Joe Bosso of MusicRadar.com recently interviewed drummer
extraordinaire MIKE PORTNOY.

An excerpt follows:

"March is going to be Mike Portnoy Month," says the drummer whose name just so happens to be Mike Portnoy.

"I've got ADRENALINE MOB coming out on the 13th, and FLYING COLORS comes out two weeks later. It's either a brilliant move to release both albums so close together or it's completely insane – I'll find out soon."

Was their ever any thought to spacing the release of these two records further apart?

[laughs] "The truth is, both record labels were originally shooting for the same date. I had to sort of convince them not to. They were like, 'No, it'll be great promotion, Mike.' And I said, "When was the last time you heard of a major artist putting out two different records on the same day? There's a reason not to! You don't see Brad Pitt putting out two movies on the same day. Eventually, we worked it all out."