Some Of The Greatest Double-Bass Drummers.

[Ragged Glory]

^ How's about "My Arms, Your Hearse" & "Orchid" as other examples?

 

[Abraxas]

Carter Beauford

 

[Big Ears]

This was tricky. I voted for Neil Peart because he is an excellent drummer. Scott Travis must be one of the best double-kick technicians, as he is incredibly fast with his feet. The trouble is, I don't like the double-kick technique and find it difficult to listen to him. Mike Portnoy is probably the best all round double-kick drummer, as he can adapt his style to anything, but he is not on the list.



If you can be bothered to watch this drum solo, stick with it to the end, where he starts playing the floor!




I know drum solos are unfashionable these days, but you won't regret watching this. It's had six million hits for good reason:

 

[Big Ears]

Here's Neil Peart, with a revolving kit, for good measure:

 

[Ragged Glory]

This was tricky. I voted for Neil Peart because he is an excellent drummer. Scott Travis must be one of the best double-kick technicians, as he is incredibly fast with his feet.



If you can be bothered to watch this drum solo, stick with it to the end, where he starts playing the floor!

I can't see that right now as it's currently blocked here, but don't forget that you can vote for more than 1 person on this thread, so you don't have to stress sticking with just 1 guy. I'm not sure anyone else realized that yet. Just a tip.

 

[Ragged Glory]

Here's Neil Peart, with a revolving kit, for good measure:

It's kinda funny with some of the great "super kit" Drummers in some ways. Instead of having arms on their shoulders & legs at their feet, they got a Drumset as their "body"...lol.

 

[Big Ears]

It's from Letterman, so there must be a version available in the US?

 

[Ragged Glory]

Who knows?

 

[Lynch]

From this list, I don't think anyone can touch Neil Peart's overall drum skills, I mean, it's not even close.

I don't know a lot about Neil's double bass drumming though and because of that, I can't vote for him. I'm sure he's fantastic, but I just don't know enough to judge.




So, from the rest of the list, I'd have to go with Scott Travis... fantastic drummer overall, and definitely a damn fine double bass drummer.


Not from the list: Eric Carr

 

[Ragged Glory]

It's a little surprising so far (even though I know I just created this thread) that nobody's voted for Raymond Herrerra, as he's the one who practically invented the "Machine Gun" style of Double-Bass Drumming. Tommy Lee's another good mention as he's the one who decided to play his kit upside down & at every other angle possible during a show!Damn, that's wild & I'd imagine that it would be quite tricky for most Drummers to even attempt, let alone be successful with.