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I'm glad to see my favorite drummer, Ginger Baker, was included in the first four "giants."
The death of the drum solo is a sad, sad fact in modern music. The fact is, the modern listener doesn't have the attention span for a good drum solo any more. Drummers have also been relegated to strictly being the backbone in modern music: admirable, yes, but a good drummer is so much more than backbone.
Guitar solos--at least truly great guitar solos--are also sadly lacking these days (notably not in British rock, however...for this I reference my favorite band Muse) in popular American rock music.
Personally, I think the fact is that many modern musicians are decidedly lacking in skill and therefore refrain from showing off anything remotely resembling talent. Harsh, but true. Some rock music (again, not American) proves to be a notable exception to this, thank God.
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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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