"It sounds like something out of Disneyland in Japan," he muses, after recording a first take drum part which he admits "is like completely pissing all over someone else's art." "In my world you ...

As a kid, Portnoy's biggest heroes were Ringo Starr of The Beatles, Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, The Who's Keith Moon and Kiss drummer Peter Criss.