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    g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,126
    edited April 2012
    g under p wrote:
    I would say this guy.... http://www.neilpeart.net/movies/yyz_vid.html ....love the drumstick toss :D

    then

    Mike Portnoy
    John Bonham
    Buddy Rich

    and

    Lars Ulrich as much as i like the band is waaaaay overated.
    PKtrekgirl wrote:
    Best drummer in any band: Neil Peart

    Best drummer in a band I actually LIKE: Stewart Copeland

    As a former drummer myself, I really, really want to like Rush because I love watching and listening to Neil Peart. But jeez, that bloody singer gets on my last nerve.

    I agree that Stewart Copeland on his own and with the POLICE is certainly one of the best and I'll add him to my list. As for 2.gif THAT was the one thing that drew me to the band back in 1977 HIS VOICE. I don't there's another in R&R.

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    morgannspicermorgannspicer Posts: 266
    I feel I must chime in and provide my vote...and it's for John Bonham.
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    brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,772
    It's impossible for me to pick THE best drummer of all time, but here's a little magic for you:

    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













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    dankinddankind I am not your foot. Posts: 20,827
    For me, a tie between Stewart Copeland and Dave Lombardo.

    Runners up: Glenn Kotche and Josh Freese.
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    PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,653
    edited July 2020
    John Bonham. Easy.
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    brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,772
    Here's another one that's hard to beat- the amazing Buddy Rich:

    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
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    brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,772
    dankind said:
    For me, a tie between Stewart Copeland and Dave Lombardo.

    Runners up: Glenn Kotche and Josh Freese.

    Josh Freese!  A lesser know great- good pick!
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    PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,261
    Personal faves:
    Bonham
    Moon
    Jimmy Chamberlin
    Tommy Lee
    Brad Wilk

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    Croos1226Croos1226 philly burbs Posts: 336
    I think Gavin Harrison is pretty good. I didn't see his name once in the whole thread.
    check him out, he's very talented.
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    dankinddankind I am not your foot. Posts: 20,827
    PJ_Soul said:
    John Bonham. Easy.
    Bill Ward>John Bonham. Easy.
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    brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,772
    edited July 2020
    PJ_Soul said:
    John Bonham. Easy.

    Poncier said:
    Personal faves:
    Bonham
    Moon
    Jimmy Chamberlin
    Tommy Lee
    Brad Wilk


    dankind said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    John Bonham. Easy.
    Bill Ward>John Bonham. Easy.

    My drummer friend Andy is a Bonham FANATIC! His, along with your three thumbs up definitely says something.   I'm not sure why I'm not as big a fan except that maybe l like more finesse, a bit less heaviness. (But then, I like Murph, so go figure!)
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    jefftjefft Posts: 654
    Bonham
    Peart
    Beauford
    Grohl
    Wilk
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    dudemandudeman Posts: 2,988
    brianlux said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    John Bonham. Easy.

    Poncier said:
    Personal faves:
    Bonham
    Moon
    Jimmy Chamberlin
    Tommy Lee
    Brad Wilk


    dankind said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    John Bonham. Easy.
    Bill Ward>John Bonham. Easy.

    My drummer friend Andy is a Bonham FANATIC! His, along with your three thumbs up definitely says something.   I'm not sure why I'm not as big a fan except that maybe l like more finesse, a bit less heaviness. (But then, I like Murph, so go figure!)
    Murph is one of the most underrated and absolutely brilliant drummers out there. 

    Anton Fig needs a mention in this thread too. That guy is amazing. 

    Zack Starkey, too. Puts his old man to shame in the chops department. 
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    ed243421ed243421 Posts: 7,636
    dankind said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    John Bonham. Easy.
    Bill Ward>John Bonham. Easy.

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    F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 30,667
    edited July 2020
    No love for Future Man and his Drumitar?
    ;)
    (Although I would rank his brother, Vic, as the best bassist of all time). 
     6 Grammys for playing the Drumitar!

    For straight, I would now list Stewart Copeland and agree with @dankind.  Watching some YouTube videos breaking down some of his work was a really cool rabbit hope to go down a few years back.  Amazing.
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    cutzcutz Posts: 11,473
    John Bonham 

    Best drummer I've seen Live: Neil Peart and I'm no big Rush fan. Like some songs but only have 2 of their albums and one was given to me. 


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    brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,772
    dudeman said:
    brianlux said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    John Bonham. Easy.

    Poncier said:
    Personal faves:
    Bonham
    Moon
    Jimmy Chamberlin
    Tommy Lee
    Brad Wilk


    dankind said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    John Bonham. Easy.
    Bill Ward>John Bonham. Easy.

    My drummer friend Andy is a Bonham FANATIC! His, along with your three thumbs up definitely says something.   I'm not sure why I'm not as big a fan except that maybe l like more finesse, a bit less heaviness. (But then, I like Murph, so go figure!)
    Murph is one of the most underrated and absolutely brilliant drummers out there. 

    Anton Fig needs a mention in this thread too. That guy is amazing. 

    Zack Starkey, too. Puts his old man to shame in the chops department. 

    FIg, Zack, yes!
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
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    JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,434
    My favorite drummers:

    Butch Vig - Garbage
    Glenn Kotche - Wilco
    Josh Freese - Vandals, Devo, Paul Westerberg, Replacements, NIN
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    brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,772
    Another monster drummer worthy of consideration here is Elvin Jones.  His work with John Coltrane was consistently phenomenal.
    Couldn't find a drum solo with Trane, but you get the idea here:


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    JT167846JT167846 Posts: 831
    edited July 2020
    Carey is my favourite. Then Chamberlin. Lars...he has some cool stuff but doesn't practice enough so is shithouse live. Battery and Spit Out The Bone show what he can do though. Bill Bruford is a good mention, Tomas Haake has some ridiculous stuff. Phil Rudd is a human metronome and Eric Kretz was so good at being behind the beat it sounds like Burt Reynolds from Weekend At Bernie's was on the kit.

    My friend recommended Porcupine Tree to me and I've been enjoying it. Gavin Harrison has some massive wraps on him at present, check him out.
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    g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,126
    edited July 2020
    g under p said:
    g under p wrote:
    I would say this guy.... http://www.neilpeart.net/movies/yyz_vid.html ....love the drumstick toss :D

    then

    Mike Portnoy
    John Bonham
    Buddy Rich

    and

    Lars Ulrich as much as i like the band is waaaaay overated.
    PKTrekGirl wrote:
    Best drummer in any band: Neil Peart

    Best drummer in a band I actually LIKE: Stewart Copeland

    As a former drummer myself, I really, really want to like Rush because I love watching and listening to Neil Peart. But jeez, that bloody singer gets on my last nerve.

    I agree that Stewart Copeland on his own and with the POLICE is certainly one of the best and I'll add him to my list. As for 2gif THAT was the one thing that drew me to the band back in 1977 HIS VOICE. I don't there's another in R&R.

    Peace
    I like this video in that it's a drum cam and it brings forth what Neil does on the skins with Geddy's voice lowered.

    https://youtu.be/AmOgfhW63po

    Also it's hard to come up with the BEST drummer of all time. It would be better to say in each musical genre such heavy metal, rock, jazz or r&b.

    That said I'll stick with Neil.

    https://youtu.be/0eNKVf3Qw6M

    Peace
    Post edited by g under p on
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


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    tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 39,093
    JOEJOEJOE said:
    My favorite drummers:

    Butch Vig - Garbage
    Glenn Kotche - Wilco
    Josh Freese - Vandals, Devo, Paul Westerberg, Replacements, NIN
    Butch Vig.  Never thought I'd see his name come up in a drumming discussion!
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    tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 39,093
    I have a top 5 that doesn't have a number 1.

    They are:

    Neil Peart
    Danny Carey
    Clyde Stubblefield
    Buddy Rich
    and that dude from Iron Maiden, Niko McBrain
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    tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 39,093
    Oh yeah and that Ben Thatcher guy from Royal Blood has a tremendous sound coming from his kit too.
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    Croos1226Croos1226 philly burbs Posts: 336
    JT167846 said:
    Carey is my favourite. Then Chamberlin. Lars...he has some cool stuff but doesn't practice enough so is shithouse live. Battery and Spit Out The Bone show what he can do though. Bill Bruford is a good mention, Tomas Haake has some ridiculous stuff. Phil Rudd is a human metronome and Eric Kretz was so good at being behind the beat it sounds like Burt Reynolds from Weekend At Bernie's was on the kit.

    My friend recommended Porcupine Tree to me and I've been enjoying it. Gavin Harrison has some massive wraps on him at present, check him out.
    Finally, another Gavin Harrison mention. I couldn't believe this post went 8 pages without his name thrown in the ring. He's very good, can play all styles of music and so fluid and smooth. A must watch for any drum fan.
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    hrd2imgnhrd2imgn Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,869
    Any list without Bonzo.....
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    JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,434
    tempo_n_groove said:
    JOEJOEJOE said:
    My favorite drummers:

    Butch Vig - Garbage
    Glenn Kotche - Wilco
    Josh Freese - Vandals, Devo, Paul Westerberg, Replacements, NIN
    Butch Vig.  Never thought I'd see his name come up in a drumming discussion!
    He really bashes away when he plays with Garbage!
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    tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 39,093
    hrd2imgn said:
    Any list without Bonzo.....
    ...Has a few guys that are better than him.
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    brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,772
    tempo_n_groove said:
    hrd2imgn said:
    Any list without Bonzo.....
    ...Has a few guys that are better than him.
    Bonzo's cousin Alice is pretty damn good too!
    :lol: 

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