Best drummers?

[Memnoch The Devil]

Out of these guys, who do you feel is/was the best drummer?

Tell me if there's others I should add.

Edited February 1, 2009 by Memnoch The Devil

[Black Sabbath]

Randy Castillo

[Guest deleted_19765]

A vote for anyone but Bonham or Moon is hard to justify, for this group at least. I don't think Matt Sorum or Dave Grohl really belong. If we are going to just assume its Rock we're talking about, I would add Ringo Starr, Bill Bruford, Steve Gadd, Chad Smith, and Stephen Perkins to name a few. But Bonham was probably the greatest, no matter who you include. I don't really care for Led Zeppelin much at all anymore, but I love listening to him still. Most of the best drummers are in Jazz though.

[Lithium]

I can't decide whether I should vote for Moonie or Bonzo.

[Vogstar90_G'N'R]

Joey Jordison............... from those bonham

[JeanGenie]

From that list i would say Bonzo, although Keith Moon was great too. Overall Art Blakey is the best.

[The Third Man]

In that very limited list. John Bonham. Out of everyone, Bill Bruford is the man

[KetchupNotMayo]

Christ, hard to decide between Bonham and Moon.

I'll say Keith just for the performance/explosion on Smothers Brothers in the '60s.

I'd also add Ginger Baker of Cream and Neil Peart of Rush to the list, both fantastic drummers.

Edited February 1, 2009 by KetchupNotMayo

[SunnyDRE]

Larry Mullen - U2

Matt Tong - Bloc Party

Jason Reece - Trail of Dead

William Goldsmith - Sunny Day Real Estate

[bt88]

The poll needs the following additions:

Danny Carey- Tool

Neal Pert- Rush

Brann Dailor- Mastodon

The first two I think speak for themselves but for those unfamiliar with Mastodon watch this video and tell me he isnt one of the best in the game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6uGV-f_7Hg

The key moment is the break down at 1:34. nasty

[dirtylenny]

Moon for sheer originality...for basically reintepreting entire pieces of music through the drums. For the sheer spectacle of his performances..absolutely no one to beat him. There might be technically better drummers than moon in the same way there are technically better guitar players than Hendrix but when push comes to shove, everybody knows who really cuts the mustard :)

No one ever mentions Cozy Powell

Edited February 1, 2009 by dirtylenny

[Spoon87]

Moon for sheer originality...for basically reintepreting entire pieces of music through the drums. For the sheer spectacle of his performances..absolutely no one to beat him. There might be technically better drummers than moon in the same way there are technically better guitar players than Hendrix but when push comes to shove, everybody knows who really cuts the mustard :)

No one ever mentions Cozy Powell

That's all?

[inthisriver]

Josh Freese...?

[stacks on deck]

weak list composed mostly of classic rock drummers; there's much better drumming in other genres.

kashikura takashi (toe).

terry bozzio (frank zappa).

chad wackerman (frank zappa).

john french (captain beefheart).

zack hill (hella).

jon theodore (the mars volta).

damon che (don caballero).

[RJ88]

Matt Sorum does not belong on the list...lol

i'm going with none of the above

Josh Freese FTW!

[Turn_It_Up]

Not sayin' he better than a Bonham or Moon, but Chad Smith rocks my socks the most of today's drummers. Can funk out and wail with equal skill...

Edited February 1, 2009 by Turn_It_Up

[Demon Wolf]

Roger Taylor is my personal favourite, he's got an awesome, huge drumming style with bombastic fills.

http://se.youtube.com/watch?v=b7V8aQuZ1Qk&...=1&index=12

And to be able to sing so good while playing...

[kevdo242]

John Bonham

Ben Johnston (easily better than Watts and Sorum)

Guy from Mars Volta

Radiohead guy

[Snake Eyes]

Out of that list, Keith Moon.

Also like Tommy Lee (Motley Crue), John Fred Young (Black Stone Cherry), Roger Taylor (Queen), Neil Peart (Rush), Mitch Mitchell (Hendrix Experience) and Bonham. Plus others I've forgotten.

[Wild_Child]

Mitch Mitchell

Thomas Pridgeon

Billy Cobham

Jon Theodore

[gnrfan20]

Josh Freese

Bryan Mantia

[stacks on deck]

pridgen is a monster. looking forward to him tearing up their next album.

[SunnyDRE]

Out of that list, Keith Moon.

Also like Tommy Lee (Motley Crue), John Fred Young (Black Stone Cherry), Roger Taylor (Queen), Neil Peart (Rush), Mitch Mitchell (Hendrix Experience) and Bonham. Plus others I've forgotten.

Good pick on Tommy Lee.

He probaly is more known today for his "celebrity", than his music, but people shouldn't forget how talented he is.

Maybe Top Ten of Alltime.

[Graeme]

Iain Bayne, none of you will have heard of them but he's my favourite drummer, a total powerhouse and really technical too. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=axC0JvUhww8

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qbb1yWsRu8

The latter especially.

Daniel Svensson's spectacular as well. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fYM2ngWz0JE&...feature=related

Edited February 1, 2009 by Graeme

[bt88]

Im posting twice about Brann Dailor from Mastodon, hes just that good. Some of the best fills youll ever hear Check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVTat27lkmM...feature=related