Best Drummers
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Topic: Best Drummers
Posted By: gerdtheater
Subject: Best Drummers
Date Posted: August 08 2012 at 23:29
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------------- Playing a three-hour Rush show is like running a marathon while solving equations. Neil Peart |
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Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: August 08 2012 at 23:39
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None of these drummers listed are my favorites. For me, I just couldn't vote for one so it's a toss-up between Phil Collins, Bill Bruford, Carl Palmer, Chester Thompson, Alan White, and Ian Mosley. By the way, I hope the inclusion of Lars Ulrich on your list is just a joke. If not, then I pity your tastes in drummers. ------------- “Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: August 08 2012 at 23:42
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Lars Ulrich? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: August 08 2012 at 23:42
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Anyway, Gavin of these. ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: August 08 2012 at 23:46
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I'll go with other and give a shout-out to Dave Kerman.
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Posted By: Eria Tarka
Date Posted: August 08 2012 at 23:59
Im thinking other will win this one but honestly Neil Peart is my favorite drummer.. so thats my vote.
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Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 00:07
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Besides Lars- those are all BAD ASS drummers
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Posted By: ProgressiveAttic
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 00:19
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Other... just take your pick: Bill Bruford, Carl Palmer,Michael Giles, Terry Bozzio, Billy Cobham, Lenny White, Phil Collins, Ian Wallace and I could go on forever.... ------------- Michael's Sonic Kaleidoscope Mondays 5:00pm EST(re-runs Thursdays 3:00pm) @ Delicious Agony Progressive Rock Radio(http://www.deliciousagony.com) 
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Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 00:24
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NIEL PEART FTFW!
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Posted By: Gallifrey
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 00:31
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Andy Webb wrote:Posted By: ProgDroog
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 00:32
| Every one (with the exception of Lars), also Carl Palmer is great |
Posted By: YtseRob2112
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 00:35
| Neil Peart, followed by Mike Portnoy |
Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 01:56
aha! You're quite right. -------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 02:03
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Chester Thomson is just as bad as Lars. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: zoviet
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 02:17
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John McEntire of Tortoise Jaki Liebzeit of Can
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 04:00
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I keep voting other in these things, so I went with Danny Carey.
Still: Phil Collins, Christian Burchard, Mani Neumeier, Jaki Liebezeit, Ivan Fedotov, Ian Paice, Tony Williams, Christian Vander and the list literally goes on and on and on and on............ ------------- “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.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 04:07
| I'm not a big Rush fan, but Neil Peart is a fabulous drummer, so I vote for him. |
Posted By: Raccoon
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 04:08
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Other. Andy Ward. I know, weird pick, but the precision in his complex, ever-changing drumming for The Snow Goose blows me away every time. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 04:19
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Peart followed by Portnoy. ------------- 
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 04:35
Nice and original choice. Andy's quite a good drummer indeed. |
Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 05:10
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Gavin Harrison
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Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 05:36
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I didn't want to vote 'Other' although it's quite appropriate since the list here is missing quite a lot of good drummers, anyway Peart is good enough for me to say he is the best drummer. |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 05:53
| Other for me. By far. |
Posted By: bb1319
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 06:25
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Missing a lot of good drummers on this list, as already previously stated. From this list I'll take Peart, with Harrison coming in a close second. ------------- "I'd say that what we hear is the quality of our listening." -Robert Fripp |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 06:30
I agree completely - he's extremely underrated, largely because Camel played as a band, not as a group of individual maestros. I'm still not sure I'd pick him above Peart or Bruford, but he's up there with them.
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Posted By: DiamondDog
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 06:43
| Harry Hughes, what a ridiculous exclusion, proving yet again that record sales rule over quality. |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 06:48
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Brann Dailor
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 06:50
I've always liked Lars Ulrich's drumming.  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: antonyus
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 07:37
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Lars Ulrich !!!!!!! one of the all time worst drummer.....
its a shame his name so close to Neil
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 07:41
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Voted for Lars. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Smurph
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 07:57
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Christian Vander or Zach Hill ------------- http://pseudosentai.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - http://pseudosentai.bandcamp.com/ wtf |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 08:06
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Peart is my fave and gets my vote my next from the list would be Danny Carey shout out to John Bonham as well ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 08:07
This.
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 08:07
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Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 08:21
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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 08:23
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Mike Giles has always been my favorite.
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Posted By: johnobvious
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 08:35
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I'm no expert on drumming but the most bad-assed perfomance on a single album I have ever heard was by Jon Theodore on Deloused in the Comatorium.
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Posted By: hobocamp
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 08:36
| Bruford, but Barlow deserves mention |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 08:55
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BILLY COBHAM End of thread. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Ytse_Jam
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 09:40
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Posted By: bloodsucker
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 10:28
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If the option 'other' wasn't there, I would go with Gavin Harrison, he has a nice style and he worked with Crimson, Porcupine Tree, two bands that I enjoy a lot. Neil Peart and Mike Portnoy are really good drummers, don't get me wrong, but overrated a little bit. The best drummer to my taste is Buddy Rich. |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 10:32
| Other-Jo Koinzer from Germany's Brainstorm. A brilliant and overlooked player. My other favorites are Curt Cress, Enrico Grosso, Peter Giger, Carl Palmer, Jon Hiseman, Hans Bathelt, Paul Hammond |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 10:42
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So many great ones, so its up to my current flavor of the month Maurizio di Tollo (look him up!) . A nod to Bonham in heaven. ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 11:02
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Bruford for me. With Cutler, Vander, Collins close behind. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 11:29
I agree. |
Posted By: silversaw
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 11:36
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I'm still a little shocked that the Peart bandwagon is still being towed around. Hasn't anyone been listening to Rush for the past 30+ years?? He still has some prog chops but he isn't playing anything technical or interesting and hasn't done so since "Hemispheres." If this poll happened in 1978 or 1980 I'm sure he would have done quite well...but there are so many better drummers out there today that I'm still wondering why the Peart question keeps coming up!!!! I started playing drums almost 20 years ago and have been playing professionally for 10 of those years. The first song I ever learned was Tom Sawyer...should a beginner drummer at the age of 15 be able to rip through this song so easily? Not to mention this is probably the most complicated thing he has played since!!!!!!! To not ever see drummers like Alan White or Nick D.Virgilio in these polls is a shame...it's always the same names over and over again. Why not be even more obvious and mention Bonham and Moon as well? This is only my opinion of course, but being prog fans I would expect a little more variety in the drummer / guitar player / bassist / singer polls. Neil Peart went from being one of the best drummers of the 1970's to being utterly plain and boring ever since... ..this is my opinion only, so feel free to rant and rave about what I said, but I won't really be here to fight it out because I really don't care. Enjoy!!!!!! ------------- "In the Court Of Kings I look around, my blood runs cold, I close my eyes..." |
Posted By: mongofa
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 12:37
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Jaki Liebezeit ------------- 
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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 12:39
Good call. GREAT drummer. -------------
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 12:53
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Harrison from the list, but as has been said many times here - there are a wealth of drummers in Prog that are better than most of these ... Ulrich is the least imaginative and most mundane drummer it's been my displeasure to endure a drum solo of - it was so tedious and dull I walked out in utter disappointment. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 13:05
close nuff
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Posted By: Billy Pilgrim
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 14:16
| Hurray for Carey being an option. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 14:18
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A more recent one would be Norway's Elephant9 drummer Torstein Lofthus - who additionally punishes toms in Shining. Love that guy! ------------- “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.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 14:19
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I think the poll would have made sense if had been based on just music of this century.
It would then be a straight fight between Harrison and Portnoy for me. I'll vote Portnoy for his work with Neal Morse although the other stuff isn't bad either
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Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 14:38
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Other. Palmer,Bonham,Moon,Rich,Cobham,Williams,Bruford,........
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Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 15:21
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In his prime, Neil Peart, but now Gavin Harrison. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Smurph
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 15:44
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Vander and Zach Hill still because dang it Zach Hill is awesome. ------------- http://pseudosentai.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - http://pseudosentai.bandcamp.com/ wtf |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 15:45
This. ------------- |
Posted By: deckard33
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 15:50
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Pierre Moerlen, from Gong !
Bill Bruford too ... |
Posted By: lionsky
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 17:30
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I´m a big Portnoy fan and he´s a big inspiration to me but my vote will go to "others"! Just listen to the Turkish drummer Okay Temiz and you´ll see what I mean. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 17:41
yeah add thems to my list too |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 18:48
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Damon Che Jon Theodore Dave Turncranz Are some more of my personal favorites right now. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 18:56
ya him too /istoolazytowriteownlist |
Posted By: Leafblade490
Date Posted: August 10 2012 at 13:45
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Why is Carl Palmer or any Yes drummer absent from the list? Phil Collins would have been nice as an option as well. ------------- "You can't get something for nothing" -Rush |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 10 2012 at 13:56
| I'll vote other for Tony Williams. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: August 10 2012 at 14:09
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Mr. Peart gets my vote, but no surprises there. ------------- 
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 10 2012 at 14:55
I suspect that the topic starter only listed his favourites, since Bill Bruford, Carl Palmer, Phil Collins would seem obvious choices. I note that it's modern prog drummer dominated. We've had so many drummer polls over the years, and I doubt many of them omitted Bruford, Palmer, and Collins, so at least this is rather different from others. Kind of surprised to see Lars Ulrich on the list, and that he got two votes. I don't actually know his work that well, but have read quite a few dismissive comments on him at PA. Other than Tony Williams, Pierre Moerlen, Chris Cutler, Giulio Capiozzo, Jaki Liebezeit, Christian Vander and Billy Hart are some other favourites of mine, but I wouldn't expect them to make the list.
He''s a great drummer too of corse, though I prefer Tony Williams based on what I know. I read an interesting thread once that talks about Cobham, and Cobham's views on Williams at allaboutjazz. Found it: http://forums.allaboutjazz.com/showthread.php?t=36253" rel="nofollow - http://forums.allaboutjazz.com/showthread.php?t=36253 And a related article: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=30993" rel="nofollow - http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=30993 Interesting that Cobham accused Williams of playing too loud, as I have thought of Cobham as a loud drummer, but of course both were versatile, and Cobham has played differently for different projects. I'm not that familiar with Cobham's work outside Mahavishnu Orchestra or his early solo material -- used to like Spectrum a lot. But then the fusion work is the most applicable to this poll, and one can expect more loudness in jazz-rock/ electric jazz framework. |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: August 10 2012 at 15:09
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Everyone has their own favourite we could go on for ever Pierre is mine. ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 10 2012 at 15:18
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Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: August 10 2012 at 16:43
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Billy Cobham Lenny White Narada Michael Walden Bill Bruford Alphonse Mouzon Chester Thompson Carl Palmer |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: August 10 2012 at 17:16
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You know who doesn''t get a lot of love around here? Roger Taylor. He may not have the prog chops of somebody like Bruford, but his sense of time is outstanding and I always find it a joy to listen to him play.
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 10 2012 at 17:21
Thought you were talking about the Duran Duran drummer; then I remembered the guy who played for Queen (after looking it up). |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: August 10 2012 at 17:29
Queen were an extremely good "rhythmic" band. Taylor and Deacon could both really lock into the groove and Freddie Mercury, when he played piano, was astoundingly precise. Listen to the piano parts in songs like Somebody to Love or Killer Queen. They sound almost like a player piano in how dead on the beat they are. -------------
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: August 10 2012 at 17:33
Timing is pretty easy when you play a simple 4/4 beat all day.  ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: August 10 2012 at 17:37
Not really. There are tons of drummers who play straight ahead four four beats all day, but few of them really have the same internal grasp of the beat that Roger did. I don't know, it's hard to explain, but it just feels different when a drummer is really nailing it, even on a simple rhythm. -------------
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 10 2012 at 17:50
I had noticed that before, but listened again to those songs on youtube and really hear what you're saying. |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: August 10 2012 at 18:08
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This guy
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Posted By: deckard33
Date Posted: August 11 2012 at 00:44
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Yes, Roger Taylor (the Queen's one) is very good as drummer.
I also really like him as a composer and singer, although I know that this viewpoint is not often shared. The songs he wrote and sang in the 70's are among my favorite ones (Tenement Fuster, Drowse, I'm in love with my car, Sheer Heart attack ...). There is always a great positive and somewhat "electric energy" in it. A kind of "Rage of life" (don't know if this is very english ...) |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: August 11 2012 at 01:08
I really enjoy his writing and singing with Queen, and also his solo work (especially, the albums Fun In Space and Electric Fire), as well as the Cross album Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: KingCrInuYasha
Date Posted: August 11 2012 at 01:12
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Why no Keith Moon, Mitch Mitchell, John French, Robert Wyatt, Bill Bruford or Barrie Barlow on the list?
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 11 2012 at 02:00
| I like Roger Taylor as well mainly because he had/has his own style as a dynamic heavy rock drummer. As a kid I was very excited when I heard Seven Seas Of Rye and much of that is down to Taylor imo. |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: August 11 2012 at 02:01
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How about Arti+Mestieri's Furio Chirico (what a name!) and what a drummer (try Tilt) ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: August 11 2012 at 04:56
| No Bruford, no Barlow, no Vander, no Moerlen. Got to be "others". |
Posted By: resurrection
Date Posted: August 12 2012 at 01:45
| The great unsung Harry Hughes of Clouds; though certainly not unsung among the drumming fraternity. |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: August 12 2012 at 03:38
Other: The Big BB! ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: JonteJH
Date Posted: August 12 2012 at 20:14
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Superior Drummer 2.0 -------------  
http://www.lastfm.se/user/JonteJH http://soundcloud.com/jontejh |
Posted By: MFP
Date Posted: August 12 2012 at 20:35
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Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: August 14 2012 at 11:41
| Vander is my favorite followed by Bruford, Cobham, Moerlen ... |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: August 14 2012 at 12:00
| Max Roach, Billy Cobham, from the list Peart |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: August 14 2012 at 13:51
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^I'm also a big fan of Max Roach. Love his melodic playing.
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Posted By: geneyesontle
Date Posted: August 14 2012 at 14:44
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If you don't have Bill Bruford on this list, sorry. All you have is progressive metal.
Replace at least Lars "Poo" Ulrich with him. ------------- Poseidon wants to Acquire the Taste of the Fragile Lamb - Derek Adrian Gabriel Anderson, singer of the band Geneyesontle |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: August 18 2012 at 00:42
#1 ------------- 
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Posted By: Terra Australis
Date Posted: August 18 2012 at 02:16
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Gavin Harrison has grabbed my attention of late on the Porcupine tree DVDs I have. So many good drummers...
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Posted By: deckard33
Date Posted: August 29 2012 at 15:41
And last but not least Mr Rosenthal from Eloy !! Excellent work on Ocean ! |
Posted By: DiamondDog
Date Posted: August 29 2012 at 17:00
Yep for sure
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Posted By: MonsterMagnet
Date Posted: August 30 2012 at 10:20
| Yoshida Tatsuya! |
Posted By: Earthmover
Date Posted: August 30 2012 at 10:37
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Ringo and Mason! On a serious note, there are many favorite drummers, but if I had to choose one it would be Bill Bruford. -------------  |
Posted By: The-Winkler
Date Posted: August 31 2012 at 05:49
| harrison |
Posted By: Undercover Man
Date Posted: August 31 2012 at 07:01
| Neil Peart! Probably my favourite drummer ever! |
Posted By: The Jester
Date Posted: August 31 2012 at 07:21
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Since for some weird reason you included Lars Ulrich here, wouldn't it made more sense to include at least Lombardo instead of him? I don't mean I like Slayer more than Metallica ok? I'm saying that Lombardo is a faaar better drummer! (among MANY others) Neil Peart is getting my vote btw... ------------- If anybody wants please visit: http://www.gfreedomathina.blogspot.com/ This is my Blog mostly about Rock music, but also a few other things as well. You are most welcome! Thank you. :) |