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Besides the obvious already stated Bonham, Peart, Copeland, etc. I'll go with Mike Portnoy and Thomas Pridgen (youngest drummer ever to be endorsed by Zildjian, I believe he was 12).
 
Moon did reach the point (somewhere around Who's Nest) where he was drumming out leads instead of rhythm. Daltry liked it, Townshend and Entwhistle weren't that crazy about it.

I can't believe that nobody mentioned Ginger Baker.

Mick Fleetwood was a great call as he was as technically sound a drummer as there was. He and McVie were exceptional but under appreciated primarily due to the fact that their style was to (as drummers and bass players should) be part of the background.

This is a large reason why Ringo gets knocked as badly as he's been knockked over the past five decades. He was always a solid, sound drummer who did his job very well but didn't have any of the loud (in many cases obnoxious) drum solos that became popular in the mid-late sixties. That much of the press confused the Pete Best situation (George Martin stating that he was not a professional drummer and would only record the Beatles if he could substitute a session drummer for best) with Ringo.
 
Ringo was perfect for the Beatles. One more ego would've destroyed them years earlier, and their music doesn't lend itself to flamboyant drum parts.
 


Stewart Copeland fits nicely in between Moon and Peart for me. Slightly insane, but a technical wizard.
 
How could I forget Danny Carey and Josh Freese!!! Two of my absolute favorites. Their combo of skill and style, for me, are the top of the food chain.
 
Thirty Three said:
Besides the obvious already stated Bonham, Peart, Copeland, etc. I'll go with Mike Portnoy and Thomas Pridgen (youngest drummer ever to be endorsed by Zildjian, I believe he was 12).
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Totally agree with you on Pridgen. He's the most amazing drummer I ever saw play live when he was with The Mars Volta. Saw them at Lupo's in Providence a couple years ago. He made the drums explode.

 
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Moon

Carter Beauford for current drummers is top notch and of course Peart



Excalibur said:
I think Bonham was better than Moon, or at least more versatile. Personally prefer David Garibaldi of TOP.
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I agree with Carlos, gosh he is awesome.

But if you took a formal survey it would absolutely be Moon, Bonham and Peart 1-3 is some order, all with the statistical error


storrsroars said:
Much as I enjoy Moon - and Quadrophenia is a staple on my trips back and forth to CT - I always recall Entwhistle complaining that the Who didn't really have a rhythm section because Moon played drums like he was lead guitar.

Nothing against the others mentioned here, but I'm partial to guys who make a big sound with interesting fills seem effortless. Bun E. Carlos and Cesar Zuijderwijk come to mind. You watch vids of those guys and it seems they're not breaking a sweat.

Not a Rush fan, but I enjoyed the vids of Peart's Buddy Rich tribute on One O'Clock Jump and Cottontail.
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No Gene Krupa?



I agree on Dave Grohl, and though Terry Bozzio gets knocked around a lot for his set-up, I enjoy watching him play. I don't get people who say it's over the top. So what?
 
I've always thought the Who had the rare distinction of having the best musicians at each respective position. I have been listening to a lot more Zeppelin lately and you could probably argue for them too. Others are close, Stones, Police, Rush, Beatles, DMB (considering they have a different style/sound), etc.

WhereistheDove? said:
That's interesting because Entwhistle also played a bass that was far from basic rhythm. That band just worked perfectly together and I'm not sure if that would have been the case if you had switched any one person out. A lot of their live stuff is just barely controlled chaos that somehow ends up brilliantly.
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While no-one here will likely ever have heard of him, Kansas Fields. The preeminent jazz and blues drummer of the postwar era.
 
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I don't think any drummer was more in the pocket than Levon Helm. The man just "got it." And one helluva great guy to boot.

Jim Keltner is a tremendous studio drummer who also spent a lot of time in the pocket.

Stanton Moore is probably my favorite living drummer to see perform now. Johnny Vidacovich is right there, too.
 
8893 said:
I don't think any drummer was more in the pocket than Levon Helm. The man just "got it." And one helluva great guy to boot.

I remember hearing the Band for the first time in 1968. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what this group was doing. I wasn't Country fan but somehow this group just pulled me to them ( and a lot of other people too).
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+1 for Carter Beauford... Bozzio's setup is utterly ridiculous, but if you can play the Black Page (Zappa) then you are in a different league. Not many can play that with any sort of accuracy/feel. Ringo is actually quite underrated. His drumming on "Rain" and "Day in the Life" was considered revolutionary as were some of the techniques that he brought along. Tons of great drummers after him attest to him being supremely underrated.
 
As I recall, Colaiuta was the first to play the Black Page. Zappa said he got it on the first try and on the second, he styled it.
 
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I'll just throw out the late Richie Hayward too. Jam band drummers had to work pretty hard at live gigs, and he was one of the best.
 
Dry Tortugas said:
As I recall, Colaiuta was the first to play the Black Page. Zappa said he got it on the first try and on the second, he styled it.
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Hmm, from what I've read Frank wrote it as a drum solo in 75/76 which Bozzio learned and then Frank wrote the chord/melody after Bozzio had got it down to accompany it. Colaiuta didn't join until I think 78/79 and blew people away at his audition in that he could sight read it and play it.
 
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boog204 said:
Townsend is the rhythm section most of the time as both the Ox and Moon defy traditional style as a bassist and drummer.
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Yup. You can't really listen to them without a good sound system and clear bass. Otherwise, you miss half the song. I go from a stock sound system in my car to my setup at home and it's a completely and totally different experience.
 
I'll second the obvious Bonham, Peart and Copeland as my favorites, probably in that order.

After that, I've also enjoyed Carter Beauford from Dave Matthews band. He has so every odd beats that really drive Dave's songs.
 
Does this count? (I'm intentionally trying to piss off the old dudes in this thread:cool:)

 
ihatepants said:
My favorite drummer (well... musician in general) is Dave Grohl. But Peart, Bonham and Moon are really good. I also like Danny Carey and Josh Freese.
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Little known fact: Grohl does all the drumming on the Queens of the Stone Age's best album "songs for the deaf". He absolutely kills it on a few songs, one linked below.

 
There are better solos out there. But not many by 60+ year olds.



I should listen to Zappa again now that I'm beyond all grown up. The Black Page was pretty impressive work.
 
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