Mike Portnoy Paying Tribute to Neil Peart and Rush
Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy has never been shy about Rush’s influence on his own music – watch him sing their praises (and play a few of his favorite drum parts) over the years.
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@joekelley5121
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
A kid next to my locker had the 2112 poster hanging up, so I asked him what is that about. He told me it was in the album he bought and then told me the name of the band and album. So I asked my parents if I could get a copy. I sat down and listened to it on my sister's one speaker record player while reading the lyrics. I was hooked from then on!
@Deetroiter
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
When he said he wrote Rush off because of Geddy’s voice..makes me think of Stryper. First song I heard from them was one of their soft ballads…mix that with their image and I wrote them off as soft and wimpy. Boy, was I wrong…later heard a heavy song (more than a man) and I was like wow I however this is, they’re killing it! Imagine my face when I learned it was Stryper!
Rest easy, Neil!!
@raintown2082
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
GOD Bless you Neil. We miss you. Just bought tix for the show in Philly August 2026. Miss you SO much. Safe roads, my Brother.
@Puppemandel-l7v
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
A german Girl kicks him out of his dream…🤷♂️
@HalJikaKick
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
I love it that Rush didn’t consider MP for this reunion. 😄
@e-mail881
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
4:48 That's beyond STUPID, dude!
@Hurtsi
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
Serenity now, Mike. ..Insanity later. 😉
@MaidenHaus
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
I remember my future wife and I were waiting to get tickets before the show, and there was a long folding table with a tablecloth thing on it, we got under it and 'got busy' lol. It was a fantastic concert, I forget who opened for them.
@HarryRushfan
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
Dear Mike, it's so hilarius to see you drumming on that gigantic kit. Maybe you can replace Animal of Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem when DT retires!
@whytboy5566
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
i fukn love Mike legend
@andypike1234
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
Mike already regretting joying DT
@TB-rr6qd
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
Why the hell are so many people questioning why they chose who they chose and not who someone else would choose?? Get over yourselves and just enjoy the fact that they’re playing for everyone again. NP is a legend and always will be. Nothing changes that.
@KimDuty-i8e
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
I believe that Portnoy might be a little jealous.
@terrydonegan1622
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
I played drums in a Gospel band in Wales in the 80's called 'Majesty' Mike.😅. Blessings to you 🙏
@v_gta957
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
YYZed does not have vocals. All that beard dye must have finally gone to Mike's brain.
@scmacsart
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
Portnoy and Ellwood are the hammers forever. Like there was only Petty and Andretti, Ali and Tyson, Da Vince and Michelangelo, Prince and Jimi, Wolfman Jack and Howard Cosell.
@juansecar2
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
Kate Beckinsale… god… they ask you to choose from a T-bone steak or a chicken bone and you guys choose the fleshless bone??? Daaayuummm! 😂
@chuaayala
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
Holy Sh……!!! Mike Portnoy wearing a Dekkar t-shirt!!
@reneelyons6836
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
LOVE YOU MIKE!!!!!!!!!!
@paulweed9405
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
I remember this guy's playing in my high school BAYVIEW HIGH SCHOOL ALICE COOPER 2
@fiveanddimekl
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
Seriously Mike? Peart may have a bit more academics and maybe a few more chops but you have far better feel and musicality in my opinion. I feel the same when relating to Mike Mangini as well.
@ronaldholland5343
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
Nothing against Annika, the girl is super-bad…but I think Alex n Geddy should have taken Mike
@jerrymyers870
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
I must admit i thought you were going to be the new Rush drummer.
@barrym4079
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
Only Neil would think to put in the morse code for YYZ which is what the symbol work at the beginning is.
@Barrelsmoke
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
My first Rush concert was moving pictures. My buddy drank too much and puked in the bathroom the entire show😂
@robatron1011
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
Favourite drummers are like Rome. All roads lead to it… and then eventually to Buddy Rich.
@StephenHirn-i3h
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
Niel Peart was an unbelievable upgrade to the rhythm section, but the first album also rocked with songs like Working Man
@devilcookie9924
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
I know Nilles is a really good drummer, but Portnoy or Carey is way more fitting to the new Rush's drummer 🤦♂
@chrisdelong2932
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
A Satanist as a hero? No thanks, I’ll pass.
“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” 1 John 2:15 KJV.
Amen!
@MVRWC
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
I heard the song Fly by Night and i was completely hooked. Next hemispheres and 2112 we're to me such a departure from what i was use to hearing that those albums came to be for me what Rush was. Complete artists who refused to make a 3 minute radio tune. It was their badge of honor so much so that when i first heard Moving Pictures with songs less than 12 minutes long that the populace liked i was monetarily discouraged. Then you listen again, and again and then you start to accept that they are changing and moving pictures became their standard. From their i think they were truly given the freedom to explore what they wanted to do even if for a fan like me they drifted further and further away to where i think 1997 was the last concert i went to, almost 30 years ago but of course the first party of their career is implanted in my memory forever.
@fromulus
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
I grew up on Rush, my dad owned an auto shop, I probably heard 10 Rush songs a day for decades growing up into adulthood. Eventually I started playing guitar in my teens, but when I listened to Rush, it was always mainly about the drums, always. No lie that I've airdrummed to Rush more than any other band.
@nathanferreira4767
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
who doesnt love neil peart and mike portnoy
@AbsoRuud76
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
How do you pronounce pear? And what about pearl? Nooooo, why would you think? What about peart? Nooooo, why would you think?
@lionmang2
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
We all love Portnoy!
@BuckFlicks
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 am
The high hat bit in the intro to The Weapon is underrated.
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