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Who is your favorite drummer(s)

hello to all! my first time posting :)

it goes a little something like this...

Mitch Mitchell (Jimi Hendrix Experience...all-time favorite)
Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Jospeh "Zigaboo Modeliste (The Meters)
Olivier Charles (Ben Harper...he is one groovy drummer)
Benny Greb
Akira Jimbo
Elvin Jones (John Coltrane)
Jack DeJohnette (Miles Davis)
Max Roach
John Blackwell (Prince)
Questlove Thompson (The Roots)
Dennis Chambers (Funkadelic at one point in time...)
John Bonham (Led Zeppelin)
Keith Moon (Keith Moon)
Jose Pasillas (Incubus)
Clyde Stubblefield (James Brown)
Matt Tong (Bloc Party)
Dave Abruzzesse (Pearl Jam on VS)
Nathan Followill (Kings Of Leon)
Fab Moretti (The Strokes)
Terry Bozzio (Frank Zappa)
Buddy Rich

i also have a great respect for Danny Carey, Mike Portnoy, Steve Gadd, Vinnie Coliauta, Stewart Copeland, Dom Famularo but chose not to put them in the list as my interest lies in using your drum technique as a means to an end, that "end" being grooving, playing with feel and soul and being creative with it. peace
 
Jon Theodore, Mike Portnoy and Neil Peart = best drummers!!!!
Epecially Theodore cuz he has his own style, he doesn't sound like other drummers.
Love him!!!!
Here's a little pic of him!!!
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I have to "Salute" all Drum Corps players around the world as my favorite Drummers, They play for the pure love of it, and are completely Dedicated to Mastering their instrument to Perfection no matter what the sacrifice or cost needed to put in to accomplish that Goal.
 

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John Bonham and Keith Moon are my two favorites.
 
Updated List:

Drummers are identified by genre in no particular order.

Progressive:
1. Terry Bozzio
2. Chad Wackerman
3. Nick Mason
4. Neil Peart
5. CIive Deamer (Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation)

Metal:
1. Bill Ward
2. John Dolmayan
3. Alex Van Halen
4. Mike Bordin
5. Cozy Powell
6. Tommy Aldridge

Classic Rock:
1. Ringo Starr
2. Charlie Watts
3. John Henry Bonham
4. Keith Moon
5. Mickey Hart
6. John Densmore
7. Joey Kramer

Jazz:
1. Buddy Rich
2. Ahmir " ?uest Love " Thompson
3. David Eisenhower - My drum teacher
4. Vinnie Colaiuta
 
Neil Peart, Joey Jordison, and Lars Ulrich are my favs...they all three kick major ass.

Neil is my all time favorite but Joey Jordison is an inspiration to me because hearing his playing in Slipknot drew me to playing a more metal sound on my drums. Plus the dude's fast as hell and he makes it sound great, no matter what other people say. Lars is a favorite because I'm a huge Metallica fan and he just has badass beats.

Another person I didn't list is Rick Allen of Def Leppard. I didn't put him as a favorite because I'm not really big on him but I consider him a hero. Just because after losing a freakin' arm he still wanted to play the drums and he did.

So yeah. woohoo. :p
 
insane drummer said:
Peart
Bonham
Bozzio
Gadd

Almost a perfect list! You're missing one drummer! Maybe you remember a drummer by
the name of Bernard "Buddy" Rich. Name ring a bell? CYA!!
 
khanedeliac said:
hello to all! my first time posting :)

it goes a little something like this...

Mitch Mitchell (Jimi Hendrix Experience...all-time favorite)
Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Jospeh "Zigaboo Modeliste (The Meters)
Olivier Charles (Ben Harper...he is one groovy drummer)
Benny Greb
Akira Jimbo
Elvin Jones (John Coltrane)
Jack DeJohnette (Miles Davis)
Max Roach
John Blackwell (Prince)
Questlove Thompson (The Roots)
Dennis Chambers (Funkadelic at one point in time...)
John Bonham (Led Zeppelin)
Keith Moon (Keith Moon)
Jose Pasillas (Incubus)
Clyde Stubblefield (James Brown)
Matt Tong (Bloc Party)
Dave Abruzzesse (Pearl Jam on VS)
Nathan Followill (Kings Of Leon)
Fab Moretti (The Strokes)
Terry Bozzio (Frank Zappa)
Buddy Rich

i also have a great respect for Danny Carey, Mike Portnoy, Steve Gadd, Vinnie Coliauta, Stewart Copeland, Dom Famularo but chose not to put them in the list as my interest lies in using your drum technique as a means to an end, that "end" being grooving, playing with feel and soul and being creative with it. peace


Apparantly you haven't heard of a drummer by the name of Neil Peart. If he isn't on your
list, no one should be, 'cept Mr. Bernard "Buddy" Rich! You mention Mike Portnoy, but
not Neil Peart? Who do you think inspired Mike Portnoy? Steve Gadd NOT on your list?
Vinnie Colaiuta NOT on your list? And your explanation why is VERY hard to understand!
Once again, it's all opinion, I guess! Take Care!
 
Re: Your drum gods!

resqguy said:
Most inspirational, no contest - Wilfrdo Reyes

Wilfredo played with David Lindley and El Rayo X. I have seen the best and after I got home after seeing him at a show I immediately ran to my drums to play. It was 1:00 AM. Not the best in chops or feel but there was something about him that just made me want to play.

The best:
Rod Morganstein - HELLO, why am I the first to mention him?
Vinnie Caliauta
Dennis Chambers
Martin Deller - FM. They opened for Rush. Made Neil look bland
Jack DeJohnette

The inhuman:
Dave Wekel
Simon Phillips

Jeff Pocarro's session work is legendary. He plays on about 1/3 of the vinyl I own (and I don't own any ToTo). His approach to playing, feeling, groove, or whatever you want to call it is unmatched.

Actually, I listed Rod Morgenstein on page 8. So your not alone.
 
Who's missing?

Dave Abbruzzese • Larry Aberman • Alex Acuña • Daniel Adair • Chris Adler • Morgan Agren • Airto • Tommy Aldridge • Steve Alexander • Tim Alexander • Rashied Ali • Don Alias • Carl Allen • Barry Altschul • Robby Ameen • Scott Amendola • Animal • Charly Antolini • Carmine Appice • Vinnie Appice • Kenny Aronoff • Billy Ashbaugh • Al Ashley • Mick Avory • Babatunde • Ginger Baker • Jeff Ballard • Paul Barbarin • Joe La Barbera • Travis Barker • Joey Baron • Julio Barreto • Ray Barretto • Ray Bauduc • Eddie Bayers • Marcus Baylor • Carter Beauford • Poogie Bell • Louie Bellson • Charlie Benante • Brian Bennett • Han Bennink • Joe Bergamini • Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz • Ignacio Berroa • Denzil Best • Curt Bisquera • Gregg Bissonette • Jason Bittner • James Black • Cindy Blackman • Ed Blackwell • John Blackwell • Brian Blade • Hal Blaine • J.D. Blair • Art Blakey • Michael Bland • Jason Bonham • John Bonham • Terry Bozzio • Tom Brechtlein • Don Brewer • Gulli Briem • Mark Brzezicki • Gerry Brown • Bill Bruford • Roy Burns • William Calhoun • Matt Cameron • Clayton Cameron • Gorden Campbell • Teddy Campbell • Tommy Campbell • Danny Carey • Keith Carlock • Bun E. Carlos • Eric Carr • Terri Lyne Carrington • Joey Castillo • Lenny Castro • Deen Castronovo • Big Sid Catlett • André Ceccarelli • Gary Chaffee • Matt Chamberlain • Jimmy Chamberlin • Dennis Chambers • Joe Chambers • Ndugu Chancler • Jim Chapin • Gary Chester • Dave DiCenso • Kenny Clare • Mike Clark • Kenny Clarke • Jimmy Cobb • Bill Cobham • Vinnie Colaiuta • Cozy Cole • Phil Collins • Grant Collins • Bobby Colomby • Aaron Comess • Luis Conte • Tré Cool • Ray Cooper • Stewart Copeland • Paulinho Da Costa • Kirk Covington • Mark Craney • Peter Criss • Adam Cruz • Mickey Curry • Andrew Cyrille • Paulinho Da Costa • Dino Danelli • Zach Danziger • Troy Davis • Alan Dawson • Barrett Deems • Jimmy DeGrasso • Adam Deitch • Jack DeJohnette • Kenwood Dennard • John Densmore • Liberty De Vitto • Dave DiCenso • Warren "Baby" Dodds • John Dolmayan • Virgil Donati • Famadou Don Moye • Hamid Drake • Bernie Dresel • Martin Drew • The Drumbassadors • Billy Drummond • Aynsley Dunbar • Sly Dunbar • Sheila E. • Phil Ehart • Paul Elliott • Sonny Emory • Joe English • Peter Erskine • Dom Famularo • Pierre Favre • Sherman Ferguson • Steve Ferrone • Anton Fier • Anton Fig • Vera Figueiredo • Sammy Figueroa • Jon Fishman • Mick Fleetwood • D.J. Fontana • Al Foster • Vernel Fournier • Panama Francis • Brian Frasier-Moore • Josh Freese • Steve Gadd • Camille Gainer • Richie Gajate-Garcia • David Garibaldi • Leonard "Doc" Gibbs • Evelyn Glennie • Alex Gonzalez • Jim Gordon • Danny Gottlieb • Lou Grassi • Jimmy DeGrasso • Rick Gratton • Eric Kamau Gravatt • Milford Graves • Benny Greb • Sonny Greer • Carola Grey • Rayford Griffin • Dave Grohl • Freddie Gruber • John Guerin • Terreon Gully • Trilok Gurtu • Ralf Gustke • Tomas Haake • Wolfgang Haffner • Omar Hakim • Chico Hamilton • Jeff Hamilton • Lionel Hampton • Jake Hanna • Eric Harland • Buddy Harman • Beaver Harris • Gavin Harrison • Mickey Hart • Billy Hart • Steve Hass • Fritz Hauser • Taylor Hawkins • Louis Hayes • Roy Haynes • Richie Hayward • Albert Tootie Heath • Levon Helm • Gerry Hemingway • Joey Heredia • Horacio Hernandez • Raymond Herrera • Gerald Heyward • Giovanni Hidalgo • Billy Higgins • Jeff Hirshfield • Jon Hiseman • Ari Hoenig • Gene Hoglan • Rodney Holmes • Steve Houghton • Daniel Humair • Ralph Humphrey • Gary Husband • Zakir Hussein • Greg Hutchinson • Susie Ibarra • Tommy Igoe • Tris Imboden • Al Jackson • Duffy Jackson • Gene Jackson • Jaimoe • Bobby Jarzombek • Akira Jimbo • Elvin Jones • Harold Jones • Hilary Jones • Philly Joe Jones • Papa Jo Jones • Randy Jones • Jack DeJohnette • Mylious Johnson • Steve Jordan • Joey Jordison • Jonathan Joseph • Eric Kalb • Manu Katché • Connie Kay • Jim Keltner • Will Kennedy • Billy Kilson • Glenn Kotche • Joey Kramer • Rhani Krija • Gene Krupa • Russ Kunkel • Joe La Barbera • Abe Laboriel jr. • Gene Lake • Don Lamond • Thomas Lang • Pete LaRoca Sims • Rick Latham • Ricky Lawson • Chris Layton • Tommy Lee • Paul Leim • Stan Levey • Mel Lewis • Victor Lewis • Pete Lockett • Dave Lombardo • Larrie Londin • Hakim Ludin • Pete Magadini • Mike Mangini • Shelly Manne • Brian "Brain" Mantia • Art Mardigan • Sherrie Maricle • Jerry Marotta • Rick Marotta • John Marshall • Billy Martin • Harvey Mason • Nick Mason • Dave Mattacks • Phil Maturano • JoJo Mayer • Nicko McBrain • Thomas McCree • Matt McDonough • Ray McKinley • Russ McKinnon • Gustavo Meli • Sebastian Merk • Daniel Messina • Buddy Miles • Butch Miles • Russ Miller • Marco Minnemann • Mitch Mitchell • Joseph Ziggy Modeliste • Jonathan Moffett • Mark Mondesir • Drori Mondlak • TS Monk • Keith Moon • Stanton Moore • Airto Moreira • Joe Morello • Rod Morgenstein • Joe Morris • Paul Motian • Alphonse Mouzon • Jonathan Mover • Don Moye • Idris Muhammad • Larry Mullen • Narada • Lewis Nash • Sandy Nelson • Andy Newmark • Gary Novak • Adam Nussbaum • Babatunde Olatunji • Jamie Oldaker • Nigel Olsson • John Otto • Ian Paice • Carl Palmer • Earl Palmer • Francis Panama • Leon Parker • Jose Pasillas • Vinnie Paul • Sonny Payne • Neil Peart • Shawn Pelton • Clarence Penn • Armando Peraza • Karl Perazzo • Stephen Perkins • Ben Perowsky • Doane Perry • Charli Persip • Ralph Peterson • Simon Phillips • Kim Plainfield • Joe Porcaro • Jeff Porcaro • Mike Portnoy • Cozy Powell • Bobby Previte • Dafnis Prieto • Tito Puente • Bernard Purdie • Alvin Queen • Marc Quiñones • Johnny Rabb • Raul Rekow • Walfredo Reyes • Walfredo Reyes, Jr. • Daniel Reyes • Buddy Rich • Dannie Richmond • Sean Rickman • Alex Riel • Ben Riley • John Riley • Herlin Riley • Ringo • Max Roach • John "J.R." Robinson • Pete LaRoca Sims • Mickey Roker • Bobby Rondinelli • Morgan Rose • Joel Rosenblatt • Tony Royster Jr. • Phil Rudd • Daniel Sadownick • Antonio Sanchez • Poncho Sanchez • Mongo Santamaria • Peter Schmidlin • Mark Schulman • Jon Bermuda Schwartz • Denny Seiwell • Danny Seraphine • Paco Séry • Chad Sexton • Shakerleg • Ed Shaughnessy • Michael Shrieve • David Silveria • Terry Silverlight • Chuck Silverman • Pete LaRoca Sims • Eric Singer • Zutty Singleton • Chad Smith • Nate Smith • Steve Smith • Marvin "Smitty" Smith • Ed Soph • Matt Sorum • Aaron Spears • Spüg • John "Jabo" Starks • Ringo Starr • Ronnie Stephenson • Bill Stewart • Clyde Stubblefield • Fredy Studer • Todd Sucherman • James "The Reverend" Sullivan • Grady Tate • Art Taylor • Roger Taylor • John Tempesta • Mike Terrana • Jon Theodore • Ed Thigpen • Ahmir ?uestlove Thompson • Chester Thompson • Kim Thompson • Efrain Toro • Tico Torres • Dave Tough • Nat Townsley • Butch Trucks • Ron Tutt • Lars Ulrich • Christian Vander • Alex Van Halen • Nana Vasconcelos • Carlos Vega • Glen Velez • Tony Verderosa • Johnny Vidacovich • Chad Wackerman • Nasheet Waits • Narada Michael Walden • Bill Ward • Billy Ward • Kenny Washington • Derico Watson • Charlie Watts • Jeff "Tain" Watts • Chick Webb • Dave Weckl • Max Weinberg • Klaus Weiss • Paul Wertico • George Wettling • Alan White • Lenny White • Meg White • Steve White • Ron Wikso • Brad Wilk • Tony Williams • Matt Wilson • Shadow Wilson • Kenny Wollesen • Sam Woodyard • Dony Wynn • Pete York • Adrian Young • Mark Zonder • Zoro

Who's missing??

Bernhard
 
tre cool
travis barker
mike portnoy
luke williams(my drum teacher, awsome band, awsome drummer)
vinnie coliauta (or however u spell his last name)
others, just cant think atm
 
dib da drummer said:
Apparantly you haven't heard of a drummer by the name of Neil Peart. If he isn't on your
list, no one should be, 'cept Mr. Bernard "Buddy" Rich! You mention Mike Portnoy, but
not Neil Peart? Who do you think inspired Mike Portnoy? Steve Gadd NOT on your list?
Vinnie Colaiuta NOT on your list? And your explanation why is VERY hard to understand!
Once again, it's all opinion, I guess! Take Care!

Yet again, Dib Da proves his superior knowledge to everybody.

*cough* *cough*
 
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