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Not just prog? Well, after #1 they're in no order:

1. Keith Moon
2. Bill Bruford
3. Mick Avory(The Kinks)
4. Jeremiah Green(Modest Mouse)
5. Bill Ward
6. Brann Dailor(Mastodon)
7. Tiki Fulwood(Funkadelic)
8. Sean Reinert(Cynic)
9. Carl Palmer
10. Phil Collins
11. Zach Hill
12. Dale Crover(Melvins)
13. Yoshimi P-We(Boredoms, OOIOO)
14. Greg Errico(Sly and the Family Stone)
15. Billy Cobham
16. Yoshida Tatsuya(Ruins, Koenjihyakkei)
17. Justin Peroff(Broken Social Scene)
18. Adrian Erlandsson(At the Gates, Cradle of Filth)
19. Brian Downey(Thin Lizzy)
20. Bernard Purdie(session, most well known for working with Nina Simone and Steely Dan)
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Drumkit from Hell.
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1. Christian Vander(Magma)
2. Daniel Denis(Univers Zero)
3. Billy Cobham(Mahavishnu Orchestra)
4. Guy Evans(Van der Graaf Generator)
5. Jon Theodore(The Mars Volta)
6. Bill Bruford(King Crimson and Yes)
7. Chester Thompson(Genesis, Weather Report, and Frank Zappa)
8. Phil Collins(Genesis)
9. Zoltan Csörsz(The Flower Kings)
10. Gavin Harrison(Porcupine Tree and King Crimson)
11. Mattias Ollson(Anglagard)
12. Hasse Bruniusson(The Flower Kings and Samla Mammas Manna)
13. Nick D'Virgillio(Spock's Beard, Big Big Train, and Genesis)
14. Martin Lopez(Opeth)
15. Andy Ward(Camel)
16. Roberto Leoni (The Watch)
17. Paul Cook(IQ)
18. Damon Che(Don Caballero)
19. Pier Luigi Calderoni(Banco del Mutuo Soccorso)
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1. Christian Vander(Magma)
2. Daniel Denis(Univers Zero)
3. Billy Cobham(Mahavishnu Orchestra)
4. Guy Evans(Van der Graaf Generator)
5. Jon Theodore(The Mars Volta)
6. Bill Bruford(King Crimson and Yes)
7. Chester Thompson(Genesis, Weather Report, and Frank Zappa)
8. Phil Collins(Genesis)
9. Zoltan Csörsz(The Flower Kings)
10. Gavin Harrison(Porcupine Tree and King Crimson)
11. Mattias Ollson(Anglagard)
12. Hasse Bruniusson(The Flower Kings and Samla Mammas Manna)
13. Nick D'Virgillio(Spock's Beard, Big Big Train, and Genesis)
14. Martin Lopez(Opeth)
15. Andy Ward(Camel)
16. Roberto Leoni (The Watch)
17. Paul Cook(IQ)
18. Damon Che(Don Caballero)
19. Pier Luigi Calderoni(Banco del Mutuo Soccorso)
20. Neal Peart(Rush)
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Robert Wyatt
Jaki Liebezeit
Klaus Dinger
Phil Collins
Peter Leopold
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Portnoy, Paice, Peart, Bonham, Collins, Ward, Porcaro. 

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Morgan Ĺgren will always be my favorite. He has such an odd, spastic style that I just love.
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1.Bill Bruford
2.Neil Peart
3.Barriemore Barlow
4.Billy Cobham
5.Lenny White is better than Alan Smile
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1.  Neil Peart
2.  John Bonham
3. Carl Palmer
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Bonham, Terry Bozzio, Dennis Chambers, and special note to Damon Che of Don Caballero








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Neil Peart
Danny Carey
Brann Dailor
Gavin Harrison
Dennis Chambers
John Bonham
Keith Moon
Bill Bruford
Tomas Haake
Mike Portnoy


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Virgil Donati (Planet X )
Dennis Chambers (Niacin)
Michael Shrieve (early Santana )
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John Weathers
Dom Howard
Keith Moon 
Carl Palmer
Ringo Star
Gavin Harrisson
Brian Bennett
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Jerry Marotta (brilliant playing on Peter Gabriel's 'Security' album)
Neil Peart
Phil Collins
Bill Bruford
 
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Originally posted by emty6 emty6 wrote:

John Weathers
Dom Howard
Keith Moon 
Carl Palmer
Ringo Star
Gavin Harrisson
Brian Bennett

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Mike Portnoy
Neil Peart
Phil Collins
Bill Bruford
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This guy is so freakin awesome! The perfect combination of being loose and all over the place whilst funky and swinging:
“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

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Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

This guy is so freakin awesome! The perfect combination of being loose and all over the place whilst funky and swinging:



Furio Chirico is one of the most impressive drummers I've ever heard. I do think he overplays a bit though. 
New album!
http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385
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Harry Hughes (Clouds), according to Billboard "Surely the most technically-brilliant drummer of the early rock era".
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