suprised noone has mentioned virgil donati

[Edited on July 8, 2005 at 9:58 PM. Reason : that can be your fifth one, ian]

7/8/2005 9:53:44 PM

^ Virgil used to be my absolute favorite, but he's too much of a machine for my tastes now. The only thing I can stand to listen to of his other than solo stuff is when he played with Vai (which was incredible to see).

I would probably go with:

1) Bonzo - Now that I play a 26" kick, he is my God

2) Jeff Porcaro - this guy is the most mature drummer I've ever heard. His resume is incredible.. take a look: http://www.frontiernet.net/~cybraria/jptracks.htm

3) Danny Carey - not much to say... just amazing

4) Steve Smith - extremely tasteful and creative

5) Buddy Rich - Kind of a turn off that he couldn't read music, but he still had amazing chops and creativity.

7/9/2005 1:27:19 PM

7/9/2005 2:04:27 PM

brian rosenworcel of guster. watchin him go nuts on the bongos is amazing.

7/9/2005 2:19:33 PM

i can't believe i forgot about tim alexander ("brain" from primus)

he officially replaces dave lombardo on my list


sorry dave

7/9/2005 3:49:46 PM

dave lombardo = fast kicks, thats it. probably one of the most overrated drummers i can think of.

Quote :

"Virgil used to be my absolute favorite, but he's too much of a machine for my tastes now."

i totally agree with you on this one.

Also, i completely forgot to mention Vinnie Colaiuta (sp? too lazy to google) in my previous posts. hes fucking phenomenal and a huge influence to me. well, i pretend like hes an influence to me, i cant really play any of his shit, but those shifting 16th notes (most notably on the MD Fest 2000 DVD) is fucking innovative as hell.

7/9/2005 11:10:58 PM

man there are too many so i will just list of the moment:

Danny Carey
Blak Richardson(of BTBAM and Glass Casket..NC State student at that)
guy from Dillinger
guy from The Red Chord
Thomas Lang

7/10/2005 4:35:07 PM

Quote :

"i can't believe i forgot about tim alexander ("brain" from primus)"

tim "herb" alexander and brain are two different people.. tim took a few years off from primus and brain replaced him for antipop and the brown album..

thankfully, tim is back in the band (as he is by far a much better drummer)

[Edited on July 10, 2005 at 4:40 PM. Reason : ]

7/10/2005 4:40:26 PM

brain has more friends

7/10/2005 6:39:06 PM

^^ oh shit, good call

yeah you're right...tim is the one i wanted anyway


(though in Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, brain is fucking awesome)

[Edited on July 10, 2005 at 7:13 PM. Reason : da colonel]

7/10/2005 7:12:01 PM

HAL BLAINE

7/11/2005 2:21:36 AM

meg white
the kid from the trachtenburg slideshow family band
the eels drummer that bangs on suitcases and hatboxes
ringo starr
victor wooten

7/11/2005 2:30:38 AM

Also, those fuckers in The Arcade Fire who just beat on each other's heads and shit. More compelling than Danny Carey could ever be.

7/11/2005 2:40:41 AM

Bonham
Neal Pert
Ringo Starr
Darren Jessee (ben folds five)
Rick Allen

7/11/2005 3:13:40 AM

tom simpson. fuck off.

7/11/2005 3:55:31 AM

John Bonham
Matt Cameron
Dave Grohl
Keith Moon
Stewart Copeland

7/11/2005 5:01:42 AM

wait, victor wooten plays drums too? how in the hell did i miss that


anyone else with an opinion on tomas haake?

7/11/2005 8:42:09 AM

^No opinion, but im not a fan of Meshuggah

7/11/2005 8:49:25 AM

have you really sat down and listened to them? they're fucking insane


they don't make good background music, it's the kind you need to devote some attention to to appreciate. but goddamn is it incredible


herb helps too

7/11/2005 8:51:42 AM

1. John Bonham
2. Mitch Mitchell (Jimi Hendrix Experience)
3. Keith Moon (Who)
4. Alex Van Halen
5. Mickey Hart (Grateful Dead)

I have heard that Jason Bonham is pretty good. However, I have not heard him. I believe he plays with the Led Zepp cover band Zoso but am unsure.

And Animal gets an honorable mention of course.

[Edited on July 11, 2005 at 10:20 PM. Reason : Animal]

7/11/2005 10:17:32 PM

^^Yeah, i have. Too chaotic, in my opinion. I dont like music where the time signature changes every 4 bars. To me, thats gone beyond tasteful and is trying to be as technical as possible for the sake of it. I'd prefer music that can settle into a good groove, with the compound times uses for fill ins and transitions

7/11/2005 11:02:00 PM

Quote :

"Dave Grohl "

I guess he's got to be good at something

7/11/2005 11:04:31 PM

Quote :

"Also, those fuckers in The Arcade Fire who just beat on each other's heads and shit. More compelling than Danny Carey could ever be."

dono about that


and ^ ??

7/12/2005 1:29:17 AM

^^^ haha well to be technical, the time signature often changes ever measure

but that's the beauty of it, to write something that isn't based on the standard 4/4 + melody...granted, it's not exactly chill music, but that's not what i listen to it for. it's nonmelodic and all rhythmic, it's just a completely different style of music based on rhythm instead of melody. but to each his own...maybe it's the drummer in me that's being appealed to

7/12/2005 9:18:23 AM

heres 9 of my favs

chad sexton
keith moon
ringo star
mike portnoy
buddy rich
danny carey
john bohnam
carter beafuord

and me.

7/12/2005 3:10:09 PM

I can't believe nobody has mentioned Vinnie Paul (Pantera)

7/12/2005 4:02:47 PM

I grew up listening to jazz and fusion drummers, who usually play entirely with polyrhythms, yet manage to keep a grove such that the song isnt changing pace every other measure.


That kind of disjointed rhythm is also a big reason why i despise alot of hardcore and metalcore.

[Edited on July 12, 2005 at 4:26 PM. Reason : ]

7/12/2005 4:19:44 PM

just some clips from meshuggah's stuff. by FAR not my favorite examples of his drumming, but i ran across them online and i figured i'd stick them in here for your aural pleasure


http://www.meshuggah.net/samples/none02.mp3
http://www.meshuggah.net/samples/dei03.mp3
http://www.meshuggah.net/samples/dei07.mp3
http://www.meshuggah.net/samples/chaos07.mp3
http://www.meshuggah.net/samples/chaos08.mp3


[Edited on July 18, 2005 at 9:48 AM. Reason : .]

7/18/2005 9:38:32 AM

dude from don caballero. that is all

[Edited on July 18, 2005 at 9:47 AM. Reason : and phil selway's got some mad beats in the newer stuff.]

7/18/2005 9:45:49 AM

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who mentioned Mitch Mitchell

7/18/2005 11:22:13 AM

LARS ULRICH














































































ahahahahahahahahahahahaha

7/18/2005 11:56:22 AM

lars is the best drummer ever

7/18/2005 11:13:37 PM

Nobody said Travis Barker, Blink 182

7/19/2005 12:16:10 AM

Probably for good reason

7/19/2005 12:17:09 AM

oh shit, forgot about travis barker! he's almost as good as lars!

7/19/2005 10:07:18 AM

back to the topic

7/22/2005 10:40:11 AM

I listed to that Meshuggah stuff

Meh. It sounds like there's some 10 year old bangin on the drums. Yeah, I know that the guy knows exactly what he's doing, but it still sounds the same to me.

7/22/2005 10:56:10 AM

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



....


you're entitled to your opinion

7/22/2005 6:25:32 PM

Oh yeah...and I'm a drummer


Obviously, not a good one

7/22/2005 9:44:14 PM

Will Goodyear

Blake Richardson

7/23/2005 6:41:26 PM

Travis Barker is way above any of the other MTV band or pop-punk drummers out there that I can think of, but I wouldn't put him on a top 5 list. I'll give him credit for being really fucking good though. I've seen some videos of him solo'ing and he can definately rock a trap set.

I'm a drummer...Here is my set, although it is set up very differently now than when that pic was taken:

7/25/2005 12:26:14 PM

figured i'd ad my set to this thread





anyway, continue with the drummers

8/31/2005 9:30:59 PM

In no particular order:

Neal Pert (Rush-need I say more)
Phil Collins (badass-very under-rated)
Carter Beaufort (hope thats spelled right)
Dennis Chambers (studio musician, worked with eric clapton and elton john)
Jon Philip Theodore (drummer from The Mars Volta-love his freehand stuff on de-loused...)

8/31/2005 11:16:07 PM

Keith Moon
Stewart Copeland
Dave Grohl
Topper Headon
Mike Bordin

9/1/2005 1:41:56 AM

are you people naming Dave Grohl because he plays guitar too and started a band?

because Nirvana wasn't exactly known for its complex or diverse beats

9/1/2005 2:26:36 AM

hes played drums with and for about a million other bands besides nirvana...hes done drums on more than one foo fighters cd, queens of the stoneage...um i cant even remember. i tend to not like the other bands hes worked with besides the foo fighters. but hes prob played drums for more big bands than any other drummer our there hah

9/1/2005 2:28:51 AM

I just keep thinking of Nevermind where like a third of the songs on that cd start out the same way with him banging the hell out of the same drum

9/1/2005 2:33:41 AM

yea. plus that was way back in the day and the guitarparts/songs as a whole were just really straight forward. i mean there are def tons of better drummers out there than him. but with foo fighters and a lot of other stuff hes done hes just great at writing the parts that are perfect for the song. hes a great writer and rock drummer who can write the right parts to make the song sound good.

so hes good in the respect that he knows the place of the percussion and has knowledge of music, not that hes extremely technical

[Edited on September 1, 2005 at 2:43 AM. Reason : ]

9/1/2005 2:41:30 AM

^ very true

9/1/2005 2:42:28 AM

Ill just name a couple.

Mike Portnoy
Matt Cameron.

9/1/2005 3:36:48 AM