Dream Theater Reject Portnoy Reunion
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Topic: Dream Theater Reject Portnoy Reunion
Posted By: Metalbaswee
Subject: Dream Theater Reject Portnoy Reunion
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2010 at 11:34am
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Dream Theater have turned down Mike Portnoy�s offer to return to the band. In a post on his own forum Mike Portnoy revealed that he tried to reconcile with his former bandmates but that they rejected him. Here�s the post in full: �Fairly recently, I reached out to the guys to try and make amends and offered to reconcile for the sake of having peace back in our lives...(plus I know how much it meant to alot of the fans...) �So now the fans on my twitter and facebook can please stop asking me to go back to DT...I tried, and the door is now shut...the ball is now in their court, not mine... �Anyways, onward and upward...� Thanks for the report to http://www.planetrock.com/Article.asp?id=2061473&spid=35830" rel="nofollow - PlanetRock.com . -------------   |
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2010 at 12:13pm
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Hmm, that is interesting that the rest of the band would reject him from returning to the fold. Seems like there has to be more to the story than what he is sharing. ------------- 
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Posted By: LittleBig
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2010 at 12:36pm
This situation got ugly, Portnoy seems to have pissed of his band mates - he actually was rejected by some lawyer?!  Such a shame this whole situation got so out of hand.
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Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2010 at 2:42pm
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This is gettin' ugly... I was really hoping they would settle this out before something like this happened. ------------- Check out my YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/user/demiseoftime" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/user/demiseoftime |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2010 at 3:08pm
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There is always more to the story....lawyers?? Obviously about money, tour/recording schedule, time off...etc. I'm sure Mike just didn't call up and say "hey I wanna come back". Certified letters sent between laywers....still sounds pretty ugly to me. I don't know if I would write off them getting back together but what it seems to me if they ever do get back together it will be a lifeless group run by lawyers.
I just can't help think that the creative juices will never flow as they did on past albums, something always gets lost in these scenarios.
What a shame..... ------------- US Festival '83 "Heavy Metal Sunday" Survivor.... |
Posted By: Stooge
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2010 at 4:07pm
This story keeps on getting more ugly/interesting depending on your perspective (or both ugly and interesting  ).
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2010 at 4:49pm
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It could be a case of him selling his financial stake in the DT business when he left, and now wanting back in where he left off and the guys saying no. It could be a case of them having already written the new material for their next album, and not wanting to have to go back to scratch to appease Mike. It could be hurt feelings over the fact that he left it the first place. It could be that they decided that they were actually happier now without his bad attitude in the room. It could be that they heard he was recording Testimony 2 with Neal Morse, instead of being available for them when they need him in January. Or it could be Yoko Ono's fault. -------------
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2010 at 6:23pm
| You know, I don't think John Petrucci ever got along fabulously with Portnoy |
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2010 at 12:27am
Yep that�s also my take on it, but I guess that�s a consequence of not being a major fan. ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Stooge wrote:Posted By: Metalbaswee
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2010 at 3:12am
IMO, JP is the one that keeps everything together, he has good relations with all of them, and it was quite obvious that some members don't get along that well. ------------- |
Posted By: Colt
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2010 at 5:28am
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IMO, the future, with or without MP, will much depend on the success of their next album in 2011.
For me, it will be interesting to see whether they write material close to the SFAM or 6DOIT era or move further towards modern metal.
Either way the coming months are particularly intriguing
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Posted By: Metalbaswee
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2010 at 7:37am
I think they will move more to a Falling Into Infinity/Octavarium sound, seeing as their biggest metalhead has left. Not that that would be a bad thing. ------------- |