Best drummers?

[mike hatt]

i honestly could not believe it took till the third page to mention mike portnoy..amazingly overlooked, though i suppose its mainly do to the style of music he plays not being widely listened too by the members here. For those of you who don't know he is the drummer for dream theater a progressive metal band. I like his style, and i like the vids on drumming he put out.

Another very hard/heavy metal drummer is dave novaro of slayer, while fast and loud and obnoxcious, he remains on beat and technically sound through damn near all of slayers songs thats hes in.

 

[trueview]

Danny Carey is amazing!
check him out ... www.dannycarey.org

 

[WhiteSE]

I personally appreciate the jazz-rock crossovers a bit more, as long as they excel in both,,I have read an article about that drumming CD where Bruford/Peart/Phillips/ and others cooperated in homage to Buddy Rich, and it was agreed that Neil couldnt do the jazz thing that well....

Also there is a CD they made with other like Dennis Chambers where the sound is as if yoru sitting on the drummers kit instead of listening to it.
My main picks are:

King Crimson's pre Bruford drummer..I always forget his name.
Billy Cobham
Simon Phillips
Bill Bruford
Thomas Lang (Austrian drummer discovered by JOhn Wetton) the most amazing 12' solo I ever heard.
Akira Jimbo..check out his work with bass player Brian Bromberg
Chester Thompson

 

[theodoric]

Clem Burke (Blondie, Dramarama) still blows me away with his versatility. Listen to "Dreaming" to hear blatant overplaying that completely works within the confines of a three-minute pop song.
Jo Jones (Basie, Jacquet, Holiday, Wilson, Prez, Tatum, Ellington, Hawkins, Eldridge) probably had a bigger influence on Buddy Rich and Louis Bellson than anyone, moving the beat up from the bass drum to the snare and hi-hat.
Max Roach is the prototypical Bop drummer.
Kenny Clarke shifted timekeeping to the ride cymbal.
Roy Haynes always tells a story with his playing.
Keith Moon (The Who) and his polyrhythmic "lead drums" style; moving forward by being backwards.
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) invented the modern stripped-down rock drum style (listen to "Ticket to Ride" to hear some genius drumming).
Neil Peart (Rush) for throwing in all the bells and whistles and making it compelling for seven concept albums.
Stewart Copeland (The Police) for his eloquent and effortless fusion of Latin, Caribbean, and African styles.

 

[Toasted Almond]

I'm still waiting for all the great drummers mentioned to get together and have a tribute concert and two cd's LIKE THEY DID FOR BUDDY RICH, for somebody OTHER than Buddy Rich. They did it for a reason. He was, and still is, at the top of the heap.

WHAT, is a Peart?

 

[JoZmo]

I'll add Danny Richmond. Played with Mingus and others.

Saw Mingus back in the 70's at Paul's Mall in Boston.
It was not very crowded that night (I have no idea why) and we were sitting right up front. Basically, it felt like Mingus was putting on a private show just for us and I remember the drummer, although at the time I didn't know it was Danny Richmond, just blew me away.

Also, I'll add Jeff Pocaro (although he's passed). Maybe not the greatest but certainly very versatile and solid. He played on many an album and was one of the top studio drummers in pop music during the 1970s and 1980s.

 

[kichijai]

I like Copeland, Bonzo, Peart, and Chad Smith.

 

[modge]

Phil Collins When he played with Genesis ( the first four lps)

 

[Strangeband]

What a great collection of drummers already cited here. If I am duplicating any, I apologize, but would like to add these names.

The always overlooked Rob Townsend, stalwart member of Family, later with Axis Point, currently with The Blues Band and some incarnation of the Manfreds.

Jim Keltner, sideman to nearly everybody it seems. (Don’t think I saw him mentioned.)

Kenny Aronoff (formerly with John Mellencamp & John Fogerty) and member of a little know power trio called Dust.

Janet Weiss, the drummer for Sleater Kinney.

Jim Gordon (before his mental problems and murder conviction he was all over the place, including stints with Derek and the Dominoes, Joe Cocker, Traffic, and Zappa.)

Ainsley Dunbar, from Jeff Beck to John Mayall.

The late Jim Capaldi of Traffic.

Tre Cool of Green Day (my 11-year old daughter has informed me that Tre is the best drummer in rock)

 

[ProAc_Fan]

BONHAM, end of discussion.

Okay, step away from the turntable, put down " The Wall" Lp and no one gets hurt. :yes: Bonham better than Peart?? Not on his best day. :nono:


Mike

 

[Kegger]

Many have mentioned them but 2 of my favorites are: ...... Stewart Copeland of the Police
and Neil Peart of Rush. Not only are they great drummers but I love the sound of there kits!