Adrenaline Mob

Well, it sounds slightly different with each project he works with, at least partially due to different production/mixing/mastering/engineering techniques, etc., but he pretty much sticks to Les Pauls and his hot-rodded Marshalls.

BREAKING NEWS

Mike Portnoy's wife thinks Adrenaline Mob is better than Dream Theater

http://www.noisecreep.com/2011/06/23/mike-portnoy-excited-about-first-adrenaline-mob-gig/

I just simply CANNOT get over how much Mike Orlando looks like a douchebag.

dat pic.
dey so tuff.

also buff.

All guys with short hair do, pops.

She's probably just blowing smoke up his ass so he'll continue to not notice her cheating on him.

This needs to be present in the thread.

Also:

lol

He won't have to worry. People will record it and then be ashamed and not put it on the web.

Let's not forget the fact that she's also fat.

Let's play the "how many sentences can Mike Portnoy go without mentioning Dream Theater" game.

I'm kind of starting to wish Russ and Rich weren't associated with this emerging comedy act.

I like how Russ was already working on this project before Portnoy got involved and now it's Mike Portnoy Presents Mike Portnoy, that vocalist Mike Portnoy discovered who sounds like Dio, a guitar that shreds to Mike Portnoy's Liking, and two other guys Mike Portnoy doesn't have a problem with.

Having said that, I am looking forward to the show cause I am totally gay for Russell Allen.

The Mike of Portonoy's amazing turn of little secrets.

Rich Ward is a DT fan, actually. Here's hoping that he does the BGVs instead of MP though.

I do think he's a great vocalist, don't get me wrong. I just, for some reason think everything with him on it sounds exactly the same. Could just be me.

It's not just you.

this is going to be so abysmal

MP knows this will work, the only people at the show will be their friends and family.

Fantastic idea Mike!, a band play live!? AMAZING.

yay so we have another MP-getting-butthurt episode to look forward to when someone does record the tracks and post them on the net

genuinely looking forward to that

those are the people Never Enough was written for, think about it!

I agree with him being fucking horrible, but I really don't see too much shred these days. Granted, I'm only really paying attention to the Djent-ish scene. All the same, though. I think this was true for a time, relatively recently like when Dragonforce was in their prime and all these other bands started shredding and sweeping or whatever. But I don't really consider that "being able to shred". To me, a true virtuosic shredder in a mainstream band is really rare. The closest thing I can think of is Synyster Gates, and he's not really all that good, he can just shred a little. But he's no virtuoso. I don't really even consider Zakk Wylde to be a virtuoso, really. He has like 10 shred licks that he recycles with a wah (I had the misfortune of seeing him live a little while ago, ugh). And in Djent, which in my world is quickly becoming the cool thing to do in metal, I really haven't heard any remotely impressive leads. Some good leads, sure, but nothing truly guitar virtuoso-esque, like Guthrie or Sfogli or Petrucci, whatever. This is here nor there, though.

And god, I haven't heard the teaser yet but his tone is fucking horrible in that video. Why do shredders use wah pedals, ever?

also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK33ujmHfUs&feature=youtu.be

And me. Btw, am I the only one in this thread who is going to the show tonight?

Be sure to take a phone that records video.

Also:

I'm just waiting for the day Portnoy joins this forum and be all butthurt about comments and tries to make a bigger ass of himself

Spinal Tap 2.0.

@unklejman I don't want to have to answer to that if I get caught! Look at the way his arms are folded. He means business.

I think they're cool when they're used sparingly, but it's not really any different than asking "why do guitarists shred, ever?," or "why do metal vocalists growl, ever?," or "why do guitarists use distortion, ever?"

Can't wait until Portnoy really decides to stir shit up and say in an interview "Yeah Mike Orlando is the best guitarist I've ever played with. Petrucci doesn't hold a candle to him", or something.

Calling it now.

And that Russ is the best vocalist he's ever worked with (which actually might be true).

"I've always had lots of side projects in my life, but what's exciting for me is knowing that Adrenaline Mob is bigger than that. This is a real band with a real future and 11 new songs that I think the fans are going to flip for."

Somethnig about this sounds like utter BS to me. Russell Allen does side projects all the time, I don't see him ditching symph X to join any of them full time.

The best part is where he described Avenged Sevenfold as a "pretty decent band".

MP seemed to think this is his chance to jump start Mike Orlando's career, but with his douchebag image and mediocre shredding, it may do just the opposite (although maybe not, it worked for Zakk Wylde). I'd much prefer Rich Ward play the leads, even though he's not as much of a "virtuoso."

MP said in another interview that this won't be a full-time or primary band for them.

Yeah, I was a little worried that after the new DT drummer was announced and we heard MP's initial reaction, the drama would be over, but oh no, this just keeps on giving and giving.

Haha, yeah. I love that he left DT for a "pretty decent band".

I saw these girls running around in shirts with this on it last night at a concert. I thought they said Adrenaline Mob. Nope. But the guitarist is 13.

It's funny how this band is so bland and yet so offensive.

Any band MP joins will become hated at this point. He's like a virus.

So yeah, I'm pretty over metal of any kind.

Also, thug pictures will never die.

AAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

The 2000s called. They want their style back.

Douche Factory. Better band name.

I bet this band and his other projects would have gotten a much better and respectful reception had MP not been acting like a self-indulgent douche ever since the breakup.

Fixed.

For someone who is big on bootlegs and whatnot, MP is being a giant fag with this 'NO RECORDING PLZ THIS IS SPESHAL' bullshit.

I think he was using reverse psychology to encourage them all to pirate it.

If that's the case, then I grossly underestimated his fagness.

Now that he's into coke again he really needs the money from this band.