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Vibrationbaby 
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 Posted: June 16 2004 at 18:19 |
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The best drummer ever is Montreal legend Guy Nadon. He blew Buddy Rich out of the water. I am frightened by his playing. He plays from the heart. Anyone who seeas him play for the first time is simply mesmerized.
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Dick Heath
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Posted: June 16 2004 at 19:17 |
 Vibrationbaby wrote:
The best drummer ever is Montreal legend Guy
Nadon. He blew Buddy Rich out of the water. I am frightened by his
playing. He plays from the heart. Anyone who seeas him play for the
first time is simply mesmerized. |
Didn't Neil Peart produce a Buddy Rich tribute album a little time ago, with a bit of a whose who of rock drummers?
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Vibrationbaby
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Posted: June 16 2004 at 19:57 |
Dick Heath wrote:
Vibrationbaby wrote:
The best drummer ever is Montreal legend Guy Nadon. He blew Buddy Rich out of the water. I am frightened by his playing. He plays from the heart. Anyone who seeas him play for the first time is simply mesmerized. |
Didn't Neil Peart produce a Buddy Rich tribute album a little time ago, with a bit of a whose who of rock drummers?
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There were two CDs and they were called Burning for Buddy and Bruford was featured. Get them.
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Focussed
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Posted: June 17 2004 at 03:24 |
danbo wrote:
Spinal Tap Syndrome.
I only asked if you were Portnoy because you seemed to describe James LaBrie to a T in your earlier post about the Fiction records guy.
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Things did seem a bit Tap like for a while. although I'm yet to explode on my drum stool, and I have not had any bizzare gardening accidents.
I must admit I'm pretty ignorant about Dream Theatre. Dont really know anything about Mike Portnoy, except that he's a drummer. Who is JamesLaBrie?
Similar comments were made again about our singer by the manager of Neds Atomic Dustbin after a private party in a nightclub. We knew the girlfreind of their manager and thought we'd be clever by getting her to drag him along. Ok, our singer was not that good, but I thought was rich coming from the Neds. Anyone remember them???
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'You cant have two killers living on the same patch!'
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DoomHammer
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Posted: June 17 2004 at 05:35 |
Vibrationbaby wrote:
Palmer is another drummer who scares me Rich!.
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so you are saying that Palmer scares you and neither Peart nor Portnoy do ? strange  would like to know what you see in palmer more than the other two
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when i sell my life story, maybe i should write it first and do the living later 'cause life is so much cleaner on the page
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prog4me
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Posted: June 17 2004 at 19:16 |
lets hear it for the "old guys"
Bill Bruford-the best IMHO
Mike Portnoy-a close second
Phil Collins-stick to the drums,no more singing
Billy Cobham-fusions best
and so many more...............
prog4me
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Ulf Uggason
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Posted: June 17 2004 at 23:27 |
Hell, I haven't seen anybody mention Asgeir Michelson of Borknagar, Spiral Architect, and on albums by Vintersorg. The guy is AWESOME!!!
As for the best drummer I ever heard, how about Tony Williams from Miles Davis' mid-60's quintet? Anybody ever heard the song "Circle In the Round?" Beyond belief. And to think he was only 17 when he joined Miles' band.
Peace,
Ulf
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dropForge
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Posted: June 18 2004 at 02:38 |
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Best drummer EVER is Bun E. Carlos. Nobody can touch the guy.
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bityear
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Posted: June 18 2004 at 10:31 |
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Virgil Dontati!
And, second, Bobby Jarzombek.
Awesome guys. beats anybody.
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www.geocities.com/joelbitars
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Dan Bobrowski
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Posted: June 18 2004 at 11:01 |
dropForge wrote:
Best drummer EVER is Bun E. Carlos. Nobody can touch the guy. |
Cheap Trick rocked. Bun is a great 4/4 drummer, no doubt about it... 
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goose
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Posted: June 21 2004 at 05:59 |
Who does Bobby Jarzombek drum for? And is he related to Ron Jarzombek?
Something I don't think anyone's mentioned is the extra percussion of Neil Peart, especially on A Farewell to Kings, where he gets to play tuned percussion. I can't think of many other drummers in prog who've done that successfully, if there are please tell me!
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Dan Bobrowski
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Posted: June 21 2004 at 10:45 |
goose wrote:
Who does Bobby Jarzombek drum for? And is he related to Ron Jarzombek?
Something I don't think anyone's mentioned is the extra percussion of Neil Peart, especially on A Farewell to Kings, where he gets to play tuned percussion. I can't think of many other drummers in prog who've done that successfully, if there are please tell me!
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Jarzombek: Spastic Ink and "Yes" Bobby and Ron are bros.
Terry Bozzio is a user to tuned percussives. Mainly he uses piccolo drums for melody lines. Bill Bruford is another drummer who plays beyond the standard kit.
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arqwave
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Posted: June 21 2004 at 14:07 |
THE GREATEST DRUMMER EVER EXISTED IS DIVIDED IN TWO PERSONS:
BUDDY RICH AND TONY WILLIAMS...
also, i can tell you that picking a favorite with a large universe like these is like picking a star in the sky... so i believe that every drummer has something to teach us
peace
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taffer
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Posted: June 21 2004 at 18:47 |
Not being a drummer makes it a bit tougher to decide who's the best skinman. It's like asking a non golfer the difference between Ernie Els and David Duval. Anyhow...for what it's worth...
Terry Bozzio - For some reason his drum sounds aren't mixed well when he's in a band situation. i.e. Explorer's Club. He still kicks ass though.
Buddy Rich - R.I.P.
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Grobsch
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Posted: June 25 2004 at 10:59 |
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My list without order
- Phil Collins
- Billy Cobham
- Neil Peart
- Bill Bruford
- Eroc
- Jürgen Rosenthal
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Tim B
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Posted: June 26 2004 at 05:40 |
Bill Bruford, just listen to the three sides live album from genesis, in particular the 70 medley from side two!! And if that's not enough proof, just spin the U.K. album around once agian!
regards, Tim
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Easy Livin
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Posted: June 26 2004 at 06:21 |
For me, a good drummer is one whose influence is transparent to the listener. If I become aware of the drumming, the guy's not doing his job properly. The drummer's roll is provide the basic rhythms on which the rest of the band can build, not to dominate the music himself.
It's when the drummer feels the need to come to the fore that they spoil things, such as Carl Palmer's unnecessary drum solo on "Tank". I can understand that in a live performance situation, a drum solo can on occasions be relevant and justified, but on a studio album, never.
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Vibrationbaby
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Posted: June 27 2004 at 16:46 |
DoomHammer wrote:
Vibrationbaby wrote:
Palmer is another drummer who scares me Rich!.
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so you are saying that Palmer scares you and neither Peart nor Portnoy do ? strange would like to know what you see in palmer more than the other two |
I could blow Peart away.
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Vibrationbaby
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Posted: June 27 2004 at 16:47 |
dropForge wrote:
Best drummer EVER is Bun E. Carlos. Nobody can touch the guy. |
c`mon Cheap Trick. The guy is good but c`mon. Give your head a shake.
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Vibrationbaby
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Posted: June 27 2004 at 16:55 |
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The Montreal International Jazz festival commences on June 30. I f you want to see the best drummer on the planet Guy Nadon plays an outdoor concert at Place Des Arts on July 9th at 6 PM. Everone who has seen him for the first time are simply at a loss for words. Le Roi du Drum is what he is known as here in Quebec, Canada.( It means King of the Drum ).Back in the sixties he blew Buddy Rich away! To the point that Rich jumped into his sports car and just left the gig!
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