Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy was recently interviewed for CBC's Q with Tom Power, to discuss rejoining Dream Theater, their new album, and more. But a good bulk of the discussion revolved around Portnoy's drum hero Neil Peart, and Rush's massive influence on Dream Theater:
... Dream Theater was built and born out of our love for Rush. ... We were at Berkeley College of Music - it was 85 and myself John Petrucci and John Myung. We met out of a mutual love for Rush. That's the type of band we wanted to be like. Those two [John and John] went up [to Berkley College of Music] together from Long Island and then I went up on my own from Long Island and we met within the first couple weeks of school. They saw me jamming in a practice room wearing a Rush T-shirt and stuff like that. So we knew that was a common ground for us ...
You can check out the entire interview below or on YouTube.
