Best Drummer Ever. Period

[NashVegas]

Poll question: Best Drummer Ever. Period

[edbermac]

1. Are you kidding?

No contest.

[NashVegas]

6. Dead Serious

..

[gmoney]

55. sorry... gotta go with the expert on this

Lennon was asked in an interview: "Do you think Ringo is the best rock drummer in the world?" Lennon replied: "He's not even the best drummer in the Beatles."

[gmoney]

57. Pete Thomas of The Attractions

Refer to "Lipstick Vogue" and all of the album "Get Happy" for proof...

[edbermac]

68. He was joking about that.

Just saw him on PBS on the Stones Rock and Roll Circus singing Yer Blues with Clapton and Keith Richards; a kick-ass track, then Yoko came on wailing for 5 minutes and ruined it all.

[Esra Star]

79. I think that was a Paul McCartney joke. If Lennon said it he

would have been commenting about Paul's extracurricular re-doing
of Ringo's drum track.

[bif]

2. It's a tie: Bill Bruford & Tony Williams.Period.

[tonkatoy57]

7. tony williams

tony williams is the best drummer in the world. period. end of story.

tony williams with the second great miles davis quintet is the be all end all of drumming.

[bif]

9. He kicked some serious ass. Died too young though.

[underpants]

3. The one for Spinal Tap

:nuke::puke:

[taterguy]

11. Which Spinal Tap drummer? I thought they had several

[Initech]

49. Which one? The guy who choked on his own vomit or the guy who spontaneously combusted?

[unpossibles]

4. thank you!

I was going to say Stewart Copeland (seriously) in the other thread, and didn't bother to even respond.

There are a ton of drummers I like though. Copeland is freaking awesome - have you heard Klark Kent (his solo project that more or less makes fun of Sting)?

[NashVegas]

5. No, Never Heard That

Though I knew about them. I thought that was before the Police.

I got to see Oysterhead play last summer. They were very, very, very good, but I was disappointed that there was so much jammy Trey influence and not enough of Claypool and Copeland funking it.

[commander bunnypants]

8. Keith Moom

He is the only drummer

CB

[taterguy]

10. Moom? Have you been drinking like Keith Moon?

[commander bunnypants]

12. Not yet

I am at worki

CB

[Gold Metal Flake]

54. Passion and exuberance!

God how I love Kieth Moon! I don't care that much for "technical excellence" at the cost of passion. Fred MacDowell Vs. Robert Cray? Bye, Bob. Same with drummers.

Y'ever see that black & white footage of the early Who playing at some daytime gig? Kind of a shallow, wide stage? God, that was the shit.

I also dig D.J. Bonebrake, if precision is a must.

The only drummer I really resent is the drummer for Soundgarden, whoever that was.

[ms liberty]

13. Oh, please - everyone knows that it's Neal Peart! n/t

[FredScuttle]

14. Al Jackson Jr.

May he rest in peace

[Burma Jones]

15. Gene Fucking Krupa

Everyone else is derivative.....

[Bake]

30. Ding ding we have a winner!!

Krupa was The Man!! Sandy Nelson wasn't bad either.

Meanwhile, the kiddies are asking, "Who the fuck are they talking about???"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Bake

[Ptah]

47. Another vote for Gene Krupa!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9J5Zt2Obko

[Dangerously Amused]

74. Yessss! Another Krupa vote!

Followed closely by this guy:







Ha ha.

[Bridget Burke]

16. Tito Puente!

A drummer who was also a band leader.

[NashVegas]

18. I'll Give You

A very close second.

[BulletproofLandshark]

17. Neil Peart

[cemaphonic]

19. jeez, Elivn Jones of course

And I don't even really like jazz that much.

[mitchum]

20. Another vote for Mr Jones

[pdx_prog]

21. Bruford kicks ass

I can thing of a few more also...

Allan White
Terry Bozzio
Rod Morgenstein
Billy Cobham
Carl Palmer

[jmowreader]

22. No such thing.

If you're a jazz guy, you're looking at Elvin Jones. Period. End of story. Elvin swung triplets, when everyone else was swinging eighths.

Big band? I'm going with Louie Bellson over Buddy Rich for one reason--Louie Bellson invented double bass. He was the first player in any genre to use two bass drums.

Rock? Definitely Peart.

[Phillycat]

24. For jazz, I would say Art Blakey.

And for rock, Stewart kicks Pearts ass all over town.

[Phillycat]

23. Exactly correct. And I'm going to see him LIVE in July!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm SO DAMNED EXCITED.

[bicentennial_baby]

25. Danny Carey

[opiate69]

78. Seconded.. the things that guy can do with a drum set... damn

[enigmatic]

dupe

[enigmatic]

26. Joe Morello

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsKq3HD0EFc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0XED9VI2cg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inJXOci2K_w

[Starbucks Anarchist]

27. Art Blakey.

[Bombtrack]

28. Bonham ya dummy.

[liberal renegade]

51. Hands Fucking Down!

:yourock:

[Cetacea]

29. B.J. Wilson, Simon Phillips,Bruford...

and many others. It's a difficult question!

[Sammy Pepys]

31. I chose Buddy Rich....n/t

....

[Wapsie B]

34. You got it. n/t

[Burma Jones]

36. A quote from Buddy Rich

Buddy Rich once said that Gene Krupa was the "beginning and the end of all jazz drummers." Louie Bellson said of Gene, "He was a wonderful, kind man and a great player. He brought drums to the foreground. He is still a household name."

[Forkboy]

81. We have a winna!

:thumbsup:

The man was mind boggling on the kit.

[mtnester]

32. Neil Peart

nuff said

[fladonkey]

33. Top three...

Buddy Rich
Gene Krupa
Jeff Moore

[SmileyBoy]

42. "There is NO FUCKING DRUMMER better than Neil Peart!!! -Chester Cheetah

On Family Guy

:D

[GirlinContempt]

35. Are you fucking joking?

Ronnie Torrance all the way.

[hippiechick]

37. Who was the dummer for Iron Butterfly ?

I mean, c'mon now ... the drum solo on Inna Godda Da Vida is truly something to behold.

:hippie:

[Alexander]

40. Ron Bushy.

[Hand]

38. Oskar Matzerath!

Remember him?

[Shell Beau]

39. As the Bloodhound Gang sang...

The drummer from Def Leppards only got one arm!!!

:P

[Cetacea]

41. "Criminally Underrated", Led Zeps 1st Choice. Watch him blur.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylRpR3iuO-w

If you get bored , advance to 4:20.
He kept a low profile.

[SmileyBoy]

43. I nominate early Nirvana drummer Chad Channing.

If you ever listen to Bleach, you'll see that the most talented music isn't coming from Kurt, but from Chad.

[dixiechik]

44. Best Drummer Ever. Period

Hmm, I'll go with a female drummer and say: Sheila E.

[hellbound-liberal]

45. Here's a link to the top 100 drummers based on skills

that I found while looking for a clip of Ian Paice( one of my favorites) on YouTube. Unfortunately Ian came in at #98. There are quite a few surprises. See for yourself:

100 Best drummers based on skills: The top three: Vinnie Colaiuta, Dave Weckl, Steve Gadd

Here’s the complete list:

http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_drum-skill.html

And a sample:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8zU_p5zxR4

[cemaphonic]

59. Neat list, lots of Zappa alumni

unsurprisingly.

How about Zakir Hussein?

[jmowreader]

70. Kind of a strange list

Most people would put Phil Collins, who is at least decent, on a list like this.

I'm a bit surprised that neither Chris Adler (Lamb of God) nor Johnny Rabb (Bio Diesel--yes, that's a real band) are on here. Then again, this is a "most versatile drummers" list; Adler is a heavy metal drummer and Rabb is a rock drummer who makes most of his coin giving clinics.

[hellbound-liberal]

72. I agree Phil Collins should have been on this list and he should have been higher on the list of

"rock drummers". I have a problem with the words "best" and "greatest" when it comes to judging art so I don't put too much stock in these types of lists. I prefer to consider "favorites" and, for me, that list would include Neil Peart at the top, Mitch Mitchell from Jimi Hendrix, John Bonham, Ian Paice from Deep Purple and Cozy Powell of Rainbow and Black Sabbath. Here he is in a clip from his Rainbow days:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyfXddO7mAk

[Danger Mouse]

46. Hello? Mike Portnoy?

Fucking kills.

[Initech]

48. This poll fails without mention of ?uestlove (The Roots) or Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater)

But the Police do rule, and I am VERY much looking forward to seeing them play Dodger Stadium.

[swag]

50. How sad that he is most famous for being in such a wanky band.

[kwassa]

52. Olatunji and his Drums of Passion

one of the greatest concerts of my life.

[riverdeep]

53. hmmm

Why does this poll remind me of the Monty Python bit, 'we've got eggs and spam, tomato and spam, and spam.

'don't you have anything without copleand?'

'well we've got copeland and peter gabriel, that doen't have much copeland in it'

[BurtWorm]

56. Billy Cobham should be a candidate.

With the Horace Silver Quintet:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=I2VYKgFBH3A

The solo starts around 2:13.



With Mahavishnu John McLaughlin:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bMK92agDGH4&mode=related&search=

[BurtWorm]

58. Max Roach

http://youtube.com/watch?v=H8syiOwwVyY


Wish there was a YouTube video of his drumming on Bud Powell's Un Poco Loco.

PS: But this clip shows how polyrhythmic Roach was:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9wnW2KLWE-g

Watch him use his whole body and the whole drum set. Incroyable!

[donheld]

60. Karen Carpenter

[wildhorses]

61. carl palmer?

:shrug:

[leftofthedial]

62. 1. W.S. Holland

2. Ringo Starr
3. Charlie Watts
4. Jim Keltner

[riverdale]

63. I would go with whoever was the drummer for Anthrax

That is about the only group I can think of where I really noticed the drums -

[TheBaldyMan]

64. No Ginger Baker?

:shrug:

[Robeson]

65. Keith Moon.

[Omphaloskepsis]

66. I have to go with my friend Big Jon..

http://youtube.com/watch?v=y4G6U6bhuks

[regnaD kciN]

67. Pete Best...

The Beatles were never the same after they got rid of him.

[MrSlayer]

69. John Bonham. No question.

Copeland is good but very sloppy.

[liberalitch]

71. Animal... from the Muppets band.

[Greyhound]

73. You are either stoned drunk or way too young to make such proclamations.

He is certainly very talented and has proved to be an excellent composer as well, but best ever? He's not even the best of the 80's.:eyes:

Buddy Rich
Ginger Baker
Bun E. Carlos
Neal Pert

any of these names ringing any bells?

Keith Moon
Gene Krupa

ANY of these guys could give lessons to Copeland, and he'd gladly pay for them, too.

[Alexander]

75. Chico Hamilton

Where's the love for Chico?

[Joe Fields]

76. Carl Palmer, period, exclamation point!

I've seen Bruford, Neil Peart and Palmer numerous times. Peart comes close, but Palmer wins the prize.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

77. For jazz, probably Buddy Rich. For rock, definitely Steve Gadd.

Dude's on EVERYTHING.

:hi:

[Little Wing]

80. Can we sticky this thread so we don't have to go over this again?

:D

[Forkboy]

82. Not the best ever,but Brann Dailor from Mastodon is amazing

I mean,like,really amazing.