Originally published in Artisan News Service YT channel · January 2012
Mike Portnoy interview (excerpts)
InterviewMike Portnoy1 min read
Artisan News: Now that you are no longer with Dream Theater, how does you feel about leaving the band?
Mike Portnoy: I feel like a newly divorced single man! I feel like a bachelor again and I’m just having fun being a free agent.
Derek Sherinian: ...with a bunch of 20 year old girls! [laughs]
MP: [laughs] I’m just having fun getting around. I’m spreading my musical wings.
AN: So what’s in store for you in 2012?
MP: I’ve got a band called Adrenaline Mob with an album coming out March 13th. I’ve got a band with Steve Morse called Flying Colors; that comes out March 27th. I’m playing with Derek again for the first time in like 14 years. We have some shows here at NAMM in California and we have a DVD coming out. Just a lot of different things, playing with different people, just having fun being a free agent.
AN: Do you still talk to any of your former bandmates in Dream Theater?
MP: A couple of guys. It’s kinda strange, but yeah. Those guys have been my brothers for life.