September 2010
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Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy Joins Hail! in 2010
Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy will join the ranks of bassist David Ellefson (Megadeth, F5), guitarist Andreas Kisser (Sepultura) and vocalist Tim “Ripper” Owens (Judas Priest, Yngwie Malmsteen, Iced Earth) in the all-star band Hail! on select US dates in early 2010 — marking the band’s first shows on American soil.
Ellefson comments on the news, exclaiming, “Mike...
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Mike Portnoy Leaves Dream Theater
I am about to write something I never imagined I’d ever write: After 25 years, I have decided to leave Dream Theater….the band I founded, led and truly loved for a quarter of a century. To many people this will come as a complete shock, and will also likely be misunderstood by some, but please believe me that it is not a hasty decision…it is something I have struggled with...
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Project Featuring Mikael Akerfeldt, Mike Portnoy,...
Infusing all shades of rock into a “twisted” and “experimental” musical incarnation is a long-anticipated and newly embarked project – to feature Porcupine Tree’s Steven Wilson, Opeth’s Mikael Akerfeldt, as well as Dream Theater’s Mike Portnoy. In a recent interview with Chordstruck Magazine, Wilson explained how the project is still “in [its] very early days,” as he is currently getting the...
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Coisa Feita's Playlist
4 September 2010
1. Soft Machine - Memories
2. Nektar - Remember the Future (Part II)
3. Can - She Brings the Rain
4. Gentle Giant - The Advence of Panurge
5. Van der Graaf Generator - A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
6. Premiata Forneria Marconi - Per Un Amico
7. Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
8. Gong - You Can’t Kill Me
9. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Knife Edge
10. David...
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