10 best rock drummers?

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Easily Neil Peart is Number One, thats a given, but as you go down there is really no way to try to rate!!!
 
Matt Abts!!!!!!

Matt Abts from Gov't. Mule. He can cover almost any style and he has a cool way with the splash cymbals. But I'm a little biased, as you can see from my user-name. WHERE'S MY MULE?!!!!!!!
 
Okay, everyone has really been dropping some very impressive names here. The one I am going to drop in here most everyone would not think of as a "great" drummer but you have to hand it to him, he has done something I do not think anyone else could have done as well. Rick Allen of Def Leppard may use a lot of electronics in his drumming but I think he does it very well for what he does and has been through......
 
A few personal favorites I didn't see are(in no specific order for any reason)
1. Cozy Powell
2. Ted McKenna (Micheal Schenker Group)
3. Vinnie Appice (a strange but tasteful player)
4. Simmon Phillips
5. Jerry Gaskill (Kings X)
6. Scott Travis (RacerX)
7. Niko McBrain (Iron Maiden)
8. Sean Kenney
My all time fav. Mark Zonder (Fates Warning) Just listen to his cymbal work on "Leave The Past Behind" By Fates Warning. Absolutely Beautiful!!
 
My list (of favorites) would go something like:
1. Mike Portnoy (dream theater)
2. Neil Peart (rush)
3. Chad Sexton (311)
4. Tim "Herb" Alexander (Primus)
5. Jonah David (Matisyahu) many ppl havent heard of him, but i love this guy
6. Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers) not the best but gets the job done better than most
7. Danny Carey (Tool)
8. JoJo Mayer
9. Thomas Lang
10. and Pretty Purdie just because hes the man.
 
For Drumming ability and technique I would say Neil Peart Hands Down but as far as influential drummers I would vote for Geiser Butler from Black Sabbath..... :)
 
cliffordbrodie said:
I've been a drummer for over fourty years and not one person has mentioned
Ronnie Castillo.( Sabath), rest his soul
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His name was Randy Castillo, and someone did, and he NEVER played in Sabbath.

Sabbath drummers were Bill Ward, Vinny Appice, Cozy Powell, Bobby Rondinelli, Bev Bevan, and finally Eric Singer. Hope I didn't forget any! :D
 
Minion said:
For Drumming ability and technique I would say Neil Peart Hands Down but as far as influential drummers I would vote for Geiser Butler from Black Sabbath..... :)
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I hope you are joking...Geezer was the Bass Player for Sabbath, and wrote ALL the lyrics...excepting the Dio, and Martin years!
 
Rimshot said:
Carl Palmer? (I never liked his style of drumming, but damn, he is good.)
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Palmer is an axcellent drummer. Not a lot of drummers that could keep up with Emerson and Lake...he even made it sound great!
 
Bernard Purdie the other Ringo

mithra6 said:
Amen to Bill Bruford. I've been a lifelong Crimson fan (not much of a Yes fan, but I love "Close to the Edge). Bruford has some amazing technique.

Now as for Ringo. Ringo did not play on only three Beatle songs. Those three are: the single version of "Love Me Do" (the LP version is him), "P.S. I Love You", and "The Ballad of John and Yoko"

The reason for this is that these were the first songs they recorded for George Martin. The Beatles had just fired Pete Best and then sudenly showed up with Ringo. George Martin had no idea who he was and had a session drummer who he was familiar with named Andy White do the drums. Ringo played maracas and tambourine on those songs.

"The Ballad of John and Yoko" had Paul drumming. George and Ringo were not present.

Ringo did all of the other songs. I think he's actually better than people say. I know the other Beatles defended him to the teeth. Ringo himself said that he hated drummers who showed off and did drum solos. He felt his role was to keep time and that's it. The famous solo on "Abbey Road" was only at the insistance of John and Paul. He sneeks some flashy drumming on occasion. "Day in the Life" has some interesting fills, and the end of "Long Tall Sally" has some cool drumming.

Anyway that's my rant.
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It's a know fact that this man here Bernard " Pretty " Purdie played on most of the last few Beatles albums . It had more to do with Ringo's drinking than playing .
You won't find this documented anywhere , evidently he can't discuss it for legal reasons , but he won't deny it either .

If you dig hard enough you can find the evidence .
 
I'm not a drummer, but one more recent band who's drummer I find thoroughly impressive (and I think many here might agree) is a now-defunct band from Vermont called The Cancer Conspiracy. They were a three-piece instrumental/progressive from Vermont. Their drummer, Greg Beadle, was phenomenal in my opinion. I had the very good fortune of seeing them twice before they broke up. Beadle would play drums and saxophone at the same time.

It appears someone's made a Myspace page to them in tribute here. Check out the second song especially, "Broken Hearts Gathered And Rebroadcast". Coincidentally, in the picture there, if the photographer would've panned any more to the right, you would see me standing there.
 
I sense that I'm going to get a beating for this... I can't get down with most of the drummers that people have listed :o

Here goes nothing...

Numero Uno:
Steven Drozd

And in no particular order:
Mo Tucker
John Bonham
Ringo Starr
Moony
Topper Headon
Nick Mason
Dave Grohl
Mitch Mitchell
Ginger Baker
 
My take on Ringo is that while he may not have been the most technical drummer in the world, he may have been one of the most creative. He frequently made up a different drum part for every song, instead of just playing the same standard beats that most drummers use all the time.
 
Brann Dailor - Mastodon

phew that guy makes me tired just watching him play!
 
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