# Your favorite drummers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 28, 2008, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-drummers/478933 "2008-12-28T05:43:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-drummers/478933/21 "2008-12-28T18:58:12Z")
How many drummers does it take to change a light bulb? None! They have a machine that can do that now! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-drummers/478933/22 "2008-12-28T19:26:21Z")
Joe Morello, no contest. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-drummers/478933/23 "2008-12-28T20:24:42Z")
A-ni-mal! A-ni-mal! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-drummers/478933/24 "2008-12-28T20:38:13Z")
Definitely Keith Moon for rock drummer. No one really comes close. Buddy Rich for jazz. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-drummers/478933/25 "2008-12-28T20:57:09Z")
Neil Peart. I saw him live last spring. The man is a machine. ---
**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-drummers/478933/26 "2008-12-28T22:37:39Z")
Mitch Mitchell ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-drummers/478933/27 "2008-12-28T22:41:13Z")
Jack DeJohnette Tony Williams Art Blakey Elvin Jones Max Roach John Marshall Jon Christensen B.J. Wilson Mitch Mitchell Ginger Baker Barriemore Barlow Christian Vander Keith Moon John French ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-drummers/478933/28 "2008-12-28T22:42:33Z")
Antonio Sanchez. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xZYDp6iGtGQ/hqdefault.jpg "Antonio Sanchez") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZYDp6iGtGQ) ---
**Author:** ![kitemaker\_chuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a88e4f/32.png) [@kitemaker\_chuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitemaker_chuck)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-drummers/478933/29 "2008-12-28T22:43:56Z")
One of my favourite drummers is **George Jinda** , who was with Chieli Munucci in Special EFX. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-drummers/478933/30 "2008-12-28T22:47:42Z")
I revised the title, and since I can add some more, I’ll throw in the following: Butch Trucks + Jaimoe Yonrico Scott Matt Cameron Phil Selway Mitch Mitchell ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-drummers/478933/31 "2008-12-28T23:20:45Z")
Some not mentioned enough who deserve to be, IMO. I can enjoy their songs even when “tuning” my brain in to listen only to the drums portion (what I feel is the mark of a great drum performance). Nick Mason (Pink Floyd) Gina Schock (The Go Gos) Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) Barriemore Barlow (Jethro Tull) ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-drummers/478933/32 "2008-12-28T23:30:35Z")
What? No Mickey Hart? Krupa Forever. ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-drummers/478933/33 "2008-12-28T23:38:24Z")
Cozy Cole Question: What do you call someone who hangs around musicians? Answer: A drummer. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-drummers/478933/34 "2008-12-29T00:00:32Z")
Ah, yes, I forgot Mitch Mitchell. I should also add that I’m particularly fond of Janet Weiss’s (Sleater-Kinney and Quasi) drum stylings. ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-drummers/478933/35 "2008-12-29T01:27:15Z")
trilok gurtu ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-drummers/478933/36 "2008-12-29T03:18:16Z")
My favorite is **Jimmy Chamberlain**. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-drummers/478933/37 "2008-12-29T03:43:14Z")
Terry Bozzio Phil Collins (not recently, mind you) Neil Peart Ian Paice (underrated) Bill Ward (also underrated) Continuing with the drummer jokes: Q: How do you get a drummer off your porch? A: You pay for the pizza. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-drummers/478933/38 "2008-12-29T03:50:43Z")
I’m sure there are technically better, but I’m going to totally date myself _and_ prove what a nerd I am and say [Karen Carpenter](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdHyzGXAJPg) is my favorite [drummer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Carpenter#As_a_drummer). ---
**Author:** ![ambushed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@ambushed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ambushed)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-drummers/478933/39 "2008-12-29T03:56:56Z")
I may be hard to believe, perhaps, but when he drummed as part of [_Brand X_](http://jazz-rock-fusion-guitar.blogspot.com/2008/09/brand-x-unorthodox-behaviour-1976-320.html) (one of the top five fusion bands ever), I thought Phil Collins was _ **the** _ finest drummer in the world. Having been a pretty good drummer myself, I was stunned by his prodigious skills in that domain. After hearing him, I was aghast at how much work I’d need to do to come anywhere close to his abilities. Brand X’s rhythms were often enormously complex, and they could never have managed to pull them off without Collins’ astonishing gifts. His virtuoso performances – especially on [_Unorthodox Behaviour_](http://www.amazon.com/Unorthodox-Behaviour-Brand-X/dp/B000000HRP) – place him at or near the top of my personal pantheon. ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-drummers/478933/40 "2008-12-29T03:58:12Z")
I was really impressed with Brian Blade (jazz drummer). When Bill Frisell (amazing jazz guitarist) got into his Americana period, I was part of the audience at his Tractor Tavern gig for the “Good Dog, Happy Man” album. The audience was essentially the usual suspects in the Seattle indie rock scene, so hardly anybody knew who the drummer was…by the end of the night, he got more applause than Frisell did. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-drummers/478933.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-drummers/478933.md?page=3)