Hilarious! Bun rules!
I’ll add:
Igor Cavelara - Sepultura
Vince Paul - Pantera
Both are totally brutal and fast.
Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater and Christian Vander of Magma should be included in any list of great drummers.
Simon Phillips, studio drummer mostly, worked on some of Pete Townshend’s solo stuff. And Jeff Beck’s, too, I think.
Hal Blaine, who’s already been mentioned I know, but come on, that guy has drummed with everybody. He deserves some more props.
Oskar Matzerath.
Ringo???
He didn’t even play the drums on most of the studio sessions.
Now let me agree with Buddy Rich and add the only two drummers that Rich said were as good (or better, but he would never admit that) than he.
Gene Krupa - check out “Drum Boogie” sometime and hear a drum kit that doesn’t need a band. It is something else. He made music with the drums. Not many can do that. Usually it’s just noise at a specific cadence. Not with Krupa.
Chick Webb - in my mind simply the best. Listen when the real greats of the 30s and 40s get together and talk about “the best”. It’s always Webb. Most of the recordings he made were with not so good labels (he was black), and he was also suffering from cancer, but even then, it is beyond something else.
TV
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i hate drummers, generally, ever since i found out that any, ANY drum solo is just a vague variation of the in-a-gadda-da-vida drum solo.
“That’s a bit broad, don’t you think? Your reasoning would put Iron Butterfly at the top of the pyramid and ignore the history of percussion that has come before and after it. Sorry, but that’s ignorant. At least be indifferent for a better reason.”
sorry, you misunderstood me. i am not indifferent. i am malevolent, at least toward drummers.
and, as a matter of fact, i don’t put iron butterfly at the top of the pyramid and ignore etc… there is no pyramid. drum solos are all in a straight horizontal line. and they are all at the bottom of that line. i have spoken!!
According to this site:
I originally saw this in the July 1997 issue of Modern Drummer as well. I’d be interested to learn if this quote was wrong by any stretch.
That’s just like saying “All guitar solos are vaguely reminiscent of Eruption”.
Please.
If you would like to learn differently, do some research with our friend Google concerning any of the drummers listed above (with the exception of Ringo Starr; his “The End” solo must be lifted from “Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida”) along with solos. Perhaps you’ll run into some sound files that, understood within the context of the song, are much more than syncopated four-stroke ruffs and 8th-note bass drum ostinatos.
Failing that, tune in to KRXO; they often play songs with good solos.
Mitch Mitchell of the Jimi Hendrix Experience. He also gets the “least original name” award.
How old is Chad Smith ? I’m only asking because he was brought up and because he looks SO MUCH older than the rest of the band!!! He looks like the guy from SNL (Will Ferrel (sic)).
Mike Portnoy!!! and the guy from Dave Matthews Band… (I can´t remember his name)
According to the Allmusic Guide, Chad Smith, Anthony Kiedis, and Flea were all born in 1962, and thus have all just turned 40(!) John Frusciante was born in 1971, and so is still only 31. Writing all these words in bold print makes me feel just like Jackie Harvey!
Sometimes my hemorrhoids get so bad, I can’t sit down for weeks without a good supply of Preparation H. Thanks, Wyeth Healthcare!
And again:
Why? What am I missing here? Chad Smith fans, please respond.
I can’t believe it took so long to get to Mitch Mitchell.
I’d also nominate Gary Husband, the guy who played drums on Allan Holdsworth’s “IOU”. His replacement, Chad Wackerman, was no slouch, either.
I like Alex Van Halen, too, for what it’s worth. And Ringo. He just had a knack for finding the perfect part. I love the way he played just a hair behind the beat. Very distinctive sound. Made things sound just a bit slower than they really were. Best example is “I Am the Walrus,” I think.
And, of course, Steve Gadd. I’m also thinking of the drummer from Toto, who’s name escapes me now. Big session stud.
i doubt if anyone’s heard of them, but the best drummer i’ve ever heard (in rock music) was the fella who drummed for The Wicked Farleys, and sometimes The Swirlies, and maybe now The Yes Girls (haven’t heard them yet), three low-lying boston area great-and-incredibly-original-rock bands who’ve had several overlapping members. i’ve never heard anyone even close to him in rock music.
doubt if anyone’s heard him though. >8[
Definitely Animal, as in the muppet.
WOMAN! WOMAN!!
My faves are:
- Buddy Rich - he was a guest on the Muppet Show and had a drum battle with Animal, for God’s sake!
- Neil Peart - Genius and technical wizard
- Phil Collins - I just like the sound he makes on the skins. Very distinctive.
- Tony Thompson - Underrated session drummer. Another one with a very distinct sound.
- Ed Shaughnessy - For me, the sound of Doc Severinson’s Tonight Show Band.
- Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz - “Weird Al” Yankovic’s drummer. Extremely versatile and a virtual unknown, as is his whole band.
- Ginger Baker - Great sound. Excellent compliment to Clapton and Bruce.
- Mick Fleetwood - Tries stuff in pop songs that most drummers wouldn’t dare. The glue that kept Fleetwood Mac together for many years.
Jeff Porcaro.
http://www.povlab.org/jeff.porcaro/
**Marc Anderson[b/]. Anybody that can keep pace with Steve Tibbetts gets a vigorous nod in my book. His solo work has been thus far fascinating.
One of my favorite drummers is Yoshiki, of now-defunct Japanese metal legends X/X-Japan. He did a couple of gigs with KISS, and I think he’s actually in one of their music videos… he also drummed for Violet UK, for whom Roger Taylor did vocals.
Here’s a shout out for the great Moe Tucker.