Best drummer ever?

[tnerb57]

Billy Cobham - Quadrant 4 - YouTube

With the late great Tommy Bolin on guitar.

 

[Think McFly Think]

I really like this kid.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-e398B5O8Q"]Amir Bresler drum solo. Saulkrasti Jazz Festival 2013, Latvia. - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Midnightangel]

OK, to clear a few things up.....

"Why no Keith Moon"? Simple. He passed out while performing and a kid was brought on stage to take his place. The kid played drummer for his HS band. If you can be replaced that easily...I wont put you on my list.

"Why no Ringo"? Drummer for the Beatles was pretty simple.

"Why is Rick Allen on the list"? Easy, dude has one freakin' arm. He does everything the others do, just with one arm. Degree of difficulty alone puts him on the list.

 

[Rex Racer]

Simple question: Who's the best drummer ever?

None of the above.

And seriously, how did Phil Collins make the list, but no Terry Bozzio. Other than Bonham and Peart this list is full of pop tarts who don't do anything a decent garage band drummer can't do. Where is Keith Moon? Where is Buddy Rich, Mike Portnoy and the rest of the GREAT drummers!

 

[blindbaby]

Narada Michael Walden
Paul Wertico
Steve Gadd
Alex Acuna
Carl Palmer
Bill Bruford
Chad Wackerman
Buddy Rich
Lenny White
Billy Cobham

 

[Rex Racer]

OK, to clear a few things up.....

"Why no Keith Moon"? Simple. He passed out while performing and a kid was brought on stage to take his place. The kid played drummer for his HS band. If you can be replaced that easily...I wont put you on my list.

"Why no Ringo"? Drummer for the Beatles was pretty simple.

"Why is Rick Allen on the list"? Easy, dude has one freakin' arm. He does everything the others do, just with one arm. Degree of difficulty alone puts him on the list.

Q; What has 9 arms and sucks?

A; Def Leppard

BTW, the teenager didn't "replace" Keith Moon, he filled in and the folks who paid money to see the Who got screwed..

 

[Midnightangel]

None of the above.

And seriously, how did Phil Collins make the list, but no Terry Bozzio. Other than Bonham and Peart this list is full of pop tarts who don't do anything a decent garage band drummer can't do. Where is Keith Moon? Where is Buddy Rich, Mike Portnoy and the rest of the GREAT drummers!

I literally explained Keith Moon in the post above yours.

He passed out during a concert and a kid in the audience finished his set for him.

If some guy from the audience can do your job, you didn't have mad skills.

 

[Bamabino]

Buddy Rich

 

[cezero]

None of the above.

And seriously, how did Phil Collins make the list, but no Terry Bozzio. Other than Bonham and Peart this list is full of pop tarts who don't do anything a decent garage band drummer can't do. Where is Keith Moon? Where is Buddy Rich, Mike Portnoy and the rest of the GREAT drummers!

well put

 

[Rex Racer]

I literally explained Keith Moon in the post above yours.

He passed out during a concert and a kid in the audience finished his set for him.

If some guy from the audience can do your job, you didn't have mad skills.

Pulling a talented kid out of the audience to keep the beat doesn't constitute doing his job. Moon had a style that few have been able to master since he drank himself to death and without him Pete Townsend has no one else to help him carry the band.

 

[antone112]

Peart and then Danny Carey a close second in the rock/metal category.

Buddy Rich was a huge influence on Peart and he often says that Rich the greatest drummer ever. I tend to believe whatever he says.

 

[cezero]

Buddy Rich explaining why he uses traditional instead of match...and then tearing shit up.

 

[TheRobotDevil]

Can't vote but Neil peart
I would have thought Danny Carey of tool would have gotten a mention over josh freese of a perfect circle they are two of my favorites though

 

[navamind]

 

[TheRobotDevil]

I like them both but I have to put Danny Carey a step ahead I'll have to find the clip where he kills the double bass and finishes off with the gong

 

[cezero]

Buddy Rich was a huge influence on Peart and he often says that Rich the greatest drummer ever..

Hard to find any great drummer say otherwise.

 

[GNG]

Simple question: Who's the best drummer ever?

Karen Carpenter.

 

[Wazmankg]

OK, to clear a few things up.....

"Why no Keith Moon"? Simple. He passed out while performing and a kid was brought on stage to take his place. The kid played drummer for his HS band. If you can be replaced that easily...I wont put you on my list.

"Why no Ringo"? Drummer for the Beatles was pretty simple.

"Why is Rick Allen on the list"? Easy, dude has one freakin' arm. He does everything the others do, just with one arm. Degree of difficulty alone puts him on the list.

Someone else played drums that night. He wasn't "replaced". Listen to the drumming on Live at Leeds, Who's Next, Quadrophenia... basically anything he played on before he began to drink himself down the drain. Then listen to any of their albums with Kenny Jones and tell me how easily he was replaced. One was a creative genius and one was a time keeper. Moon wasn't the most technically proficient, but he was a unique innovator who played the drums as a lead instrument. He's easily my fav of the rock guys.


I'll go with Buddy Rich.

 

[(Un)]

Hard to find any great drummer say otherwise.

Thing with Buddy Rich is, he was a complete arrogant asshole and everyone who knew him hated him. Yet as much as they despised him personally, they still couldn't stop raving about his drum skills.

IMO he was the Michael Jordan of drummers. As in that, he was the greatest, he knew he was the greatest, every other drummer knew he was the greatest, but he still felt the necessity to constantly remind everyone, both verbally as well as prove it every time he performed.

 

[cezero]

Thing with Buddy Rich is, he was a complete arrogant asshole and everyone who knew him hated him. Yet as much as they despised him personally, they still couldn't stop raving about his drum skills.

IMO he was the Michael Jordan of drummers. As in that, he was the greatest, he knew he was the greatest, every other drummer knew he was the greatest, but he still felt the necessity to constantly remind everyone, both verbally as well as prove it every time he performed.

Yep.

He looked like he was moving in fast-forward when he's really feeling it. Kind of superhuman and untouchable, and he knew it.