Michael Stephen Portnoy (born April 20, 1967) American drummer primarily known as the drummer and backing vocalist for the progressive metal band Dream Theater. Known for his drumming prowess and technical skill, Portnoy has won 23 awards from the Modern Drummer magazine. He has co-produced the last five Dream Theater albums with John Petrucci, starting from Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory. From A Change of Seasons onwards, Portnoy has been writing a substantial amount of Dream Theater's lyrics, filling the void left by Kevin Moore, who left the band after the release of Awake. He is the second youngest person (after Neil Peart) to be inducted into the Modern Drummer's Hall of Fame (at 37 years of age), and is still to date the only metal drummer to be inducted.
Mike Portnoy was born and raised in Long Beach, New York, on Long Island. According to a post made by Jordan Rudess on his forum, Mike was Jewish but did not practice Judaism as a religion. His father worked as a DJ at a local radio station, helping Portnoy gain an appreciation for music at an early age through bands like Queen, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Yes and The Beatles. Although Portnoy taught himself how to play the drums, he did take music theory classes in high school. During that period he began playing in local bands Intruder, Rising Power and Inner Sanctum, the last two of which released an album. He left Inner Sanctum after being awarded a scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston. There he met John Petrucci and John Myung with whom he formed the band (originally called Majesty) that would become Dream Theater.
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Nothing's Profile
Oldschool? Newschool? Metalcore? Whatever!
The fact is that Nothing was formed on February, 17th 2002 by xipheyx as the front-woman, Yosie as the guitar player and Arie Jimbo as the drum player.
Since the beginning, Nothing was always having difficulties on finding the right bass player. On July 2002 xnanux came saves the day, joined the band as the additional bass player. With this line-up, Nothing recorded four songs on October 2002. This was actually an indie-movie-soundtrack project, but then those disapointing-quality recording released as demo tape entitled “Lesson Of Life”.
On May 2003, xnanux decided to leave the band. Simien took the position. With this new line-up, Nothing recorded two more songs, to participate on a local hardcore compilation released by Halang Rintang Records. Unfortunately, on September 2005, Simien left the band. Lutfi took over the position.
In the mid 2007, Hanung joined the band to complete the guitars sound.
On early 2008, Arie Jimbo left the band to work oversea, Reza filled the position.
On August 2008, after getting married, Lutfi left the band and Kimpling joined the band as the bass player.
Nothing’s music is a mixture of oldschool hardcore, newschool hardcore, a little part of metal, pop and also punk. We can mention Walls Of Jericho and Caliban as the most influenting band, beside the other influences of every member of the band.
Nothing is not a straightedge band, nor vegetarian/vegan.
Furthermore, Nothing is not a feminist band, even the lyrics make people think like that. Nothing is just trying to spread the positive messages or stories of everyday life.
The fact is that Nothing was formed on February, 17th 2002 by xipheyx as the front-woman, Yosie as the guitar player and Arie Jimbo as the drum player.
Since the beginning, Nothing was always having difficulties on finding the right bass player. On July 2002 xnanux came saves the day, joined the band as the additional bass player. With this line-up, Nothing recorded four songs on October 2002. This was actually an indie-movie-soundtrack project, but then those disapointing-quality recording released as demo tape entitled “Lesson Of Life”.
On May 2003, xnanux decided to leave the band. Simien took the position. With this new line-up, Nothing recorded two more songs, to participate on a local hardcore compilation released by Halang Rintang Records. Unfortunately, on September 2005, Simien left the band. Lutfi took over the position.
In the mid 2007, Hanung joined the band to complete the guitars sound.
On early 2008, Arie Jimbo left the band to work oversea, Reza filled the position.
On August 2008, after getting married, Lutfi left the band and Kimpling joined the band as the bass player.
Nothing’s music is a mixture of oldschool hardcore, newschool hardcore, a little part of metal, pop and also punk. We can mention Walls Of Jericho and Caliban as the most influenting band, beside the other influences of every member of the band.
Nothing is not a straightedge band, nor vegetarian/vegan.
Furthermore, Nothing is not a feminist band, even the lyrics make people think like that. Nothing is just trying to spread the positive messages or stories of everyday life.
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