spiderhead69
Active Member
The drummer for Spinal Tap.
May they Rest In Peace.
Your favorite rock drummers?
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May they Rest In Peace.
SadSongPilot
Member
Atom Willard.
He's amazing.
-Chris-
He's amazing.
-Chris-
pmsummer
simul justus et peccator
beans
Got arth-a-ritis
The drummer for Spinal Tap.
Stumpy Joe, et al
analogguyinadig
Active Member
Keith Moon-Pure power.
John Bonham-One man, but sounded like there were six of him on stage.
Charlie Watts-The must sublime and indispensable drummer in the business.
John Bonham-One man, but sounded like there were six of him on stage.
Charlie Watts-The must sublime and indispensable drummer in the business.
aflyingpig
New Member
OMG, how has nobody mentioned Vinnie Colaiuta? Easily one of the greatest of all time. He’s insane. At the moment he’s touring with Jeff Beck, and I think he’s going to team up with John McLaughlin and Chick Corea soon too. He played with McLaughlin at Clapton’s Crossroads festival – my jaw hit the floor.
From good ol’ Wiki:
"Colaiuta has won a total of 18 'Drummer of the Year' awards from Modern Drummer magazine's annual reader polls. These include 10 awards in the 'Best Overall' category. Colaiuta was inducted into the Modern Drummer "Hall of Fame" in 1996. The publication also cited Colaiuta as being the most important drummer of our time."
This was pretty cool too - About Colaiuta's ability to play Zappa's notoriously complex music, guitarist Steve Vai told the following story:
“He's one of the most amazing sight-readers that ever existed on the instrument. One day we were in a Frank rehearsal, this was early '80s, and Frank brought in this piece of music called "Mo 'N Herb's Vacation." Just unbelievably complex. All the drums were written out, just like "The Black Page" except even more complex. There were these runs of like 17 over 3 and every drumhead is notated differently. And there were a whole bunch of people there, I think Bozzio was there. Vinnie had this piece of music on the stand to his right. To his left he had another music stand with a plate of sushi on it, okay? Now the tempo of the piece was very slow, like "The Black Page." And then the first riff came in, [mimics bizarre Zappa-esque drum rhythm patterns] with all these choking of cymbals, and hi-hat, ruffs, spinning of rototoms and all this crazy stuff. And I saw Vinnie reading this thing. Now, Vinnie has this habit of pushing his glasses up with the middle finger of his right hand. Well I saw him look at this one bar of music, it was the last bar of music on the page. He started to play it as he was turning the page with one hand, and then once the page was turned he continued playing the riff with his right hand, as he reached over with his left hand, grabbed a piece of sushi and put it in his mouth, continued the riff with his left hand and feet, pushed his glasses up, and then played the remaining part of the bar. It was the sickest thing I have ever seen. Frank threw his music up in the air. Bozzio turned around and walked away. I just started laughing.”
:jawdrop:
From good ol’ Wiki:
"Colaiuta has won a total of 18 'Drummer of the Year' awards from Modern Drummer magazine's annual reader polls. These include 10 awards in the 'Best Overall' category. Colaiuta was inducted into the Modern Drummer "Hall of Fame" in 1996. The publication also cited Colaiuta as being the most important drummer of our time."
This was pretty cool too - About Colaiuta's ability to play Zappa's notoriously complex music, guitarist Steve Vai told the following story:
“He's one of the most amazing sight-readers that ever existed on the instrument. One day we were in a Frank rehearsal, this was early '80s, and Frank brought in this piece of music called "Mo 'N Herb's Vacation." Just unbelievably complex. All the drums were written out, just like "The Black Page" except even more complex. There were these runs of like 17 over 3 and every drumhead is notated differently. And there were a whole bunch of people there, I think Bozzio was there. Vinnie had this piece of music on the stand to his right. To his left he had another music stand with a plate of sushi on it, okay? Now the tempo of the piece was very slow, like "The Black Page." And then the first riff came in, [mimics bizarre Zappa-esque drum rhythm patterns] with all these choking of cymbals, and hi-hat, ruffs, spinning of rototoms and all this crazy stuff. And I saw Vinnie reading this thing. Now, Vinnie has this habit of pushing his glasses up with the middle finger of his right hand. Well I saw him look at this one bar of music, it was the last bar of music on the page. He started to play it as he was turning the page with one hand, and then once the page was turned he continued playing the riff with his right hand, as he reached over with his left hand, grabbed a piece of sushi and put it in his mouth, continued the riff with his left hand and feet, pushed his glasses up, and then played the remaining part of the bar. It was the sickest thing I have ever seen. Frank threw his music up in the air. Bozzio turned around and walked away. I just started laughing.”
:jawdrop:
Cozy Powell
Played with:
Jeff Beck
Emerson, Lake & Powell
Michael Schenker
Black Sabbath
Blackmore's Rainbow
Powell was one of several drummers considered by the band as a possible replacement for Bonham in Led Zeppelin.
Played with:
Jeff Beck
Emerson, Lake & Powell
Michael Schenker
Black Sabbath
Blackmore's Rainbow
Powell was one of several drummers considered by the band as a possible replacement for Bonham in Led Zeppelin.
stereofanboy
Addicted Member
I don't know how creative or technically proficient a drummer would feel he was, but my favorite is John Bonham. He's the only one that I can hear and say "that's John Bonham" even if I don't know the song.
Know_Talent
Active Member
Jimmy Chamberlain - the smashing pumpkins
That cat can WAIL on the skins :thmbsp:
That cat can WAIL on the skins :thmbsp:
Sansui Louie
Curmudgeon
I always had a lot of respect for Doug Clifford of CCR. He made a hell of a lot of noise with a very minimal drum kit. Totally understood dynamics also. Great drummer.
Too bad John Fogerty is such a pretentious, self important pain in the ****ing ass, or that band might have gone on for years.
Too bad John Fogerty is such a pretentious, self important pain in the ****ing ass, or that band might have gone on for years.
Saint Johnny
Bon Ton Roule
Off the top of my head, in no particular order.
Reni-Stone Roses
Charlie 'good tonight' Watts
Keith Moon
John Maher-Buzzcocks
DJ Bonebrake-X
Stan Lynch-Petty's Heartbreakers
Buddy Rich
Billy Cobham
Dave Grohl
Grant Hart-Husker Du
Hal Blaine
Peter Criss- Not as technically brilliant as Eric Carr, but he made KISS 'swing'!!
Reni-Stone Roses
Charlie 'good tonight' Watts
Keith Moon
John Maher-Buzzcocks
DJ Bonebrake-X
Stan Lynch-Petty's Heartbreakers
Buddy Rich
Billy Cobham
Dave Grohl
Grant Hart-Husker Du
Hal Blaine
Peter Criss- Not as technically brilliant as Eric Carr, but he made KISS 'swing'!!
I guess we'd have to define what "rock" is... LOL!
Mitch Mitchell (Jimi Hendrix Experience)
Will Calhoun (Living Colour)
Buddy Miles (Buddy Miles, Hardware, Band of Gypsies)
Tommy Aldridge (Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake)
Tommy Taylor (Eric Johnson, Christopher Cross)
Steve Smith (Journey)
Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge, Rod Stewart, Blue Murder)
Pat Torpey (The Knack, Mr. Big)
Bill Bruford (Bruford, King Crimson, Yes)
Terry Bozio (Frank Zappa, Steve Vai)
...well, that's 10 off the top of my head... most of these guys aren't just "rock" drummers... anyway, SO many more out there...
Mitch Mitchell (Jimi Hendrix Experience)
Will Calhoun (Living Colour)
Buddy Miles (Buddy Miles, Hardware, Band of Gypsies)
Tommy Aldridge (Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake)
Tommy Taylor (Eric Johnson, Christopher Cross)
Steve Smith (Journey)
Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge, Rod Stewart, Blue Murder)
Pat Torpey (The Knack, Mr. Big)
Bill Bruford (Bruford, King Crimson, Yes)
Terry Bozio (Frank Zappa, Steve Vai)
...well, that's 10 off the top of my head... most of these guys aren't just "rock" drummers... anyway, SO many more out there...
beans
Got arth-a-ritis
I always thought Phil Collins was underrated as a drummer, probably because he's known as a singer. He has a style all his own, and the sound he gets from his kit is unique.
It's a long list, but my other favroites (besides Carlock) would be Peart, Powell, Bozzio, Bruford, Cobham. Chester Thompson deserves a mention, as well as Jeff Porcaro.
It's a long list, but my other favroites (besides Carlock) would be Peart, Powell, Bozzio, Bruford, Cobham. Chester Thompson deserves a mention, as well as Jeff Porcaro.