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Poll Question: Not necessarily the best, but who's your favorite?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Régine Chassagne (Arcade Fire)	0	[0.00%]
Debbie Peterson (Bangles)	0	[0.00%]
Karen Carpenter (Carpenters)	0	[0.00%]
Caroline Corr (the Corrs)	0	[0.00%]
Rachel Blumberg (the Decemberists)	0	[0.00%]
Gina Schock (Go-Gos)	0	[0.00%]
Ruth Underwood (Mothers of Invention)	4	[26.67%]
Sandy West (Runaways)	0	[0.00%]
Cindy Blackman (Santana, Lenny Kravitz)	1	[6.67%]
Sheila E.	1	[6.67%]
Maureen Tucker (Velvet Underground)	1	[6.67%]
Meg White (White Stripes)	1	[6.67%]
Georgia Hubley (Yo La Tengo)	1	[6.67%]
other	6	[40.00%]
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Topic: Your favorite female drummer
Posted: May 30 2014 at 14:54

Just wondering...

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Posted: May 30 2014 at 15:04

I'll go with Georgia Hubley. She's got a real nice "pocket" that's hard to explain.

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Posted: May 30 2014 at 16:19

Akiko Takahashi (Ars Nova) is the only female drummer I listen to.

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Posted: May 30 2014 at 19:54

Ruth Underwood by miles.

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Posted: May 30 2014 at 19:59

......and Ruth Underwood.....

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Posted: May 30 2014 at 20:21

I've never heard Ruth Underwood play a conventional drum kit? (just chromatic percussion of every conceivable shape or form as part of Zappa's band) Confused

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Posted: May 31 2014 at 04:00

What?

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Posted: May 31 2014 at 04:12

Not my kind of music, but I believe Cindy Blackman (Santana, Lenny Kravitz, Buckethead etc.) can play a bit.

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Posted: May 31 2014 at 04:48

Prince's band 3rd EyeGirl, all seem pretty good, and they all seem tobe girls

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Posted: May 31 2014 at 04:52

Masaru from Syphilitic Vaginas.

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Posted: May 31 2014 at 05:58

Toaster Mantis wrote:

Masaru from Syphilitic Vaginas.

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Posted: May 31 2014 at 06:58

Cheshire Agusta from Stinking Lizaveta.

Out of the ones listed, I'm tempted to go with Sheila E. I saw her on some tv show or another years ago and she played the sh*t out of the drums.

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Posted: May 31 2014 at 07:32

This just solidifies my, granted somewhat sexist, thoughts on female drummers: They're pretty basic and uninteresting.

It's not that I don't want them to be every bit as good as their male counterparts, but to these ears there is a huge gap. Just like football actually (yeah shoot me Tongue

Just goes to show that there are differences between the sexes (thank ford!), and that one of the few things where women generally are inferior to men, is drumming (and football).

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Posted: May 31 2014 at 07:39

I think that's just because there's fewer female musicians in rock music period, so there's fewer really good ones.

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Posted: May 31 2014 at 07:41

Maybe that's true, but then again I've never really heard any female drummer that knocked my socks off. I'd like to though Smile

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Posted: May 31 2014 at 08:59

Evelyn Glennie. Female and deaf.

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Posted: May 31 2014 at 09:02

Iris Camaa of Tangerine Dream. Tied with Helen Wiggin of The Shaggs. The former looks priceless (she goes total valkyrie on the drums) and the latter sounds priceless.

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Posted: May 31 2014 at 09:02

Other: Anika Nilles, she's downright incredible.

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Posted: May 31 2014 at 09:42

Stool Man wrote:

Evelyn Glennie. Female and deaf.

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Posted: May 31 2014 at 17:36

I serious think that petite Akiko Takahashi from Japanese sympho-Prog band Ars Nova is just amazing. Listen to any album and you'll hear.....

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