Booray

Masked Rider is a different book of his which, I believe, was written before his wife's death (and possibly before his daughter's death).

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Whoops, my bad. Now I have to go to the bookstore.

grumpyolddude

Gene Krupa is the godfather of drummers!
Keith Moon taught 'em all how to rock!
Ringo Starr was the school of cool!

Everybody else stands on their shoulders, eats at their table, owes them everything!

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trickyy

duh duh duh danny carey again

freeload

Vinnie Colaiuta is high on my list.
Simon Phillips, Dave Weckl and Mike Portney are all great drummers too... but Vinnie is my favourite (besides me ofcourse) - Everybody should have a copy of Sting's "Ten Summoner's Tales" - Fantastic!

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NeverBorn

Buddie Rich man, ever heard the drum battle between him and Roach? Fucking brilliant

OFKU0

Well everyone is entitled to their opinion and that's fine. Canada's sweethearts live an hours drive away, that being the Tragically Hip, and I honestly can't name a worse band.

With Bonham though, people misjudged his talent for raw verocity and as a result was labelled a heavy drummer which he was, but also missed the musicianship in the fray. If you listen closely enough you will not only hear different motifs in each fill but also a texture that was personalized and distinct in each beat he played. As a pro musician, these understated rhythms and textures are clear as day, and I smile at greatness much like I do all competant musicians from all genres of music and thank my lucky stars.

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braindamage351

I really do like Bonham a lot. He comes up with the coolest drum beats.

Oh, and I've heard that Neil Peart writes most of Rush's music. Is that true?

wrestlerdiva

to add some new blood
joey jordison from slipknot
mick fleetwood from fleetwood mac
tommy lee from motley crue

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Omar12

Portnoy hands down. He is a great drummer and great musician.

Another one that I like is ?uestlove from The Roots.

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saut

Still stickin with Danny, but Mick Portnoy defintily deserves some more lovin' in this thread.

pan6467

Keith Moon above and beyond anyone else.

Buddy Rich could play massive skins

Mick Avery/ Bob Henrit of the KINKS any drummer that can play while the 2 brothers are fighting on stage and not miss a beat is damn good.

Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys (when clean and sober) was highly underrated

Alex Van Halen would be a big standout but lived in Eddie's shadow.

and Def Leppard's drummer Rick Allen, one armed wonder. VH1 made a great movie out of that story also.

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jhk451

i second terry bozzio. absolutely sick drummer. can make melodies with his insane kit.

http://drummerworld.com/Videos/TerryBozzio.html

castex

Lombardo, yes. Will Calhoun, certainly. Peart, Bozzio, for sure.
Bonham was just fab.
Copeland has such taste, but he holds his stick wrong.
The best, bar none, is Mark Brezezicki, formerly with Big Country.

Coronaboy72

Neal Peart - Rush
Rick Allen - Def Leppard
John Bonham - Led Zeppelin
Ringo Starr - The Beatles

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castex

Are you sure about that last one, coronaboy?

jals

Most talented today? Janet Weiss of Sleater-Kinney, obviously.

Of all time. I quite like a certain Who drummer.

Jadedfox

Pardon my ignorance but...who is that?

--jaded

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clementine

stanton moore - galactic

really, he's quite amazing

canucklehead

Neal Peart - Rush
John Bonham - Led Zeppelin
Nick Mason - Pink Floyd

DownwardSpiral

I don't see how so many of the people on this thread are voting Ringo Starr as one of the most talented drummers, he wasn't that good, in my opinion, I'm not saying that because I detest the Beatles, lol, I'm saying that because he isn't really that talented. Can someone explain to me why everyone thinks he is? Other than the fact the Beatles are so popular with a lot of people?

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Probably because most of it is electronic. Watch him, he hits drum once, entire drum riff..... Pretty funny!

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jbuffett

Neil Peart Rawks!!!!!!!

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north

wow, all these posts and no one has mentioned Phil Collins. I know, he's a loser adult-contemporary guy who does Disney soundtracks now but there was a time in mid-seventies when he could blow away most of the drummers out there. yes, Neal Peart is amazing, but there is no emotion to his playing. Danny Carrey is another great drummer, i agree.

but ultimately i go with Phil, because he's left handed, plays a backwards kit, and could play a drum solo in 9/8 that still sounded like it had some swing to it.

don't laugh cos i like Genesis . . . .

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Cedar

Neil Peart.

John Bonham.

Everyone else is debatable.

No, just kidding. There are a lot of great drummers out there. Tim "Herb" Alexander is fabulous; so are Mike Portnoy, Dave Abbruzzese, and...what is wrong with me that I can't think of his name, the guy from Tower of Power. And of course, Ringo Starr, because sometimes it's all about NOT standing out.

I still remember when Jeff Porcaro died. I was sad.

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pedro padilla

mike bordin from faith no more, ozzy and black sabbath is pretty bad ass. I saw Dave Lombardo (slayer) play with the fantomas recently. That dudes on a whole different level.

Zephyr66

Jaska Raatikainen(Children of Bodom) is pretty awesome
Carmine Appice is pretty good, I guess i just say that cause i learned from his book, so i was exposed to him a lot when i started drumming

freeload

Are you thinking of David Garibaldi?

ToiletDuck

Ill put my vote in for Travis Barker. To me he's one skinny guy who has a heavy beat.

saut

I need to say Danny Carey one more time because he is so fucking good. Go listen to The Grudge right now, and bear in mind that what you hear is done on a live kit.

rockford1004

Wow, I'm surprised Buddy Rich wasn't mentioned more,he practically invented the drum solo, I have to agree with Neil Peart, S Copeland, Steve Gadd, these guys are masters on the kit.

rockford1004

For straight ahead great rock drummers, Mick Fleetwood, Stan Lynch, Terry Bozzio, Ginger Baker, Alex Van Halen, there are so many great ones.

Zephyr66

oh yeah, add buddy rich to my list with carmine appice, learned a lot from his videos too

ditalianishere

Carter from DMB. Word.

Fly

the guys feet never stop.......a difficult task to do while still throwin' all the fills in there......and it's only a 5-6 piece kit the guy plays.


all 4 apendages goin' in different places and rythms.......tough to do.

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paddyjoe

My top 3:

Steve Gadd

Liberty DeVito

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biznatch

Ahhhh! are you serious?!?? you just mentioned a heap of jazz drummers...and the names Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich did not appear in the list.... get a hold of their drum battles. they are a-mazing.

biznatch

I have to second Omar12 here.
I think Mike Portnoy is insaaaane..
but ,my favorite drummer is ?uestlove, from the roots...that hip hop drumming is what I like best to play, and he has so much style... its amazing to hear him play. Big ups to all the people from The Roots, cuz they are "the ultimate, rock-rockin it, rock-rockin it, rockin it..."

thriolith

John Bonham, Neil Peart, Charlie Watts, Keith Moon...

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divagrrrl

big Stewart Copeland fan here....

also I can't overlook Alex Van Halen. :wall: