Who is or was the best drummer

[ericlee]

Seriously, My votes go to Tim alexander of Primus. I still listen to his drumming and my jaw remains dropped. You listen to his fills, the rolls, you might think he's inhuman. Great mixture being that Les Claypool is the frontman which leads me to the same thoughts as he pounds on that bass.

Hopefully, I can make this a difficult decision for you because for one thing. I play bass. I mainly focus my attention to the drummer when I listen to music, such as how will I strum around it.

If you don't play bass, that's cool. The drummer is the mofo that gets your head bobbing at least.

My runners up are:

John Bohnham. Of course, he was the shit back then. He had his set tightened to the perfect sound and is also the main influence to the recent drummers.

Neil Peart of Rush..Sad story he has. I think he releases his events on the drumset nowadays which makes Rush that much more enjoyable. His drumming has been superior but it seems that after his heartbreaking experience, it's become inferior. My heart goes out to him and he's got one of the best lead man of all times.

Chad Smith of RHCP..He once played a 200 piece set. Rythmaticly. I heard it, it was awesome. Not just that, the guy knows his skins..

I've got many more in mind, just too drumnk to think of them, help me out...

[ToucanSpam]

I think Chad Smith is a pretty good drmmer as well. He's consistantly good and I'm never worried about a RHCP album having bad drumming or doing something out of character or just stupid.

I like Travis Barker from Blink 182/Transplants/Box Car Racer. He adds something to those bands that makes them stick out in my mind from other bands. I'm not sure how to describe it either. He's just good with the sticks.

I like Derek from the band From First to Last. He has good ability and also offers backup vocals to some of the songs. I like the double kicking he does.



But, none of those three really deserve to be considered the best drummer, IMO. I know I might be criticized for my choice, but Ringo from the Beatles is my selection for best drummer. not because he was a member of the biggest band the world has seen so far, but because he had tremendous skill. His work post-Beatles is very good and he can do more than play drums. Alas, I'm in the minority here, but it's my opinion.

[The Notorious LOL]

keith moon or john bonham.

[BangkokB]

keith moon
Dammit LOL You beat me to it....Keith lived like a Rock Star! Pitty he tried to quit drinking

[burbboi]

IMO. I know I might be criticized for my choice, but Ringo from the Beatles is...

You might as well have mentionned that dude from AC/DC as one of the best drummers ever if you chose Ringo Starr. Ringo seemed to be the only classic drummer you've mentionned.


What about Keith Moon from The Who?

or perhaps John Bonham from Led Zepplin?



All these new age rock/alt drummers you've chosen are good i will admit, but they had to start somewhere...and chances are it wasn't 'Ringo from the Beatles' more than not.

[burbboi]

You are indeed quick on the draw LOL

[ToucanSpam]

You have your opinion, I have mine.

[ericlee]

You might as well have mentionned that dude from AC/DC as one of the best drummers ever if you chose Ringo Starr. Ringo seemed to be the only classic drummer you've mentionned.


What about Keith Moon from The Who?

or perhaps John Bonham from Led Zepplin?



All these new age rock/alt drummers you've chosen are good i will admit, but they had to start somewhere...and chances are it wasn't 'Ringo from the Beatles' more than not.

thank you, in order to slap skins for ac/dc it must be kick drum, high hat, snare and occasional cymbal crash. Nothing more, noting less. I've never liked drum patterns of them.

But the songs of the Beatles, I can't ever complain of how the drumming has fit in amongst my journeys of lsd.

[burbboi]

Travis barker is definately a wicked drummer. No doubt about it.

[Chad the Lad]

Dr Dre's drum machine :p

[ChrisLove]

Keith Moon - move on

[Bourgie]

Even though he annoys the crap out of me!!! I think Lars Ulrich (sp?) from Metallica is an amazing drummer... Saw them live...pretty insane.

[paulb]

Travis Barker and Lars Ulrich

[Medellia]

Moon the loon. Hands down. When I was twelve I wanted to be a drummer because of him. But noooooooooooooooo, my parents had to go and buy me a guitar instead. :mad:

[TurdBerglar]

spoiled brat

[Medellia]

spoiled brat
If I was a spoiled brat I would have gotten a drum kit like I wanted. So there. :p

[mikizee]

obviously none of you have heard the drumming of danny carey from tool.
do yourself a favour, and check him out on the albums aenima and lateralus.

he is amongst the best of the best that have ever been.
(by the way, ive been a drummer for 17 years)

[jennyb]

Rick Allen - C'mon, one arm? You can't front on that! :p

[paulb]

Rick Allen - C'mon, one arm? You can't front on that! :p


that the def leppard dude?

[jennyb]

Why yes, Paul.

[Matt]

Rick Allen - C'mon, one arm? You can't front on that! :p

you can when that one arm is playing 'Pour some sugar on me'. Maybe he should have lost both arms and saved himself from playing in a shitty band.

[jennyb]

holy lol! :D

[Tzar]

lars ulrich is a plain drummer... he was at this peak during ...AJFA and just got lazy from there on.

you can't really choose a "best" drummer but some that have impressed me include:
thomas lang, jojo mayer, flo mounier(sp), dave lombardo, paul bostaph, joey jordison..

[ericlee]

obviously none of you have heard the drumming of danny carey from tool.
do yourself a favour, and check him out on the albums aenima and lateralus.

he is amongst the best of the best that have ever been.
(by the way, ive been a drummer for 17 years)

Obviously, I have. He's good but maybe you haven't heard Tim alexander..

[mikizee]

ah but i have, i have several primus albums, i first heard them on suck on this, i was like 'fuck, this is the music ive been waiting for!!!' i agree tim is very good. i saw em live a few years ago, was cool. tim may be a fuckin excellent drummer, but i reckon danny carey is better, in originality and complex rhythms.

[Lex Diamonds]

Whitesnake, Hawkwind, Van Halen, Lindesfarne
we're better than Def Leppard and their drummer with one arm
we can wipe our arses and do the washing up
and when we drinks the lager we puts both hands on our cup

[roosta]

questlove

[MagicCowboy]

I'm gonna say Nicko McBrain. I don't know anything about drummers or drumming, though. But he does make funny faces.

[b-grrrlie]

What about Ginger Baker?
Gene Krupa?


heh heh




yeah I'm old





I really like Chad Smith tho

[adam_f]

?uestlove simply because.

[Guy Incognito]

Reni from The Stone Roses was one awesome drummer although you rock dudes might not know his work too much - listen to fools gold or i am the resurrection.

And ringo starr wasnt even the best drummer in the beatles!

[Praying Mantis]

2 of them:
Neil Peart from Rush

and Buddy Rich (http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Buddy_Rich.html)

[roosta]

animal

[jennyb]

animal
oooooh good one! yes, he gets my vote! (y)

[Deep_Sea_Rain]

I like Pat Wilson, from Weezer. One need only to listen to the drums on Maladroit, their 4th album, to see the man is very talented with the sticks.

[adrockmelanie]

the drummer of murder city devils (who plays with big business now) is seriously amazing.

definately the best i've seen in a long time, if not ever.

[GetYourWarOn]

Moon the loon. Hands down. When I was twelve I wanted to be a drummer because of him. But noooooooooooooooo, my parents had to go and buy me a guitar instead. :mad:


the who were brilliant. john entwistle was the coolest rock star. ever.

[GetYourWarOn]

i'll say tony thompson from chic...maybe not the best but definitely underrated. they had a pretty tight rhythm section.


my picks for best of all time have all been mentioned. moon, bonham, rich.

[Matt]

?uestlove simply because.

because he's one of the tightest dummers around today? because thats very, very true.

[Medellia]

animal
Animal was based on Keith Moon! :D

And ?uestlove is awesome as well.

[Tzar]

thomas lang > every other drummer mentioned here (http://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/thomaslangsolo.html)

[The Notorious LOL]

Id heard before Keith Moon didnt even own a drumset, and often times had to pretty much re-learn a lot of his shit when recording and touring...or get back into the groove so to speak rather than day in day out practicing.

[thegoodmrbrodie!]

billy cobham.

[Medellia]

Id heard before Keith Moon didnt even own a drumset, and often times had to pretty much re-learn a lot of his shit when recording and touring...or get back into the groove so to speak rather than day in day out practicing.
I don't know about the first part, but the second is apparently true.

[P of R]

Lewis Nash is damn good! (y)

[ms.peachy]

I'm going to stick my neck out here and say that I don't think John Bonham was actually that great a drummer. Yes he was good, but not great. What he had going for him more than anything else was the fact that he was such a big fucking guy, he could hit really fucking hard. But take that 'brute force' away and you're left with just a basic good drummer.

[scotty]

Outside of Bonham, Moon and that crowd I reckon: Nicko McBrain, Ginger Baker and Rob Hirst.

[yeahwho]

There are a lot of famous drummers, but also there are quite a few who show up, blow your mind, pack and go home....

Jim Keltner
Stan Lynch (original Tom Petty drummer...Damn the Torpedoes etc)
Mitch Mitchell
Kenny Aronoff ....(that little bald head guy who used to drum with John Cougar)
an endless list really. Heres my favs

Charlie Watts drumming is ingrained in my soul, thats a very good thing.
Ringo's is all about fun, and that's cool.
But Keith Moon was like an alien visiting the planet on a mission(y) ! He is the winner.

Fast drumming bores the fuck out of me.

[CrankItUp!]

Eric Carr
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIJ4CEbfQ-I&search=kiss

[Echewta]

Neil P. and Stewart Copeland.

[Laver1969]

Neil Peart from Rush


^^He is the best!

[abcdefz]

Kenny Aronoff ....(that little bald head guy who used to drum with John Cougar)
an endless list really. Heres my favs




...that's a good pick.



Rock drummers: Stephen Perkins was just the shit. If you ever watch the Soul Kiss video, you get to see him on the kitchen floor with pots and pans, just gleefully making them sing. Amazing, amazing drummer.

[Lex Diamonds]

I'd have to say Bernie Purdie just cos he's so fucking cool. And I love the funny little noises he makes when he gets really into his drumming. He is jazz. (y)

[P of R]

Found a video of Lewis Nash.

Love this guy!




http://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/Lewis_Nash1.html

[ericlee]

I'm going to stick my neck out here and say that I don't think John Bonham was actually that great a drummer. Yes he was good, but not great. What he had going for him more than anything else was the fact that he was such a big fucking guy, he could hit really fucking hard. But take that 'brute force' away and you're left with just a basic good drummer.

sorry, I could disagree. You want basic drummers, you get Ringo Star or Simon Wright. Both are good but if you listen, it's very basic.

If you watch Bonham play, he's not pounding on the drums as you say. He's very precise in his fills and makes good use of all his equipment throughout each performance.

[Ally Al]

Clyde Stubblefield

and

Rene from the Stone Roses

[Guy Incognito]

Clyde Stubblefield

and

Rene from the Stone Roses

Rene was in Allo Allo mate - Reni. God i'm like some english teacher tonight - sorry evryone - i'll stop now

[YoungRemy]

John Henry Bonham...

[Ally Al]

Rene was in Allo Allo mate - Reni. God i'm like some english teacher tonight - sorry evryone - i'll stop now


LOL, i just realised that

(up yours big foot :D )

[Ally Al]

[QUOTE=Guy Incognito]Reni from The Stone Roses was one awesome drummer although you rock dudes might not know his work too much - listen to fools gold or i am the resurrection.


resurrection is truly a classic BUT the drums on fools gold were sampled

[ericlee]

Dave Grohl is fairly decent as well. He really didn't show it while with Nirvana but on QOTSA- Songs for the Deaf, he really shows off his talent.

[paul jones]

the one armed cunt who beats his wife in def leopard

[mikizee]

if he hasnt been mentioned yet then tony royster jr, google his name and watch a 8 min drum solo he did when he was 12, the most amazing shit ive ever seen, ive been a drummer for over 10 years and he just blows my mind!!!

[Deep_Sea_Rain]

Pat Wilson, Weezer's drummer is a monster on the sticks. Just listen to Maladroit...

[Tzar]

http://www.vicfirth.com/artists/mounier.html

drummer from Cryptopsy

edit: watch his video... look for the "high bandwidth etc etc" text links

[Calimero jr.]

Agree for Bonham, Moon, Stewart Copeland, Daney Carey and Tim Alexander !! (y) Awesome drummers

I'll add Jimmy Chamberlin, Brain, Brann Dailor (Mastodon), Jon Stainer (Helmet)

[mikizee]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1887293651082720270

theres the tony royster jr drum solo. watch it and be amazed!!!
also, i never found out, whats the deal with tim alexander leaving primus, and brain joining, then brain leaving and tim alexander re joining? what happened?

[Tzar]

^ that's awesome! i love drum solos. Thomas Lang ones are top stuff :D

[P of R]

Brian Blade is another favorite of mine.


http://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/brianbladeredman.html

[sab0tage]

Meg White, that symbol bashing on 'my doorbell' is awesome :rolleyes:

[Tzar]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=DBcQf0YWCIA&search=metallica%20piano
this is rock and roll

[CrankItUp!]

"I'm much more than just an awesome drummer!" (y) http://sonypictures.studiostore.com/images/p/MUP/pzMTMUP0002.jpg

[Matt]

Pat Wilson, Weezer's drummer is a monster on the sticks. Just listen to Maladroit...

Wilson's good, and he's a damn funny individual, but he's got some serious temo issues when not playing to a click track. like, worse than Keith Moon after the drink and drugs got to him and they had to tape the headphones to his face so he'd play in time.

I'm really suprised that the Neil Peart/Mike Portnoy debate hasn't come up, or maybe I havet been looking close enough

[P of R]

^So you're measuring how good a drummer is by their speed?

Playing fast doesn't automatically mean you play good, IMHO. How tight and the drummers ability to play advanced rythms scores a lot higher in my book.


Just my two cents.

[ericlee]

yeah, I hate speed drummers, as someone mentioned up there somewhere, fast drumming is boring.

There's really no talent to it. Almost all of the same drum patterns are full of repitition.

[ericlee]

He's a hell of a lot more than just a "speed thrash drummer". While it's true he is one of the fastest in the world, he is an innovator. A true artist at his craft. Even on a recording, his drum is as overpowering as it is undeniably him. Slayer often runs the gamet as far as tempo several times throught a single song.

Just trying to shout out someone I respect that was yet to be mentioned.

I wouldn't title Lombardo as a speed trash drummer, in fact, he's very precise and skilled at what he does. Also, being that he's been around for 20 years and still going at it, he's very well granted the title of Veteran of the Trade. I'm just getting older and my music style has been taken to the more mellow side of music. I'm personally saying that I think it's boring.

There's plenty of bands in the speed metal catagory that have very talented drummers. Even some of the bands that I really could care less for such as Dream Theatre, Testament and alot of others.

I'm actually starting to get into a little jazz, older jazz and all of the drummers are very tight and skilled as well.

[avignon]

Neil Peart of Rush..Sad story he has. I think he releases his events on the drumset nowadays which makes Rush that much more enjoyable. His drumming has been superior but it seems that after his heartbreaking experience, it's become inferior. My heart goes out to him and he's got one of the best lead man of all times.


yes and Rush is one of the best bands ever.

[P of R]

I wouldn't title Lombardo as a speed trash drummer, in fact, he's very precise and skilled at what he does. Also, being that he's been around for 20 years and still going at it, he's very well granted the title of Veteran of the Trade. I'm just getting older and my music style has been taken to the more mellow side of music. I'm personally saying that I think it's boring.

There's plenty of bands in the speed metal catagory that have very talented drummers. Even some of the bands that I really could care less for such as Dream Theatre, Testament and alot of others.

I'm actually starting to get into a little jazz, older jazz and all of the drummers are very tight and skilled as well.

I'm into jazz as well. Max Roach, Lewish Nash, Brian Blade and Jimmy Cobb etc. Some awesome drummers. (y)