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Mike Portnoy & Richard Christy Drum
June 25th, 2010 
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@smashthepyramid and mike accept that xd
lol GRANDMA!!! king diamond rules
@thnk4urself really? personally, i’ve always admired portnoy for his beats and fills that go PERFECTLY with the music, in my opinion of course. as far as compositions go, showing off is the last thing that comes to my mind concerning his work. none of the band members show off in their writing. what they do is what they feel serves their music and not their own egos i think.
@Aensgard yea i guess I was wrong. Petrucci doesn’t really show off too much. I just meant they show off by playing incredible stuff constantly but petrucci also crafts some good tunes and the same goes for myung. I just see them as the band that went to berklee & shows it but Mike definetly shows off in the most literal sense. they’re an amazing band but Portnoys antics on stage can get lame sometimes.
@thnk4urself
I agree with you with the fact that Portnoy is overrated, but I don’t agree with what you said about DT, I think the only one who shows off there is Mike Portnoy
Portnoy sux!, christie is the man!.
yea you’re right, it shouldn’t always be about that. I tend to get like that when it comes to something I think is overated. Like Nirvanna or Peyton Manning. Portnoys awesome and has been an influence on my style & I didn’t realize how many people actually know Christy so I wanted to point out that I think what he plays is more difficult and unique but especially in this setting, it’s not about that at all.
@thnk4urself Why does it have to be about that though. They are both amazing, and clearly aren’t competing in any hostile way.
Christy is way better than Portnoy. Just bcuz Portnoy went to Berkley & is more well known doesn’t mean shit. I play drums & I’ve learned a ton of both drummers stuff & trust me, the shit Christy plays is much much harder & also fits the music better. Portnoy’s whole band is just people showing off yet he still doesn’t fit in some of the time. Portnoy’s great to learn from but at a certain point you realize how overrated he is. Christy blows him out of the water
I agree. Hear his work on Death’s last album. Out of this world!
@VegaWgn Well…. He is! He’s in the band Charred Walls of the Damned and they have an album coming out on Feb 22nd! Check them out if your a Christy fan.
ya know i wish richard was playin in a kick ass band instead of bein on the howerd stern show…howard sucks
I…..Just….Came….WOW
this was a really big moment for christy! portnoy is one of his favourite drummers. He says that he was really nervous, so it’s good to see that he doesn’t look nervous at all
I wonder how it would b if christy sat on portnoys side and played the 26″ bassdrum and tried to do all that stuff. this video it feels like Christy is more tricks and licks here. I think portnoy is more intresting to listen to here. Although I don’t think portnoy can do “scavenger of human sorrow” the way christy does it!
Portnoy is good, but come on, Christy is better
@teamgod He has a great talent obviously but so many people consider him the best metal drummer today and you found always him on every drummer magazine cover. However during the years I discovered so many drummers better than him, examples are Bobby Jarzombek, awesome double bass technique, and Thomas Haake, his changes of tempo are incredible.
@ter50
Well I have to disagree with the overrated part. I do believe he’s one of the best rock/prog metal drummers today and he has definitely shown that he has the chops to play insanely technical patterns with a lot of precision. I do agree with your double-bass remark though.
OMG! Awesome!
Nick Barker Much Better Yeah fuck
no doubt in my mind…. richard christy is mike portnoy x10
@neron507 Of course! Mike is overrated and his double bass technique isn’t so unbelievable like many think.
Richard ownd portnoy lol
fuck yeah, king diamond. love mickey dee.
Most definitely – Christy was in Death for fucks sake!