# Greatest drummers in current rock? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 8, 2009, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-drummers-in-current-rock/505731 "2009-08-08T08:14:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Leonard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@Leonard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leonard)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-drummers-in-current-rock/505731/21 "2009-08-11T00:34:59Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > Danny Carey has the same problem that many death metal drummers have, which is showing off instead of just complimenting the other musicians. Whereas the wankery of death metal drummers manifest in excessive blast beats and technicality for the sake of technicality, Danny Carey decided that his playing should manifest itself in sacred geometric drum patterns. > > I don’t care how impressive they look on Youtube, when they do that crap I just want to smack upside the head and tell them to just play a damn song. I couldn’t disagree more. Danny Carey is one of the few guys I’ve heard that both shows off and compliments the other musicians at the same time. Seeing him live was kind of irritating because it didn’t look like he was even breaking a sweat playing some of that crazy stuff. It’s got to be pretty tough to play anything at all to those wild time signatures. I think I would get lost. ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-drummers-in-current-rock/505731/22 "2009-08-11T01:22:14Z")
In indie, I’d have to give the no. 1 spot to Zach Hill, without question. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-drummers-in-current-rock/505731/23 "2009-08-11T02:41:36Z")
Glenn Kotche of **Wilco** is amazing. He’s a perfect part of the band, and he’s actually got an amazing solo album. I saw him do a show live once and it was about 45 minutes of nothing but him and his (massive) drum set, and it was fascinating and wonderful. Here’s a clip of him playing [some solo stuff, starts at about 2:25.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tse1WPxhOGA) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-drummers-in-current-rock/505731.md?page=1)