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Check out: Are You Experienced?, Phil Collins work as the drummer of Genesis has earned him the status as one of rocks greatest drummers. Hes also been lending his voice to the group Devilment as a side project. Unlike most drummers of the time, Blaine said he tuned his drums down to normal, mid-range, rather than keeping them at a high range. YOU ARE AN IDIOT !!! "My worst nightmare Chris Dave is his drummer," Questlove told an interviewer in advance of D'Angelo's 2012 live comeback. And as the years go by youll continue to see more recent drummers included at the expense of truly gifted drummers of the past. If you missed part one of this series, check it out Incredibly Famous Short Actors & Movie Stars. Why isnt Vinnie C. up at the top? Most drummers are quite content, I guess, to be a metronome, even though I know a lot of music doesnt call for much more. Suggested is that those who criticise Phil Collins take note of JIM Cs mention of BRAND X, where Phil Collins portrays incredible drumming talent. Unfortunately the bug's 15 minutes of fame was short-lived. Check out: 13 Steps To Nowhere, Chad Smith is the drummer with Red Hot Chili Peppers. You are a moron so please shut the hell up! The jazz list would be twice as long. George Martin REAL QUOTE with recordings we never needed a click track, we had RINGO. A fukin metronome. I was also looking for Jon Hiseman from Colosseum. Unbelievable, Im missing John Weathers of Gentle Giant the man with the best performance. By what standard skill or fame? Love them! Jon Theodore is the contemporary rock world's most visible superdrummer, a player who has internalized the styles of key Seventies touchstones the otherworldly facility of Billy Cobham, the elephantine swagger of John Bonham and updated their approaches to fit the demands of the modern arena show. Laughable. yeah right And where is Mat Abts?? You will never hear a closer player to Keith Moon (saw him 5 times). He played on early Presley Sun Records hits such as Hound Dog and also appeared on the comeback Christmas TV special of 1968. Keith Moon was a true original who left a lasting legacy. Otherwise it is like apples and oranges and blueberriesjust too different to rank together. He had a string of US Top 40 hits in the 80s, including Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now), and would sometimes play drums on records by musician friends, including on some by folk musician John Martyn. He moved to America in 1992 to play with Toto and later recorded his own albums, including Protocol in 1988. The band's frenetic and counter-intuitive yet weirdly natural-sounding music might've blurred into chaos without George Hurley, a jazz fan whose impossible speed, versatility and nuance made him the most inventive drummer to emerge from the American indie-rock scene of the 1980s. Not even in the list !??? "We just start playing. Karen peat out Bonham for drummer of the year according to Drummers Mag. Stomu Yamashta as well. So Gene Krupa should be much higher than 49. and Chick Webb was better than both of them. After playing with various dance bands, he got his big break in 1968 when he helped form Deep Purple, and his brilliant playing has shone on songs such as Stormbringer and on the live album Made In Japan. phil collins 3. Do you mean Neil PEART? You call yourself a professor? Where the hell is Francky Costanza of Dagoba ?! The fastest most technically gifted rock drummer ever. Look, I love Ringo, but he is not better than Carl Palmer, who was the best that I ever saw. Or its not a list! Tracks like "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" and "Blue Orchid" were jolted to life by her deceptively simple backbeat bashing, which helped define the Stripes' stomp. Buddy Rich has all of those guys beat, Buddy was the best, hands down!! LOL !!! Check out: Jumpin At The Woodside, Elvin Jones was a renowned member of The John Coltrane Quartet. As for the Poll- list as such: Though he cooked up his share of tricky rhythms, by the time a given song's chorus came around, Williams would land on the snare with a dance-commanding rhythm that was rarely subtle or negotiable. Ringo is a good drummer but is he worthy of being high on the list simply because hes so famous? Jon Hiseman could wipe the floor with a lot of these. Clarke helped lay down the template for modern jazz drumming. Chester Thompson, Chad Wackerman should definitely have been on this list. Why did I look at this list it is ludicrously stupid LOL !!! I agree on Jon Hiseman. He is best known as the original drummer of heavy metal band Black Sabbath and was noted for his innovative use of floor toms. "Micky forgetting to bring his cymbals actually gave 'Maggie May' a sharper beat. He combined his love of art and jazz by writing a book about Charlie Parker. At just 57 tall, Daltrey supposedly ran the show on stage and off. FYI love Keith, Ginger, and John. Hes not only a talented vocalist but also a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and dancer. Greg Errico was all of 17 years old when Sylvester Stewart invited the San Francisco native to join his new group Sly and the Family Stone. Where is Brian Downey?! His work with The Police was famed for its reggae-tinged rhythms and seemingly effortless cymbal work. Mark Herndon, of Alabama fame, should be in the Top 5. In 1993, Blackman altered the course of her career, shifting from a Tony Williamsstyle jazz ace to an arena-playing rock star as a member of Lenny Kravitz's live band. In October 2018, he was cleared to perform again after blood clots in both arms had caused him to temporarily stop playing the drums. How about some love for Tom Hunting of Exodus and Jen Ledger of Skillet? I was in drumming country, Below said, and I had my eyes, ears and fingers all ready to learn any kind of thing I could pick up. The two brothers are the only members of Van Halen who have been in the band for its entire duration. No Levon Helm, Liberty DeVito.really???? Phhh Another thing i gotta spew- Charlie Watts Is tight !!! Pretty good list but you forgot Lenny White, Carmine Appice, Michael Shrieve, Chapita Areas, Wayne Evans, Edgar Winter and a few others. Roach was also the drummer in Dizzy Gillespies first big band and went on to make his own career as bandleader, forming a quintet with the young trumpeter Clifford Brown which is regarded as one of the finest small bands of the 20th Century. This is important because funk music is entirely based on the interaction between the drummer and the bassist. The meek have inherited the earth or I think YOU, (who have compiled this list), are not exposed to enough music and this listing really addresses that issue. The same applies for Steve Gadd. - Elvin Jones. You guys are killin meIm howling at so many comments..I think what matters most is that weve all enjoyed most if not all these drummers at some point.and Im not only lucky enough to have been able to listen and appreciate thier music.but I grew up in the best musical decades.60s and 70s.. It might be one reason the Kinks' used a session drummer on their proto-metal missile "You Really Got Me" (though Avory contributed tambourine). Youve serious credibility issues with mestunned to see the omission of Hunt Sales (David Bowie/Tin Machine, Iggy Pop, Todd Rundgren, Sales Brothers). How does Fame constitute good drumming?, Fame? Sure, maybe a top 100 list, but some of those guys would be in the top 50 of a top 100 list, only keith moon could do what he can do i am 62 treied for years to competed hi drummed come close but john boham is too easy for me he moves alot but his beat i find the simplist to copy on my set keith all the way, I thought Keith Moon was crazy but a total genius on the drums.. he would change from a right foot lead to a left foot lead in the middle of a particularly hard part of the song which is like a guitarist spinning his guitar and swapping hands.. near impossible ..and he never practiced which in my mind makes him the best. Stomu Yamashta, wow a great drummer and percussionist, I have so many of his albums. Smith studied music in Boston at Berklee College Of Music from 1972-76 and began life as a professional musician in the Lin Biviano Big Band. 1) Buddy Rich. Most overated drummer of all time. To be a drummer you also have to be a musician. Santana would shed nearly all of his original bandmates just two years later when he embraced fusion and other non-commercial styles, but Shrieve stuck by his side and even co-produced 1973's Welcome and 1974's Borboletta. Keltner also played on Bob Dylans album Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid, which includes the song Knockin On Heavens Door. That session was a monumental one for me because it was such a touching song, it was the first time I actually cried when I was playing, said Keltner. boy, you couldnt be more wrong about Ginger Baker, at least the part about no talent. He blew Springsteen away at an audition and was hired just as work began on Born to Run. neil peart is the greatest drummer ever hands down. Sheila E? He was always modest and when asked about drumming technique used to tell fans to listen to Jim Keltner. Ringo started the whole thing. Two years later, the band played a pivotal role in the plot of the movie The Sweet Smell Of Success, in which one of the main characters is supposedly the quintets guitarist. F, No Jim Gordon on list (Layla) That is like picking the top 50 goaltenders and leaving Patrick Roy off, For those that are not sure who he was and what he did (an amazing career) I recommend you do a little research. great drummers MUST have a hearing problem (exception to maybe Buddy Rich, but not in the first 10) All rights reserved. buddy rich 1 hands down bonham was a slower carbon copy even down to hi kit setup crossovers and the doubleing of a single bass he even says so himself where is mitch mitchell dave weckyll. No Ronnie tutt ? it was just me and him. or the great Ronnie Tutt from the 70s.. Christian Vander from Magma was unique and great, as was Mani Neumeier from Guru Guru. The thing about all 4 of these guys is, no one has ever been able to emulate their feel. You can play the same notes, but you cant imitate their Touch, sound & Feel, at all. Want to share your opinion? This Guy Drums the Shit out of These Drums!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn7m_hBWddI Help Us Reach 10,000 Subscribers! I think this Poll should qualify that it is generally rock drummers that are profiled. Standing just over 57, Eddie Vedder was born Edward Louis Severson III. The band did name their breakthrough album Eat to the Beat, after all and Burke's combo of crisp backbeat and kinetic, Keith Moon-influenced bluster helped set Blondie apart from the pack. The best drummer in the world !!! I loved Keith Moon, but would be the first to admit that technically he wasnt in the same league as Ginger Baker. Yes Mick Fleetwood should be on that list as should Clem Burke. Check out: Them Changes, As a six-year-old, Mark Lavon Helm saw Bill Monroe And His Bluegrass Boys and decided right then that he wanted to be a musician. You have to add Tony Brock. White was an excellent timekeeper as drummer and good at giving direction to a songs arrangement. Unfortunately, Moon's career was cut short by his untimely death in 1978. A prominent figure in popular music, he is .more. He had the energy and the timing along with great improvisation skills to fill gaps with amazing sounds. The master of time changes! Cliff, you obviously know nothing about drumming as both Ringo and Dave Clark have been highly praised by real drummers. Has everyone so easily forgotten a man considered the greatest swing drummer of them allChick Webb. Roger Daltrey is a legend. Lars Ulrich at #20 makes this list idiotic.Hes not worthy to wipe the ass of anyone on this list. Directed by Darius Marder and co-written by Marder and Derek Cianfrance, the film stars Riz Ahmed as Ruben Stone, the drummer in a metal duo alongside his girlfriend, Lou Berger, who is played by Olivia Cooke. As a performer, Fleetwood's instinctive flair and childlike glee behind the kit remain intact to this day. 4)Ian Pace Even Bruce (who wanted to be a drummer himself) said that Clive was the better drummer for Maidens music. As usual, the person or persons who do these ratings, I firmly disagree with. 12 epic reads for drummers with time on their hands Instantly recognizable thanks to his nuanced splash cymbal work and stuttering beats, he provides the West African pulse of Gabriel's "In Your Eyes" and the trip-hop groove of the singer-songwriter's "Digging in the Dirt." Not a bad list. And high on the list. In his first spell, he played with AC/DC until 1983, and again from 1994 to 2015. Apart from the top 2, a completely American (& Canadian) biased list. carl palmer 2 And Ringos feel in the latter recordings from Magical Mystery Tour on, is virtually impossible to reproduce, even though the notes, his parts, are pretty simple. In 1994, Colaiuta released a self-titled solo album. And Paul Simon is nowhere near 53. Im thinking in terms of colours and textures. His life was sometimes controversial off stage, but in live shows and in his studio work, his consistency and unshakeable backbeat was a major feature of classics such as Its A Long Way To The Top (If You Want To RocknRoll), TNT, and Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. The ruse didnt even start till the eighties long afterLennon had been killed. Moon changed everything about drummers and their role in a band, transitioning them from background timekeepers to lead instrumentalists. Meg White's idiosyncratic, primal take on drumming was fundamental to the appeal of the White Stripes, who rode their candy-colored outfits and stripped-down blues to rock stardom in the early Aughts. He is also the father of Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg. He was an actor, known for Whiplash (2014), Motherless Brooklyn (2019) and Ship Ahoy (1942 . Born: May 4, 1923, Harvey, IL One of the best I ever watched was Ed Cassidy from Spirit! some of them of your top 50 should not be there !!! Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett and Percy Sledge (Hawkins played on When A Man Loves A Woman) were among those who benefitted. MUSIC is NOT a COMPETITION !!! Travis fucking barker.he aint shit and Sheila e is far above lars. The feels and jazz feels and rock feels were exactly, to me, what we needed, said Ward. On those earliest Attractions records, Thomas played how Elvis sang, with a pent-up-then-spurted anger, a hesitant stutter of kick or snare suggesting a failed attempt at restraining an inevitable explosion. umas long as Buddy Rich is on the list, along with Art Blakley and Max Roach.what about: Surprised at no Gavin Harrison or Marco Minnemann. He has brought orchestral and compositional thinking to the drum kit while at the same time having a great imagination and a great ability to swing. Why do people vote due to myth and tinted glasses about how they remember that time when.. rather than judge on talent. One thing though, how many on this list are dead from being stupid from drugs & drinking. And his signature style was amazing; we used to call him Thunder. Art was the perhaps the best at maintaining independence with all four limbs. Ringo ranged as 11. Jon Hiseman The Runaways are one of the greatest rock and roll bands ever. Since they did not specify rock drummers, I cant understand why Buddy is the only jazz drummer. John Bonham (and Keith Moon) were heavy handed bangers with no versatility or sensitivity. Michael agree with you bud. Blaine was an innovative musician My set always had 12 drums, which no one had ever heard of, and it really was a major change, he said, and it enabled him to achieve a bigger spectrum of sound. Ever hear any dumb-guitarist jokes? Tucker also sang and played guitar, saying once of her solo career: When I do shows, I prefer to be playing guitar. After re-approaching The Beatles at more seasoned adult age (I never really left them as such. You are wrong about Ringo She came into fame bringing her crisp, pristine, polyrhythmic style to Prince's post-Revolution band in the late Eighties, helping shape the decade's rock, pop and R&B. SHUT UP !!! Buddy Rich is the fastest, he goes nuts at about 3:30. see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9esWG6A6g-k. John Bonham was a very good drummer, but come on, Keith Moon was hands down the best drummer in rock and roll with Ginger Baker a close second. Congrats for John in the number one spot, not to mention Neil Peart ( Canadian) for being in top ten. Now he was a drummer. Ill shamefully have to admit that I once upon a time, had the idea that Ringo was a crappy drummer. Bottom line its a B S list. NONE of you have the musical chops to say ANYTHING about ANYONE Music is NOT a competition !!! He made his recording debut at 19, in a band led by Coleman Hawkins, and his groundbreaking work with Charlie Parker in the 40s showed off his amazing sense of form, allied to an impeccable technique and mastery of tempo. His distinctive backbeat can be heard on iconic records such as Eddie Cochrans Summertime Blues and Ritchie Valens La Bamba. James Newell Osterberg Jr., known to most by his stage name Iggy Pop, stands just over 56 tall. Nerve wracking twerps. ?, Ginger Baker mejor que Terry Bozzio?????? Hes played on records by Tom Petty, Harry Nilsson, Bee Gees, Pink Floyd, Randy Newman, Carly Simon, Joni Mitchell, Pretenders and Oasis, and was hailed by Ry Cooder as a master of interpreting subtle music. He brought a complicated, jazz-tinged style to the band and starred on their studio albums Stained Class (co-writing the song Beyond The Realms Of Death) and Killing Machine, as well as a live album from Japan, Unleashed In The East. The result is beats that often sound like the mechanized revving of a Lamborghini Diablo SV. Where is the great drummers from the east? Danny Seraphine, Barriemore Barlow, Pick Withers, Pete Thomas. With a sixth sense for what makes music pop and the patience to take direction, he's ended up as a go-to studio beatsmith for the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Diamond, Eric Clapton, John Fogerty, Sting, the Smashing Pumpkins, Lady Gaga and tons more. Maybe Chad Smith is ? I like Palmer a lot, though hes quite irregular on tempo. Keith Emerson was 5 4 Clyde Stubblefield is best known for his work with the "Godfather of Funk" James Brown. At just over 55, Thomas Edward Yorke is an English musician and composer. Check out: Time Cant Wait, San Francisco-born Michael Shrieve was chosen by Rolling Stone magazines readers as one of the Top 10 Drummers of All Time in 2017. I dont think any of the others mastered it as well as he did, said White. After all, youve done extensive study of these drummers, spending 8 hours a day for years listening, transcribing, and practicing, and perhaps youve played gigs with a few of them too right? Any top drummer list that does not include Elvin Jones loses all credibility. His reply? Check out: Start Of Something Beautiful, Buddy Miles was a member of Jimi Hendrixs Band Of Gypsys from 1969 until Hendrixs death in 1970 (he also played on two tracks on Hendrixs influential Electric Ladyland album in 1968). Bill Ward just to name a few. (He has also established strong ties to a younger generation, anchoringJohn Mayer's signature trio.) His showmanship reached its peak with Sing, Sing, Sing, a tune by Louis Prima, which the Goodman band began playing early in 1936. Check out: I Am The Resurrection, Drummer Joe Morello helped Dave Brubecks band reach new heights as they experimented with odd and uneven metres. Indeed, Tucker held her own with the Velvets leaders Lou Reed and John Cale when it came to Sixties-era avant-garde sonic iconoclasm standing instead of sitting behind the kit, playing with mallets instead of sticks, avoiding cymbals unless absolutely necessary or unexpected. This is one of those trolling articles right? Manne also advised Frank Sinatra on drumming technique for his role in the movie The Man With The Golden Arm. Its too vast an art form to pin it down to one guy in one aspect; much less, one guy overall is really absurd. As such, its nigh-on impossible to construct a definitive list of the best drummers in the world but we have tried. Too many current drummers phenomenal drummers missing; Antonio Sanchez, Kendrick Scott,Brian Blade, Eric Harland, Lenny White!! Phhh. But in Vander's fierce energy, his rolling beat and his loose yet clear time, you can hear clearly he's an acolyte of jazz titan Elvin Jones and by extension, of Jones's most famous employer: "Magma's music was born on a spring day out of my love for John Coltrane and my profound sadness about human inability to comprehend one another," Vander said in a 2015 interview. Rudd learned his trade with Melbourne bands such as Buster Brown And The Coloured Balls, before joining up with the Australian hard rock giants in 1975. But not drummer. Artimus Pyle of Lynyrd Skynyrd #10. Joe Morello.Brubecks drummer? While Krupa was a master of suave, gentlemanly playing, Rich was one powerful beast of a drummer with superhuman abilities. And for those in doubt listen to the Ox from different live albums. All are at the top. Check out: Thunder Road, Chico Hamilton took part in the first recordings by The Gerry Mulligan Quartet, representative of a career of experimentation. He was a famous jazz drummer .You must have heard AND you must have seen him! Yes, he was insane, but a human metronome. Check out: The Glamorous Life, Denmarks Lars Ulrich, who was born on Boxing Day in 1963, became a drummer after giving up a promising career as a professional tennis player. Paul *is* known for his mildly exagerated mumblings harmless, but what can lead to wrong imprsssions and people reading more into them than is actually valid. In recent years he has played with his own trio and quartet. Check out: Any Way You Want It, Massachusetts was also the state where Hal Blaine was born, on February 5, 1929. Check out: Snap Crackle, Though Karen Carpenter is known as the sweet-voiced singer of Carpenters hits such as Please Mr Postman, her first musical career was playing jazz drums, the instrument she played in the original Richard Carpenter Trio. Died: September 25, 1980. And he had a presence and charisma beyond your typical sticksman. In 2014, Bozzio toured America playing solo dates with what he called the worlds largest tuned drum and percussion set. Personally, my new goal is to join Prince and Bono by being known only as Brock. She has also played with Quasi and cult indie band The Shins. Thompson was even considered as a replacement for the late John Bonham when there were talks of Led Zeppelin revival. How can you have Phil Collins on the list and NOT Chester Thompson? When Paul Simon wanted something special for Kodachrome, Hawkins found the right sound by beating on a tape box. ", According to Smashing Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin showed up for his first rehearsal "wearing a pink T-shirt, stonewashed jeans and a mullet haircut. I did not mean to sound harsh toward Ringo Starr but there was and STILL IS a lot more going on in music than the Beetles then or some of the pop crap played on the airways today. Tony Thompson laid down the merciless four-on-the-floor grooves for Chic, the hardest-rocking band of the disco era. Hes managed to snag himself a gorgeous taller woman who loves short men, though, with his wife, Ari Cooper. I love it!! Pierre Moerlen. Danny Carey. 2023 Rolling Stone, LLC. Martn Lopez Although maybe not tops, but certainly Levon Helm should be in the top 50, Phil Erhart ( Kansas ), Don Brewer ( Grand Funk Railroad ), Lee Kerslake ( Uriah Heep ), Stu Cook ( Creedence Clearwater Revival ) are great drummers, must be on th list please, Corection I should say Doug Clifford ( Creedence Clearwater Revival ), Jerry Edmonton of Steppenwolf Listen to his diverse style. and Neal Schon, his site lists him 59Z but when he stands next to Eddie Van Halen who was 58 he is clearly a couple of inches shorter than Ed. Jackson's seismic rumble also drove sessions led by John Zorn and Bill Laswell, and reached peak extremity in Last Exit, a take-no-prisoners punk-jazz quartet featuring Laswell, saxophonist Peter Brtzmann and guitarist Sonny Sharrock. He's played with all of the greatest musical acts, including those still popular today. Mick Avory and Kenny Jones left off list? You could say that French bandleader Christian Vander is among the top drummers not principally known first and foremost for drumming. "You need the most dangerous drummer alive on that tour." Keith Moon is #1. Roger Daltrey is a legend. In the spring of 1974, Max Weinberg saw a notice in the Village Voice that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band were looking for a new drummer, cautioning would-be applicants that they didn't want any "Junior Ginger Bakers." No. "If it never got beyond the hard-hitting things, I wouldn't have been very suitable," said Kinks drummer Mick Avory. As well as his soulful voice, Helms creative drumming style was a strong point on many of their great recordings, including The Weight and The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down. The Grammy-winning musician has also had a successful acting career that included playing Loretta Lynns father in Coal Miners Daughter.