Bruford or Peart?

Peart cause he's not overrated and he's Canadian!

Sublimación wrote: peart, peart, peart.  is the lord of the hi hat

and lord of the snare as well jajaja


Edited by Tenken - December 11 2006 at 14:03

I LOVE Bill...but Peart Is my favorite drummer.....Bill is right there next to him along with Alan White, Carl Palmer, Portonoy, Moon, Bonzo, Phil Ehart, etc......

Bruford for me. As much as I enjoy Neil's work as a drummer (especially his solos), I feel that Bill's work has more fluidity to it (perhaps his musical choices enable this).

I'd have to say Bruford because he's always been more exploratory, and has been more of an innovator.  And live, Peart basically just repeats what he does on the studio albums (Bruford doesn't resort to those self-imposed restrictions).  I'd also say that Peart's biggest strengths are outside of the drum department (i.e. his literary pursuits - reading, lyrics writing, book writing).  But Bruford tends to concentrate more overall of his time on the drums.  Bruford is more of a drummer's drummer, and a percussionist in the classic sense.  Peart's good too though.

E-Dub wrote: Olias wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VypHKKaP6yk After watching that I'm thoroughly convinced...that Peart's better. How was this supposed to change my mind? E

I was JUST watching that video.  I was linked to it after watching the "Bruford and the Beat" videos on youtube (which I highly reccomend; it's short but insightful look into his mind).  That's really creepy. 

However, it isn't fair to judge Bruford by that video.  That's a video of one of his many drum clinics; he isn't trying to do anything that's very interesting musically, but to show a watered-down, slow-motion look into his drumming for the education of young players interested in his technique. 


Edited by rileydog22 - January 04 2007 at 20:56

One thing about Peart, as much as I love him, is that he is unable to play other stuff.  There was a Buddy Rich tribute organized after Buddy's death, and Neil was invited to play on it.  He embarrassed himself so badly at the first rehearsal that he had to take LESSONS on jazz drumming before he could participate. 

Meanwhile, Bruford can play anything; he has done everything from prog rock to jazz (Earthworks) to the complex rhythms of world music (World Drummers Ensemble).  He may not be a pretentious powerhouse behind the kit like Peart, but I far prefer his rhythmic complexity and amazing virtuosity and flexibility to Peart's ability to hit the toms real fast.

But, different strokes for different folks.

Again????? As always my vote goes for Bruford.

    Bruford for me, Peart is far to mechanical in his drumming for me. Bruford is much more experimental.

TO: rileydof22

Glad someone appreciates my feeble attempts at poor taste dyslexic humour..........or did you?

Have to say my flippancy reflects my feelings about threads which invite us to recognise one artist as being more superior to the other when each may well be worthy in his own way. BRILL gets my vote nonetheless 'cause I've entered into the spirit of things at least.