It's hard enough to replace any one in a band, no matter the duration or contribution to the project, but replacing a founding member and major creative catalyst after 25 years is a whole different task, a task prog-veterans Dream Theater find themselves faced with. Announced this past summer, Mike Portnoy is off to pursue other interests, and wants to make it clear his recent work with Avenged Sevenfold has nothing to do with his departure. Dream Theater plans on keeping things in motion, and anticpate haveing a new record out sometime in 2011.
