Disregarding the obvious (Charlie Dominici et al), Mike had the dubious privilege of singing the end of "Surrounded" after James walked off the stage at one of their 1993 England shows. He also sang the beginning of "The Killing Hand" at Toad's Place in New Haven, CT in December of 1996, when James "...got caught up backstage". Mike has also done the first few lines of "Take the Time" at nearly every show on the FII tour.
Other instances of singers other than James singing with the band:
- Mike picked up lead vocal duties during the first verse of "Anna Lee" at the February 26th, 1998 show in Brussels Belgium. The verse was followed by "Where the f--- is James!?"
- In February 2000, when James left the stage under threat of arrest from the fire marshall, Mike sang most of "The Spirit Carries On" with the entire crowd singing along.
- On the 2000 Christmas CD, there is a version of Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" with Greg Chick (who was pulled up from the crowd) on vocals (see attached photo).
- Chris Jericho (a.k.a. Fozzy's Mongoose McQueen) sang with the band on stage for one song in Canada in early 2002.
- Bruce Dickinson has sang with the band on a number of occasions, including a BBC Sessions-style cover of Deep Purple's "Perfect Strangers", and in Los Angeles on 5/18/98 when he sang "The Trooper", "Where Eagle's Dare" and "Killers" (all Iron Maiden) with DT. That show is available through Ytsejam Records as an official bootleg.
- Also at that show, Ray Alder sang "Pull Me Under".
Has anyone else sung for DT?
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What was James doing to get himself arrested by the fire marshal?
- Chris Jericho (a.k.a. Fozzy's Mongoose McQueen) sang with the band on stage for one song in Canada in early 2002 ehm i checked at http://www.mikeportnoy.com/dates/searchresults.asp?criteria=canada&in=loc an there u can see, no gigs have been played in canada since 98
Actually the gig can be found here: http://www.mikeportnoy.com/dates/tourography.asp?menu=dates&show=622
It seems that in 2002 the Tourography started listing Canadian dates with just the province abbreviation.
It seems that in 2002 the Tourography started listing Canadian dates with just the province abbreviation.
dont live in us so didnt know that.
toronto seems like a us name for me but thats just so, but thanks anyway!!!
toronto seems like a us name for me but thats just so, but thanks anyway!!!
I'm intrigued by this fire marshall business. What exactly was James doing?
From http://www.mikeportnoy.com/dates/tourography.asp?menu=dates&show=489
Notes: This is the infamous show that was shut down due to over crowding on the first floor. When The Spirit Carries On began, James did not come out on stage on cue and so Mike filled in. After about 30 seconds, Mike informed the audience that they were getting shut down to which the audience roared in response. Mike said they would continue until they were pulled off stage. As they did, Mike encouraged the audience to sing since he couldn't remember the words (which they did). 3 mins into the song, they cut the power to the PA, but the band played on. Finally, just as they were nearing the conclusion of the song, they cut the power to the actual amps, thus ending the show. Of course, no one left and finally the riot police were brought in to move everyone out. BTW, the setlist for that night was to be :M2 (complete) and the WI&WU medley.
Notes: This is the infamous show that was shut down due to over crowding on the first floor. When The Spirit Carries On began, James did not come out on stage on cue and so Mike filled in. After about 30 seconds, Mike informed the audience that they were getting shut down to which the audience roared in response. Mike said they would continue until they were pulled off stage. As they did, Mike encouraged the audience to sing since he couldn't remember the words (which they did). 3 mins into the song, they cut the power to the PA, but the band played on. Finally, just as they were nearing the conclusion of the song, they cut the power to the actual amps, thus ending the show. Of course, no one left and finally the riot police were brought in to move everyone out. BTW, the setlist for that night was to be :M2 (complete) and the WI&WU medley.
I believe that the cause of the show getting shut down was overcrowding. Not the band's fault at all really.
I've heard that Paul Di'anno (ex-Iron Maiden) has sung with DT, in a MP interview on eddie trunk, but I don't know when.
I've heard that Paul Di'anno (ex-Iron Maiden) has sung with DT, in a MP interview on eddie trunk, but I don't know when.
It seems as though here (http://www.mikeportnoy.com/dates/tourography.asp?menu=dates&show=658) and in some other shows, Doug Pinnick of King's X sang (or played something else) alongside DT in Lines in the Sand. I'm guessing he got the sorta blues vocals that counter James.
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