John Petrucci: Mike Portnoy - John replied through a lawyer!

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Mike Portnoy:

Laughs) You're right, but stays nearly a block at my house and now we talk almost a year! By John Petrucci contacted in October 2010, to reconcile and to bridge our differences, but not really talked at all, because instead replied the lawyer! I wanted to do, although there was no such things like, simply to avoid losing the band and I wanted to reach a compromise. Apparently, however, was not this on their intentions. Unfortunately, although I would keep a good relationship with children, communication stopped somewhat short ... It is very sad because it was my brothers for so many years, but they went too.... Obviously, John Petrucci is the most long-lasting musical relationship that I had. We worked and played together more than 25 years since we were teenagers until our forties. Women and children are friends, we grew up together, so it makes sense to have a deeper relationship with him than with anyone else. Yet I and other relationships that are too deep, too. By Neal Morse, for example, we played together in 10 or 11 discs in 4 different bands, from TRANSATLANTIC and the project with Steve Morse, until the YELLOW MUTTER CUSTARD and solo discs. By Paul Gilbert we also have very close relationship, as we have done five tours with tribute bands, like the Jim Matheos, in which we play at OSI, the first EP of John Arch, I play drums in 2005, FATES WARNING and We played together in many concerts that opened the FATES WARNING for DREAM THEATER. So there are many people who have very close musical relationship, and certainly with John Petrucci had a closer and more long.... If John Petrucci came last year and told me he needed a break, we will respect and I would accept, even if they thought it was the right solution. more