[Closed] Good Drummers

Craig Blundell

End of thread. 😉

Is that Lang in the middle? He's mentally good. Didn't he play with sugarbabes or someone equally terrible for a bit.

Good drummers have been around for a while..

I didn't say they haven't.

Quest love.

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like "good" guitarists, they always seems to make naff music.

I beg to differ.

I'm with bob. I'd listen to Meg White over that lot any day.

I beg to differ.

Likewise I wouldn't expect you to enjoy Chuck Biscuits, DH Peligro or Mario Rubalcaba.

Peart.

I love punk/hardcore music, as well as blues, rock etc.

Oh, and the reason why I came across the drummers above is not because of their drumming it was because of the music.

Another favourite: Jean-Paul Gaster:

I like nothing less than a technically great, ****y drum solo

... oh, except ****y guitar solos

CFH has it 🙂

Tony Royster Junior with Jay-Z. Apologies about link phone not playing

this guy.. his band Lettuce are brilliant

I'm not a fan of drum solos. I'd rather see someone just driving the band well from the back on a basic 4-piece kit than a fancy pants loon on Terry Bozzio's kit doing their own thing while the band waits to catch up

Not saying Moe Tucker was a good drummer but she was a great drummer who changed musical history…

Just had a listen to that lot up top, and reminds me of the Drummers that were around when I first started playing drums, the Dave Weckl's, Neil Pearts, and the Gary husbands.

They are technically very very good, but it ain't what music is.

Coincidentally I was reading a joke thread on another cycling forum (a bit less PC than STW) whilst at the barbers today and there were a load of drummer jokes. One that made me chuckle was:

What's got three legs and a c@nt?

A drum stool.

Hard to beat this guy for technique - Bobby G for JMC

bigblackshed - Member
Craig Blundell

End of thread.

Really??? I mean, he's a decent drummer for sure, but the clips you've posted aren't all that. Fairly basic beats that he's laying down, a few nice fills and frills. But compared to that Buddy Rich clip, he doesn't even deserve to be in the same room.

For consideration Stewart Copeland -

Also John Bonham (obvs) and Ainsley Dunbar who turned down Led Zep and missed out on being Jimi Hendrix's drummer on the toss of a coin (allegedly). Not to forget the late, great Mitch Mitchell. And Art Blakey. Buddy Rich is still the greatest though. Some of that drumming on the video above is mind boggling..

So many! I grew up listening to (worshipping) Peart and Bonham and Collins (early Genesis V 0.1). Then I heard Michael Shrieve (Santana) and started falling in love with music and rhythm beyond the 4/4 + run up and down 6 toms winkery. Although do like motorik stuff, hence:

Jaki Liebezeit (Can) - the TITTZ!

like a beast!

Also - John Weathers (Gentle Giant) - holy SHHEEEEET!

And who's that guy drumming in The Mars Volta!? Mr The Shizz, that's who!

PS I do watch/listen to the 200bpm mathy stuff and it drops my jaw, but in the same kind of way that it also drops watching someone really fast on a Rubiks cube or very fast/accurate ppl on arcade 'dance' games? It's dead impressive, yet also sort of dead/soul-less?

For your consideration - Ginger Baker.

"John Bonham's got good technique, but he couldn't swing a sack of shit."

Nick Mason ranks pretty highly IMHO.

Clem Burke

Jimmy Chamberlin

loads of them

Reggae drummers amaze me, when I smoked that much dope I couldn't count to 4 let alone hold a beat!

Danny Carey from tool is brilliant

From different schools of teh drumz:
Jojo Mayer
Kliph Scurlock
Sarah Jones

Also Dana Carvey (yes it's really him doing Garth's drum solo) and a well-programmed sample/sequencer. 😉

As said.....Neil Peart!

All relative. Great drummers everywhere.

I completely agreed on Peart and Danny Carey, although I wasn't really intending this to be about every single drummer who's ever lived: I was mainly talking about the current crop, but it's all good

No one has mentioned Ringo yet..

centralscrutinizer - Member
No one has mentioned Ringo yet..

He wasn't even the best drummer in The Beatles. Allegedly.

😉

Mark unpronounceable surname from Big Country helped make the band sound different to other rock bands of their time.

Rick Butler after seeing In the City again on some punk program last night.

Well I've said it before:

The Stone Roses' Reni is definitely one of the best drummers I have seen or heard. Great swing and his drumming really serves the music.

mark brzezicki.
The bloke who drums live for m83.
Will Blanchard aka Wildcat Will .
& Reni is definitely quality.

Travis Barker (Blink-182) and Joey from Slipknot can really knock out a beat! The drums are the main reason I listen to either band...

but there is only one Recorbreaker!!!

Solid!
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As with most things it's what they leave out and don't play that makes it interesting or adds to the sound.