Mike Portnoy
April 20th, 1967

Selected Discography
Year Title Artist
2007 Systematic Chaos Dream Theater
2006 Score: 20th Anniversary World Tour Live with the Octavarium Orchestra Dream Theater
1992 Images and Words Dream Theater
1999 Metropolis 2000: Scenes From a Memory Dream Theater
1994 Awake Dream Theater
2005 Octavarium Dream Theater
2002 Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence Dream Theater
1997 Falling Into Infinity Dream Theater
1995 A Change of Seasons Dream Theater
1999 Liquid Tension Experiment 2 Liquid Tension Experiment
2003 Train of Thought Dream Theater
1998 Liquid Tension Experiment Liquid Tension Experiment
2006 Cover to Cover Morse, Portnoy, George
2003 Office of Strategic Influence O.S.I.
2005 Drum Nation 2 Portnoy & Various Artists
2000 Stolt Morse Portnoy Trewavas Transatlantic
2001 Bridge Across Forever Transatlantic
2005 Prime Cuts Mike Portnoy
2004 Live at Budokan Dream Theater
2001 Live Scenes From New York Dream Theater
1993 Live at the Marquee Dream Theater
1998 Once in a Livetime Dream Theater
1989 When Dream and Day Unite Dream Theater
2002 Live in America Transatlantic
2004 Live in Europe Transatlantic
 

Selected DVDs
Year Title Artist
2007 In Constant Motion Mike Portnoy
2000 Liquid Drum Theater Mike Portnoy
2006 Score: 20th Anniversary World Tour Live with the Octavarium Orchestra Dream Theater
2004 Live at Budokan Dream Theater
2001 Progressive Drum Concepts Mike Portnoy
2001 Metropolis 2000: Scenes From New York Dream Theater
2004 Images and Words Live in Tokyo / 5 Years in a Live Time Dream Theater
2006 Building the Bridge: Live in America Transatlantic
2003 Live in Europe Transatlantic
2004 Testimony Live Neil Morse
2006 Modern Drummer Festival 2000 & 2003 Portnoy, Smith, Colaiuta,   & Others

Selected Books
Year Title
2002 Mike Portnoy - Anthology, Volume One
1997 Drum Lessons with the Greats 2

Mike Portnoy's Drum Equipment:

Buy Tama Drums
Tama Starclassic Maple Custom White
1. 5"x12" Snare
2. 16"x16" Floor Tom
3. Set of 4 Octobans
4. 5.5"x14" Snare
5. 8"x8" Tom
6. 9"x10" Tom
7. 10"x12" Tom
8. 6"x14" Tom
9. 6.5"x14" Snare
10. 10"x14" Tom
11. 16"x16" Floor Tom
12. 16"x18" Floor Tom
13. 18"x22" Bass Drums (2)
14. 14"x26" Bass Drum

Buy Sabian Cymbals
A. 14" AAX Stage Hats
B. 14" HHX Studio Crash
C. 18" HHX Chinese
D. 18" HHX Studio Crash
E. 7" Signature Max Splash
F. 9" Signature Max Splash
G. 18" AA Medium Thin Crash
H. Signature Max Stax (mid)
I. 20" HHX Chinese
J. 22" Hand Hammered Rock Ride
K. 13" HHX Groove Hats
L. Signature Max Stax (low)
M. 19" Signature Fierce Crash
N. 17" Hand Hammered Medium Thin Crash
O. 11" Signature Max Splash
P. 17" Hand Hammered Thin Crash
Q. 20" Hand Hammered Chinese
R. 12" Ice Bell over Signature Max Stax (high)
S. 16" HHXtreme Crash
T. 14" Triple Hi-Hat
U. 8" Hi-Hats (2 Signature Max Stax Bottoms)
V. 28" Zodiac Gong

Accessories

Buy Latin Percussion
Wind chimes (single & double row), Cyclops tambourine (2), Ridge Rider Rock cowbell, Granite Block set

Buy Remo Drumheads
Snares: Remo coated Ambassadors (with black dots) on batters; Toms: Clear Emperors on batters, clear Diplomats on bottoms; Bass: PowerStroke 3's

Buy Pro-Mark Sticks
Hickory 420 Mike Portnoy nylon tip

 



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