...
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Hammer of the Gods: Two Nights in North America
Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy's live tribute to Led Zeppelin. Recorded in Montreal and New York...
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The Neal Morse Band : The Similitude of A Dream - Live in Tilburg 2017
The Neal Morse Band's triumphant double-album, The Similitude of a Dream, is the most acclaimed rele...
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Morsefest 2017 - Testimony of a Dream
The Neal Morse Band, the progressive rock collective comprised by singer/guitarist/keyboardist Neal ...
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Liquid Tension Experiment: Live In NYC
1. Acid Rain (9:25) 2. Kindred Spirits (8:00) 3. Biaxident (7:39) 4. Freedom of Speech (9:00) 5. Imp...
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Neal Morse: Testimony Live
Morse's "Testimony," the musical sequel to Spock's Beard's epic concept album "Snow," was brought to...
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Dream Theater: The Spirit Carries On
A little more than a month after original drummer Mike Portnoy's sudden departure from Dream Theater...
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Dream Theater: The Score So Far...
Full length documentary chronicling 20 years of the legendary American prog metal band Dream Theater...
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Dream Theater - Santiago, Chile 12/6/05
Official Bootleg DV of Dream Theater Concert in Santiago Chile on 12/06/05....
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Sons Of Apollo: Live With The Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony
Filmed at the spectacular Roman Amphitheatre in Plovdiv, Bulgaria on September 22 2018. The band's p...
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Dream Theater: [2002] Rotterdamned
New Millennium, The Mirror, Lie, Through My Words, Fatal Tragedy, Blind Faith, Lifting Shadows Off a...
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Dream Theater: Chaos in Progress: The Making of Systematic Chaos
* A 90 minute making of album "Systematic Chaos" documentary. * 5.1 Surround mix of the entire albu...
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The Neal Morse Band : The Great Adventour - Live in BRNO 2019
When The Neal Morse Band released their acclaimed The Similitude Of A Dream album - a progressive ro...
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Mike Portnoy : MPMMXX Drum Cam
1080p High Definition Video, MPEG-4 (.mp4) Mike's drum cam footage from the recording sessions of S...
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Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
An in-depth look at the Canadian rock band Rush, chronicling the band's musical evolution from their...
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Flying Colors : Third Stage - Live in London
Continuing their pattern of making a studio album, followed by a live album, "Third Stage: Live In L...
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Dream Theater: Dark Side of the Moon
Dream Theater’s entire performance of the legendary Pink Floyd album recorded live at the Hammersmit...
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The Making of the Absolute Universe by Transatlantic
A documentary detailing the composition of Transatlantic’s latest album The Absolute Universe...
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Dream Theater: Romavarium
Digitalised video of live performance in Roma, the Lazio in Italy...
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Mike Portnoy - LTE3
Mike's drum cam footage from the recording sessions of Liquid Tension Experiment 3 . Audio Options ...
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Morsefest 2023: Testimony feat. NMB
Our usual video and audio team captured every moment of the event, and we are thrilled to announce t...
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Dream Theater: 5 Years in a Livetime
5 Years in a LIVEtime is the second home video release by Dream Theater. The video contains a mix of...
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Building the Beast: The Making of Metal Allegiance
The making of heavy metal supergroup Metal Allegiance's debut album....
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Dream Theater - Parasomnia
An album announcement that is fifteen years in the making, GRAMMY®-winning, progressive music titans...
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Dream Theater: Panem et Circensis
Dream Theater is sited by music experts as one of the pioneers of the "Progressive Metal" genre. Thi...
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Neal Morse: Testimony 2...For You.
This is a behind the scenes DVD of the Testimony 2 tour in both the United States and Europe. It was...
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Phil Collins: Drummer First
For the first time on film, Phil takes us on a journey through his life and career from a drumming p...
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Dream Theater - Quarantième: Live à Paris
In 2024, GRAMMY®-winning, progressive music titans Dream Theater celebrated their 40th anniversary a...
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