Mike Mangini

Mike Mangini

Birth : 1963-04-18, Newton, Massachusetts, USA

History

Mike Mangini started playing the drums when he was two and a half years old. He would practice two to four hours a day and by the time he was nine he was already mimicking Buddy Rich performances. By high school, he was performing in school bands and participating in the prestigious All-County, All-State, and all Eastern United States ensembles. After graduating from Waltham Senior High School in 1981, Mangini put aside his music studies to pursue a computer science major at Bentley University. After graduating Mike started programming software for the Patriot Missile program. At the same time, he was working on a program that studied the links between the human brain and body. In 1987, Mangini scored one of his first 'high-profile' gigs - playing drums for the Rick Berlin Band in Boston, where he worked with bassist Philip Bynoe (who would later go on to work with Mike in sessions for Journey's Steve Perry and more notably during Mike's time in the Steve Vai band). He also taught drums privately in Boston during this time. In 1991, Mangini began working for the thrash metal band Annihilator. Mike performed on the drums on several tracks for the studio album, Set the World on Fire. He went on to tour with the band in support of this album up until 1994. In 1994 he was asked to play with the band Extreme, replacing original drummer Paul Geary. Mike Mangini had been friends with noted Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt since the 1980s. His time in Extreme included recording several tracks for their 1995 album, Waiting For The Punchline. During this time, he also made an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman. While on tour with Extreme in 1995, Mike recorded songs for Nuno on his 4-track tape machine. Those songs ended up on Schizophonic after Nuno left Extreme to pursue a solo career. After Extreme dissolved in 1996, Mike was informed through drummer Jonathan Mover that guitarist Steve Vai was auditioning drummers for his live band. Mike successfully auditioned for Steve Vai's band and relocated to Los Angeles. From late 1996 to early 2000, Mangini was the highly regarded drummer of Vai's live ensemble, which also included bassist Philip Bynoe, guitar wizard Mike Keneally and (in 2000) guitarist Dave Weiner. Mike recorded several drum tracks for Steve's Fire Garden and The Ultra Zone albums. He also rehearsed and recorded Alive in an Ultra Worldwhile on tour with Steve Vai in 2000. Following the initial suspension of the South American leg of the Ultrazone Tour in 2000, Mangini moved back home to Boston and began teaching at Berklee College as an associate professor. He began working with former Extreme frontman Gary Cherone and bassist Pat Badger in the short-lived band, Tribe of Judah. He also continued to work with Dale Bozzio (formerly of the new wave band, Missing Persons), and recorded several more records. Among these records was a Rush tribute record (entitled Subdivisions) and a second full-length album with Annihilator titled All for You. He also recorded tracks for artists Sal DiFusco, Bill Lonero and Chris Emerson. In 2005, he accepted a full-time teaching position at the Berklee College of Music in Percussion Department. He resigned in 2010 to join Dream Theater. In 2007, he recorded drums on the album Metal by Annihilator

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Mike Mangini

Movies

Dream Theater - Distant Memories Live in London
Self
Recorded Feburary 2020 in London, during the band's much anticipated 'The Distance over Time Tour: Celebrating 20 years of Scenes from a Memory'.
Dream Theater: Live at Budokan 2017
Live at Budokan 2017 was a live TV broadcast that only aired in Japan on September 11, 2017. The broadcast was of Dream Theater's performance at the Nippon Budokan for their Images, Words and Beyond World Tour. The band had previously recorded another album, Live at Budokan, at this venue.
Dream Theater: Live at Wacken 2015
Live at Wacken 2015, open-air heavy metal music festival in the small village of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. Setlist: 1. False Awakening Suite 2. Afterlife 3. Metropolis Pt 1 4. Burning My Soul 5. The Spirit Carries On 6. As I Am 7. Panic Attack 8. Constant Motion 9. Bridges In The Sky 10. Behind The Veil
Dream Theater: Loud Park Festival
Drums
Dream Theater at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan 1. Interviews 2. The enemy inside 3. Overture 1928 4. Strange Deja Vu 5. Pull me under
Dream Theater : Breaking The Fourth Wall
Drums
On March 25th, 2014, Dream Theater performed at the Boston Opera House with very special guests from the Berklee College of Music orchestra and choir. Filmed and directed by Pierre and François Lamoureux, and mixed and mastered by Richard Chycki.
Dream Theater: [2014] Sonisphere Festival
Drums
Dream Theater at Knebworth Park, Knebworth, England The Enemy Inside The Mirror Lie On the Backs of Angels The Looking Glass Along for the Ride Overture 1928 Strange Déjà Vu Pull Me Under
Dream Theater - Live at Luna Park
Drums
Live at Luna Park is a live album/video by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released on November 5, 2013 through Eagle Rock Entertainment. The concert film was produced by Over The Edge Productions and directed by Mike Leonard. The album is available on Blu-ray, a two DVD set and Blu-ray plus two DVD combo with three CDs and a Deluxe Edition with a 40-page book. The album will also be available on iTunes. The album was recorded over two nights at Luna Park Stadium in Buenos Aires. The DVD-Blu-ray will also feature a documentary as well as Behind The Scenes-footage. It is also the first Dream Theater live recording to feature drummer Mike Mangini, following Mike Portnoy's departure in 2010. Dream Theater are rocks supreme virtuosos with many awards to their name and here in concert they bring all the power and drama of their music to life with breathtaking performances of classic tracks from across their career.
Dream Theater: Take This for the Pain
Mike Mangini Audition Improv Jam Documentary
Dream Theater: The Spirit Carries On
Himself
A little more than a month after original drummer Mike Portnoy's sudden departure from Dream Theater, the band held three days of auditions in New York City. Over an amazing and productive three-day period, the band played, jammed and spoke candidly with seven of the world's greatest drummers, learning about them musically, personally and professionally, and assessing the fit of each drummer's incredible chops with the band's trademark prog-rock sound. Dream Theater would like to share with its fans some of the intense process, along with the musical joy, that went into choosing a new drummer. Who is the best fit behind the kit?
Annihilator : Ten Years In Hell
Himself
"Ten Years In Hell" contains the seven classic official Annihilator music videos offstage band footage and bonus underground fan-shot live performances. Plus a special interview with Annihilator founder and guitarist Jeff Waters as he recounts his memories of the band's first ten years in Hell. Also includes special appearances by original co-lyricist John Bates Neverland front man Coburn Pharr Criteria bassist Russell Bergquist and Set The World On Fire's Mike Mangini and Neil Goldberg. A must have for all fans of Annihilator and Thrash Metal!