Drummers

I can't speak to the best, as I don't drum.  Some drummers I like to listen to:

 

Stewart Copeland

 

Mark Brzezicki 

Moon

 

Max Roach

 

Buddy Rich

 

 

Any list without John Bonham is incomplete.

 

very nice Brak

one of the best, if not the best, in acoustic music percussion:

http://www.hand-drumming.com/

 

always makes the pretty girls dance

Oh man.  Thanks for the link.

No Denny Green what the ****

If anyone posts Tommy Lee I'm gonna puke

I was thinking that my self, also Peter Criss from Kiss

This guy kicks ass, too (PS: Peter Criss lives in my hometown -- never seen him though.)

What?

 

No Brad M. Carlson?  aka Bun E. Carlos ????

 

communists!  All of You!

 

       
       
You probably don't recognize Peter without his hideous makeup(P.S. Peter Criss is another one that shouldn't be mentioned in this conversation)

No drummer thread is complete without mentioning Gene Hoglan or Dave Lombardo. 

from our neck of the woods…and the best I have ever heard  http://www.mattwilsonjazz.com

 

Mike Portnoy is the best I have ever seen, and Joey Jordison must be mentioned, whether you dig metal or not... Both are ridiculous and have redefined their craft over the last 20 years.

Apparently none of you dip****s ever heard of a band  called RUSH

Foo nailed it, IMHO. Any best ever/greatest of all time drummer list/discussion/arguments begins and ends with Bonham.

Shoutout to Brak for an excellent list, especially MR and BR

Ditto for SDPF for BEC, and DH Archer for the Lombardo mention.

 

I guess I'm biased toward the old-school guys myself, and with that said, I'll mention some favorites of mine:
Mitch Mitchell (Jimi Hendrix Experience). A close second to Bonham for me.

Always loved Roger Earl (Foghat) . 

Same for Frank Beard (ZZ Top).

Levon Helm (The Band).

 

 

 

Yes- the EVH of rock drummers, no question. But there are some who followed the trail he blazed and re-set the bar.

Peart, Bonham, Bruford, Chester Thompson, Vinnie Colaiuta, Tony Williams.....those are the ones I remember listening too when I was a youngster to name a very short, I could name a few more such as Chad Wackerman and any other Zappa drummer seeing he always had great drummer

wouldn't AVH be the EVH of drummers?

I wouldn't think so. Great drummer, but not in the same class as the titans being discussed.

Ginger Baker....

Peter Criss was the worst drummer the band had. Both Erics are/were far superior.

Eddie was originally the drummer and Alex the guitarist, go figure. I'd say the swap worked out well for them.

Gotta throw out some more love for Buddy Rich, Steve Gadd, Max Roach and Tony Williams, but also Louis Bellson (first well-known double-bass player), Gene Krupa (first big showman and drummer/ bandleader), Simon Phillips and Scott Rockenfield.

no one could play the clarinet like Jan

I had you pegged as a Benny Goodman man

Elvin Jones, Roy Haynes and Carmine Appice.

Benny Goodman, Live at Carnegie, 1938. First big band/jazz concert there. For an "finale" at the end of "Sing, Sing, Sing" (just under 5:00 normally) Gene Krupa lays back in to the rhythm to the surprise of his bandmates and they ad-lib for another 7:00. Benny Goodman plays a solo but Jess Stacy's improv piano solo is the highlight.

 

As the story goes, supposedly Goodman and many of the band members were very nervous being the first jazz concert at Carnegie and there was a lot of built up tension during the show. Krupa supposedly took the initiative to let the band cut loose.

 

Also became the first double-album sold.

       
       
First kicker in the hall of fame as well

Burning a fatty before the Carnegie show helped Krupa.

 

 

Neil Peart, Chad Smith, Terry Bozio, Jeff Porcaro (RIP), Steve Smith, Buddy Rich, Carlos Vega and on and on and on. Too subjective of course.

Starts at the 2:00 mark. Elvin Jones, played with Coltrane.

 

 

One of my favorite drum grooves by Hank Guaglianone

Please excuse the buttload of reverb whomever uploaded this added.