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Ringo Starr for bothering to write a proper distinctive drum part for every song.
Don Powell likewise before his accident.
Paul Cook and Steve Jones for working so well together.
Clem Burke who was the other member of the band worth watching
Bela B for doing it so well standing up.
Tré Cool because he is.
Roland TR-808.
Well I qualify on grounds of gender and age to post on this thread, and even have opinions on drummers human and machine, but will regain from sharing these because of the exclusionary, albeit probably realistic, thread title. Not that I've been called gentleman for a while. Call it a protest.
(I mean I'm joking, kinda, but it does jar. That and the hugely disappointing lack of drummer jokes without even starting on Ringo (Ringo!)/Bonham/Baker and the mor predictables.)
Lot of respect for Rick Allen.
Also a favorite is Rasmus Ilsø of terminal .... but he is my son in law! (and also Waaay too young!)
Tommy Mcmanus
Another vote for Topper Headon and Ritchie Hayward.
Pierre Moerlen - Gong etc.
Dave Mattacks - Fairport.
Bernard Purdie.
Vinnie Colaiuta.
Josef Porter.
Levon Helm.
Phil Taylor.
Thee slayer hippy from poison idea
Based on nothing more than appreciation of his playing...
Mark Brzezicki, from Big Country.
I always thought he enjoyed playing things more complicated than they needed to be, without showing off...
Paul, aged 50 and an ex side drum and bass drum player in a pipe band,
cheers!
Carlton Barrett- father of the one drop reggae sound. Listen to his raw drumming on this isolated drum track, "Lively up Yourself" from the Natty Dread album. It doesn't feel like he's doing much, but the beat's tight. Good Headphones required.
Brad Wilk
Ben Thatcher
Matt Helders
Moe Tucker.
Bobby Gillespie (when borrowing Moe's style).
Wolfgang Flür.
Klaus Dinger.
Ooh! Forgot about Budgie, good call.
No mention yet of Vinnie Colaiuta or Dave Weckl. Both instantly recognisable and can play anything.
Really surprised not to see these two until the second page!
Vinnie:
Dave:
One of my current fave players is Larnell Lewis:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuhHU_BZXSk
The story about that session is that he apparently was flown in at the last minute having had the flight only to prepare, and nailed that in one take!
Dave Lombardo
Josh Freese
The guy off the first Machine Head album
Paul Bostaph
The guy from QOTSA
The guy from QOTSA
Dave Grohl on "Songs for the Deaf" which is awesome but there have been others.
Ringo, mainly. I believe there have been others.
Clem Burke
Rat Scabies
Brandon Petzborn
Delta Empire ( whoever he is, just because he puts in the "ting" on the cymbal bell ,that I think should be there , in his cover of War Ensemble)
Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this thread 🙏 Easter weekend listening will be great 👍
as a person of a certain age who was set free by punk rock a secret love of:
Greenslade and the drummer Andy McCulloch
Has anyone mentioned Kieth Moon yet?
Another vote for Dave Grohl here.
If you are a fan then this a great bit of TV:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000tqb1/reel-stories-dave-grohl
Anyone that doesn't do any kind of F****** drum solo !!
I hate Dave Weckl 😆
I present to you: The worst piece of music ever played
But that Carlton Barrett video, above, is ****ing brilliant and I could listen to it all day 😀
I hate Dave Weckl
I've heard he's not too keen on you either!😉
I present to you: The worst piece of music ever played
Agreed, though I think that was from a tutorial DVD rather than being a composition in its own right.
Compare that to his work with Chick Corea and the latter is/was amazing:
Has anyone said John Stanier yet?
Chicken.
Oh MUSIC??, sorry 🙂
Still partial to them though 😀
Can't **** with the porcaro shuffle
Where do YOU stand on the whole Purdue/Bonham/porcaro shuffle debate?
Porcaro for the win. Silky smooth and more ghost notes than a errrrr... haunted house?
Sticking a clave rhythm bass drum pattern is where it gets creative