The Greatest drummer of all time...... Bar None

[thecoalman]

http://www.drummerworld.com/Sound/neilpeartsolo.mp3

Listen to that and you tell me..... :P I've seen Rush live 3times, Neil Peart's drum solo is usually the highlight of the evening for me...

Full page is here: http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Neil_Peart.html

[JohnnyCNote]

Check out Ginger Baker, formerly of Cream....

[yoda313]

Ok I'm gonna get riduculed for this but here's my .02 cents:


PHIL COLLINS

:P :P :P :P :P :P :P

[thecoalman]

PHIL COLLINS

Yoda.... nevermind....

[hech54]

Neil Peart is a great drummer. Steve Gadd's solo on Steely Dan's Aja is my personal favorite drum "solo".
Phil Ehart of Kansas is amazing as well.
There is a guy from Nashville who recenlty played for Richard Marx named Tim Chewning who is absolutely amazing. What he does with his minimal drum set-up is....well....amazing.

[yoda313]

PHIL COLLINS

Yoda.... nevermind....

Well we're all entilted to our opinions aren't we????

[hech54]

Ok I'm gonna get riduculed for this but here's my .02 cents:


PHIL COLLINS

:P :P :P :P :P :P :P

I personally can't think of a better left handed drummer...but I also can't think of another left handed drummer PERIOD...

[ZAPPER]

Thats funny, yesterday we went to a Cristmas parade in a little town nearby. A narrow street put us within inches of the marching bands. A couple of the bands stopped and played right in front of where we were standing. We had a drum corp right in front of us at a couple of times. Like the second time or so, the drummers were pounding away and then broke out into their dance/parade moves/drill. The drill included slinging their drums around and making very quick facing turns. The big bass drums swinging so close to the crowd kind of freaked my four year out. ( I am talking six inches away from being hit by a drum or mallet)

It was an exillerating expeirence, you could definatly "feel the music". Those high school kids were giving it everything that they had. I had my cam but got so caught up in the event that I didn't even shoot any footage

[ZAPPER]

Ok I'm gonna get riduculed for this but here's my .02 cents:


PHIL COLLINS

:P :P :P :P :P :P :P

I personally can't think of a better left handed drummer...but I also can't think of another left handed drummer PERIOD...

I can think of a couple of one handed drummers that are better

Actually I would say that he is fairly accomplished and talented.

Drummers don't tend to be so much in the limelight but they are often the backbone of a band.

[thecoalman]

We had a drum corp right in front of us at a couple of times. Like the second time or so, the drummers were pounding away and then broke out into their dance/parade moves/drill.

Anybody see that Tommy Lee goes to college? I don't watch much TV but I did catch a few snippets of him trying out for the marching band..... He sucked.... He couldn't march and play at the same time....

[rallynavvie]

Best drummer ever was Keith Moon. Ginger Baker, Steve Gadd, and of course Buddy Rich are my favorites. Neil Peart is certainly way up there. I'd also say some of Nick Mason's fills are pretty awesome.

[MOVIEGEEK]

How about the one armed dude from Def Leppard?

[DiablosuX102]

Haha, I was thinking Neil Peart when I saw the subject of this thread.

[adam]

If I had to pick one it'd have to be Neil Peart as well. Their music is sooo complex and has so many tempo changes, yet it never sounds overly technical like Dream Theatre or something. That's all Peart.

Phil Collins is a great performer and its really incredible that he can play drums well and sing at the same time, but as a straight drummer I don't think he's that great.

One of the most underrated drummers is Stewart Copeland from the Police. Awesome stuff.

Even before he lost his arm I never thought Rick Allen of Def Leopard was all that great. Just a typical rock drummer. After he lost his arm he got even worse, understandably.

[BJ_M]

Neil Peart is a great drummer. Steve Gadd's solo on Steely Dan's Aja is my personal favorite drum "solo".
Phil Ehart of Kansas is amazing as well.
There is a guy from Nashville who recenlty played for Richard Marx named Tim Chewning who is absolutely amazing. What he does with his minimal drum set-up is....well....amazing.

Steve Gadd is awesome -- you can see him of course on the Eric Clapton Live "One More Car One More Rider" DVD -- which is a must own DVD

i would have to agree also about neil , he is very highly respected in the industry and both he and copland lend their talents to a lot of new drummers ..

[BJ_M]

most energy award would go to http://www.drummerworld.com/Sound/keithmoonsolo.mp3

[BJ_M]

Steve Gadd performed with:

Steely Dan
Chick Corea
Chuck Mangione
Jim Hall
Stanley Clarke
Paul Simon
George Benson
Rickie Lee Jones
The Gadd Gang
Bob James
Cornell Dupree
Richard Tee
Ronnie Cuber
Eddie Gomez
Jon Faddis
Steps
Eric Gale
Anthony Jackson
Michel Petrucciani
Steve Kahn
Gladys Knight
Yusef Lateef
Manhattan Jazz
Quintett
Lew Soloff
Manhattan Transfer
Herbie Mann
Dave Matthews
Paul McCartney
Willie Lee
Dave Liebman
Kenny Loggins
Mike Mainieri
Chuck Mangione
Sergio Mendes
Bette Middler
Herp Alpert
Patti Austin
Chet Baker
Gato Barbieri
Ron Carter
Ray Charles..
Eric Clapton
Joe Cocker
Ray Baretto
Joe Beck
Bee Gees
George Benson
Bob Berg
Carla Bley
The Brecker Brothers
Larry Coryell
Deodato
Al Di Meola
Doctor John
Simon & Garfunkel
Frank Sinatra
Spyro Gyra
Ringo Starr
Grover Washington
Mongo Santamaria
Yoshio Suzuki
Michel Urbaniak
Sadao Watanabe
Paquito D'Rivera
John Faddis
Art Farmer
Maynard Ferguson
Georgie Fame
Eric Gale
Bobby Gosh
Kimiko Itoh
Alessi Brothers

....and many more


Drum lessons from age seven; sat in with Dizzy Gillespie at 11. Studied music at Eastman College, Rochester, playing in wind ensemble and concert band, and at nights in a club with Chick Corea, Chuck Mangione, Joe Romano and Frank Pullara.

After college, drafted into army and spent three years in a military band. After the army, gigged and worked with a big band in Rochester. 1972, formed a trio with Tony Levin and Mike Holmes, going to New York with it. The trio fizzled out, but Gadd began to work extensively as a studio musician.

He also played with Corea's first Return to Forever. 1970's and 1980's, toured internationally, recorded with Paul Simon and with Al Di Meola's Electric Rendezvous Band. By the end of the 1970's Gadd was the most in-demand and probably the most imitated drummer in the world.

[hech54]

Doesn't Gadd sometimes use two sticks in one or both hands? I recall reading that somewhere.

[davideck]

My vote goes to Dave Weckl.

[smearbrick1]

Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater.

Say what you will about that band, but I have never heard a band that changes time signatures as effortlessly as they do.

Stewart Copeland is also a great drummer. Very underrated.

[BJ_M]

im supprised no one mentioned Carmine Appice, so i will ..

[hech54]

At least nobody mentioned Cozy "CRASH-RIDE" Powell....that guy annoyed the shit out of me.

[ZAPPER]

OK, I have held out long enough.


John Bonham

[enstg8er]

Steve Gadd's solo on Steely Dan's Aja is my personal favorite drum "solo"

i'm going with gadd also.

others are great though. moon was my favorite. peart is my current fave. he also is a devoted motorcyclist. and a very good writer.

Stewart Copeland is also a great drummer. Very underrated.

agreed.

im supprised no one mentioned Carmine Appice, so i will ..

long ago someone would have cited him....

John Bonham

possibly the best drummer for led zep, but not going to hang with the best. kinda like townshend is great with the who, but will never be recognized as one of the great guitarists...

[rhegedus]

OK, I have held out long enough.


John Bonham

I was thinking that myself as I scrolled down........

[JohnnyCNote]

im supprised no one mentioned Carmine Appice, so i will ..

I saw Beck, Bogert and Appice many ages ago....

[hech54]

Would you believe I left my Steely Dan collection back in the states?
Wow....WTF was I thinking?
All this talk makes me want to hear Gadd on Aja again.

[kisrum]

Agree with Stewart Copeland post

Agree with John Bonham post (thanks in part to drummer-friendly production and engineering, one of the reasons Zep still sounds fresh on the radio)

Greg Eklund of Everclear

Gene Krupa

[mattso]

Perhaps the "greatest drummer" out there lives in obscurity... much like the "greatest band"... ??

I like Tommy & Marky Ramone for their unapologetic rock-solid beats.

Some hardcore/grindcore/black metal drummers are simply amazing! (But more obscure/underground).

Even more obscure, would be the immortal James Baker from Perth, Western Australia, who apparently is still rocking on - www.perthpunk.com ... Yo heard of "The Victims"? If so, you should listen to "The Geeks" too! Uncompromising punk rock,n,roll brother!

:P

[JohnnyCNote]

Perhaps the "greatest drummer" out there lives in obscurity... much like the "greatest band"... ??

I've often said that for every musician you see on the stage making a living at it, there are many more who may even play much better who are not making a living playing music for any number of reasons...