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Michael Mangini

 

If you are looking for a professional drumming photo, Drummer Live is the best choice! Michael Mangini is an American musician who is the current drummer of the progressive metal band Dream Theater, following the departure of founding drummer Mike Portnoy in 2010. See if you like drums, drumming, photographs or just music.

 

Michael Mangini is an American musician who is the current drummer of the progressive metal band Dream Theater, following the departure of founding drummer Mike Portnoy in 2010. He has also played for bands and artists such as Annihilator, Extreme, James LaBrie, and Steve Vai. Before joining Dream Theater, Mangini was a faculty member at Berklee College of Music. Between 2002 and 2005, he set five World’s Fastest Drummer records. Mangini appeared on the Discovery Channel show Time Warp, displaying his drum skills for high speed cameras.

Mike’s skills have kept him in demand for sessions, Extreme, and guitar god Steve Vai. He has an amazing amount of speed and held 3 out of 4 of the world’s fastest drummer records. But, he backs that up by being awsome in every other department too.

Mangini served as the drummer for Dream Theater bandmate John Petrucci on the G3 tour, along with bassist Dave LaRue, in 2012 and 2018.
In 2015, Mangini joined U.K. for their „Final World Tour”.

Mike plays and endorses Pearl drums, hardware, pedals and percussion, Zildjian cymbals, Vater drumsticks, Remo drumheads and Shure microphones.