Favorite drummer and bass player combo?

The bond between the bass player and drummer is one of the most unbreakable and important in a band.  The bass player must match with the drummer's bass drum and the drummer must pay attention to the bass player's subtleties of tone, rythym, and intensity.

Some duos are guitar players/drummers, but being a bass player myself, I enjoy the relationship between drummer/bass.  When these two players know each others' playing style, the sky is the limit for percussive possibilites..

WHO are your top three Bassist/Drummer combo?

MINE ARE: 1. Danny Carey/Justin Chancellor
          2. Keith Moon/Ox
          3. Bill Bruford/Chris Squire

 

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"I know when I started I would have been happy to sound like the Beatles or Joe Tex or whoever. You want to sound like most bands, you want to sound like their records and that's how you learn your chops."
 
- Jon Anderson of Yes

 

 

Nik Di'Virgilio and Dave Meros from Spock's Beard are a rather unappreciated pair until you really sit down and listen to some of the sections of their music.

Bruford and Squire are another killer duo, a couple of the best in prog history, but of course!

The Tool boys are damn good as well (Danny Carey/Justin Chancellor)

There's many others that have caught my ear recently as well. Gong, Soft Machine (anything Canterbury it seems) and a lot of heavy prog uses the rhythm well also like Tiles. OH! A band who I'm not sure anyone else will mention who is also really good at this kind of thing is Anti-Depressive Delivery.

And of course Rush is easily my favorite bass/drum duo. You can't beat Geddy and Neil. (Trying to keep my Rush-talk to a minimum)




Edited by King By-Tor - September 04 2008 at 15:58

King By-Tor wrote: Nik Di'Virgilio and Dave Meros from Spock's Beard are a rather unappreciated pair until you really sit down and listen to some of the sections of their music. Bruford and Squire are another killer duo, a couple of the best in prog history, but of course! The Tool boys are damn good as well (Danny Carey/Justin Chancellor) There's many others that have caught my ear recently as well. Gong, Soft Machine (anything Canterbury it seems) and a lot of heavy prog uses the rhythm well also like Tiles. OH! A band who I'm not sure anyone else will mention who is also really good at this kind of thing is Anti-Depressive Delivery. And of course Rush is easily my favorite bass/drum duo. You can't beat Geddy and Neil. (Trying to keep my Rush-talk to a minimum)

I prefer Collins and Rutherford individually to Peart and Lee.

Am I very wrong?

/why does noone appreciate Genesis that much around here? Meh.

Jaco Pastorius - Chester Thompson (Weather Report)

Stanley Clarke - Lenny White (Return to Forever)

hmm... here's a tough one.... from The Mars Volta....

Juan Alderte/ Jon Theodore, or Juan Alderte/ Thomas Pridgen???? I lean towards Theodore.....

Very easy:  WETTON-BRUFORD Has anybody forgotten ''The Great Deceiver'' ''KC=USA/live''?

Colin Pattenden- Chris Slade

Takes two to prog-tango , you are no slouch by any stretch (plus a classy gentleman) and a good Vosne Romanee or a Pommard would not be a bad choice either ! A ta Sante! What a duo though, eh?

Edited by tszirmay - September 04 2008 at 21:27

Of course, my favorite is Peart/Lee. 2nd place goes to Vander/Top or Vander/Paganotti and 3rd to Bruford and Squire. There are so many good ones!

explodingjosh wrote: hmm... here's a tough one.... from The Mars Volta.... Juan Alderte/ Jon Theodore, or Juan Alderte/ Thomas Pridgen???? I lean towards Theodore.....

I lean towards Pridgen myself, but both are fantastic.

E-Dub wrote: Dave Hope and Phil Ehart have always been a favorite of mine. E

Edited by MovingPictures07 - September 04 2008 at 22:07

Honestly I don´t think anything beats Levin/Bruford... not that I have heard of at least