Hier noch eine "News", aus einem Interview mit Mike Portnoy (leider schon knapp 1 Jahr alt, und bisher keine Updates mitbekommen):
Hoffentlich wird's noch was...The interview is almost over, but as a last question I ask Mike about the rumours saying that he and Mikael Åkerfeldt, the mastermind behind Swedish metal act Opeth, are planning to do something together.
“Yeah, he’s coming down tonight actually. Most of the guys are. I’ve been a fan of theirs for years, and we’ve become friends the last couple of years. He and I and Steven Wilson [of Porcupine Tree] have talked about doing something together. Hopefully some time soon we’ll be able to coordinate our schedules and make it happen. I think me and Steven want to make it heavy, and I think Mikael wants to, uh, not be heavy. Because me and Steven want to do stuff that we can’t do with Porcupine Tree and Dream Theater, and get to some really heavy stuff. And I think that Mikael wants to get away from the heavy stuff because he does that all the time with Opeth, so who knows. Maybe we’ll meet somewhere in the middle. I think it’ll be great. I mean, I’ve had great experiences collaborating with other people, especially people who are the kind of leaders of their bands. That was kind of what Transatlantic was about, since Neal Morse and Roine Stolt are kind of the leaders of their bands, you know. It was a great creative environment, and I think a similar chemistry would happen with Steven and Mikael.”
Und noch was:
CD kann ich empfehlen, ist cool."Cygnus And The Sea Monsters - One Night In Chicago", a Tribute to Rush featuring Mike Portnoy, Paul Gilbert, Sean Malone and Jason McMaster, is now available exclusively from http://www.mikeportnoy.com on CD and DVD.
The track listing is:
1. 2112
2. Cygnus X-1
3. Hemispheres
4. YYZ / Drum Solo
The DVD also contains an Audio Commentary with Mike Portnoy and Paul Gilbert
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