Who's your favourite drummer?

[donovan.x]

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.

[Ratrod]

Oh, let's not forget Mickey Dee of Motorhead. :twisted:

[_tom_]

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.

[tewboss]

Dave Grohl
Christopher "Doom" Schneider

[Neemo]

Joey Jordison - funny though I don't like Slipknot one bit

[carlaz]

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 :)

[donovan.x]

+1 D Grohl

[Dakine]

BONZO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[carlaz]

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 :)

[willo]

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   ), 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.

[monkeywalker]

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!

[carlaz]

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".

[Muzzzz]

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.)

[hunter]

BONZO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

+1000  :good:

[_tom_]

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.