News Latest News from Ultimate-Guitar.Com. en-US Copyright 1998-2026 Ultimate-Guitar.Com. All rights reserved. https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=1616 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:57:21 -0400 Sun, 30 Mar 2025 19:02:02 -0400 60 Ultimate-Guitar.Com https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/static/_img/logo_trans.png https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=1616 144 44 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/despite-grunges-peak-dream-theaters-pull-me-under-still-reached-10-on-rock-radio-186059 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/despite-grunges-peak-dream-theaters-pull-me-under-still-reached-10-on-rock-radio-186059 Features: As Mike Portnoy once said, "the '90s started to go downhill once grunge came around." Nonetheless, Dream Theater was on a good path and "Pull Me Under" helped them become what they are today. ]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:57:21 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mike-portnoy-admits-dream-theaters-mangini-era-grammy-winning-song-gives-him-a-headache-im-probably-going-to-get-blasted-for-saying-that https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mike-portnoy-admits-dream-theaters-mangini-era-grammy-winning-song-gives-him-a-headache-im-probably-going-to-get-blasted-for-saying-that Music News: "... but it's the truth."]]> Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:46:17 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/people-say-portnoy-can-never-do-that-mike-portnoy-addresses-being-compared-to-mike-mangini-admits-it-was-hard-watching-dream-theater-with-another-drummer https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/people-say-portnoy-can-never-do-that-mike-portnoy-addresses-being-compared-to-mike-mangini-admits-it-was-hard-watching-dream-theater-with-another-drummer Music News: "Yeah, you're right. I probably couldn't play half of those things."]]> Mon, 02 Feb 2026 01:33:17 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/the-first-and-the-only-time-it-happened-dream-theaters-label-wanted-a-more-commercial-sound-so-they-brought-in-desmond-child-john-petrucci-reveals-what-that-looked-like https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/the-first-and-the-only-time-it-happened-dream-theaters-label-wanted-a-more-commercial-sound-so-they-brought-in-desmond-child-john-petrucci-reveals-what-that-looked-like Music News: "It was something that we never did before."]]> Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:57:09 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/music/i-found-out-i-was-wrong-what-surprised-jordan-rudess-upon-joining-dream-theater https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/music/i-found-out-i-was-wrong-what-surprised-jordan-rudess-upon-joining-dream-theater Music: "I was asked to join Dream Theater before we did the Liquid Tension albums, but in those days, I wasn't quite in the headspace to join. So I said no."]]> Thu, 22 Jan 2026 02:10:37 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/we-managed-fine-without-him-but-dream-theaters-jordan-rudess-explains-what-really-sets-mike-portnoy-apart-from-everybody-else https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/we-managed-fine-without-him-but-dream-theaters-jordan-rudess-explains-what-really-sets-mike-portnoy-apart-from-everybody-else Music News: "When Portnoy was gone, and we had 13 years without him, we managed fine. We won a Grammy. We played amazing shows all over the world."]]> Wed, 07 Jan 2026 07:02:02 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/there-are-moments-here-and-there-like-oh-i-dont-know-if-i-wouldve-played-that-mike-portnoy-on-performing-mike-manginis-parts-in-dream-theater https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/there-are-moments-here-and-there-like-oh-i-dont-know-if-i-wouldve-played-that-mike-portnoy-on-performing-mike-manginis-parts-in-dream-theater Music News: "Playing those songs has been a lot of fun."]]> Wed, 19 Nov 2025 03:02:02 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/i-bring-a-looser-kind-of-lars-ulrich-style-mike-portnoy-compares-his-style-to-neil-peart-recalls-seeing-neil-for-the-last-time https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/i-bring-a-looser-kind-of-lars-ulrich-style-mike-portnoy-compares-his-style-to-neil-peart-recalls-seeing-neil-for-the-last-time Interviews: UG Exclusive: "I had no idea it would be my last time to see him in person. So I cherish that memory."]]> Thu, 16 Oct 2025 16:46:08 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-could-have-spoken-about-closed-doors-things-how-mike-mangini-really-felt-about-being-let-go-from-dream-theater https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-could-have-spoken-about-closed-doors-things-how-mike-mangini-really-felt-about-being-let-go-from-dream-theater Music News: "You don't reveal stuff about your coworkers."]]> Tue, 30 Sep 2025 01:12:22 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/dream-theater-members-on-whether-reuniting-with-mike-portnoy-was-the-right-call-who-wouldve-ever-thought-this-would-happen https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/dream-theater-members-on-whether-reuniting-with-mike-portnoy-was-the-right-call-who-wouldve-ever-thought-this-would-happen Music News: "When Mike came back and was in the studio with us the first day, in my mind it's still almost impossible to think it was so many years since he was with us before", Jordan Rudess said.]]> Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:02:03 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/john-petrucci-recalls-meeting-mike-portnoy-for-the-first-time-explains-why-the-stage-is-a-battlefield https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/john-petrucci-recalls-meeting-mike-portnoy-for-the-first-time-explains-why-the-stage-is-a-battlefield Music News: "You have that connection, you know, it really is a real brotherhood."]]> Sat, 06 Sep 2025 20:13:45 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/dream-theaters-james-labrie-opens-up-on-differences-between-mike-mangini-and-mike-portnoy-reveals-why-playing-with-portnoy-again-feels-just-like-coming-home https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/dream-theaters-james-labrie-opens-up-on-differences-between-mike-mangini-and-mike-portnoy-reveals-why-playing-with-portnoy-again-feels-just-like-coming-home Music News: "Wow. Yeah. There it is. There it is. That's exactly what it used to be like."]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:01:12 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mike-portnoy-opens-up-on-incredibly-emotional-first-tour-with-dream-theater-since-rejoining-reveals-hes-happy-hes-back-its-the-way-it-should-be https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mike-portnoy-opens-up-on-incredibly-emotional-first-tour-with-dream-theater-since-rejoining-reveals-hes-happy-hes-back-its-the-way-it-should-be Music News: "For us to be back together again and celebrating the 40th anniversary of the band and riding off into the sunset together, it's poetic."]]> Sun, 10 Aug 2025 08:39:00 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/if-i-had-to-think-like-that-on-stage-my-head-would-explode-mike-portnoy-explains-dream-theaters-approach-to-complex-time-signatures https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/if-i-had-to-think-like-that-on-stage-my-head-would-explode-mike-portnoy-explains-dream-theaters-approach-to-complex-time-signatures Music News: "By the time we get onto the stage and we're performing these things live, I don't think about them anymore."]]> Wed, 09 Jul 2025 02:02:02 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/dream-theater-play-surprising-pink-floyd-cover-at-recent-pompeii-performance-on-the-same-hallowed-ground-that-pink-floyd-performed-it-over-50-years-ago https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/dream-theater-play-surprising-pink-floyd-cover-at-recent-pompeii-performance-on-the-same-hallowed-ground-that-pink-floyd-performed-it-over-50-years-ago Music News: "All 25 minutes of it!"]]> Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:18:40 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/no-matter-how-gifted-you-may-be-you-need-to-put-in-the-time-dream-theaters-mike-portnoy-explains-why-talent-alone-wont-get-you-far-in-music https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/no-matter-how-gifted-you-may-be-you-need-to-put-in-the-time-dream-theaters-mike-portnoy-explains-why-talent-alone-wont-get-you-far-in-music Music News: "When Dream Theater first started, when we put the band together at Berklee, we would practice six hours a night, five nights a week."]]> Thu, 03 Jul 2025 01:02:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/time-after-time-things-were-knocking-us-down-mike-portnoy-opens-up-on-frustration-dream-theater-went-through-early-on-explains-his-relationship-with-success https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/time-after-time-things-were-knocking-us-down-mike-portnoy-opens-up-on-frustration-dream-theater-went-through-early-on-explains-his-relationship-with-success Music News: "We just never gave up. We believed in ourselves. And that's what you have to do."]]> Mon, 30 Jun 2025 01:02:02 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mike-mangini-explains-why-he-was-nervous-at-dream-theater-audition-despite-doing-his-homework-reveals-how-the-band-members-acted https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mike-mangini-explains-why-he-was-nervous-at-dream-theater-audition-despite-doing-his-homework-reveals-how-the-band-members-acted Music News: "I'd never played a configuration like that — never."]]> Mon, 16 Jun 2025 00:02:02 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/watch-dream-theater-perform-this-mike-mangini-era-track-with-mike-portnoy-for-the-first-time https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/watch-dream-theater-perform-this-mike-mangini-era-track-with-mike-portnoy-for-the-first-time Music News: Portnoy once stated he wouldn't mind playing anything Mangini wrote, and he's proven it.]]> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 20:04:08 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/we-were-definitely-outcasts-at-berklee-now-you-go-there-its-all-dream-theater-kids-mike-portnoy-on-how-prog-metal-became-cool https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/we-were-definitely-outcasts-at-berklee-now-you-go-there-its-all-dream-theater-kids-mike-portnoy-on-how-prog-metal-became-cool Music News: "There were jazz guys, and you'd go down the hallway, and you'd hear everybody doing Miles Davis covers."]]> Wed, 28 May 2025 03:02:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mike-portnoy-reacts-to-the-who-firing-zak-starkey-reveals-why-hes-afraid-for-his-own-career https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mike-portnoy-reacts-to-the-who-firing-zak-starkey-reveals-why-hes-afraid-for-his-own-career Music News: "The odds are very much stacked against me right now."]]> Sun, 25 May 2025 19:47:08 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mike-portnoy-reveals-link-between-rush-and-dream-theaters-original-name-dream-theater-was-born-out-of-love-for-rush https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mike-portnoy-reveals-link-between-rush-and-dream-theaters-original-name-dream-theater-was-born-out-of-love-for-rush Music News: "We knew that was a common ground for us."]]> Thu, 08 May 2025 00:05:13 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/john-petrucci-reveals-how-mike-portnoys-upsetting-dream-theater-departure-affected-him-opens-on-the-mangini-era-success https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/john-petrucci-reveals-how-mike-portnoys-upsetting-dream-theater-departure-affected-him-opens-on-the-mangini-era-success Interviews: UG Exclusive: "You never know what life has to offer."]]> Fri, 02 May 2025 14:02:02 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mike-portnoy-names-dream-theater-album-that-felt-like-a-sellout-i-was-frustrated-i-wanted-out https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mike-portnoy-names-dream-theater-album-that-felt-like-a-sellout-i-was-frustrated-i-wanted-out Music News: "I was like, 'Why are we doing this if we can't do it on our own terms?'"]]> Wed, 30 Apr 2025 03:02:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mike-portnoy-explains-how-pull-me-under-saved-dream-theater-it-changed-our-lives-forever https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mike-portnoy-explains-how-pull-me-under-saved-dream-theater-it-changed-our-lives-forever Music News: "I hear a song that changed our lives forever. I mean, I wouldn't be sitting here talking with you."]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2025 22:23:24 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mike-mangini-explains-how-being-let-go-from-dream-theater-affected-him-thats-what-you-do-thats-it https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mike-mangini-explains-how-being-let-go-from-dream-theater-affected-him-thats-what-you-do-thats-it Music News: "A lot of times, people, maybe in private, ask me, 'Oh, what else [happened]?'"]]> Sat, 19 Apr 2025 01:02:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-hurt-them-when-i-left-them-mike-portnoy-opens-up-on-strained-relationships-with-dream-theater-members-reveals-how-he-mended-them https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-hurt-them-when-i-left-them-mike-portnoy-opens-up-on-strained-relationships-with-dream-theater-members-reveals-how-he-mended-them Music News: "It was, like, man, 'If I don't follow my heart and try some other things, I'm gonna forever wonder what if.' So I needed to do it."]]> Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:02:02 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/this-aspect-of-dream-theater-could-be-a-key-reason-for-bands-success-mike-portnoy-says-its-very-important https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/this-aspect-of-dream-theater-could-be-a-key-reason-for-bands-success-mike-portnoy-says-its-very-important Music News: "I think what elevates Dream Theater to be the cream of the crop in terms of ticket sales and record sales in the prog universe."]]> Thu, 10 Apr 2025 22:53:26 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/john-myung-explains-how-mike-portnoys-return-affected-other-dt-members-playing-speaks-on-going-back-to-a-four-string-bass https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/john-myung-explains-how-mike-portnoys-return-affected-other-dt-members-playing-speaks-on-going-back-to-a-four-string-bass Music News: "Getting a different drummer actually affects everybody in Dream Theater."]]> Sat, 05 Apr 2025 02:02:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jordan-rudess-hears-and-plays-acdcs-thunderstruck-for-the-first-time-i-dont-know-that-arrangement https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jordan-rudess-hears-and-plays-acdcs-thunderstruck-for-the-first-time-i-dont-know-that-arrangement Music News: Or is it really his first time?]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2025 19:02:02 -0400