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Your Favourite Rock Drummers of All Time?
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John Bonham - Led Zeppelin
Ringo Starr - Beatles
Keith Moon - The Who
Mitch Mitchell - Jimi Hendrix Experience
Johny Barbata - The Turtles, Jefferson Starship
Jerry Edmonton - Steppenwolf
Neil Peart - Rush
Hugh Grundy - The Zombies
Gerry Peterson - The Guess Who
Uriel Jones, Benny Benjamin and Pistol Allen - Motown drummers
Greg Errico - Sly And The Family Stone
Hal Blaine - Session drummer for many performers.
There are more but these are some favorites off the top of my head.
Ringo Starr - Beatles
Keith Moon - The Who
Mitch Mitchell - Jimi Hendrix Experience
Johny Barbata - The Turtles, Jefferson Starship
Jerry Edmonton - Steppenwolf
Neil Peart - Rush
Hugh Grundy - The Zombies
Gerry Peterson - The Guess Who
Uriel Jones, Benny Benjamin and Pistol Allen - Motown drummers
Greg Errico - Sly And The Family Stone
Hal Blaine - Session drummer for many performers.
There are more but these are some favorites off the top of my head.
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Ginger Baker
Keith Moon
Charlie Watts
Nick Mason
Neil Peart
Dave Lombardo-Slayer
Phil Collins
Keith Moon
Charlie Watts
Nick Mason
Neil Peart
Dave Lombardo-Slayer
Phil Collins
Sox
Avoiding The Swan Song
John Bonham
Ginger Baker
Keith Moon
Neil Peart
Ian Paice
Carl Palmer
Cozy Powell
Clem Burke
Charlie Watts
Barriemore Barlow
Bill Bruford
Dave Grohl
Bev Bevan
Ginger Baker
Keith Moon
Neil Peart
Ian Paice
Carl Palmer
Cozy Powell
Clem Burke
Charlie Watts
Barriemore Barlow
Bill Bruford
Dave Grohl
Bev Bevan
WetWilly
Whiskey Rock-A-Roller
Cozy Powel
Reg Isidore
Ginger Baker
John Bonham
Bill Ward
Reg Isidore
Ginger Baker
John Bonham
Bill Ward
Sunny
Settled down at last and very happy.
I've always liked Charlie Watts' understated style of drumming
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Neil Peart ('The Professor')
Technique with a drummer is everything, somebody who adds something interesting to the band's overall sound, anyone can just beat time, a great drummer for me has to be as creative and original as a great guitarist or a great keyboard player.
After Peart, I'd add...
Ginger Baker
Bill Bruford
Carl Palmer
Joe Morello
Buddy Rich
Art Blakey
Gene Krupa
Elvin Jones
John Bonham
Carmine Appice
A few jazz drummers there, I know you asked for rock drummers, but for me most the great drummers I have heard are jazz drummers, their ability to improvise sets them apart, never really knowing which direction the music is going in, as a lot of jazz is totally off the cuff improvisation, and yet still staying with the music.
Peart as a rock drummer is one of a kind though, especially live, every song in every performance is rehearsed and pre-planned and pretty much identical to the previous night, he's just an incredible technician, never been anyone even close to as good imo...
Technique with a drummer is everything, somebody who adds something interesting to the band's overall sound, anyone can just beat time, a great drummer for me has to be as creative and original as a great guitarist or a great keyboard player.
After Peart, I'd add...
Ginger Baker
Bill Bruford
Carl Palmer
Joe Morello
Buddy Rich
Art Blakey
Gene Krupa
Elvin Jones
John Bonham
Carmine Appice
A few jazz drummers there, I know you asked for rock drummers, but for me most the great drummers I have heard are jazz drummers, their ability to improvise sets them apart, never really knowing which direction the music is going in, as a lot of jazz is totally off the cuff improvisation, and yet still staying with the music.
Peart as a rock drummer is one of a kind though, especially live, every song in every performance is rehearsed and pre-planned and pretty much identical to the previous night, he's just an incredible technician, never been anyone even close to as good imo...
