best drummer

shame on you all not one mention of kieth moon?,, i heard on tv one time that some dude called cubby on the original mikey mouse club was considered the best he was a studio musician tho so i can say from experience

 

There's so many good drummers out there!
A few I like are:
Brain - Played with meat beat manifesto and Primus
Billy Martin - MMW
Lynn Farmer - awesome live drummer!. Plays live for Meat Beat Manifesto.. and imagine listening/watching a drummer keep up with fast, intricate electronic beats while playing drumset.
Ginger Baker - Cream
Danny Carey - danney practically IS tool
Mike CLark - Herbie Hancock drummer (listen to "thrust")
Stewart Copeland - The Police

 

I think theres another thread of best drummer opinion so anyone could find mine,

as far as the best drummer I ever saw?

That has to be, hands down, Danny Carrey from Tool.
He is an amazing drummer, he has the ability to play ridiculous metal double bass licks, but doesnt, instead he uses them so tastefully in songs that they make the song for me in many ways. His over the bar solos and complicated time signature changes are accurate and magnificent.

Second place for me goes to Jon Theodore, of The Mars Volta, he is friggin amazing too. His syncopated beats that he pulls off, and the Miles Davis-esque space session on their album DeLoused at the Comatorium is fantastic, i urge you all to buy it.

Third place i think for me goes to Chad Smith from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, funky and also tasteful.
And those are the best drummers I have ever seen.

 

Best one I ever saw? I'm basing this on groove, taste, technique, and chops.

Richie Morales when he played with Spyro Gyra. It was in a small place in Richmond, VA called The Flood Zone. Probably had about 500 people there. He drove the band, held down a groove that the others could bounce off of, and threw his own tasteful licks in. If you weren't dancing in your seat, you were dead! And then... drum solo. 32nd notes, 64th notes, pressed rolls, single strokes, double strokes, triplets, ostinatos, double bass patterns unlying patterns on snare and tom tom, fast, slow, loud, soft. Truly musical.

I kept shaking my head and saying to my friend, "What I wouldn't give..." She kept saying, "Practice, practice, practice." And I kept saying, "Ya need mayonaise to make chicken salad!":&

What a night!:sunglasse

 

yeah he is and will always be my second fav drummer...he is amazing

 

IMO virgil donati is just about the most talented musician, as well as drummer. He's my favorite by far...plus he plays using traditional grip, like almost every jazz drummer, and that just looks cool on it's own.

 

steve gadd. one of the most innovative drummers ever.some of his best grooves can be heard on:
-50 ways to leave your lover-paul simon
-aja-steely dan
-lenore-chick corea

 

Buddy Rich

neil peart isn't all that good,he's overrated.My drummer thinks he sucks,he's more into ,B.Rich,mitch mitchell ect...

But my favorite drummer is Ginger Baker or Mitch Mitchell

 

dave grohl is awsome, my own personal drum ideal...then the drummer from BLS, that guy fuckin hits hard.....maybe the guy from cannibal corpse..

 

Oh yeah I like the guy from Steppenwolf,solid drummer

 

i forgot john bonham...he is mind blowing too

 

travis barker - legend (he made me wanna play)

john bonham- amazing

joey jordison- energetic and fast

craig nunemacher - just sooooo cool

keith moon - psychopathic

animal from the muppets - need i say more

 

John Bonham, greatest dummer that ever lived.

 

John Bonham
Keith Moon
Bob Taylor (you dont know him though i do)
^even though i dont like him i have to admit he is pretty good!

 

Well, I've never seem him live, only on DVD, but Keith Moon is definitely the best rock 'n' roll drummer. Definitely. I don't even see any competition for him. Ginger Baker isn't that amazing. I was just listening to Disraeli Gears and there's nothing special about his drumming there. Even live he wasn't that great. John Bonham isn't as impressive as Moon either. I've watched Zeppelin DVDs, and Bonham just doesn't compare to Moon. Not at all.

 

I've seen hundreds of drummers, but the one that stands high above the rest is Rodney Holmes:




The guy is unconscious. No one else has ever come even remotely close - including a number of the ones already mentioned.
(and if you don't know, he plays in the Steve Kimock Band)

http://www.rodneyholmes.com/

Of course I have to mention a couple of sentimental faves that no one has mentioned yet:

The exquisite Stanton Moore
and the legendary Mickey Hart

 

Up till now I have pretty much agreed with you on alot of things. Now while I agree that Moonie is a great drummer, he does not rival Bohnam in the skills department. There are things that Bohnam can do that defy some of the greats of today. Listen to good times bad times, the first track, of the first led zeppelin album. I have never heard moon pull off double bass hits like that on his double bass kit, much less on one foot like bohnam. Moon is a preformer heads above bohnam however, more exciting to watch, but I ahve to disagree and say that Bohnam, the father of rock drumming as we now know it, would have to be tops.

 

Ok, I respect your opinion. I guess I just prefer Moon. If you listen to "Cobwebs and Strange" or "Young Man Blues" (Live) or "Magic Bus" (Live, 1969) though, you can't deny that Moon was great. However, I'm not saying Bonham isn't great. I just see Moon as a drum god. (Besides, The Who is my favorite band... what's a man to do?)

 

I will give it Moon has the energy that Bohnam lost in his later years, but bohnam had the groove. Im glad we can agree to disagree hahaa.

 

Haha, yeah, totally. That's what discussions are all about.