(1)Keith Moon - The Who - My personal favorite and the reason that I started playing drums.A pecular,preposterous and brilliant drummer.A clever and hilarious man that thoroughly loved being in the Who.One that hid his inner torment and put on a big smile so that the show could go on. - (Won't Get Fooled Again,I Can't Explain,Bargain,Cobwebs And Strange,Happy Jack And Love Rain O'er Me are good examples of his style.
(2)John Bonham - Led Zeppelin - He played with incredible power and had a massive drum sound. - (When The Levee Breaks,Achilles Last Stand,Moby Dick,Your Time Is Gonna Come,Ten Years Gone and Fool In The Rain are representative of his greatness.
(3)Terry Bozzio - Has played drums for Frank Zappa,Missing Persons,Jeff Beck,Steve Vai,Stevie Ray Vaughan,Gary Wright,Herbie Hancock,Don Dokken,Duran Duran,Billy Sheehan and others.He also filled in for David Silveria on tour and for a Korn album when he was 56 years old.His resume speaks for itself.He also uses the most voluminous drum set I've ever seen.To gauge his expertise on drums one only need experience his work on songs like - (The Black Page-Frank Zappa,Sling Shot-Jeff Beck,I Will Protect You-Korn or listen to his contributions to Missing Persons of which he wrote lyrics,did backing vocals and of course was the drummer.3 good songs from them are Destination Unknown,Mental Hopscotch and Words.
(4)Neil Peart - Rush - The preeminent drummer from Canada.An elaborate drummer who does unbelievable solo's.The fine tuned engine of Rush who also writes their lyrics. -(XYZ,By-Tor And The Snow Dog,2112 Overature/Temples Of Syrinx,La Villa Strangiato,Tom SawyerRed Sector A and Subdivisions just to name a few.His latest drum set has all of it's hardware plated in gold.
(5)Stewert Copeland - The Police - Maestro of the syncopated beat.Brought a jazz and reggae influence to the Police making them more interesting than they would have been without him.Although being in a 3 piece band he never overplayed and at times just went with a high hat and bass drum.I give him extra credit for putting up with Sting. - (Reggatta De Blanc,Peanuts,One World Not Three,Murder By Numbers and The Other Way Of Stopping.
(6)Nicko McBrain - Iron Maiden,Pat Travers - The madman blasting away on the drums for Iron Maiden.Does more with one bass drum than most can do with two of them. - (Where Eagles Dare,The Duellists,Ghost Of The Navigator,The Trooper and Flight Of Icarus.
(7)Roger Taylor - Queen - Great drummer who achieves awesome sound from his percussion.
(8)Phill Collins - Genesis,Phil Collins solo,Robrt Plant,Eric Clapton and others.There are many people who think of Phill Collins as a ballad singing washed up old dude.I will always think of him as a superlative drummer with enthralling drum fills.Sadly he can't play drums anymore do to a spine injury.But listen to any of the realy Genesis albums from the 70's and some of his songs from the 80's like I Don'y Care Anymore,In The Air Tonight,Mama,Land Of Confusion and his drumming on Robert Plant's Principle Of Moments album and you will see why Phill Collins is in my mind A drummer.And a very good one.
(9)Tommy Lee - Motley Crue - I know I know,he's not the most technically proficient drummers to be sure.And will probably be remembered as much, or more,for his personal life then for his drumming.But the guy is just a good rock and roll drummer with a great feel.His style is lively and fun.What can I say other than who else has played on his drum set in concert high over the crowd spinning in a cage? He is a major reason that I like Motley Crue so much.The proof is in the pudding. - (Red Hot,Live Wire,Wild Side,Knock Em Dead Kid,Kickstart My Heart and Too Fast For Love.
(10)Bill Ward - Black Sabbath
(11)Mick Fleetwood - Fleetwood Mac
(12)Mitch Mitchell - Jimi Hendrix
(13)Danny Carey - Tool
(14)Earl Palmer - Little Richard,BB King,Fats Domino,Frank Sinatra,The Monkees,Elvis Costello,Mamas And The Papas and way to many others to list.
(15)Ginger Baker - Cream,Blind Faith
(16)Bill Bruford - Yes,King Crimson
(17)Louis Bellson - Benny Goodman,Duke Ellington,Jimmy Dorsey,Count Basie and Ella Fitzgerald to name a few.(he was the first drummer to use 2 base drums back in 1944)
(18)Alan White - Yes,John Lennon,George Harrison.
(19)Vinnie Appice - Black Sabbath,Dio,Rick Derringer
(20)Jeff Porcaro - Toto,Eric Clapton,Michael Jackson,Bruce Springsteen,Elton John,Steely Dan,David Gilmour,Warren Zevon,Don Henley,Hall and Oats and 10cc. _________________ .
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Albert Tootie Heath
Alphonse Mouzon
Art Blakey
Art Mardigan
Art Taylor
Big Sid Catlett
Bill Cobham
Billy Hart
Billy Higgins
Buddy Rich
Charli Persip
Chick Webb
Chico Hamilton
Connie Kay
Cozy Cole
Dave Black
Dave Tough
Denzil Best
Ed Blackwell
Ed Shaughnessy
Ed Thigpen
Elvin Jones
Gene Krupa
Ginger Baker
Grady Tate
Harold Jones
Jack DeJohnette
Jake Hanna
Jeff Porcaro
Jimmy Cobb
Joe Chambers
Joe Morello
John Bonham
Kenny Clarke
Kenny Washington
Lionel Hampton
Louie Bellson
Louis Hayes
Max Roach
Mel Lewis
Mickey Hart
Mitch Mitchell
Neil Peart
Papa Jo Jones
Paul Barbarin
Pete LaRoca Sims
Peter Erskine
Philly Joe Jones
Rashied Ali
Ray McKinley
Roy Haynes
Shadow Wilson
Shelly Manne
Sonny Greer
Sonny Payne
Steve Gadd
Tony Williams
Warren "Baby" Dodds
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Hugo Burnham- Gang of Four
Topper Headon- The Clash
Steve Shelley- Sonic Youth
David Lovering- Pixies
Dave Grohl- Nirvana, Queens of the Stone Age, etc
Jaki Liebezeit- CAN
Lee Harris- Talk Talk
Keith Moon is my favorite, obvi, but some other drummers I think are phenomenal are
Bill Bruford(Yes, King Crimson)
Gene Hoglan(Death, Strapping Young Lad)
Brann Dailor(Mastodon)
Carl Palmer(Emerson, Lake and Palmer)
John Stanier(Battles, Helmet)
Jaki Liebezeit(Can)
Stephen Morris(Joy Division)
Matt Helders(Arctic Monkeys)
Billy Cobahm(Miles Davis, Mahavishnu Orchestra)
Tiki Fulwood(Funkadelic)
Zach Hill(Hella, Nervous Cop, countless others)
Sean Reinert(Cynic)
Dave Lombardo(Slayer)
Mitch Mitchell(The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
Yoshida Tatsuya(Koenjihyakkei, Ruins)
Atsuo(Boris)
Brian Chippendale(Lightning Bolt)
Thomas Pridgen(The Mars Volta)
Danny Carey(Tool)
Dale Crover(Melvins)
Phil Collins(Genesis)
Jeremiah Green(Modest Mouse)
Brian Devendorf(The National)
Chris Haikus(Sleep, Om)
Brad Wilk(Rage Against the Machine)
Dave Turncrantz(Russian Circles)
Robert Wyatt(The Soft Machine)
Mick Avory(The Kinks) _________________ I love all music. It makes you feel like living. Silence is death.
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Keith Moon is my favorite, obvi, but some other drummers I think are phenomenal are
Bill Bruford(Yes, King Crimson)
Gene Hoglan(Death, Strapping Young Lad)
Brann Dailor(Mastodon)
Carl Palmer(Emerson, Lake and Palmer)
Jaki Liebezeit(Can)
Stephen Morris(Joy Division)
Matt Helders(Arctic Monkeys)
Billy Cobahm(Miles Davis, Mahavishnu Orchestra)
Tiki Fulwood(Funkadelic)
Sean Reinert(Cynic)
Dave Lombardo(Slayer)
Mitch Mitchell(The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
Yoshida Tatsuya(Koenjihyakkei, Ruins)
Atsuo(Boris)
Brian Chippendale(Lightning Bolt)
Thomas Pridgen(The Mars Volta)
Danny Carey(Tool)
Dale Crover(Melvins)
Phil Collins(Genesis)
Jeremiah Green(Modest Mouse)
Brian Devendorf(The National)
Chris Haikus(Sleep, Om)
Brad Wilk(Rage Against the Machine)
Dave Turncrantz(Russian Circles)
Robert Wyatt(The Soft Machine)
Mick Avory(The Kinks)
Many good drummers on this list. It's nice to see Phil Collins on there. I thought that it was interesting when he said. "I'm not a singer who sometimes plays the drums, I'm a drummer who sometimes sings" I have Phil at #8 on my favorite drummers list. _________________ .
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Phil Collins is a boss. I think his best drumming is on "Selling England", even though that's probably the Gabriel era Genesis album I'm least fond of(Firth of Fifth is arguably my favorite Genesis song, though).
Time for lesser-known-but-still-insanely-awesome drummer spam!
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