most influential drummers

who do you all think the most influential and greatest drummers of rock n roll are
no order neccesary but you can if you want
i think
john bonham- led zeppelin( greatest drummer ever) no doubt
keith moon- the who- craziest drum fills
stewart copeland- the police- best groove and coolest highhat improve
neil peart-rush-
ginger baker-cream
and many others probly

 

BILL WARD
Mitch Mitchell
John Bonham

 

i forgot mitch mitchell hes a motherfucker at drums

 

Believe it or not phil collins in early genesis,cozy powell,carl palmer of elp

 

One that hasnt been named yet, Peter Criss was pretty damn good.

 

As with Tommy Aldridge,Tommy Lee of the crueaand i liked Steve Smith of journey as well

 

Wow, too many great drummers to list.
I'm just gonna pick two of each.

Most influential...

Jon Bonham (Led Zeppelin)
Niel Pert ( Rush)

The greatest...

Aynsley Dunbar ( John Mayall, Frank Zappa, Ian Hunter, Lou Reed, Jefferson Starship, Jeff Beck, David Bowie, Whitesnake, Sammy Hagar, UFO, and Journey.

Terry Bozzio ( Frank Zappa, UK, Missing Persons, Jeff Beck, Korn, Fantômas, Debbie Harry


ZW

 

Bill Bruford gets a vote from the monster.

 

Very good...

How about Corky lang? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwNt2JLraZg



ZW

 

Jo Jones trumps all

Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D3UL24Ogtk&feature=related

 

Uh oh Drummer wars!
Here's some heavy artillery...Terry Bozzio and Chad Wackerman

Some of you may have heard the drum solo By Frank Zappa called
"The Black Page"

Frank thought some people would like a melody so he wrote a tune called "The Black Page part2"
Soon Frank began to realize, some people might not appreciate the "statistical density" of the " Black Page part 2" so he wrote another version called "The Black Page: The easy New York disco version"



First watch this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQt2inyxNNg&feature=related (Bozzio plays the solo)

Now here's the song "The Black Page Part 2" (" Zappa plays Zappa" w/Chad Wackerman and Terry Bozzio on drums.
Bonus: Steve Via on Guitar. This is a Must See vid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yI5ZoFO94s&feature=related


ZW

 

Lars Ulric of "Mettalica"

Keith Moon of "The Who"

Mick Fleetwood of "Fleetwood Mac"

Bill Bruford of "Yes"

Can't forget Gene Krupa

 

how about Ed Cassidy?

 

OH YEAH! I forgot all about Mr. Skin!




ZW

 

Ringo Starr

 

not the best example of Cassidy.. saw Spirit 1/2 dozen times.. up close.. Ed was amazing.. far as I know is still playing.. real drag about Randy California

Led Zep used to open for Spirit

hmmmmm.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czfI66yQUkk

 

yep .. saw the All Starr band down at the Indian casino

what a show.. well worth seeing .. whatever the lineup is.. it's like seeing 3-4 different bands

 

ginger baker OF COURSE




.AND bUN e, cARLOS

 

I alway thought it was funny that when it comes to drumming no one thinks of Starr as a good drummer but he never misses or losses a beat, which is the main purpose of a drummer and something I've heard alot of other drummers do. He never takes over a song and yet is always doing something interesting.

I can't begin to tell you how many times I've heard a long flashy song stopping solo only at the end the drummer can't find his way back to the beat and he has to stop and start the beat again.

 

He was definately influencial in Rock. Some of his songs are my all time favorites.