Who is the best drummer ever?

[Hollis]

I'm no expert in this field.. However I'd have thought:

John Bonham
Pick Withers
Mick Fleetwood
David Grohl

I really can't stand the crash, bang, wallop brigade though.. you know the type.

 

[Pickman's model]

what about ginger baker?

 

[Pickman's model]

or mitch mitchell?

 

[LDR]

Keith Moon - The Who
Tom Larkin - Shihad/Killing Joke
David Grohl - Nirvana/Foo Fighters
John Bonham - Led Zepp
Hideebeast - Head like a Hole

 

[Orang Utan]

Roland 909

 

[milesy]

phil collins.

 

[Pickman's model]

phil collins.

 

[3_D]

Bonham.
Keith Moon was shit.

 

[zaphod22]

Wot no mention of Ringo Starr

 

[Jo/Joe]

Elvin Jones, drummed with John Coltrane.

 

[Pickman's model]

Bonham.
Keith Moon was shit.

couldn't swim to save his life, i've heard.

 

[Orang Utan]

Animal from The Muppets

 

[DrRingDing]

Toss up between...

and

 

[stavros]

Reni? Or failing that, just a good drum machine and computer.

 

[girasol]

phil collins.

beat me to it...

 

[redsquirrel]

Don't know if he's any good but I love Todd Trainer's drumming.

 

[Hollis]

Phil Collins arguably did some good work on Genesis's early prog rock albums like 'Foxtrot' and 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway'..

<legs its...>

 

[stdPikachu]

Wot no mention of Ringo Starr

Lets face it, Ringo wasn't the best drummer in the world. Let's face it, he wasn't the best drummer in the Beatles!

*rimshot*

I'd have to chalk another one up for Bonham myself. Anyone else heard that mentalist 13m drum solo he did on Moby Dick for Song Remains the Same? Nutter.

 

[mwgdrwg]

Buddy Rich!

edit:

Buddy Rich versus Animal

lol, love that link.

 

[Orang Utan]

Phil Collins arguably did some good work on Genesis's early prog rock albums like 'Foxtrot' and 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway'..

<legs its...>

In The Air Tonight has ace drums

 

[JE:5]

Dave Lombardo deserves a mention I think.

 

[zaphod22]

Lets face it, Ringo wasn't the best drummer in the world. Let's face it, he wasn't the best drummer in the Beatles!

Hence the sarcastic wink!

 

[grosun]

John Bonham
Clyde Stubblefield
Tony Williams
Art Blakey

I'd put Ringo in too; yeah, he wasn't the tightest or the funkiest, but there's something really groovy about those off-kilter rhythms.

 

[hammerntongues]

Has any drummer other than Cozey Powell with Dance with the Devil had a top 10 solo single ?

 

[Hollis]

In The Air Tonight has ace drums

A time and a place..

 

[killer b]

Phil Collins arguably did some good work on Genesis's early prog rock albums like 'Foxtrot' and 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway'..

<legs its...>

he drummed on 'music for airports' and 'music for films' as well...

hell, if you only judged people on their 80's output then stevie wonder, nile rogers and sammy hagar would all be tarred with the same brush.

 

[twistedAM]

Murph :d

 

[art of fact]

i don't about the best in the world, but i'm really feeling ?uestlove from The Roots at the moment

 

[Sunspots]

it's got to be funky

Clyde Stubblefield

Jaki Liebezeit

Greg Errico

 

[souljacker]

Wahtever you think of the Police, Stuart Copeland is a fantastic drummer.