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the top 10 (if not top 5) drummers in rock

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 07 2008 12:49 PM

I just read this remark in the big boring bands thread and found it to be a funny enough turn of phrase to be worth a thread of its own. So, give me your top 10 (if not top 5) drummers in rock

Kong76 Apr 07 2008 12:51 PM

Alive or dead or either?

metirish Apr 07 2008 12:57 PM

1 -Brian Downey (Lizzy) 2 -Jon Bonham (Zep) 3 - Danny Carey (Tool) 4 - Neal Peart ( Rush ) 5 - Cozy Powell

Gwreck Apr 07 2008 12:59 PM

Keith Moon John Bonham Steward Copeland Carter Beauford I'm sure I can think of some more in a minute.

seawolf17 Apr 07 2008 01:01 PM

Um... drummers, off the top of my head: the guy from Dave Matthews Band Rick Allen (Come on! The guy has one fucking arm! Top that!) Tommy Lee Joey Kramer Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater) Alex Van Halen Harry James (Thunder) the girl with the afro from Lenny Kravitz's "Are You Gonna Go My Way" video Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters) Liberty DeVitto (Billy Joel) Sheila E Ringo Starr Roger Taylor or John Deacon (whichever one played drums - I always get them confused) the dead guy from the Who Mick Shrimpton the guy from the Grateful Dead video who wears the Celtics jacket Rikki Rockett Lars Ulrich Derrick Bostrom the guy from the Bravery who used to drum with a guy works in my office Steven Adler Drummers are hard to remember. Top 10? For me, it's Mike Portnoy first, Ringo second, then everyone else.

Kong76 Apr 07 2008 01:05 PM

mi: >>>5 - Cozy Powell<<< I'm glad someone mentioned him, the forgotten dead drummer.

AG/DC Apr 07 2008 01:11 PM

We went down this road. I think division fell over the quality of the Dave Matthews guy.

Frayed Knot Apr 07 2008 01:30 PM

If my memory is correct on this topic (although it has been a while) as soon as 'Number 6' discovers this thread he's going to add a thorough trashing of Neil Peart.

Kong76 Apr 07 2008 01:32 PM

I think that was slugger.

AG/DC Apr 07 2008 01:37 PM

seawolf17 wrote: Roger Taylor or John Deacon (whichever one played drums - I always get them confused) One Roger Taylor (aka (Roger Meadows-Taylor played drums for Queen, and another one played drums for Duran Duran. (Both were sci-fi influenced bands, too.) Deacon played bass, and wrote some of the cooler Queen songs.

smg58 Apr 07 2008 01:46 PM

Rob Hirst of Midnight Oil belongs in any discussion of elite drummers. And such a discussion should start with, or at least quickly come to, Jerry Allison of The Crickets. I still have a soft spot for Keith Moon. Larry Mullen Jr. It's tough for a Rolling Stone to be underrated, but I think Charlie Watts is just that.

AG/DC Apr 07 2008 02:17 PM

If I recall the old thread, I listed... Larry Mullen, Jr. Stewart Copeland DJ Bonebrake Tony Thompson, and... I think the bald guy from Mellancamp's band.

metirish Apr 07 2008 02:22 PM

Phil Collins when he was a drummer.

AG/DC Apr 07 2008 02:27 PM

My other possible fifth guy might have been Andy Rankin of the Pogues. He's darn good.

Number 6 Apr 07 2008 02:40 PM

Frayed Knot wrote: If my memory is correct on this topic (although it has been a while) as soon as 'Number 6' discovers this thread he's going to add a thorough trashing of Neil Peart. Yeah, as KC mentions that wasn't me. I actually grew up with Rush and Neil Peart. These days I agree with many that it's over the top, but the man deserves his props for his musicianship, and for being influential enough to be badly imitated by many. I'm actually a drummer/percussionist, so this is fun. Here are my favorites, in no particular order: Ringo Starr Manu Katche Steve Gadd Chester Thompson Danny Carey Yuval Gabay John Bonham Jon Fishman Stewart Copeland Dave Grohl

SteveJRogers Apr 07 2008 05:36 PM

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Frayed Knot Apr 07 2008 08:34 PM

Number 6 wrote: Yeah, as KC mentions that wasn't me. I actually grew up with Rush and Neil Peart. These days I agree with many that it's over the top, but the man deserves his props for his musicianship, and for being influential enough to be badly imitated by many. I remembered that you were a drummer which is probably why I connected you to the lengthy anti-Peart rant somebody put up here years ago. I even wound up directing my brother to the site for that one because he's a huge Peart/Rush fan. Maybe it was Slugger (who still pops up out of the ether once every blue moon) or some other no longer active member.

AG/DC Apr 07 2008 08:47 PM

Anybody have luck finding the original thread?

RealityChuck Apr 08 2008 06:59 AM

Keith Moon And for the rest: Carl Palmer Ginger Baker John Bonham Ringo Starr (underrated) Charlie Watts Meg White (manages to make a guitar/drum duo work). Michael Giles

Fman99 Apr 08 2008 08:25 AM

Meg White blows dead bears. John Bonham Keith Moon Mitch Mitchell (Jimi Hendrix Experience) Neil Peart Ginger Baker Ya I am old school.

sharpie Apr 08 2008 09:07 AM

Minus Meg White I go with Chuck's list.