Talk:Mike Portnoy
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If it says he's a fan of otehr bands and such, why not mention the Tenacious D shirt he wears in Live in Budokan?-TheChrisParker (talk) 23:04, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
Should something be put on here about his personality? He's the most carefree and free-spirited dream theater member, and in a non-negative connotation, immature. It's clearly seen in his stage performances and his manner of dress, as well as his dialogue. Thoughts? 203.144.160.246 17:11, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
- It will be original research unless it has some valid citations Anger22 17:43, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
- and his tremendous ego, that is mentioned at the beginning of the article, and I don't see a citation nowhere. Should it be removed? --Lashiec (talk) 14:53, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Is he Jewish?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.228.251.46 (talk • contribs) 08:29, January 21, 2006
Born as such, but not really a practicing member of the Jewish faith, I believe. A small query about a couple of things in the kit section: I believe the Transatlantic kit was only used on the second TA album (he used the LTE kit on SMPTe and the US tour: you can hear the timbalitos on SMPTe and Live in America, and you can see the kit on the cover of LiA), and the kit used in OSI was *based* on the right side of the Siamese, not the right side of the Siamese itself. Might also be worth listing the 'Mini-Monster' used on the South American tour last year and the stripped down setup Mike has used on the new OSI - just a kick drum, single timbalito, a rack tom, snare and cymbals I think. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.84.106.248 (talk • contribs) 21:01, February 2, 2006
May I ask why the Anthony Mendez deal of 2003 isn't mentioned in here? For those who don't know, in 2003 a man by the name of Anthony Mendez fooled many people and went around saying he was Mike Portnoy. I don't have time to add it myself, though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.250.55.74 (talk • contribs) 01:00, June 28, 2006
- "Portnoy" in Russian means "taylor" (0: --CopperKettle 02:30, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
- I'd translate it to "port + adjective suffix" ("portian", "porter", etc.) as a native speaker of Russian. --84.249.253.201 00:17, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
the article first says that he won 21 awards, and then later says that he won 20 awards. Which is it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shapirog (talk • contribs) 20:39, October 1, 2006
- 22 --Λeternus 14:43, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Picture
This article could use a picture of Mike, images of the different drumkits would be nice as well.--E tac 09:17, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
Hello can YOU put a mike photo? coz i only have photos of his drumkits...(i am a drummerLoL)ah...and about "mike is immature" i dont think so...i should say he is the liveliest of dream theater members and a fun showman but not immature... I didnt know portnoy was taylor
This was left in. I removed it and haven't added to request due to my inability to use Wikipedia. I don't know if it's fair use either. (Someone please put this(http://www.tama.com/artists/featured/images/header_mike-portnoy2.jpg) image of the albino monster to the right of here. Ican't figure out how to do it)
I don´t understand why it is not mentioned that he had a serious alcohol Problem and that he is suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder. I think that this important. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.206.196.55 (talk) 19:10, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Equipment
Willy1234x1 09:23, 6 July 2007 (UTC)I guess I just noticed this but his equipments states two different kits as the "newest" and currently used. Shouldn't this be fixed? I can but I'm not too good at phrasing.
[edit] Hall Of Fame
I see that it is stated several places that Mike was the youngest drummer to be inducted into the Modern Drummer hall of fame - which is not true! Neil Peart was 31 when he was inducted in 1983 - and the MP original newspost was edited to acknowledge this error. http://www.mikeportnoy.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=512558 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.108.36.175 (talk) 18:55, August 26, 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Alcoholism
There's a new interview up on Mike's site (http://www.mikeportnoy.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=1769224) where he talks some more about his alcoholism, including the last day he took a drink, the number of AA meetings he attends, and a little about the AA suite. Might be worth working into the article. Habfan29 18:53, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Maga
so u see tat he was a man and not a lady all i can say is wat a do ra dai maga —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.167.11.57 (talk) 08:23, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
