Re: Hmmm.... what about....
Dave52 said:
Lest we forget Mike Portnoy - that man is frightening...!
Dave.
I went to High School with Mike. I jammed with him twice (at the time).
He was no great shakes (at the time). He was just, well, adequate (at the time).
I understand that he went for very extensive training after High School.
Now they name snares after him
The last time I ever spoke with him was on Olive street (in front of my friend Norman's house (the best guitarist EVER (and I mean that!))) and he was talking about how well the band that he was with was doing. Who knew.
Norman got the first CD (somehow, it may have been a gift from Mike to him (they were tighter than I was with Mike)) and we listened to it.
I was really expecting to like it, I really was, but I didn't.
I don't know what their music sounds like now, but that first album (to me) seemed to be just a bunch of meandering chord changes for the sake of chord changes. The structure was too loose and wandering for my tastes.
Anyway, I know he's supposed to be the shit these days, but I like Bruford and Palmer a lot more.
Carl