Final week, the unthinkable occurred when Dream Theater introduced they had been reuniting with founding member and drummer Mike Portnoy. It was a wild second that whereas tremendous thrilling for followers, meant that Portnoy’s substitute for the final 13 years Mike Mangini was not within the band.

Whereas our preliminary response to the information was holy shit, we couldn’t assist however surprise how Mangini felt in regards to the information. And whereas he’s obtained his personal solo shit popping out quickly, it seems that Mangini’s taking the entire thing in stride. Actually, throughout an interview with The Mistress Carrie Podcast, he’s completely cool with how his tenure with Dream Theater got here to an finish.

“A choice was made that I understood. That’s all it’s. ‘Trigger once I heard the choice, I understood it. I attempted to elucidate that I understood the parameters of that being a music factor. Anyway, it’s so simple as that. And I’m telling you, I used to be, like, ‘Okay, ‘I get that.’ The scenario made sense to me once I heard it in that — I don’t know, I assume I simply skipped out and thought, ‘Oh, that’s an authentic bandmember going again to a band. Oh, I get that. Okay, I get it.’ And that’s it. I imply, that’s actually it.”

The 60-year-old drummer mentioned he appears again fondly on his time with the band, calling it an “unbelievable expertise.”

For these out of the loop, Dream Theater introduced Portnoy was again within the band final Wednesday. Of their assertion, every member obtained to touch upon the announcement. In each occasion, every member praised Mangini’s professionalism, together with founding member and bassist John Myung.

“I want nothing however the perfect for Mike Mangini for all of the blood, sweat and tears he put into DT throughout his 13-year tenure with the band.”

Dream Theater is outwardly engaged on or about to work on their sixteenth studio album. When extra particulars emerge on that entrance, we’ll make sure to share that with you.