Your Top 10 Drummers
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Topic: Your Top 10 Drummers
Posted By: Polymorphia
Subject: Your Top 10 Drummers
Date Posted: May 31 2014 at 19:05
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Who are they? ------------- https://dreamwindow.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - My Music 
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: May 31 2014 at 19:19
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Gavin Harrison (PT and Solo) Neil Peart (Rush) Jon Theodore (TMV) Dave Turncrantz (Russian Circles) Mark Heron (Oceansize) Steve Judd (Karnivool) Damon Che (Don Caballero) Sean Reinert (Cynic) Carter Beauford (Dave Matthews Band) Stewart Copeland (The Police) ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: May 31 2014 at 19:41
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Jaki Liebezeit (Can) Sam Fogarino (Interpol)Christopher Bear (Grizzly Bear) Tony Allen (Fela Kuti) Tony Williams Glen Kotche (Wilco) Christian Vander (Magma) Elvin Jones Danny Taylor (Silver Apples) Lee Harris (Talk Talk) ------------- https://dreamwindow.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - My Music
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: May 31 2014 at 19:44
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Very interesting choice with Wilco. Any song that really stands out as a drum song that you love by them? Grizzly Bear has great percussion and a unique approach to the kit. I still need to check out Interpol.
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Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: May 31 2014 at 19:49
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Perhaps I'm just riding my own obsession with the band by putting Samfog at no 2, but he really is the bees knees. Glen Kotche does a great job in Wilco, though, particularly circa Yankee Hotel Foxtrot/A Ghost is Born. ------------- https://dreamwindow.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - My Music
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: May 31 2014 at 19:52
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Mine aren't in any order really. So don't look at them like that - if that was true Beauford would be much higher. I have Yankee on CD out of the sheer recommendations i see for it, but i just hasn't grabbed me yet. I keep starting at the start and can't get pasted a couple of songs. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: May 31 2014 at 19:54
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Choosing not to include straight jazz drummers as that would be basically the entire list. Also this is off the top of my head so I probably forgot somebody I love. No particular order. Jaki Liebezeit (Can) Mani Neumeier (Guru Guru) Chris Cutler (Henry Cow) Zappi Diermaier (Faust) Christian Vander (Magma) Torstein Lofthus (Shining, Elephant9) Herb Alexander (Primus) Pierre Moerlen (Gong) John Weathers (Gentle Giant) John Henry "motherf**king Bonzo" Bonham edit: nuked Muir since he mostly bangs on plates and sh*t edit2: needed more Pierre Moerlen |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: May 31 2014 at 19:56
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^ I don't recognize half of those. Avant/Metal Drummers? ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: May 31 2014 at 20:00
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Posted By: HemispheresOfXanadu
Date Posted: May 31 2014 at 20:01
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Robert 'Sput' Searight II (Snarky Puppy) Neil Peart (Rush)Mario Duplantier (Gojira) Guyot Begin-Beno (Beyond Creation) Billy Cobham (Mahavishnu Orchestra, etc.) Ian Paice (Deep Purple) Bill Bruford (Yes, King Crimson, etc.) Danny Carey (Tool) Barriemore Barlow (Jethro Tull) Blake Anderson (Vektor) Ryan van Poederooyen (Devin Townsend) That's 11, but I don't have the heart to take one of them off.
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: May 31 2014 at 20:02
Ahh yea. Guru Guru never heard, same with Faust, and i didn't know Elephant 9's drummer's name. :3 And Primus is :SSSS
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Triceratopsoil wrote:Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: May 31 2014 at 20:06
Not going to lie, I barely even like Guru Guru but it's easy to recognize their drummer's massive talent. Even for people who don't like Primus at all, it's impossible to deny how insanely well those guys can play. I mean, hell, Larry Lalonde used to take guitar lessons from Joe Satriani (and far surpasses him IMO) edit: I mean... Primus sucks. |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: May 31 2014 at 20:07
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1. Neil Peart 2. John Bonham (happy belated birthday buddy!) 3. Keith Moon 4. Phil Collins 5. Bill Bruford 6. Alan White 7. John Densmore 8. Ringo Starr 9. Nick Mason 10. Charlie Watts here's the 10 favorites made at the spur of the moment, although the top 5 has already been planned out, plus he is an awesome metronome maker [matching the notes with the tempo making himself be like one if that makes sense which probably doesn't]) ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: May 31 2014 at 20:50
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Joe Koinzer (Brainstorm) Curt Cress (Passport) Hans Bathelt (Triumvirat) Peter Giger (Dzyan) Enrico Grosso (Dedalus) Jon Hiseman (Colosseum) Paul Hammond (Atomic Rooster) Carl Palmer (ELP) Mick Underwood (Quatermass) Ric Parnell (Atomic Rooster) |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: May 31 2014 at 21:34
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John "Drumbo" French (Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band) Pat Samson (U.S. Maple) Billy Cobham (Mahavishnu Orchestra, etc.) Damon Che (Don Caballero) Tatsuya Yoshida (Ruins, Koenji Hyakkei, etc.) Chester Thompson (Frank Zappa, Genesis, etc.) John Weathers (Gentle Giant) Thymme Jones (Cheer-Accident) Daniel Denis (Univers Zero, Present) Tomas Haake (Meshuggah) ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: May 31 2014 at 21:46
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^My brother gets to record with Chester Thompson soon.
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Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: May 31 2014 at 21:48
That's very cool!  ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: May 31 2014 at 21:51
------------- https://dreamwindow.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - My Music
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Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: May 31 2014 at 21:54
Dem Zappa connections. ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: May 31 2014 at 22:04
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Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: May 31 2014 at 22:09
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: June 01 2014 at 08:16
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Christian Vander (Magma) Chris Cutler (Henry Cow) John Weathers (Gentle Giant) Bill Ward (Black Sabbath) Bill Bruford (Yes, King Crimson, etc.) Daniel Denis (Univers Zero, Present) Dave Kerman (Thinking Plague, 5UU's) David J. Smith (Guapo)
Rémi Leclerc (Miriodor) Pip Pyle (Hatfield & The North, National Health) ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: June 01 2014 at 09:51
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In no particular order: Brian Davison (the Nice/Refugee) Bill Bruford (Yes/King Crimson/Earthworks) Pierre Moerlen (Gong) Michael Giles (King Crimson) Ian Wallace (King Crimson) Jon Hiseman (Colosseum) John Densmore (the Doors) Aynsley Dunbar (Frank Zappa) Jaki Liebezeit (Can) Carl Palmer (ELP) ------------- 
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: June 01 2014 at 10:26
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I tend to lean to Jazz and Metal drummers but I also tried to add a few that hadn't been mentioned yet 'cause there's so many good ones out there. Neil Peart(Rush) Billy Cobham(Mahavishnu Orchestra) Furio Chirico(Arti E Mesteri) Jean-My Truong(Zao) Mark Zonder(Fates Warning) Marco Minnemann(Steven Wilson) Daniel Jeand'Heur(One Shot) Tony Williams(Miles Davis) Danny Carey(Tool) Mike Portnoy(Dream Theater) ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: June 01 2014 at 10:40
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Phil Collins Barriemore Barlow Pierre Moerlen Bill Bruford Mick Fleetwood Pip Pyle Robert Wyatt Budgie Mitch Mitchell Tommy Ramone ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: June 01 2014 at 10:40
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Billy Cobham (Mahavishnu Orchestra) Lenny White (Return to Forever) Tony Royster Jr.(Jay-Z) Bill Bruford (Yes, King Crimson) Chester Thompson (Genesis, Weather Report) Narada Michael Walden (Mahavishnu Orchestra 2) Alphonse Mouzon (The Eleventh House) Carl Palmer (ELP) Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, Transatlantic) Dave Weckl (Chick Corea Elektric Band) |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: June 01 2014 at 10:45
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Bill Bruford Michael Giles Gavin Harrison John Bonham Billy Cobham Henry Rogers Pierre Moerlin Franz Di Cioccio Furio Chirico and the incredible Paul Thompson ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: June 01 2014 at 15:03
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Mitch Mitchell (Jimi Hendrix Experience) Carl Palmer (ELP) Pierre van der Linden (Focus) Cozy Powell (Rainbow, ELP etc) Brian Davison (The Nice/Refugee) Paul Hammond (Atomic Rooster) Mike Giles (King Crimson) John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) John Densmore (The Doors) Jon Hiseman (Colosseum) ------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: CharlesPL
Date Posted: June 01 2014 at 16:17
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Mike Portnoy Billy Cobham Phil Collins Neil Peart Bill Bruford Clive Burr  Nicko McBrain Sean Reinert Rhino Mike Mangini + Bill Ward Gar Samuelson Chester Thompson |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 02 2014 at 10:03
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my top five never budges and I can't put them in any order Carl Palmer Phil Collins Neal Peart Jon Hiseman Bill Bruford There are some drummers I like more than the music itself. Bill Ward was a tremendous drummer but never a great Sabbath fan. Likewise Ian Paice and John Bonham. I think my other five would be Keith Moon Alan White (for Drama if nothing else) Gavin Harrison Nicko McBrain Nick D'Virgilio in a few more years I might include John Weathers instead of Gavin. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: June 02 2014 at 10:12
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I don't really have a "top" seeing as there are so many incredible drummers that I like. These are some that I'm digging currently: Thorstein Lofthus (Shining, elephant9) Christian Burchard (Embryo) Giulio Capiozzo (AREA) Jaki (Can) Peter Leopold (Amon Düül ll) Ivan Fedotov (Vespero) Pierre Moerlen (Gong) Ainsley Dunbar (Zappa, Lou Reed etc) Ian Paice (early Deep Purple) Gianchi Stringa (Il Balletto di Bronzo) ------------- “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: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: June 02 2014 at 19:48
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He was before my time playing Big band? music but Buddy Rich could drum with anyone. Check him out on Youtube. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: June 02 2014 at 23:05
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Neil Peart
Gavin Harrison Chris Maitland Marco Minnemann Mike Portnoy Phil Collins Piotr Kozieradzki Ian Mosley Stewart Copeland Fred White -------------   
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 03 2014 at 01:27
This is quite amusing Buddy Rich was an amazing drummer and idolised by many of the prog drummers Carl Palmer included. |
Posted By: deafmoon
Date Posted: June 07 2014 at 05:25
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Just the active drummers I am into today... Gavin Harrison Virgil Donati Terry Bozzio Chad Wackerman Simon Phillips Vinnie Colaiuta Mike Clark Alphonse Mouzon Dave Weckl Dennis Chambers ------------- Deafmoon |
Posted By: Altairius
Date Posted: June 07 2014 at 06:23
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^ Those first 4 are among my favorites too, and I dig the music of Simon Phillips. Colaiuta and Mouzon have been on some great recordings too. Bruford is another favorite. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 08 2014 at 02:39
great shout and a fantastic drummer, wished he had stayed with Wilson. I guess the next Wilson album will have Chad Wackerman who for me is not quite as good (although still very good)
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Posted By: zafush
Date Posted: June 08 2014 at 16:15
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My list would be : 2. Gavin Harrison 3. Bill Bruford 4. Terry Bozzio 5. Morgan Agren 6. Bobby Jarzombek 7. Mike Mangini 8. Dennis Chambers 9. Marco Minneman 10. Mike Portnoy
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 08 2014 at 17:16
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I'll try and make it as prog (or at least rock) relevant as I can.
Bill Bruford Han Bennink Chris Cutler Christian Vander Phil Collins Daniel Denis Elvin Jones Pierre Moerlen Robert Wyatt Nick D'Virgilio ------------- 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. |