Mike Portnoy betrokken in nieuw project
Drummer Mike Portnoy, pas vertrokken bij Dream Theater, heeft samen met gitarist Steve Morse (Deep Purple, Dixie Dregs), multi-instrumentalist Neal Morse (Transatlantic, Spock’s Beard), bassist Dave LaRue (Dixie Dregs) en vocalist Casey McPherson (Alpha Rev, Endochine) de handen in elkaar geslagen voor een nieuw project. De band heeft tot op heden nog geen naam, maar de heren zijn wel de studio ingedoken om materiaal op te nemen.
Over het ontstaan van het project wist Neal Morse het volgende te vertellen: “Last April I got together with Steve Morse to do some writing and to see what would happen with a collaboration between the two of us. So we’ve been talking about doing a project together for a while.”
“There are some demos and some things that Steve and I did in April that we’ve worked on and so we’ll have some things to start with, but I think the plan is to get together and see what happens and write in the room.”
“We’re all excited about the project, but it is a bit of a mystery as to what will come. The vision is to do something a little more song-oriented and not quite so riffy, as one might expect. But still, of course, having the musical elements that people like Steve Morse, Dave LaRou, Mike Portnoy, and myself can provide.”