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Drum fight: Mike Portnoy vs. Billy Rymer (Dillinger Escape Plan)

6/28/2012 6:02:52 AM PT   comments [25]

Former Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy recently faced off with Dillinger Escape Plan drummer Billy Rymer for Drum Fight IX. Watch the two do "battle" below:



Now tell us what you think.


Comments
anonymous   posted 356 days ago
get your blue goatee out of here faggot
anonymous   posted 356 days ago
Billy Rymer is actually playing beats and rhythms. Portnoy just seems to be performing throwaway drum solos.
anonymous   posted 356 days ago
Billy's drum solo had a few cool parts, Portnoy's performance was a disappointment - too bad he started "playing along" with Billy in his second solo. The coolest thing of this video was to see how limited two well-respected drummers are when playing solo on a "regular" drumkit. Makes me feel good about my own drumming skills.
anonymous   posted 356 days ago
Mike Portnoy is by far the best drummer in the world, all you people who voted for Billy Rymer are retarded
anonymous   posted 356 days ago
You don't hand the Cup to Brodeur just because he was once the best goalie in the world.
anonymous   posted 356 days ago
Hahahah dying at the first comment
anonymous   posted 356 days ago
dying at the first comment
anonymous   posted 356 days ago
Billy Rhymer destroys Portnoy. Anyone who thinks otherwise is in denial... in addition to being a total faggot.
ineedsalt   posted 356 days ago
only room for one nerd to win a lifetime subscription to modern drummer mag. portnoy is looking like dimebag, except people care about dimebag
anonymous   posted 355 days ago
portnoy's a sage. end of story. fuck sages.
fuckthisband   posted 355 days ago
the difference between progressive rock and progressive metal
anonymous   posted 355 days ago
Portnoy is talented, but boring. Rymer is actually memorable. Why did Portnoy start playing along at the end? He was making it too busy (though I liked the double bass at that one point).
anonymous   posted 355 days ago
My parents pugs could do a better job on the kit than Mike Portnoy. Anyone who thinks Mike Portnoy is a good drummer is a literal TURD.
anonymous   posted 354 days ago
So visibly awkward for Portnoy. Dude got smoked.
anonymous   posted 353 days ago
Kenneth Schalk is the real beast.
anonymous   posted 352 days ago
billy rymer vs lars ulrich . comedy central special.
anonymous   posted 352 days ago
agreed on Schalk

Portnoy is the most supreme of overhyped hacks.
anonymous   posted 351 days ago
Rymer was playing an old Dream Theater track. Thats why Portnoy started playing along. Cool to pay homage to a great old school drummer. Rymer def stands out in the evolution of musicianship. Portnoy must have felt old after this.
anonymous   posted 351 days ago
if any of you truly think this kid is better than portnoy, you know nothing about the drumset and music...he can play no doubt, but he is not a better drummer than mike portnoy. this is a fact.
anonymous   posted 350 days ago
Thinking that portnoy is better after watching that makes you a dipshit..kill yourself
anonymous   posted 349 days ago
Even Portnoy knows he got his ass kicked
anonymous   posted 348 days ago
Yeah fuck off anonymous.
grape_scented   posted 342 days ago
obviously not watching this, but dep's drummer is called "Billy Rymer" now. where the fuck is the real drummer?
thelovesausage   posted 217 days ago
Phil Rudd would kill all these fools.

Wait...
anonymous   posted 28 days ago
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