Mike Mangini

Mike Mangini 2004

Mike Mangini (born April 18, 1963 in Newton, Massachusetts ) is an American drummer who has been a member of the band Dream Theater since 2010 and is the successor to Mike Portnoy . From 2002 to 2005 he set five records for fast drumming.

He gained experience in bands such as Extreme , Annihilator or as a studio musician with Steve Vai and James LaBrie , which he was able to use for teaching as a professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston . As one of seven drummers, he was invited to audition by the band Dream Theater in October 2010 to find a successor to Mike Portnoy, who had left the band in September 2010. Mangini gave up teaching when he was selected as the new drummer. On the album A Dramatic Turn of Events he was heard for the first time as a Dream Theater member. The bonus DVD of the album contains the documentation about the search for Portnoy's successor.

Discography (selection)

Annihilator Set the World on Fire (1993)
Steve Vai · Fire Garden (1996)
Steve Vai G3 live (1997)
Steve Vai The Ultra Zone (1999)
Mullmuzzler · Keep It to Yourself (1999)
Steve Vai The 7th Song (2000)
Mullmuzzler · Mullmuzzler 2 (2001)
Annihilator All for You (2004)
Annihilator The One (EP, 2004)
Tim Donahue Madmen & Sinners (2004)
Rush Tribute Subdivisions (2005)
James La Brie Elements of Persuasion (2005)
Annihilator Metal (2007)
Dream Theater A Dramatic Turn of Events (2011)
Dream TheaterDream Theater (2013)
Dream Theater The Astonishing (2016)
Dream Theater Distance over Time (2019)

Individual evidence

^ Battle of the hands. worldsfastestdrummer.com, July 23, 2013, accessed March 25, 2019 .
↑ Mike 'da Man' Mangini. extremesportdrumming.com, accessed March 24, 2019 .
^ Mike Mangini's Official Website. mikemangini.com, accessed March 25, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Mangini, Mike
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American drummer, member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater
DATE OF BIRTH	April 18, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH	Newton, Massachusetts

[1] Battle of the hands. worldsfastestdrummer.com, July 23, 2013, accessed March 25, 2019 .

[2] Mike 'da Man' Mangini. extremesportdrumming.com, accessed March 24, 2019 .

[3] Mike Mangini's Official Website. mikemangini.com, accessed March 25, 2019 .


Studio albums	When Dream and Day Unite (1989) • Images and Words (1992) • Awake (1994) • Falling into Infinity (1997) • Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999) • Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002) • Train of Thought (2003) • Octavarium (2005) • Systematic Chaos (2007) • Black Clouds & Silver Linings (2009) • A Dramatic Turn of Events (2011) • Dream Theater (2013) • The Astonishing (2015) • Distance over Time (2019)
Extended plays	A Change of Seasons (1995)
Live albums	Live at the Marquee (1993) • Once in a LIVEtime (1998) • Live Scenes from New York (2001) • Live at Budokan (2004) • SCORE (20th Anniversary World Tour) (2006)