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StyLaZyn 
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Posted: November 22 2005 at 18:34 |
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OK...perhaps I forgot one or two. These were the ones I listened
to the most back in the late 70's. There were other none Prog
drummers, but due to this website focus, I omitted them.
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Posted: November 22 2005 at 18:38 |
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Peart
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Posted: November 22 2005 at 18:43 |
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Posted: November 22 2005 at 18:50 |
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bruford influenced every drummer, no doubt. maybe there are betters or speedest, but any of those had the importance that bruford have...
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you and whose army?
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Posted: November 22 2005 at 19:04 |
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All of them!
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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Posted: November 22 2005 at 19:06 |
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I love Peart but I do think Bruford may have been more influential.
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Posted: November 22 2005 at 19:08 |
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Definitely Bruford!!!
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Posted: November 22 2005 at 19:15 |
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Bonham? Prog drummer? I thought he used to play for Led Zeppelin!
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Posted: November 22 2005 at 21:29 |
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Neil Peart was equal parts power, technical ability, and
creativity. I love all these drummers, but I think Peart (though he
himself was influenced greatly by Palmer, Bonzo, Moon,
Bruford?, Collins) was most influential in his style (followed
very closely by Bonham).
What about Billy Cobham, Keith Moon?
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Your hands and feet are mangos, you're gonna be a genius anyway
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Posted: November 22 2005 at 22:10 |
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Bruford, although Peart was very influential Bruford was imo the first great prog drummer, and because of this it is very possible that he inlufenced Peart in one way or another.
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Posted: November 22 2005 at 22:57 |
Ginger Baker of Cream. 
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...this is called....BleedingGum ... !
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Posted: November 22 2005 at 23:06 |
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Neil Peart
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Posted: November 23 2005 at 06:46 |
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I think it has to be Peart. He has influence on metal druumers too. That gives him the edge. He he he
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Posted: November 23 2005 at 06:54 |
This place is littered with Rush fans
Neil Peart has influenced many drummers, in his time but Bill Bruford by far is progressive rock's greatest and most influential drummer, even being an influence on Neil himself...
Bonham? Not prog....
Alan White...Underated, but not influential at all...IMO many still to this day lament over Bill leaving Yes and White taking over....
Phil's hard hitting swing has only been influential in two drummers that I have heard (Nick D'Virgillio and Paul Ramsey)
Carl Palmer is essentially predated Neil Peart by a few years.
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Posted: November 23 2005 at 10:52 |
 Charles wrote:
This place is littered with Rush fans
Neil Peart has influenced many drummers, in his time but Bill
Bruford by far is progressive rock's greatest and most influential
drummer, even being an influence on Neil himself...
Bonham? Not prog....
Alan White...Underated, but not influential at all...IMO many still
to this day lament over Bill leaving Yes and White taking over....
Phil's hard hitting swing has only been influential in two drummers that I have heard (Nick D'Virgillio and Paul Ramsey)
Carl Palmer is essentially predated Neil Peart by a few years.
Charles |
 I think that's well put! Bruford is the most influential, when you consider all he has done.
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Posted: November 23 2005 at 11:10 |
Thank you Phil...
One thing I forgot to mention is that Phil Collins mistakenly became a pioneer (or innovator?) when Peter and Hugh Padgham over compensated for not having cymbals being played on Peter's 3 album, which started the "gate reverb" sound that dominated the way drums were recorded during the 80's...
Thanks Phil!
Charles
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Posted: November 23 2005 at 11:17 |
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What about Mike Giles? A lot of drummers started drumming like him after ITCOTCK was released
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Pierre R, the man who lost his signature
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Posted: November 23 2005 at 11:30 |
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I love Peart, but I think he's not a pure prog drummer, having also played in a more hard rock-heavy metal style, and as such having influenced most prog-metal drummers. Bruford, though, is the archetypal prog drummer, therefore the most influential in the genre.
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Posted: November 23 2005 at 11:34 |
rockandrail wrote:
What about Mike Giles? A lot of drummers started drumming like him after ITCOTCK was released |
My original post started out mentioning that, two others I also mentioned were Carl Palmer and Jim Hiseman (Listen to his drumming on "Valentyne Suite") but I was hoping that someone else would mention that so that the thread would not seem like me being a wiseguy no it all....
But getting back to the thread, How many artists when they heard King Crimson's debut did not want to be like Robert Fripp? Steve Hackett for one was a disciple... Or sing as heavenly like Greg Lake? Expand on the creepy Mellotron washes from Ian McDonald? Tony Banks, Brian Eno and Peter Bardens.... Michael Giles helped influence Bill Bruford, Guy Evans, Andy McCollough, Andy Ward the list can become ponderous.... but many associate Prog drumming to Bill Bruford more than any other dumming this side of Neil Peart....
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Posted: November 23 2005 at 11:43 |
rockandrail wrote:
What about Mike Giles? A lot of drummers started drumming like him after ITCOTCK was released |
In another thread I also mentioned the absence of Giles.
From the list I vote for BRUFORD.
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