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SIMPLE!!!! Buddy Rich by a clear mile, technical ability, speed, touch,if god is a drummer, Buddy Rich is his name.
Saw him with his big band at the davenport theatre in stockport when I was fifteen, still blown away to this day, I have never or ever will see drumming like that ever again, dont get me wrong there are some fantastic drummers out there, saw dave weckl at the willows in november last year, amazing drummer but for me Buddy Rich is the greatest ever. I even have his autograph on my ticket stub, how cool is that!!!!! Jay.

i can prob narrow it down to about 5 or 6 i really think are cool, but im sure theres loads more i could think of

Brian Downey(Thin Lizzy) for that great solid hard rock groove,Ian Paice(Deep Purple) for the great sound and style and Mike Portnoy(Dream Theater) or Joey Jordison(Slipknot)for amazing technical ability and for sheer underation Alex Van Halen(just listen to some of his work on the album 1984), Tommy Lee (Motley Crue for all round talent, groove and x factor)

yes i like mainly rock music :-)
Rob
Hare Of The Dog

how could i forget Mitch Mitchell!! Doh!! sadly missed and remembered

ps its my day off ha ha

you know you are compeating with the daftest pet names blog here, ha ha,
on a more eastern note if you have been to the now late ravi shankar concert he,s drummer played the tabla and buyan,( probly spelt wrong as usual ) the sound out of those two druns was unbelivable. dont know his name but he could sit cross legged for frikin ages, if it where me theyed have to carry me off the stage and unfold me later,

Wot no Neil Peart????

the list should be named after Neil Peart eg

"The Neil Peart award for best drummer" :-)

Well tricky. But for me it has to be Steve gadd. His simplicity is amazing ! This guy reads a song writer's mind so well.He complements any song and allows the MELODY to come through without distraction. Some times you don't even know he's there !

best drummer??? i'm absolutely double kicked!!! has to be the red headed one-----ginger baker!!! i defy any drummer to listen to "toad" and not think "why do i bother??"

I don't really know who the best drummer in the world could be, but my favourite is BUN E CARLOS of Cheap Trick. He plays everything with a brilliant economy and he never, ever over-plays.

Mark Brzezcki,complex and simple rolled into one.

Cozy Powell..John Bonham..Neil Peart

Hi guys - just found this site and it's bloody, brilliant (apart from the fact that you're alla bit mental!). My chosen skin god would be Jeff Campitelli who plays behind Joe Satriani a lot. He's not as technical as Peart, or as hard edged as Portnoy, but he definitaly feels the flow of the music and is a bit more organic and user friendly. Having said all that, he still pisses me off 'cos I can't play drums like taht! LOL

got to agree re Buddy Rich...some of the stuff on Youtube (those duels) are amazing.
Must admit though if Keith Moon was reborn and came along and asked us if he could join Night train tomorrow, our present drummer would be on his way :)..s'ok, he can't read this, he's on holiday in Thailand.

PS Nobody mentioned Phil Collins yet LOL

or the gorila that does the chocolate advert

Posted by alyerpal - 17/03/2009, 19:54 (GMT)

Hi guys - just found this site and it's bloody, brilliant (apart from the fact that you're alla bit mental!). My chosen skin god would be Jeff Campitelli who plays behind Joe Satriani a lot. He's not as technical as Peart, or as hard edged as Portnoy, but he definitaly feels the flow of the music and is a bit more organic and user friendly. Having said all that, he still pisses me off 'cos I can't play drums like taht! LOL

****************welcome mate sounds like a Satriani fan, yeah Jeff Campitelli is absolutely superb, i like Simon Phillips in Toto as well******************

anyone know the name of the gorilla on the choc ad, cause he can go on the daft pet names blog.

Animal from the muppets. :D

abso'fookin'lutely awsome.....that animal, is unreal..
top vid.

nah, he's miming!

I love rock mates but it has to be Buddy Rich. No one to touch him

yer all missing the best un by a mile!

Tre Cool - Greenday

I don't have a favourite '1' drummer.

Feel and groove: Bernard Purdie (early Steely Dan),
Technicality: Terry Bozzio on Zappa / Beck LP's.
Simplicity: Phil Rudd.
Underrated: ZZ top's Frank Beard ... only on proper 'ZZ' Blues / shuffle recordings not the 'pop' tosh..

cant believe no-ones mentioned john "bonzo" bonham!!! what a legend!!!

also mice from the fratellis and matt helders from arctic monkeys ifs fuckin amazing!!!!

Steve Smith - Journey - Solo on 'Captured' Live is sommat else...
Virgil Donatti - Steve Vai, Soul Sirkus etc.. Gob Smacking
Dean Castonovo - Bad English / Journey / Ozzy etc - And he can sing!!

journey at the appolo a few months ago, spot on, and john parrs drummer was on the ball aswell i can tell you,

haha oh yeah dint notice you opened with bonham!!! soz!! not a big fan of the bloc party guy, its all a bit too techy for me, i like a good tune!!! seriously if you like bonhams style of drumming you gotta ckeck out the frats!! not so much the groove but the way that the drummer follows every little turn and change in the songs is fookin amazing. not everybodies taste but definately one of the most overlooked bands in the last 5 years or so.

Bernard Matthews turkey-drummers

ohh nice one shell, lol, but wot are thier names ?

"I do believe I opened with Bonham! Fratellis? Meh! As for Helders, he is quality considering he only picked up the sticks a year before they made it. Yer man from Bloc Party is pretty good too."

Sounds like it! he aint the best. NO WAY

nice one Paul, Roger Taylor is really great i nearly put him

peart without a doubt, liberty devito who plays for Billy Joel is amazingly underrated though

Dunno about the best, but I rate (i.e love their playing):
Clem Burke, Terry Bozzio, Alex Van Halen, John Bonham.

mr nwb-thanks, hadn't thought of that!!! here's the man who set the benchmark for all the rest to match-bear in mind this was 1967!!!

Not so much a vote for best, but a favourite.

Rob Heaton R.I.P.

Not just a drummer, but a songwriter as well. The clip is one of his, and he's playing the guitar on the intro, so no slouch there either:

Neil Peart
Neil Peart
Neil Peart