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Now hooooooooold on a second.
Did I hear Ringo Starr?
This may be a topic of another thread, but I must say that Ringo, despite, if you listen to him, his drumming sounding rather dull (technically at least), take into account that Ringo used a VERY small drum set and made do with only the bare minimum.
Not to say that he was one of the best drummers of all time, far from it. Only to say that he gets bashed unnecessarily as much as Bonham gets lauded unnecessarily.
Also, I never said anything about Charlie Watts... personally I think that he's a mediocre drummer at best and not even as good as Bonham was.
Another thing is, I think what makes a sound techical drummer is that drummer's ability to play in all different styles... jazz, metal, funk, whatever it is, you should be able to play it if you are truly a good drummer. If your own "style" limits you from playing anything from anyone else's "style," then, no matter how good you may sound at your own thing, you're not well-rounded enough to be considered a true great.
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