NERD ALERT!!! The Best Drummers Ever!!!

[Piddzilla]

Ok, I've seen that we have a bunch of musiclovers here of which some also play themselves. I even spotted a few drummers which gave me the idea to this very geeky thread. LET'S DISCUSS OUR FAVOURITE DRUMMERS!!!

The three favourites of mine that come to mind are these:


Levon Helm - The Band.
Dave Grohl - Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age.
John Bonham - Led Zeppelin.


Helm is just so groovy and skillful. And then of course he sings great as well.

Grohl has always been an influence on me. He's powerful like few yet very technical. Combines punk rock and heavy metal and just beats the **** out of the drums. Coooooool....

John Bonham is the greatest drummer ever. I saw The Song Remains the Same the other day and I couldn't believe my eyes nor my ears. He's like the god of drums and so mighty! His drums always sounds so big and the way he played... oh man. The drum-beats he came up with is so cool and all the things he did sounds so easy when he did it. The word that comes to mind is "perfection" (in a good way). I don't understand why hip hop artists haven't sampled Bonham more - you'll have to look forever for bigger beats.

[Caitlyn]

Excellent choices Piddz… :yup:

One of my favorite drum solos was by Ron Bushy-Iron Butterfly… In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida :D

And while not the best drummer around, one of the ones I have a lot of admiration for is Rick Allen from Def Leppard… only one armed drummer I’ve ever seen…

[Piddzilla]

First of all.. Thank you for replying to my very specialized thread, Caitlyn! :laugh: :love: DRUMLOVERS UNITE!!!!

Secondly. Ron Bushy-Iron Butterfly… In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida?? May I have a look at your cd-collection, please?? Is In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida the name of a band?? I would really love to hear that drum solo.

I'm kind of allergic to long solos whether it's guitarsolos, drumsolos or harpsolos. The 25-minute version of Dazed and Confused in The Song Remains the Same made me want to shoot Jimmy Page in the head. But there is one drumsolo that I will forever love because it made me want to play the drums and that's the drum solo in 100.000 Years from Kiss' Alive. Now, I realize that the guy (Peter Criss) is actually a pretty crappy drummer (which he confirmed when I saw the reunion tour in 1997) but it's oh so special to me. And if he's a crappy drummer who made a lot of cash then why can't i?? :D

The guy in Def Leppard. Well, I agree, it's pretty impressive in a way, but if I didn't know that he had only one arm I probably would think he sucked. He sounds like a drummachine. But at the same time I think it's admireable of the band to have faith in him and let him stay in the band after he lost his arm. And they continued to be successful after that tragedy too. So, thumbs up!

I think my next project is The Best Guitar Solos Ever! :D :love: :D :love: :D You're with my all the way, Caitlyn, right?!?!?!

[Caitlyn]

You‘re nuts (in a nice way)… :laugh:

Ron Bushy is the drummer for Iron Butterfly and the name of the song is In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida… Can’t believe you’ve never heard it… you definitely need to…


In July of 1968, Iron Butterfly released the monumental LP, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, featuring the 17:05 minute side-long track that shook the entire music industry with its phenomenal reception. 'Vida outsold every record in the history of recorded music within the first year of its release (over eight million copies sold) and therefore outgrew and outsold the standard of the music industry's "Gold Album" award. For this achievement, Iron Butterfly was subsequently awarded: The Industry's Very First "Platinum Album"! This historic award was created and presented by then-president of ATCO Records Ahmet Ertegun, who went on to become the current CEO of the WEA Group. Most recently, "Vida" received the Multi-Platinum award.

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, stayed on the charts for 140 weeks, with 81 weeks in the Top Ten. To date the album has sold in excess of 30 million copies and remains an undisputed classic in the archives of rock with DJ's and audiophiles worldwide.


BTW… my CD collection is vast and varied… I have a little of everything from big band to metal (my favorite)… only sounds you won’t find in there are country or opera… ;)

[Sir Toose]

Neill Peart: Rush, hands down the best I've ever heard.

Lars Ulrich: Metallica

Mickey Hart: Greatful Dead, Planet drum...

Phil Collins

...and Bill Ward (Black Sabbath) just because I like the big heavy assed booms.


Off the top of my head.

[Sir Toose]

Originally posted by Caitlyn
BTW… my CD collection is vast and varied… I have a little of everything from big band to metal (my favorite)… only sounds you won’t find in there are country or opera… ;)


You're missing out.

Ck the old country... like in the big band era. There's some really great stuff in there.

Opera, I have to agree...though I do like some of Andrew Lloyd Weber's stuff.

[Austruck]

Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz
Max Weinberg

:)

Linda (showing her ignorance of drummers)

[Piddzilla]

I wrote a long post here but I accidently erased it.. I'll rewrite it tomorrow.

[LordSlaytan]

Originally posted by Sir Toose
Neill Peart: Rush, hands down the best I've ever heard...and Bill Ward (Black Sabbath)

Damn, those were my original choices...:(

I would add Clive Burr from Iron Maiden's Killers, Number of the Beast and Piece of Mind albums. He was one of the greatest of the heavy metal drummers. :yup:

[Henry The Kid]

John Bonham has always done it for me. Especially after seeing Moby Dick live on their DVD.

[Caitlyn]

Originally posted by Sir Toose
Neill Peart: Rush, hands down the best I've ever heard.

:yup:

Originally posted by Sir Toose

You're missing out.

Ck the old country... like in the big band era. There's some really great stuff in there.

Opera, I have to agree...though I do like some of Andrew Lloyd Weber's stuff.

I forgot when I posted that I do have the soundtrack to ‘O Brother Where Art Thou which I guess would be considered country… but that’s the only one… :D … And I can handle some of Johnny Cash’s early stuff so I’ll check some of the other out but I’m not promising anything… :nope: ;)

[Nikki]

Dave Grohl

Larry Mullen

Phil Selway

[Monkeypunch]

Originally posted by Sir Toose
Neill Peart: Rush, hands down the best I've ever heard.


oh hells yeah! I also put my two cents in for Keith Moon.

[moviefan20]

And while not the best drummer around, one of the ones I have a lot of admiration for is Rick Allen from Def Leppard… only one armed drummer I’ve ever seen…

This guy is excellent in concert.

I must also say, Tommy Lee from Motley Crue...

[Piddzilla]

Tommy Lee is nuts but he sure can play the drums...

The Shout At the Devil album is a classic. I especially love the track Looks That Kill.

[moviefan20]

I will agree with you there Pid...what about the guy from Rush...I am not good with names...

Mickey Dolenz from the Monkees.......J/K

I saw the Drummer for the Scorpions---what a nut---he went and smashed a beer can on his head and started jumping off of his drums...kinda freaked me out...:yup:

[Beale the Rippe]

Top ten not in order: Peart, White, Bonham, Palmer, Starr, Krupa, Rich, Webb, Watts, Baker.

[Sir Toose]

I'm thinking about removing Lars Ulrich after listening to St Anger. Cripes... I think he was banging on a trashcan!

[Piddzilla]

I have always thought Lars Ulrich is pretty dull. And, yes, the new Metallica-track sucks.

[moviefan20]

I have to agree with you there Pidd and Toose...they claimed it was suppose to be heavier than their Heaviest album yet...but...I remember when i played the first track i thought to myself..."what the fudge is this". And another thing...they made this whole stink about Napster...and now they are allowing people to download unreleased tracks off the internet...after you buy their new album of course:rolleyes:

[Piddzilla]

Yeah, that Napster **** pissed me off too! And that annoying Lars Ulrich was the mastermind behind it. I have always thought he was irritating but after that I think he's a real.... dummy... or something. :rolleyes: And he's danish too. :D

They said that they were going back to their roots or something but I prefer listening to Ride the Lightning, And Justice For All or Metallica any day. They're finished.

[moviefan20]

Did you see that Icon show with Metallica...it was on like two months ago...i thought Korn did an awesome performance of "One"...but yeah...I think Metallica is finished...I mean their own bassist left for Ozzy (and what a coincidence that Ozzy's bassist joined Metallica before that). This should make for an interesting Ozzfest.

[Piddzilla]

Of course I missed that Icon show. I really would have liked to see Korn do One. I heard that Snoop did Sad But True. That I would like to see! :laugh:

I've heard that the bassist trade was done real friendly. But Jason did the right thing. I'd rather play with Ozzy nowadays than with Metallica. I saw an Ozzy-concert on MTV around last christmas and I have to say that the band he had, with the bass player that's with Metallica now, was really really good! They kicked ass!!! By the way, that drummer with the dreads, who used to be in Faith No More and sit in with Sabbath, is also a very cool drummer. I like him a lot.

[moviefan20]

That Snoop rendition was quite interesting..:yup: , different seeing a metal song being rapped...
I guess i heard differently...I heard the Metallica bassist left Metallica and that Ozzy's bassist quit him and went to Metallica....I am glad though it was done friendly...I am going to see Ozzy in August and I am really looking forward to it...I have the Live from Budakan (however you spell it) DVD and that concert looked really good.

[Piddzilla]

Ozzy... I really think that guy is amazing. I mean, after all those drugs and judging from his age and what you see of him on The Osbournes - that man should sound like crap! But he doesn't! I saw Black Sabbath in '98, I think it was, and he sang terrific! That concert was magnificent! It was the Hultsfred festival here in Sweden which is situated real beautifully by a lake. 27.000 people in the audience in the light scandinavian summer night (no, I am not getting paid for saying this), and I swear to you, the ground was shaking. People were bouncing up and down and it was literally moving. Never experienced that before or after that concert. They started with War Pigs and followed up with all the greatest songs, finishing with Paranoid. Yeah, it's a great concert memory....

[zelig]

in no particular order....

carter beauford
john bonham
will calhoun
dennis chambers
charlie watts
mitch mitchell
keith moon
elvin jones
mike portnoy
stewart copeland
neil peart
billy cobham
dave weckl
brad wilk
ginger baker

and so on.....

the list is endless.

[bertramcheeks22]

I know u guys have been sticking to the heavy artists but i believe Carter Beauford of The Dave Matthews Band deserves some serious recognition ive seen him live and he's rather ridiculous. very talented

[projectMayhem]

Best Drummers:

Carter Beauford - DMB
Neil Peart - Rush
The Reverend - Avenged Sevenfold
Chad Sexton - 311
Max Weinberg
Dave Grohl - Queens of the Stone Age
Travis Barker - Blink 182

[Mairosu]

Stewart Copeland, Roger Taylor, Gene Hoglan, the bloke from Pantera (forgot his name).

[Piddzilla]

Stewart Copeland, Roger Taylor, Gene Hoglan, the bloke from Pantera (forgot his name).

That would be Vinnie Paul, Mairosu. Wicked band, btw. The Great Southern Trendkill is a favourite.

[Mary Loquacious]

Ah, Pantera. I heard "Cowboys from Hell" on the radio the other day and could hardly sing along with Phil, I was laughing so much.

:) It took me back.

Anyway, my reason for posting on this thread, since I know d*ck about drummers :p :

Q: How many drummers does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: Twenty. One to do the deed and nineteen others to watch him and say, "I could do that."

[Piddzilla]

Huh? *spinning drumstick between my fingers*

[Mary Loquacious]

*spinning drumstick between my fingers*

I could do that.

[Piddzilla]

Huh? *sticking drumstick in eye*

[Mary Loquacious]

*sticking drumstick in eye*

What, did you cross your heart and hope to die?

:D

[Mairosu]

That would be Vinnie Paul, Mairosu. Wicked band, btw. The Great Southern Trendkill is a favourite.
Yeah, I knew it was Vinnie something. Just in case you thought I though Gene Hoglan is from Pantera, I didn't mean it that way...Hoglan played in Dark Angel and some other death/trash bands...uh, was it Dark Angel, or Death Angel, well whichever they had a great album called Bonded by Blood. I think. Damn, I'm getting old and out of it.

My favourite album is Vulgar Display of Power.

[Piddzilla]

Yeah, that one is cool too. I have a problem deciding what to think about Pantera. Sometimes I get a feeling that they are a bit too... I don't know... dare I say rednecked?? There is no doubt though that they are probably one of the hardest bands out there. They are all excellent musicians and they create monster riffs.

[Mary Loquacious]

Jam it with me:

[DUH duh duh nah nuh]
REE!
[DUH duh duh nah nuh]
SPECT!
[DUH duh duh nah nuh]
WALK!
[DUH duh duh nah nuh]
WHAT DIDYA SAY?!

Yes, typing that out made me feel a bit retarded, but I couldn't stop once I started rockin'.

[Piddzilla]

ARE YOU TALKING TO ME??? PUNK!!!

[Mary Loquacious]

I'm gonna go get a tattoo across my stomach right now.

[Mairosu]

Oh yeah, that one is such a thumping anthem, difficult to ignore.

I like Cemetery Gates and F***ing Hostile better though.

[Piddzilla]

When I lived in Ireland for a while my friend sent me a mixtape he made called Metal Up Your Ass! :D . There were two awsome live versions of I'm Broken and 5 Minutes Alone that kicked the butts of the studio versions! Much more heavier and powerful. I also like Strength Beyond Strength, Drag the Waters and 13 Steps a lot.

[Garrett]

John Bonham - Hands down, the best drummer ever.
Neil Peart
Dave Grohl
Mitch Mitchell
Keith Moon
Chad Sexton
Bill Ward

[Loner]

I'm going to go with Neil Peart also.

But for shear speed, I'll go with Dave Lombardo of Slayer.

Damn, those were my original choices...:(

I would add Clive Burr from Iron Maiden's Killers, Number of the Beast and Piece of Mind albums. He was one of the greatest of the heavy metal drummers. :yup:

I especially like his work on Genghis Khan off of Killers.

That would be Vinnie Paul, Mairosu. Wicked band, btw. The Great Southern Trendkill is a favourite.

I met him, nice guy. :cool:

...uh, was it Dark Angel, or Death Angel, well whichever they had a great album called Bonded by Blood. I think. Damn, I'm getting old and out of it.


:confused: Exodus had an album called Bonded by Blood.

[Garrett]

John Bonham - Hands down, the best drummer ever.
Neil Peart
Dave Grohl
Mitch Mitchell
Keith Moon
Chad Sexton
Bill Ward

Also Eric Carr.

[Knoxville]

Dave Grohl
David Silveria
Tommy Lee
Jerome Dillon

[led_zeppelin]

1.John Bonham-show me a drummer better than him, and I'll sell my guitar.

2.Eric Carr-this guy rivals Bonham. Although not better, might as well be just as good.

3.Eric Singer-another KISS drummer, ALMOST as good as Carr. Indeed one of the better drummer ever.

4.Dave Grohl-absolutely amazing. I almost had him at #3

5.Lars Ulrich-one of the best Rock and Roll drummers ever. I hate his voice though, it creeps me out.

6.my brother Chuck. I'm not kidding this guy rocks. He can kinda sing, but his drumming skills are sweet.

7.Phil Collen-Def Leppard is my third favorite band ever, so as you can see I'm a big supporter of them as musicians.

[susan]

keith moon
phil collins
max weinberg
micky dolenz
gene krupa
buddy rich

[Knoxville]

I'm not a huge Slipknot fan, but Joey Jordison is quite a good drummer.

[AboveTheClouds]

John Bonham
Bill Ward
Horgh
Gene Hoglan
Mike Portnoy
Proscripter


And no, Joey Jordison is not talented at all... All he does is play semi-fast and he has triggers(Triggers make it so no matter how hard or no matter where you hit, the drum sound will ALWAYS be the same)... and he's sloppy.For GOOD fast drumming WITHOUT triggers check of Proscripter of Absu... the man is a drumming god..

[Shaolin]

In no particular order: Bonham, Grohl, and Danny Carey.

[Piddzilla]

I've listened a lot to The Flaming Lips lately which, together with watching Fearless Freaks, has made me realize that Steven Drozd is probably my absolute favourite drummer. I can't believe I haven't mentioned him in this thread before since I have always considered him to be awesome. Anyway... now I've said it.

[Strummer521]

I agree with a lot of the other posts (Keith Moon, John Bonham, Carter Beauford etc...) but I would like to add two other favorites who do not get the notice they deserve:


http://www.radioclash.it/immagini/05headon.jpg
Topper Headon of The Clash
Listen To: London Calling


http://www.tocapercussion.com/pics/artists/harvey_mason.jpg
Harvey Mason
Listen To: Headhunters - Herbie Hancock

These guys were always coming out with inventive unique beats that were the pulse of every song they played on. Listen to one of the albums I have mentioned focusing just on the drumming and you will see what I mean. Then listen to how they so tightly and perfectly interwove their beats along with the rest of the instruments to really make the song complete

[Richard Hell]

Mitch Mitchell
http://twtd.bluemountains.net.au/cream/img/mitch4.jpg
John Bonham
http://www.drummerworld.com/pics/drum/john%20bonham%20df.jpg
Ringo Starr
http://www.virtualtahoe.com/playground/Entertainers/RingoStarr.jpg
Marky Ramone
http://www.staticfiends.com/punk/Marky-Ramone/Marky-Ramone-07.jpg
Dave Grohl
http://hem.passagen.se/lovebl/nirvana/bilder/sexydave.jpg

[Richard Hell]

oo ALmost Forgot
D.H. Peligro
http://www.dhpeligro.com/images/peligrocoverleft.jpg

[Tacitus]

http://www.funkydrummer.com/JPphotos/Al_Jackson.jpg
Al Jackson from Booker T & The MGs

http://www.enkiri.com/joy/members/s_morris3.jpg
Stephen Morris from New Order

http://www.visi.com/fall/bio/burns.jpg
Karl Burns from The Fall

http://www.talking-heads.net/graphics/puzzle_chris.jpg
Chris Frantz from Talking Heads

http://mordac.org/london/images/xDSC03043.jpg
Andy Ranken from The Pogues

[gummo]

How about Def Leppard's one armed drummer Rick Allen.

[Blister]

Dave Lombardo

http://www.drummerworld.com/pics/drum/dpa11/DaveLombardoBB.jpg

Mike Portnoy

http://home.arcor.de/chiligonzales/Mike%20Portnoy-Kit.jpg

[undead_bunny]

Vinnie Paul - Pantera
http://www.moderndrummer.com/rsrc/img/0604_VinniePaul1.jpg
Flo Mounier - Cryptopsy
http://www.yvonpeintre.com/2/DF2003/DCP_0816.jpg
Pete Sandoval - Morbid Angel
http://www.axispercussion.com/artists/images/ps1.jpg
Dave Lombardo - Slayer
http://www.terminator-music.co.uk/Gfx/Lombardo.jpg

All amazing.

[Piddzilla]

Mike Portnoy

http://home.arcor.de/chiligonzales/Mike%20Portnoy-Kit.jpg

Mike, do you really really need all those drums??

[Blister]

Mike, do you really really need all those drums??

em, maybe.....it's basically 2 drum kits made into one, but with different sizes of drums and cymbals.

[Sedai]

Some interesting choices.

About the death metal guys, The lead guitarist and producer for Kultur, an east coast DM band, was discussing the DM drummers with me the other night, and he rattled off two of your four as being the worst in the business. Lombardo was revolutionary in the 80s, but is considered a hack these days. I mean really, do think he has anything on the dude from Opeth, who can play all the DM stuff as well as Jazz, Fusion, and he writes some music? Lombardo had speed (and was clearly doing speed), but his drum parts were....not that great, and he had zero nuance in his playing. This chap claimed drummers from Cradle of Filth and Opeth were the undisputed kings in many of his DM collegues minds... I mean any kid down the street can play a lot of these super fast beats, I know at least three in my area, and I don;t even listen to much Death Metal. Writing and arranging music is something else altogether, so drummers that can play AND write AND arrange win out in my mind.

As for me, my favorites to listen to are:

Neil Peart - He hasn't even been mentioned yet, and he created a lot of the progressive style so many use today. I am starting to find much of the Rush stuff to be trite and a bit insipid, but his playing taught so many to go beyond what they had seen and heard before...

Stuart Copeland - Just so damned MUSICAL with his drums. He has true musical arrangement skills as well, which I always find impressive, more-so than being able to play any instrument.

Carter Beauford - The band may have passed it's prime, in the minds of some fans anyway, but this man is a master of his instrument, and again, can write. Once again, very musical with his playing.

Mike Portnoy - Yup, I agree on this guy. He is the ****. Too bad he works with terrible vocalists all the time, forcing me to never listen to him.

All the old school guys are names to be revered, but Ringo? Oi, terrible player. Marky Ramone? Please, let's discard any sort of image these people had and focus on their skills, this guy used to fall off his throne all the time. Another dismal player.

Re: Chris Frantz- My old lead singer from my band in the 90s knows Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde fame, and when she toured with "The Heads" in the 90s, we got invited to a party with The Heads, and I got to sit down with Chris for about a half an hour, and he had the following to say:

"When I play, I am uncomfortable, as if I am constantly trying to keep from going over a precipice. There is always a certain amount of desperation in my playing, as I feel I can barely hold it together. These guys keep calling me up, though."

Funny how people perceive themselves. I too noticed the reservation in his playing, but felt it was what added that certain musicality to his playing that went so well with The Talking Heads stuff. Again, I feel he isn't the best player, but is a great musician. Ringo could learn a thing or two from Chris.

On a side note, all the people involved with The Heads were mad nice, save one. Tina Weymouth is a raging clam-bag, and you can tell her I said so...

These days I like:

Danny Carey (Tool), Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree), Scott Rockenfield (Queensryche), Dave Grohl (another great writer/arranger), Martin Lopez (Opeth)

[Blister]

If only this thread was titled 'the fastest drummers ever' then i'd definately have to say 'The Drummer' (don't know his real name) from The Berzerker. He's one of the fastest drummers in the world. 19bps (beats per second) per hand! That's impressive. If only he could have actually done more than hyper fast drumming. He has a lot of potential.

Also, on a side note Sedai. I was browsing amazon and found this drumming dvd (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000DK2ZZ/qid=1121717585/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/103-4663198-1490200?v=glance&s=dvd) that features 6 drummers playing for an hour each, one of the drummers featured is Mike Portnoy. And since it's just instrumentals and him jamming with dream theater on the dvd (while the main focus will be on the drums rather than on any other instrument, but that also means.....no vocals!) i thought that you would be interested in it. If not, there's no harm in simply pointing something out.

[Sedai]

Thanks Blister...I have seen it! It was damn good. Mike is a master, and a dedicated artist. Surprisingly, I was very impressed with Steve Smith as well, which I didn't expect, what a master he is as well. That same day, we also watched a DVD with Terry Bozio on it, and, extremely bad 80s hair spray aside, he had some good things to say about "playing in the pocket" etc... Trying to think who else was on that one...Simon Phillips and Rod Morgensten maybe...all about double bass...check it out.

I like videos like these.

[Blister]

I think I shall be dipping into my wallet now to purshase some music dvd's. So far on my list I have:

'Modern Drumming 2003' (i think that was the title,...the dvd I pointed out in my last post)
'G3 Live in Denver'
'Joe Satriani Live in San Fransisco'

and i'm pretty tempted to buy 'Steve Vai Live at the Astoria' but not sure if i should just wait until another time (when it may be cheaper :))

The main thing I love about music dvd's that are mostly intrumentals, is that it's pretty much focused on the actual instruments and what the musician is doing, rather than just looking at the persons face, or showing an arena shot of the crowd. It gives you time to sit back and appreciate how talented the musicians actually are and why they deserve to get their fame.

The only downside on the G3 DVD is that it has Yngwie Malmsteen on it :( (i think), I cannot stand his playing, it's just fast,fast,fast! there seems to be no balance in his playing and he doesn't have too many great melodies which is a shame because he has all the speed, but he's just so focused on playing fast all the time. Also, Yngwie has some extremely bad hair styles,...he hasn't updated his hair since the 80's (and that's basically rewording your statement about Terry Bozio - 'bad 80's hair spray aside....', couldn't think of any other way to word that particular phrase there...)

[Sedai]

Joe Satriani Live in San Francisco

I watched this a while back at the same dude's house. Joe is one of my favorite guitarists, simply because he can put such nuance in anything he plays, and he seems to think out of the box most of the time. Still, I didn;t really care for about half the set on that DVD. It's all a metter of taste, but I felt he could have put together a much better DVD as far as his track selection was concerned. First off, ace the vocal tracks! I have never been a fan of his vocal work, and the tracks seem lackluster to me in comparison to his more creative, experimental stuff. Why not play a couple tracks from Strange and Beautiful Music? A great, creative album that is also a divergence from his usual stuff, but still good music. Joe slapped nine tunes from Surfing and Flying in a Blue Dream, and didn;t play a single one from his classic rock style album. I sort of felt he was pandering because he knew it was going to DVD. Those old albums are great, but a man with such an extensive catalog of other music and creative B-sides to choose from should break it up a bit.

That said, the production value on the DVD was top notch, with multiple cameras running, and some slick editing and many good close-ups of the playing....

[Piddzilla]

Neil Peart - He hasn't even been mentioned yet

Oh, realllly....

Neill Peart: Rush, hands down the best I've ever heard.

Top ten not in order: Peart, White, Bonham, Palmer, Starr, Krupa, Rich, Webb, Watts, Baker.

in no particular order....

carter beauford
john bonham
will calhoun
dennis chambers
charlie watts
mitch mitchell
keith moon
elvin jones
mike portnoy
stewart copeland
neil peart
billy cobham
dave weckl
brad wilk
ginger baker



Best Drummers:

Carter Beauford - DMB
Neil Peart - Rush
The Reverend - Avenged Sevenfold
Chad Sexton - 311
Max Weinberg
Dave Grohl - Queens of the Stone Age
Travis Barker - Blink 182

John Bonham - Hands down, the best drummer ever.
Neil Peart
Dave Grohl
Mitch Mitchell
Keith Moon
Chad Sexton
Bill Ward

I'm going to go with Neil Peart also.



;D

[Sedai]

*Calls eye doctor*

*Orders Glasses*

*Actually reads the whole thread*

:D

[Piddzilla]

*Calls eye doctor*

*Orders Glasses*

*Actually reads the whole thread*

:D

Lucky for you that Holden isn't interested in drummers. :p

[Sedai]

Totally