DMusic.com | for indie musicians and fans | Free MP3 music downloads - Forums: Drums: Name your favorite drummer!!!!!! wooooooooo... of all time

Electric guitars, Classical guitars, Guitar amps and more.

zZounds.com offers recording equipment for starting and experienced musicians. Find the best prices on electric guitars, acoustic guitars, classical guitars and more.

Forums > Music: Drums

Name your favorite drummer!!!!!! wooooooooo... of all time

jsklbrd	Date: April 18, 2004 @ 12:56 AM Mike Portnoy oh yeah that man takes the cake he is a creative musical genius
Izekial	Date: April 18, 2004 @ 3:14 AM Favorite drummer... that's tough. I guess I'd have to go with Dave Grohl, since I used to emulate him so much. He's fast, he's powerful, and he doesn't flash too much.
Distilled1	Date: April 18, 2004 @ 3:16 AM Trees... John Bonham...'nough said
rhthesinner	Date: April 18, 2004 @ 3:23 AM After due consideration I'm going for Gene Krupa. It was Gene who made me sit up and take notice of the drummer's role in a band when I was knee high to a grasshopper. It was in the Gary Cooper / Barbara Stanwyck film Ball Of Fire. His Band were playing Drum Boogie in a nightclub sequence and he literally ended up playing the club. The highlight for me of the piece being Gene playing the tune on a table with a matchbox and a pair of matchsticks! Pure genius!
robbydadrummer	Date: April 19, 2004 @ 12:34 PM Of all time for me, it would have to be Neil Peart. Seeing Rush back in '79 was the whole reason I bought my first kit, and (I have to admit) his influence is still dominant in my playing. I really love listening to Danny Carey (Tool) and Mark Zonder (Fates Warning), though... true genuine styles each of these guys have. It's hard to pick just one...
kredd	Date: April 19, 2004 @ 1:03 PM Lars. there...i said it!
jeddak	Date: April 19, 2004 @ 1:55 PM Gary Husband. A musical god. And just to twist the knife, he's a killer pianist, as well. You'll find him on several of Allan Holdsworth's albums. _IOU_ is a good starting point. Still blows me away.
dkeifer	Date: April 19, 2004 @ 2:55 PM Elvin Jones.
vladb	Date: April 19, 2004 @ 8:39 PM Jimmy Chamberlin for me has every thing you could want in a drummer.
TripletKing	Date: May 1, 2004 @ 7:52 PM He's not the best drummer ever, but since he plays the right groove for every song, and I've never heard him make a mistake, Tre Cool of Green Day. I really like him. I also like Travis Barker and Scott Raynor (Blink - 182) and John Blackwell (Matrix).
sepidman	Date: May 1, 2004 @ 8:00 PM I agree with robbiedadrummer. Neil Peart. Hmmmmmm, perhaps robbie we were at the same concert? I went to see Rush several times on their Farewell To Kings tour. I even remember some of the shows I saw!! I do remember the show at Maple Leaf gardens and at the Jock Harty Arena in Kingston. In Toronto they closed for April Wine. And I was introduced to Max Webster who opened for Rush in K-Town. Of course the leader of Max Webster is non other than Kim Mitchell...... Oh oh.....a flood of old rock and roll memories. Better quit babbling !
Svensta	Date: May 1, 2004 @ 11:46 PM Yaaaaaaaaay, Neil P is the leading vote getter. I always catch Rush on tour just to catch his drum solos. Unreal.
UnbreakableTed	Date: May 2, 2004 @ 1:08 PM Bill Bruford.
MonnieB	Date: May 2, 2004 @ 11:18 PM William Kennedy (former drummer for Yellowjackets) has to be the best... I don't know what it is, but he just added major texture and attitude to Yellowjackets music...
rageagainstm...	Date: May 6, 2004 @ 11:42 AM Dom Howard, MUSE
blubat	Date: May 6, 2004 @ 2:30 PM whoever did the durming for hendrix at his live shows that guy was amazing...but for my punk side i think i have to go with smelly from nofx...anyone who passes out after playing a fast pace punk song thats 18 minutes long has to be friggin hardcore not to mention that hes solid overall. Also Dom from eighty eighty fingers louie he rules
robin101	Date: May 10, 2004 @ 7:21 PM John Bonham: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll
Intergalacti...	Date: May 11, 2004 @ 11:18 AM Gotta go with blubat and choose Mitch Mitchell even thuogh Billy Cobham did most of his live stuff however theres some other kick ass drummers like Keith Moon, Carl Palmer, Bonham, Tre Cool, Taylor Hawkins, the bloke from Dream theater forgot his name for the moment errrmm thers loads more oldies that I can't think of.
Intergalacti...	Date: May 11, 2004 @ 11:20 AM Oh yeah and to agree with ted bill bruford bloody owns i went to see him recently and boy did he blow up that stage
luapwr	Date: May 13, 2004 @ 10:37 PM Aynsley Dunbar http://www.aynsleydunbar.com/ & Prairie Prince http://www.prairieprince.com/
TheBite	Date: May 17, 2004 @ 9:36 PM Terry Bozzio. Has to be in the top ten in the world of drummers. The stuff he did for Missing Persons was unbelievable, and when I met him at a drum convention and got his autograph years ago, the respect only got higher.
robbydadrummer	Date: May 19, 2004 @ 1:07 AM ahhh, nice choice TheBite. i also admire Terry... and yeah, the Missing Persons stuff is great, but so is the stuff he's done with Frank Zappa, UK, Jeff Beck, Bozzio Levin Stevens, King Crimson, etc, etc, etc...
Rodrica	Date: May 19, 2004 @ 6:36 AM If it has to be just one... Iain Paice (Deep Purple)
flamingpyro	Date: May 19, 2004 @ 9:57 AM Art Blakey! gotta love that jazz!
bastardo23	Date: May 19, 2004 @ 11:13 AM Danny Richmond!!!!
ps-I-forgot	Date: May 21, 2004 @ 12:03 PM Neil Peart John Lever and the drummer for the English band "RIDE"
joshranwest	Date: June 12, 2004 @ 2:51 AM Stewart Copeland of The Police.
DaveHall	Date: June 12, 2004 @ 7:30 PM Dave Weckl This is the only drummer I've seen live that does things I can't visualize playing. He's a mind bender that plays around the timing etc. I saw him first with the Chick Corea Electric Band, first album, at the Queen Mary Jazz festival.
furiousBall	Date: June 14, 2004 @ 12:32 PM Gene Krupa Woody Williams (brilliant Atlanta based jazz drummer) Neil Peart John Bonham Keith Moon Mike Portnoy Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart
sween	Date: June 16, 2004 @ 4:02 PM Vinni Paul from Pantera/DamagePlan ROCK ON!
woodhead	Date: June 19, 2004 @ 4:23 PM vinni paul is def a bad ass, so is Neil P but another of my favs is the guy from Tool and the guy from Primus, Sorry I dont know thier names I am a guitar player you know.
MCCUBED	Date: June 20, 2004 @ 2:04 AM MY DAD
Veracohr	Date: June 20, 2004 @ 6:39 AM Marcus Adams I doubt you've heard of him, he's not in a band. He's a friend of mine. Best drummer ever.
aricana	Date: July 13, 2004 @ 9:29 AM Definatley Keith Moon.
SirSnipe	Date: September 2, 2004 @ 7:09 PM Dave Grohl!
hueseph	Date: September 10, 2004 @ 8:44 PM I'm another fan of Dave Weckle. He is awesome with Chick Corea's Acoustic Band as well.
hueseph	Date: September 10, 2004 @ 8:46 PM Add, Ginger Bake and Gene Hoglun to that list.
quidprochad	Date: September 11, 2004 @ 2:06 PM Richard Christy(Death) Mike Portnoy Danny Carey Virgil Donati Dennis Chambers Simon Phillips
MikeSmith	Date: September 11, 2004 @ 11:38 PM Scott Kessel of the group Rani Arbo and Daisy Mayhem. Plays a kit that consists of an old suitcase with duct tape on it, a cardboard pot box (a new kit costs $42, the cost of the pot), and other assorted whatnot. He does in fact play a full kit, but it's a ton more fun to watch him play the other one
MickeyBreezy	Date: September 12, 2004 @ 1:48 PM tommy lee or dave grohl (nirvana)
povertystricken	Date: September 15, 2004 @ 4:42 PM Neil Peart and John Bonham
povertystricken	Date: September 15, 2004 @ 4:44 PM Don't make me choose one, I can't.
Adam4321	Date: October 19, 2004 @ 3:49 PM Marky Ramone
MMX	Date: November 12, 2004 @ 4:22 AM 110% Dave Grohl
gothian	Date: November 12, 2004 @ 10:06 AM Mike Portnoy
plattishness	Date: November 12, 2004 @ 10:41 AM Vinnie Calliuto (however its spelled) he was a zappa drummer but he's done loads more sessions work. He's got skill of bozzio, but all the feel thats missing. (zappa's favorite drummer he played with)
doomroot	Date: November 13, 2004 @ 12:36 AM Steve Gadd is the freekin' master.
crk-86	Date: December 6, 2004 @ 6:52 AM laurence\validex - new zealand metal band really fast
csaintg	Date: December 6, 2004 @ 7:23 AM After Niel Peart of Rush, I would have to say Pink Floyd's Rick Wright. He hasn't done anything astounding lately, but he set the mood for all of the first Pink Floyd Albums. Noone can touch that kind of legacy. Chris.
csaintg	Date: December 6, 2004 @ 7:26 AM I meant Nick Mason of course, Rick was the Keyboardist. All those years of listening to PF must be rotting my brain. I am listening to inkfloyd: Careful With That Axe Eugene now! Chris.
imemine	Date: December 6, 2004 @ 12:34 PM Mitch Mitchell, Ginger Baker, Mickey Hart, Jon Fishman, Keith Moon, Buddy Rich, John Bonham, Dave Weckl, Charlie Watts (less is more), Bill Bruford, Ansley Dunbar, Chester Thompson, Terry Bozzio---For that matter anyone who ever drummed for Zappa! Not necassarly in this order!
Intergalacti...	Date: December 11, 2004 @ 3:20 PM I like this guy^^
jack	Date: December 13, 2004 @ 10:17 AM Dave Grohl or Danny Carey. \m/
CainIV	Date: December 19, 2004 @ 1:18 AM It's such a tough call. I think it's Mike Mangini. He uses all open stance playing (lead left and right), knows every style, and can killer chops and style. Alot of people don't hear much about guys like Mike I got turned onto his playing at a clinic in Vancouver B.C. http://www.mikemangini.com/MMmm/
billrhynes	Date: December 19, 2004 @ 7:31 PM Kieth Moon. runner up... Dave Lombardo
billrhynes	Date: December 19, 2004 @ 7:31 PM Kieth Moon. runner up... Dave Lombardo
tinusch	Date: December 19, 2004 @ 7:50 PM Drummers never die - they just change their skins! Jeff we`ll never forget U!
NexusDrm	Date: December 19, 2004 @ 8:07 PM Mike Portnoy, without a doubt. His odd time signatues, crazy solos.. He's just an awesome all around drummer and a HUGE inspiration.
YaBoyDrew	Date: December 21, 2004 @ 1:31 PM ?UESTLOVE of The RooTs, bitches
zique	Date: December 28, 2004 @ 11:00 PM Travis Barker.
furiousBall	Date: December 29, 2004 @ 12:31 PM man, I can't believe I forgot Tôrd vån dër Gïzzlefærd from the Karate Chop Motherfuckers, the dude jams out!
crpalmer01	Date: January 28, 2005 @ 1:58 PM All these drummers and nobody mentioned Jonny Rabb?
shadowself	Date: January 28, 2005 @ 7:16 PM I like Nick D'Virgilio. Oh, and Keith Carlock.
kill-the-pirate	Date: February 20, 2005 @ 11:57 AM I'm not sure if anybody said this one yet but one of the top in my books is Stewart Copeland from the police.
davidpartay	Date: March 1, 2005 @ 3:51 AM I can't believe only one person has mentioned Virgil Donati. Virgil is a MACHINE. If you like Mike Portnoy, I'll put it this way: Virgil quite diligently and humbly absolutely kicks Mike's arse. http://www.virgildonati.com for proof.
odelaybee	Date: March 11, 2005 @ 6:48 PM Maureen Tucker and Charlie Watts
hueseph	Date: March 12, 2005 @ 12:12 AM Steve Gadd
BOWILLIE	Date: March 12, 2005 @ 2:45 PM buddy rich...not sure about the best but ringo is most famous by far.
Intergalacti...	Date: March 19, 2005 @ 7:03 PM Carl Palmer is pretty bloody awesome as well. I had a lesson with him a couple of months back. He only really taught me simple stuff that I already knew but he introduced new ways of playing them and now certain things I do on the drums are so much easier than before
Vipercussionist	Date: March 30, 2005 @ 10:15 PM Well, if you're talking best drummer i'm surprised you haven't all agreed that the drummer of all drummers is Buddy Rich, he had it ALL Speed, Power, Flash, Chops, and most of all, he could play musically, truly the best that ever was!! If you've never seen a Buddy Rich drum solo you're truly missing something so hit the Net and Google Buddy Rich and check out some video clips!!NOOOOOWWW, if you're talking ROCK drummers, I'll put my vote in for JHB . . . HEAVY man!!
davidpartay	Date: April 5, 2005 @ 8:58 AM Actually, I reckon Virgil Donati could probably match Buddy Rich... Yes, I have seen PLENTY of both drummers.
Vipercussionist	Date: April 8, 2005 @ 6:47 PM While Virgil is CERTAINLY on top of the heap, it's his flashy chops that get the notice for him, Rich had that and MORE! (I'm also assuming you've seen the double bass drum video that Rich did?? JUST the bass drums, no other drums cymbals or sticks, surly Virgil would also bow to this master, and if it's just about Double Bass Drum chops that get the vote surely Tim Waterson , the world's fastest Double Bass Drummer would top even Virgil!) But Rich had musicality, with no training in reading or arranging music he would play and lead a big band which again I doubt Virgil has neither the inclination or know how to lead such a complex musical endeavor.
Hatsy	Date: April 8, 2005 @ 8:19 PM Bobby Elliot of the Hollies Keith Moon John Bonham Simon Kirke (Free & Bad Company) Ian Paice (Deep Purple) Jeff Pocaro (Toto & loads of others, top session guy, sadly deceased) Harry James (Thunder) Joint effort from the Trees
SimonWaldram	Date: April 8, 2005 @ 8:33 PM Dave Narcizo (Throwing Muses) Grant Hart (Husker Du) Mo Tucker (The Velvet Underground) Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) Helen Wiggin (the Shaggs) Charlie Watts (The Stones) Jimmy Cobb (played on Miles Davis' 'Kind of Blue' album) Most of the time I don't pay special attention to the drummer when I go to a gig, but I was transfixed by Dave Narcizo's playing when I saw the Muses. And I didn't put Helen Wiggin on as a joke; her playing on The Shaggs 'Philosophy of the World' is total musical freedom, and is far more innovative than people give her credit for.
Vipercussionist	Date: April 9, 2005 @ 12:37 PM Ya know, ya just gotta love Bonham. Have you all heard the MP3's from the In Through The Out Door era that were on the net?? Pretty cool!!
hueseph	Date: April 9, 2005 @ 6:11 PM Love the drum duel between Rich and Animal. Funny thing is he's basically playing against himself. I think, as with guitarists, after you reach a certain level of proficiency, it's all a matter of taste. When you start nitpicking over which incredible musician is ever so slightly better than the other it just gets rediculous. I think if you were to gather these guys in a room together, they'd probably have points to praise each other about.
Vipercussionist	Date: April 9, 2005 @ 8:03 PM huesep!! Awesome point!! It's like having a hundred million dollars or 101 million, at that point it's all good!! It DOES become a matter of what YOU like, hell just 'cause I like Bonham's playing doesn't mean everyone is on that same page. That's why there's vanilla and chocolate! Again, it's all good!!
METAL-DRUMMER	Date: April 11, 2005 @ 4:35 PM FRANKIE BANALI (WASP-Cramson Idol albaum in particular) I think he's SOO under-rated. I meet him twice. The first time after a show and he talked to me for a half an hour and the second was also after a show and we talked for a solid hour. In one year, he recorded over 40 different albaums! That's some serious session time!!
markbeverley	Date: May 22, 2005 @ 7:10 PM Vipercussionist, have you any idea where I can see the video of Buddy's double bass drum solo? On the web or a DVD?
slayerrox	Date: May 29, 2005 @ 10:51 AM the drumer from slayer, dave lombardo is by far one of the best i've ever heard and the dummer from Lamb of God is quite good. Mike portnoy is awesome but he's soooo technical, how the hell are you gonna learn any of his stuff when you don't even have half of it ya know. And last but not least KEITH MOON from The Who. He was the best of his era and will forever be one of the founding rock drummers of music history. amazing stuff that's for sure
EvilPicnic	Date: May 29, 2005 @ 11:52 AM Hmmmm, any of FZ's drummers really, of course focussing on Terry Bozzio, but I have to say: The best drummer in the world is... ANIMAAAAAAL..... HARGGhghadsaHRRAGF... [bangs kit like dervish] adgkhftrRFFAhakararag... [assaults Kermit, gets arrested, spends rest of life in a cell with Rizzo. Bugger.]
swoppy	Date: May 31, 2005 @ 7:16 AM han bennink
Vipercussionist	Date: May 31, 2005 @ 9:47 PM Hey markbeverley I don't know where on the net you can hear it, though if I come accross it I'll post the link here but here's a page where he discribes WHY it happened! Vipercussionist http://www.jazzprofessional.com/interviews/Buddy%20Rich_3.htm
champ803	Date: August 29, 2005 @ 9:33 AM Clyde Stubblefield- James Brown's drummer. Father of most of the break beats in hip hop ?uestlove from the Roots The drummer for Phish (don't know his name, but dude is awesome)
JaccoGardner	Date: August 29, 2005 @ 9:49 AM robert wyatt
egac	Date: August 29, 2005 @ 10:21 AM does the drummer have to use a drum or would any sort or form of percussion work because i know a boob haver who smacks her self and boobs and it is true ly awesome to watch and see
GeneHilbert	Date: August 29, 2005 @ 10:36 AM Lenny White Tony Williams Billy Cobham Neil Peart Buddy Miles Rich Krupa Gadd Max Roach Mitch Mitchell Ginger Baker Keith Moon John Bonham
Traf	Date: August 30, 2005 @ 7:01 AM Lenny White
ChaosSurfer	Date: August 30, 2005 @ 7:04 AM Carter Beauford
psypig	Date: August 30, 2005 @ 7:52 AM I agree ^^^ Also the guy who was the drummer for pitchshifter (i can't remember his name) and the guy who played for Cradle of Filth and Dimmu Borgir.
MindSculpture	Date: August 30, 2005 @ 7:57 AM Neil Peart Gavin Harrison John Bonham Ian Mosley Chris Maitland Mervin Pepler
deerok	Date: September 3, 2005 @ 10:09 PM carter beauford
JasonJSmoke	Date: September 4, 2005 @ 12:02 AM Keith Moon, John Bonham, Vinnie Abbot, and Scott Travis
Intergalacti...	Date: September 11, 2005 @ 7:38 AM Dave Grohl is also good
Metalheaddru...	Date: September 18, 2005 @ 11:32 AM SLAYER DRUMMERS KICK Dave Lombardo Paul Bohstaph other Neil peart Keith moon and the guy from def lepperd no arm but hes good
shouhei	Date: September 18, 2005 @ 3:01 PM Buddy Rich Max Roach Vitek Jack DeJohnette
shouhei	Date: September 18, 2005 @ 3:02 PM Oh yeah, and Art Blakey There'll be others I've forgotten but I'm sure they'll forgive me
Azkridth	Date: September 19, 2005 @ 6:00 PM Jeff Porcaro for sure =D
hickryh	Date: September 20, 2005 @ 1:20 AM As weird as this sounds I'd have to say probly the best drummers of all time have been the guys whose names we don't even know and that have long been forgotten, such as Cash's drummer in the original Tennessee Three. The Drummer for the Everly Brothers. That whole early genre, I'd have to say that music featured some of the most ass kickin drummers ever.
FraDonaghy	Date: September 20, 2005 @ 1:05 PM Animal out of the muppets.
Vipercussionist	Date: September 20, 2005 @ 10:01 PM Well I finally found a PICTURE of Buddy Rich on the two bass drums as I mentioned a while ago on this forum, so I figured I'd let you see at least that: http://keepitlive.tripod.com/buddyrich/pics3/pics3.html
lookin4romeo	Date: September 21, 2005 @ 2:16 PM I dont know if any of you have heard of him...there is a local band in my town....and the drummer kicks ass completely he has a double bass kicker...and he plays like no one I ever heard before...check em out??? contact me I will give you the website add..
hickryh	Date: September 22, 2005 @ 5:03 PM Have to agree with you on that one. Animal from the Muppets kicks ass!

~~Previous 100~~

Page: [ 1 2 ]

Next 100