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Twice now I have seen Blue Oyster Cult with their current, 30 years younger than the rest of the band, rhythm section. (And I can't find their names anywhere.) There is a point where one can take a cliche so far into itself that it inverts and becomes fresh again. That's exactly what this drummer does. It is a formula rock drum solo played with such energy and sincerity that, standing there howling as your head approaches its resonating frequency, you realize that there is a reason that this became a formula in the first place. I cannot begin to describe just how extremely hard that rocks.
Now, as for truly creative drum solos, the guy who goes beyond Neil Peart (who, incidentally is only overrated because people lump his lyrics in with his drumming. Drumming good, lyrics, not so much - didactic at best) is Bill Bruford. I have a live video of Crimson on the Three of a Perfect Pair tour, when he does things I can't even describe.
And don't be gettin' down on bassists as merely rhythm. Flea, Les Claypool, Victor Wooten, these guys transition smoothly between base as percussive rhythm, melodic rhythm, and lead and back. The young bassist for BÖC has the potential to go this way. And let us not forget Steve Harris of iron Maiden.
Just because someone can play blindingly fast does not make them good, but it doesn't hurt.
Dave Grohl, I would say, is solid. Not brilliant.
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