Fans Awaited Mike Portnoy And John Petrucci Reunion

Mike Portnoy and John Petrucci (Twitter @MikePortnoy)

JAKARTA - There is good news for fans of the old Dream Theater. Mike Portnoy said he would be very happy if he could make music again with John Petrucci.

A few weeks after posting a photo of himself with Petrucci on social media, the drummer commented on the possibility of working with his former bandmate at Dream Theater. At that time, Portnoy and Petrucci vacationed with his family in New York.

In a recent interview with Myglobalmind, Portnoy revealed plans to work with Petrucci again.

"We both will love it. We are a great team for 25 years because we are co-captains of Dream Theater and Liquid Tension Experiment. I will also go with him on the 'G3' tour," said Portnoy.

"I look back at the relationship we had, and it's a special drummer-guitarist relationship," he continued. "You can see this from Lars (Ulrich) and James (Hetfield) from Metallica, Dimebag (Darrell Abbott) and Vinnie (Paul Abbott) from Pantera, and Eddie and Alex Van Halen. I think John and I have that kind of partnership. . "

Portnoy added that they are in the best and strongest condition to return to work together. And he really missed that relationship.

"He and I have a great personal relationship now and get together with our family. It's a shame not making music in a certain capacity in the future. I hope we can," he explained.

Asked what his latest collaboration with Petrucci would sound like, Portnoy said it would look like Dream Theater's first ten albums.

"I think Dream Theater and Liquid Tension are a great combination of our styles as well as the other members of those bands. I think John and I both have very different styles. We've written hundreds of songs, so I thought it would be pretty clear. what kind of material. "

Portnoy, who co-founded Dream Theater more than 30 years ago, surprisingly left the band that made his name in September 2010 while on tour with Avenged Sevenfold. Since then he has been replaced by Mike Mangini (Annihilator, Extreme, James LaBrie, and Steve Vai).