Mike Portnoy has sued Dream Theater

In a letter to BLABBERMOUTH.NET dated earlier today (Tuesday, September 20) Bienstock wrote, "On or around April 27, 2011, Mr. Portnoy filed a 'Notice With Summons.' This document is not a formal complaint. Further, the document was never served on any of the named defendants, rendering it moot. There is no pending litigation between DREAM THEATER and Mr. Portnoy."

Catcher10 wrote: Really..how is this any different than all the other krapp that happens to celebrities. When lawyers get involved, it always turns ugly.....and nothing ever gets resolved. And really........I give a grain of salt to whatever gets posted on the internet...Facebook, Tweets, forums.......I doubt we ever will know the real story of what was actually said Sept 2010 between the band members.   I don't know any of these people, so I could not say that someone is arogant, childish, immature, foolish...so on. Its their business, company, livelyhood, its how they put food on the table.....and it seems to me that when other corporations are involved so they too get worried about their income stream from a band like Dream Theater and push for legal actions.   Bahhh........all will be good in about 2 months....if its not already since this was issued in April.

The band have just released an album with the name Dream Theater on it and are going out on tour as Dream Theater. So I guess that there isn't any current litigation against the band.

Looks like someone's making a fart into a pile of muck...

^How, childish. Really, he should just close his facebook page. It's turning into a circus.

This.


Edited by Phenomenoumenon - September 20 2011 at 09:25

LOL, he's even gone comparing this to Pink Floyd already.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=163433

portnoy is arrogant man never liked him never will he spits on fans during dt shows rom what i heard if thats true how disgusting this pig is m shocked neal morse lets this dude on his cds he so arrogant full of himself hope this guy rots with some demons never liked his attitude since day 1 he has ego size of mack truck

  Weymolith resigned as mod from the Mike Portnoy forums because he was so upset. Apparently, he has been the primary moderator there for 10+ years.

can no longer be a party to cleaning up these messes. After working for Mike for peanuts and perks for 11 and a half years, Todays revealing by Blabbermouth is pretty much the final straw. I feel that I have been lied to after doing all that I can to keep this site peaceful, free of the bullsh*t drama and going to bat for MP and defending him to the point where I feel sometimes that I am the most hated person in the Dream Theater community. I can no longer feel that my integrity and morals are not compromised. Those of you that want or need to get ahold of me, know how to find me. If not, a simple check of Google will provide you with 5 other emails you can use to contact me. I'll check in every now and again, but at this time, my post will probably be removed and my IP address banned."  -Wey

This was so upsetting that Portnoy's wife called him, and now he's back.

Meanwhile, Mike's Facebook page is exploding with hate. This is The Best.


Edited by Henry Plainview - September 20 2011 at 02:13

I was asked to leave my secondary school chess club after I didn't turn up for a year. I'm on the phone to my lawyers now....

It's quite amazing that none here has sided with Portnoy yet. It seems PA is full of reasonable people after all. Or maybe we are all idiots who can't understand one man's long road through suffering and pain.

Worst thing is, when in 25 years Portnoy and DT reunite for one special fundraising-type event, unlike with Waters and Gilmour, nobody will give a damn f**k.

Now where are Charlie Dominici's damn lawyers...