My favorite drummer alive today is Danny Carey
from tool, best alive who knows maybe Tomas Lang I’m not a Pert fan
+1 Mike Portnoy
+1 Tony Royster Junior
Buddy Rich was a beast for his time.
[quote]PimpBot5000 wrote:
sen say wrote:
You just made the list pal !
LOL, Ok whenever I leave my house I’ll be on the lookout for a big, pissed off Welsh guy wearing a 2112 T-Shirt from 1976 
Alright…all joking aside…good post, but I disagree about Petrucci being ‘better’ than Lifeson. Just because someone plays MORE notes than someone doesn’t mean they are a better guitar player.
Yeah, see its hard ranking musicians. People are really adamant about their picks but its really hard to quantify musical excellence when you’re talking about top tier musicians like Alex Lifeson and John Petrucci. I personally enjoy Alex’s playing a lot more than John’s, but John has made me say “holy shit!” with his skill more than Alex…if that makes any sense. Alex plays better within the confines of the band in that he creates synergy with them, but John (like Mike Portnoy) seems to be a soloist in a group of soloists.
Anyway, you’re preaching to the choir here about how awesome Rush is…I believe I’m probably the biggest Rush fan on this board (yep, thems fighting words!).
BTW, The Necromancer from Caress of Steel is an awesome song that Alex shreds in. CoS is a really underrated album that has some amazing tunes, save the unfortunate “I think I’m going bald”. The album gets a bad rap because it sold next to nothing and almost caused the band to break up and “pursue other career endeavors”.
You must know about Alex’s solo project, Victor. It was mostly a collaboration with other musicians, but I wish he set aside a few tracks just to jam on. [/quote]
Alright ! C’mere and hug it up biotch !
Caress of Steel is actually on of my favorite albums. I think I’m going bald is cool man ! The older I get, the cooler it gets !
Two drummers that even Neil Peart admires:
Stewart Copeland
Matt Cameron
Although not flashy, 2 drummers come to mind who have great sound, and some of the best solid “in the pocket” chops:
Pat Wilson (of Weezer)
Dennis Diken (of The Smithereens)
Mike Portnoy shits on most drummers. And if you want to see his kit. Google it. He has drums behind him. People watch his videos when they learn to play.
Rush’s Neal Peart IMO is the best ever.
Carter Beauford from Dave Matthews Band is my all time favorite.
Im into metal so I will go with
John Longstreth
Flo Mounier
George Kollias
travis from blink 82 was pretty sick
[quote]corey_31 wrote:
travis from blink 82 was pretty sick[/quote]
you mean IS! pretty sick. They are back together fool.
I like Robert Wyatt too
Vinnie Colaiuta.
Has worked with so many great artists:
Zappa,joni mitchell,chick corea,sting,ricki lee jones,jeff beck,mega death,herbie hancock,stanley clarke,chaka khan,steeley dan…just to name a few.
Massive chops, killer feel, plays grooves beutifully in the pocket, and knows how to serve the song and not his ego.
[quote]Cheeky_Kea wrote:
Vinnie Colaiuta.
Has worked with so many great artists:
Zappa,joni mitchell,chick corea,sting,ricki lee jones,jeff beck,mega death,herbie hancock,stanley clarke,chaka khan,steeley dan…just to name a few.
Massive chops, killer feel, plays grooves beutifully in the pocket, and knows how to serve the song and not his ego. [/quote]
He’s crazy good…Playing with Jeff Beck right now isn’t he ?
My list would start with Stewart Copeland who has so much style that even non-musicians can recognize his playing…
After Stew I would just make a list of all of Frank’s drummers my favorite prolly being Terry and then Vinny an Aynsley and RIP to Jimmy Carl Black…I’m surprised Chad Wackerman hasn’t been mentioned so there you go.
oh yeah and then there’s Tony Williams who is the motherfuckin be all and end all of all drumming shit.
Raymond Herrera
[quote]swivel wrote:
Cheeky_Kea wrote:
Vinnie Colaiuta.
Has worked with so many great artists:
Zappa,joni mitchell,chick corea,sting,ricki lee jones,jeff beck,mega death,herbie hancock,stanley clarke,chaka khan,steeley dan…just to name a few.
Massive chops, killer feel, plays grooves beutifully in the pocket, and knows how to serve the song and not his ego.
He’s crazy good…Playing with Jeff Beck right now isn’t he ?
My list would start with Stewart Copeland who has so much style that even non-musicians can recognize his playing…
After Stew I would just make a list of all of Frank’s drummers my favorite prolly being Terry and then Vinny an Aynsley and RIP to Jimmy Carl Black…I’m surprised Chad Wackerman hasn’t been mentioned so there you go.
oh yeah and then there’s Tony Williams who is the motherfuckin be all and end all of all drumming shit.[/quote]
Jimmy Carl Black Died?How long ago? I know he was sick recently.
JCB was a very bad drummer. Frank wouldn’t have took that drunk miserable guy in his band if he was creating the mothers, not joining them.
famous JCB quote: ‘‘Hey man, I only wanna know 2 things: Is there any beer in here and when do I get paid’’
lol
Chester Thompson was good too. He was from a nice era.
[quote]Cheeky_Kea wrote:
Vinnie Colaiuta.
Has worked with so many great artists:
Zappa,joni mitchell,chick corea,sting,ricki lee jones,jeff beck,mega death,herbie hancock,stanley clarke,chaka khan,steeley dan…just to name a few.
Massive chops, killer feel, plays grooves beutifully in the pocket, and knows how to serve the song and not his ego. [/quote]
chaka khan
lol
[quote]sen say wrote:
More interesting list…but Neil comes in at numero 22
http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/stylus-magazines-50-greatest-rock-drummers.htm [/quote]
this list is bullshit
Animal, Muppets
FTW
Manu Katche (Gabiriel,Sting) is another dude who’s feel and groove I dig…same with Omar Hakim.
Jo Jo mayer is pretty styley in the modern age.
As for metal can’t really go past Dave Lombardo and Danny Carey.
Have to agree that Copeland deserves to be way up the list if purely for just being so original and influential.