truth---Peart or Portnoy? - i’ll kill you

You know, both these guys are great drummers.  What is all the fuss about?


Edited by rushaholic

king volta wrote: peart of course....portnoy manages to be the most unemotional little prick i've ever witnessed on stage, along with every other member of DT minus Myung and sometimes Ruddess (mostly outside of DT for him)...DT is nothing but a technical powerhouse with little to no emotion per song (), this comes off as pleasing for about 6 months, then their charm wears off and all you hear is a bunch of notes that make you want to scream...while I appreciate their technical prowess I believe they could be a much better band than they are...Rush on the otherhand had emotion of sorts while not sacrificing technical prowess which comes off as ultimately satisfying. While this has nothing to do with drumming outwardly, indirectly it definately does. Peart was the greater of the two, you have my opinion.

I agree whole-heartedly

Peart is 10 times better. I respect Mike but he is all Technical no feeling.

technicality doesn't determine quality of music and should also not determine quality of a single instrumentalist. Take Jon Theodore for example (The Mars Volta drummer), he isn't all technical, using a fairly small kit, and has amazing inventive fills everywhere. He suits the band perfectly, which is a drummer's primary goal. (I myself am a drummer by the way).

I'm not a huge fan of either band but from what I've heard, I'd vote for Neil Peart.