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Title: Who's your favourite drummer?
Post by: Afghan Dave on February 19, 2006, 04:30:03 AM: I’ve just been out and seen a great covers band playing in a local bar. The night was made by the sheer quality of their drummer.

It reminded me that a great drummer can really make the difference.

This is my top ten.

1)   Tommy Aldridge – flair and class on top of technique
2)   Tommy Lee – Rock and roll stylist
3)   Scott Travis – Power and speed
4)   Dave Lombardo – Double bass drum king
5)   Charlie Benante – Totally underrated thrash grooves

Just missing out on my top 5 ranking: Nico McBrain, Vinny Paul & Nick Menza

Let pay credit where it’s due.

Who do you rate?
Title: Who's your favourite drummer?
Post by: Searcher on February 19, 2006, 07:23:34 AM: Mitch Mitchell, Stuart Copeland, Lars . . . and others I forget.
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Post by: willo on February 19, 2006, 12:43:27 PM: Billy Cobham, Danny Carey or Art Blakey (I don't know why; I just like him!)
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Post by: MDV on February 19, 2006, 12:43:46 PM: Thomas Harke. Hands down.
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Post by: Underground_Player on February 19, 2006, 01:34:47 PM: Jon Theodore from The Mars Volta. I saw them live a while ago; it was the first time my eyes were on the drummer all night and not the guitarist!
Incredible timing and technique - he's all over the drums, all the time.

Ginger Baker at his best isn't too shabby either.
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Post by: sambo on February 19, 2006, 02:13:54 PM: my bands drummer! :P

nah only joking, i dont really know many drummers apart from the famous ones- bonham, pert (or however its spelt) e.t.c. e.t.c....

but seriously our drummer is pretty damn good...
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Post by: rinse_master on February 19, 2006, 02:37:59 PM: Jon Theodore, Danny Carey, Terry Bozzio, the guy from Helmet (Paul Stanley?)
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Post by: 38thBeatle on February 19, 2006, 06:25:55 PM: Andy Newmark, Billy Cobham ( as per Willo), Steve Gadd, Keith Moon and the steam train ( Charlie Watts).
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Post by: Ratrod on February 19, 2006, 06:28:46 PM: Scott Churilla from Rev. Horton Heat is great. He does a drumsolo on their live DVD that is awesome. The drummer from Rammstein is a f#*%ing machine, super tight. And the drummer from Slipknot, amazingly fast and precise.
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Post by: hobleguitars on February 19, 2006, 08:04:56 PM: Nick Ross of Seventh Sign is a king, and he's only 13 (and better than Death Angels' at 14 on the Ultra-Violence)! If you get a chance, you've got to see them. Other than that, Lombardo and Jordison are great, as was Bonham.
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Post by: donovan.x on February 19, 2006, 08:19:36 PM: The one on my P.C! All the rest are dickheads :D :D
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Post by: Gochaz on February 19, 2006, 08:27:19 PM: +1 for Nick Ross.

Other than that, Reni. He's got the groove, man.
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Post by: jt on February 19, 2006, 09:38:46 PM: :D Neil Peart [ Rush ] Phil Rudd [ AC/DC great groove player ]
Stian Kristoffersen [ Pagans Mind ]

:D 8)
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Post by: Muttley on February 19, 2006, 09:46:58 PM: Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater)
Ginger Baker
Danny Carey (Tool)
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Post by: Steve-Mr Pig 2U on February 19, 2006, 09:59:23 PM: Christoph Schneider - Rammstein
Matt McDonough - Mudvayne
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Post by: donovan.x on February 19, 2006, 10:04:23 PM: Seriously ..and no laughing here. He may not be super drum god but major props to Rick Allen for overcoming the loss of a limb. He reinvented drumming for himself and went on to make one of the biggest rock albums ever.
Otherwise the Drummer from Korn is pretty damn good.
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Post by: Ratrod on February 20, 2006, 11:42:27 AM: Oh, let's not forget Mickey Dee of Motorhead. :twisted:
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Post by: _tom_ on February 20, 2006, 01:04:24 PM: My favourites (although alot of drumming sounds the same to me :lol: ) are:

John Bonham
Neil Peart
Mike Portnoy

And theres a load of drummers in death metal bands that kick ass, I just dont know the names of em so, Nile, Carcass, Opeth (dunno if you'd call em death metal or not), Necrophragist etc, all have amazing drummers in my opinion.
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Post by: tewboss on February 20, 2006, 01:18:02 PM: Dave Grohl
Christopher "Doom" Schneider
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Post by: Neemo on February 20, 2006, 01:24:04 PM: Joey Jordison - funny though I don't like Slipknot one bit
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Post by: carlaz on February 20, 2006, 06:01:16 PM: Quote from: Ratrod
Oh, let's not forget Mickey Dee of Motorhead. :twisted:

Lemmy says he's the best drummer in the world, so, you know, it must be true! :)

Anyway, my favorite drummers are Al Bouchard (Brain Surgeons, ex-Blue Oyster Cult), Sami Kuoppamäki (ex-Kingston Wall), and Barrie Barlow (ex-Jethro Tull). Hmm, and, yeah, Matt Abts from Gov't Mule :)
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Post by: donovan.x on February 20, 2006, 09:07:16 PM: +1 D Grohl
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Post by: Dakine on February 20, 2006, 10:06:56 PM: BONZO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: carlaz on February 20, 2006, 11:39:37 PM: Quote from: Dakine
BONZO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, yeah, and him! :) I always forget Bonham because he just seems to me to be (to have been) in his own league, really :)
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Post by: willo on February 20, 2006, 11:50:05 PM: You know, I'm honestly not a huge Bonham fan. Some of his grooves (e.g. Levee) are great, but a lot of the time I find his drumming to be kinda flat. Powerful, sure, but lacking a real (I don't know how to explain this adequately, so don't rage on me!) but flair. I just find his drumming a little boring sometimes. For instance, Moby Dick, I just get bored with it. I like drum solos but Moby Dick bores me.

Other drummers I could listen to all day: Terry Bozzio (thanks to whoever mentioned him before :wink: ), Dave Weckl and Jimmy Chamberlin. Scott Amendola's pretty damn good too. Steve Perkins was good, but I think he's been playing too stereotypically 'rock' for the last few years.
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Post by: monkeywalker on February 21, 2006, 12:13:26 AM: mike portnoy form dream theatre, he's crazy! and he spits all over petrucci's mesa boogie amps during gigs which quite honestly is funny.

reni from the stone roses coz he's cool.

bonham, ginger baker and some guy from the roaches lock pub near me, i cant remember his name but he plays there all the time and you can see how much he enjoys it, he's excitin to watch, really good and slightly crazy!
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Post by: carlaz on February 21, 2006, 12:24:38 AM: Quote from: willo
For instance, Moby Dick, I just get bored with it. I like drum solos but Moby Dick bores me.

Eh, yeah, I always skip past the drum stuff in Moby Dick (cool guitar riff, though :)). I mean it's more interesting on video, but I've seen only a very few drummers who solo well on their own (I find two drummers or more instantly make drum solos more interesting). But I do like Bonham's playing as part of the songs. I think he did a good job at "playing in the song".
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Post by: Muzzzz on March 10, 2007, 10:25:36 AM: Bonzo doesn't really do it for me either - he has 1 volume - BLOODY LOUD! And it doesn't really fit in a lot of their songs (Since I've Been Loving You, for instance).

Scott Travis rocks - listen to the double kick in Scarified... holy $%&#!
Mike Portnoy rocks - He is where technique meets originality and taste..
Ian Paice rocks - SUPER underrated drummer - really cool style, and he played some bloody psycho stuff with deep purple (Pictures of Home intro - scary.)
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Post by: hunter on March 10, 2007, 10:34:11 AM: Quote from: Dakine
BONZO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

+1000 :good:
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Post by: _tom_ on March 10, 2007, 10:47:32 AM: Quote from: Muzzzz
And it doesn't really fit in a lot of their songs (Since I've Been Loving You, for instance).

?!?! It fits the songs perfectly :?

Anyway, I prefer Bonzo's Montreux off Coda to Moby Dick I reckon, its just more interesting, though the Moby Dick guitar riffs are huge.
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Post by: carlaz on March 10, 2007, 10:50:44 AM: Quote from: _tom_
Quote from: Muzzzz
And it doesn't really fit in a lot of their songs (Since I've Been Loving You, for instance).

?!?! It fits the songs perfectly :?
Anyway, I prefer Bonzo's Montreux off Coda to Moby Dick I reckon, its just more interesting, though the Moby Dick guitar riffs are huge.

Agreed on all counts! Though Page could have played those riffs a lot more in the original version, 'cause they always seem to stop just when I'm feeling properly rocked up! Not enough indulgent excess .... ;)
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Post by: froglord on March 10, 2007, 11:13:04 AM: Nick D'Virgilio of Spock's Beard - the perfect blend of groove, speed, dynamics and restraint:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu9D9EycAcg
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Post by: ZOSO on March 10, 2007, 11:19:19 AM: I have to add one: 4 year old Igor Falecki

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP7NvDN0wuo
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Post by: Muzzzz on March 10, 2007, 11:42:44 AM: Quote
Anyway, I prefer Bonzo's Montreux off Coda to Moby Dick I reckon, its just more interesting, though the Moby Dick guitar riffs are huge.

+1, I hated Coda when I listened to it first, but it's really growing on me now.
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Post by: HTH AMPS on March 10, 2007, 12:33:37 PM: ok, theres one glaring omission from the list so far - the guy who (no pun intended) practically invented modern rock drumming. ladies and gentlemen... KEITH MOON.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBXPL5WsO_A

:twisted:
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Post by: maverickf1jockey on March 10, 2007, 12:39:31 PM: Quote from: HEAVIER THAN HELL
ok, theres one glaring omission from the list so far - the guy who (no pun intended) practically invented modern rock drumming. ladies and gentlemen... KEITH MOON.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBXPL5WsO_A

:twisted:

I'd agree with you but someone mentioned him a couple of pages back...
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Post by: noodleplugerine on March 10, 2007, 01:29:05 PM: Quote from: ZOSO
I have to add one: 4 year old Igor Falecki

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP7NvDN0wuo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXD4vVhR96A - 10 year old.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owuGvA0S4IQ - 12 year old.

Both amazing.
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Post by: lulusg on March 10, 2007, 01:30:08 PM: From page 1 to page 3 and the next pages all of them.:)
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Post by: cjpmmd on March 11, 2007, 09:20:03 PM: A few more good 'uns that I've always liked...........

Bill Lordan (Robin Trower Band)
Corky Laing (Mountain)
Cliff Davies (Ted Nugent)

cjpm
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Post by: Davey on March 11, 2007, 09:33:30 PM: Pickles the Drummer
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Post by: 99_not_out on March 11, 2007, 09:50:20 PM: I always liked Roger Taylor.

And also, just for the fact they gave it a name, Doktor Avalanche :)
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Post by: Antag on March 12, 2007, 10:42:22 AM: Pete Sandoval

Neil Peart

Nicko McBrain
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Post by: 99_not_out on March 12, 2007, 12:32:51 PM: Three pages and no-one has mentioned Animal from the muppets yet ... :)

I also like Chris Slade (although I'm glad Phil Rudd is back where he should be). I don't know much about drumming technique, but he always looks like he's enjoying himself to the full!
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Post by: Kepu on March 12, 2007, 12:43:38 PM: wtf, not a single mention of Martin Lopez?!

Neil Peart, Hellhammer (Jan Axel Blomberg), Bonzo, Thoman "The Omen" Stauch, Sami Kuoppamäki, Kai Hahto, Yanic Bercier, Carter Beauford and Nick Mason are some other people I respect very much
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Post by: Philly Q on March 12, 2007, 12:55:24 PM: Paice, Bonham, Peart. John Stanier (Helmet), Joe Franco (Good Rats), Jean-Paul Gaster (Clutch).
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Post by: Kepu on March 12, 2007, 01:11:28 PM: oh stupid me, forgot Ian Paice, he's amazing
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Post by: DeanS on March 12, 2007, 04:46:35 PM: Anyone mention Bill Bruford?
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Post by: cjpmmd on March 12, 2007, 06:34:52 PM: Almost forgot..........Rob "Wacko" Hunter from Raven!

cjpm
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Post by: noodleplugerine on March 12, 2007, 07:15:45 PM: Mike Portnoy's ace too.

I love Brian Viglione's from the Dresden Dolls' style aswell.
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Post by: plastercaster on March 12, 2007, 07:15:51 PM: Clive burr
Dominic Howard
Dave Grohl
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Post by: BloodMountain on March 12, 2007, 07:19:39 PM: my favourite drummer has to be
BRANN DAILOR
of mastodon

why? because he creates crashing crescendos of drums that cascade down over monster riffage. a great example is 'Capillarian Crest'
he is very fast with his hands, but isn't a 100% bass-drum pedal abuser.
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Post by: Siadern on March 14, 2007, 09:42:48 PM: 4 pages and still nobody's mentioned Cozy Powell??????

You can tell you lot are guitarists, I haven't met a drummer yet you didn't rate him as one of the best.

Listen to the opening sequence on Headless Cross, pure undiloted power (and probably responsible for knackering my stereo speakers back in '89)
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Post by: Muzzzz on March 15, 2007, 08:03:31 AM: Oops, I forgot Brain :oops:
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Post by: broken cord on March 19, 2007, 07:34:58 PM: Early Prog Rock drummer ~ Carl Palmer from: Emerson, Lake & Palmer
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Post by: noodleplugerine on March 19, 2007, 07:55:08 PM: Mitch Mitchell and Ginger Baker :D
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Post by: sgmypod on March 20, 2007, 11:22:49 AM: yup agree with cozy powell(nice vid of him here http://www.cozypowell.com/main.html ), ginger baker and Dave grohl and John bonham..and his son of course
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Post by: Johnny Mac on April 01, 2007, 02:51:35 PM: What about the drummer in The Wurzels? His drumming on I've got a brand new combine harvester was mental!
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Post by: noodleplugerine on April 01, 2007, 03:12:55 PM: Quote from: Johnny Mac
What about the drummer in The Wurzels? His drumming on I've got a brand new combine harvester was mental!

Ewar!
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Post by: BloodMountain on April 01, 2007, 03:15:42 PM: Quote from: noodleplugerine
Quote from: Johnny Mac
What about the drummer in The Wurzels? His drumming on I've got a brand new combine harvester was mental!

Ewar!

i think the corrent devonshire phrase is

OOOOO-ARRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!

GET OFFA MOI LAAAAAND!
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Post by: noodleplugerine on April 01, 2007, 03:21:04 PM: Yeah, was typing lots of combinations, such as Uar, and Ohar, and none of them looked right.

You hit the nail on the head - I'm a Londoner, I don't understand these things!
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Post by: BloodMountain on April 01, 2007, 03:29:29 PM: Quote from: noodleplugerine
Yeah, was typing lots of combinations, such as Uar, and Ohar, and none of them looked right.

You hit the nail on the head - I'm a Londoner, I don't understand these things!

heh, there are actually less crazy ooooaaaarrr farmers here than they say, but when you do see one, you can't help but laugh your ass off!!!!
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Post by: Jp. on April 02, 2007, 07:13:23 AM: This has probably been said... But I cant be naffed reading 60 responses. I am at work and feeling lazy :lol:

But the drummer from deaf Leopard.... One arm means he's useful and Half as annoying at the same time. LOL
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Post by: indysmith on April 02, 2007, 08:54:24 AM: my favourite drummer is my mate Farrar. All the other ones are lame!