Your Top 5 - 10 Drummers of all time

[absolutely_lost_86]

with ps139 having a top guitarists i thought id see who u believe to be the best drummers of all time.

mine are:

Lars Ulrich (Metallica)
David Grohl (Nirvana, Queens Of The Stone Age)
Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden)
John Bonham (Led Zepplin)
Phil Rudd (AC/DC)

 

[cygnusx1]

Neil Peart.........Rush

Mike Portnoy......Dream Theater

John Bonhom....Led Zepp

Bill Ward....Black Sabbath

Alan White.....Yes

 

[oldrooster]

I will have to second Cygnusx1 vote........

 

[johnriii]

Neil Peart
Stewart copeland
Jeff Pocaro (toto)
Billy Cobham
Ted kirkpatrick
Phil Collins
Lars Ulrich

 

[nadroj1985]

Is this just rock drumming? I'd include some jazz drummers on my list.

 

[ps139]

For my top 5, I'm going to say:

John Bonham (Zeppelin)
Keith Moon (The Who)
Neal Peart (Rush)
Mike Portnoy (Dreamtheater)
Carter Beauford (Dave Matthews Band)

These are in no particular order, I dont know enough about drumming to rate them.

 

[Heavy_Metal_Jesus]

absolutely_lost_86 has got in pretty spot on.

Also Joey Jordison(slipknot) and the drummer from fear factory. And Trent Renzor(or who ever drums for NIN)

 

[KristianJ]

I like the look of the choices already listed. Beauford is absolutely fantastic, Keith Moon is great too...I can't think of any other ones at the moment because my brain don't feel like it...

 

[absolutely_lost_86]

yeh it includes any drummer nadjro

 

[oldrooster]

I am also going to throw Ringo in, as he really is an underrated drummer.....

 

[pieman3141]

Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater)
Dude from Synphony X
Dude from System of a Down
John Bonham

not too many. I don't follow bands too well.

Lars?? Nuh-uh. You must have low low low standards, cuz Lars... man... *shakes head at the lack of words that imbue suckiness on a person*

 

[cygnusx1]

I am also going to throw Ringo in, as he really is an underrated drummer.....

Funny, very funny. I was going to place him as my fifth choice.....straight.

 

[nadroj1985]

Tony Williams
Jack deJohnette
Philly Joe Jones
Elvin Jones
Max Roach
Maureen Tucker (the Velvet Underground)
John Bonham (Led Zeppelin)

 

[stonetoflesh]

Some of my favorite drummers (steering clear of the *best drummer ever* bit):

Jack DeJohnette, Tony Williams, Billy Martin (MMW), Pierre Moerlen (Gong), Jaki Liebezeit (Can), Matt Chamberlain (Critters Buggin), Phil Collins, Bill Bruford, Ian Paice, Bill Kreutzmann...

 

[nadroj1985]

Curses! I forgot John French (aka "Drumbo") from Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band. One of the most talented drummers I've ever heard, certainly.

 

[KristianJ]

I watched a Matchbox Twenty concert on cable tonight and was really impressed by their drummer...would have no idea what his mane is though

 

[blerg1234]

Nadroj, SpadedOut and Johnriii are the only ones who got it right .

My list would have to include:

Buddy Rich
Gene Kupra
Virgil Donati
Vinnie Colaiuta
David Jones
Tony Williams
Dave Weckl
Pete Drummond
Thomas Lang

For those who chose Lars Ulrich: Did you know that in a lot of the songs they recorded, he had to record parts, have a break, and then continue recording? He also had a lot of his double bassdrum parts looped - he would play maybe four beats and they would duplicate it!

No offense, but people will never find 'great' drummers in mainstream drummers. All the pioneers and great drummers are the unknowns and the ones who came up years ago. Buddy Rich was a magnificient drummer - he would smoke ANY drummer listed in the charts these days.

Virgil Donati is a much, much, much better drummer than Mike Portnoy. If you like Dream Theatre, then you will probably like Virgil Donati's band Planet X. They're progressive metal/fusion, but don't have a singer - it's just this wonderful instrumental mess of odd time signatures, spacey keyboard pads and insane drumming (one of the songs on the Moonbabies album has most of it in 7/16 time with a rhythm played between the bassdrum with the right foot and the hihat pedal with the left foot - while the right hand plays a straight 8th note feel, and the snaredrum accents the start of every second bar).

Anyway I take an aggressive stance about this topic because not enough people REALLY know who the great drummers are.

By the way, Mike Portnoy is a very good drummer, I do enjoy listening to him play . But seriously, Virgil Donati is ten times better, I kid you not.

 

[KristianJ]

Nadroj, SpadedOut and Johnriii are the only ones who got it right .

My list would have to include:

Buddy Rich
Gene Kupra
Virgil Donati
Vinnie Colaiuta
David Jones
Tony Williams
Dave Weckl
Pete Drummond
Thomas Lang

For those who chose Lars Ulrich: Did you know that in a lot of the songs they recorded, he had to record parts, have a break, and then continue recording? He also had a lot of his double bassdrum parts looped - he would play maybe four beats and they would duplicate it!

No offense, but people will never find 'great' drummers in mainstream drummers. All the pioneers and great drummers are the unknowns and the ones who came up years ago. Buddy Rich was a magnificient drummer - he would smoke ANY drummer listed in the charts these days.

Virgil Donati is a much, much, much better drummer than Mike Portnoy. If you like Dream Theatre, then you will probably like Virgil Donati's band Planet X. They're progressive metal/fusion, but don't have a singer - it's just this wonderful instrumental mess of odd time signatures, spacey keyboard pads and insane drumming (one of the songs on the Moonbabies album has most of it in 7/16 time with a rhythm played between the bassdrum with the right foot and the hihat pedal with the left foot - while the right hand plays a straight 8th note feel, and the snaredrum accents the start of every second bar).

Anyway I take an aggressive stance about this topic because not enough people REALLY know who the great drummers are.

By the way, Mike Portnoy is a very good drummer, I do enjoy listening to him play . But seriously, Virgil Donati is ten times better, I kid you not.

I think I've heard of Donati...is he Australian?

Not many people have heard or seen the great drummers, let alone know of them...I have seen many very talented ones in small gigs around Sydney that will never be recognised on a global scale. But of course everyone's personal choices must be respected...

 

[blerg1234]

Yes, Donati is an Australian. I have an idea he may have an Italian parent, but to be honest I really don't have a clue .

He moved to the US in 1996, I believe, and he tours with groups such as Planet X, Ring of Fire, CAB, Joel Hoekstra, and a few others. He was voted Clinician of the year by MD. You can see his website at http://www.virgildonati.com and I strongly suggest you download some tracks from http://www.xplanetx.com - including the full track of "Atlantis: Apocalypse 1470 BC".

I'm just here to spread the word about the truly greatest drummers . I've also seen talented drummers that will never be recognised (or at least not on the same scale as others) who are much, much better than so many "known" drummers.

 

[Eusebios]

John Bonham
Jerry Gaskil (King's X)
Neil Peart
Ringo
Charlie Watts
Stewart Copeland