Drummers baby, YEAH! 5 best.

In no particular order, they vary in talents.

John Bonham- Zepp, just awesome skins.
Roger Taylor- Good drummer, songwriter and singer.
Bill Ward- Sabbath, see Bonham.
Neil Peart- Rush, probably the best technical drummer I've heard.

5- Too many, who's #5?

You tell me.

1)the guy from def leopard....cmon the guys got 1 arm.....
2)lars ulrich ..metallica just listen to and justice....
3)bohnam...zep is f'n good or is it god?? cant remember...
4)dave lambardo...slayer
5)neil pert ....rush....

John Bonham- led zeppelin..... he's a great drummer
Mike Portnoy- dream theater an awesome drummer....
Bill Ward- awesome to
Neil Peart- he's an awesome drummer
not sure bout a 5th

2 I feel need mention.

Vinnie Paul - Pantera

Josh Freese - A Perfect Circle/The Vandals/Devo

What! A "best drummer list" with Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa and Ginger Baker?
Sacrilege! Of course it's hard to come up with a list of only the best five drummers......I guess I'll stick with MY three picks. Now who would the other two best drummers be?

Ok, I'm filling in #5, it was so damn obvious I don't know how I missed him. Probably the best drummer to come onto the scene in the last 20 years, maybe 30.

Dave Grohl

I was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO glad when he sat behind the kit again on the Queens of the Stoneage CD.

I know what you're saying BT, my folks turned me onto Rich and Krupa, probably why I like drum work so much but it's kinda like apples and oranges.

You're all missing Meshuggah's drummer, Tomas Haak. The guy is a machine!

Also, Mike Smith (Suffocate) deserves to be in the top five!

no particular order.

Buddy Rich
neil peart
Dave grohl
bonham
that innagoddadavida guy (kidding)

The guy from the original Santana lineup...anyone know his name.?
He;s featured in the Woodstock film...I was amazed..

I'd have to say Buddy Rich too.

Has anyone seen his one-handed rolls on his left, with traditional grip? He doesn't use rim or anything, but just twists his index and middle finger or something funky like that. He's awesome in general but that's always fascinated me in particular. XD

I'd just like to add one more to the list

Kieth Moon--The Who

DEFINETLY vinny paul
second would be lars ulrich....the and justice or ride the lightning ulrich..not the napster ulrich.

def leppard...as mentioned before...ONE ARM ....give it up.

buddy rich / gene krupa -originators
steve gadd / dave weckl -great contemporary
mike portnoy / neil peart -progressive
tommy lee / scott rockenfeld -rock with killer off time grooves
dave lombardo / virgil donati -pure speed baby

too many to choose, these are some good ones from different genres, IMO

Benevolent Tyrant says:

"...Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa and Ginger Baker..."

Absolutely; none of the others mentioned here are even in the same league as Krupa and Rich; and if there's a better pure rock drummer than Ginger Baker (especially with some of his work on Disraeli Gears), I can't figure out whom it might be.

I might add Shelley Manne to that list, though, as well.

Offthestreet, thanks for including S. Manne. May I offer somebody that gets no respect also: Jo Jones.

1) Seb Rochford - Acoustic Ladyland/Polar Bear. Anyone see Acoustic Ladyland live on Jools Holland a few months back? He's 1000x more awesome to see live. He's so quick you can't hardly see him move! and his hair rules.



2) John Bonham
3) Dave Grohl
4)Mitch Mitchell
5)Ginger Baker

absolutely pathetic. By far one of the greatest and probably the best active drummer is
Carter Beauford - Dave Matthews Band

Jhon dolmayan-system of a down

Slipknots drummer cant remember his name mark or somthing

David Ghroll-Q.O.T.S.A.

Originally posted by WERE_ALL_GONA_DIE
Jhon dolmayan-system of a down

How did I know you were gonna say him?!

Slipknots drummer cant remember his name mark or somthing

His name is Joey Jordison. The man's a machine... he can play drums (VERY well), Bass, Guitar and he can sing. If he had 6 arms, he'd be a one man band.

David Ghroll-Q.O.T.S.A.

He's not their drummer. He filled in for their old one on an album.

Originally posted by xeroxed88

David Ghroll-Q.O.T.S.A.

He's not their drummer. He filled in for their old one on an album.

You've heard of this little band out of Seattle called Nirvana, right?

Indeed I have, I grew up on them (thanks to my Mum ) But I felt no need to mention them as we were discussion Queens of the Stone Age.

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