afterstasis' 25 favorite drummers.

[afterstasis]

Hmmm... I'm wondering who I'm thinking of. The person in question liked Quadrophenia, but wasn't a fan of Who's Next.

Of course, I also prefer the former.

i enjoy both albums immensely.
i could do without a lot of the post-quadrophenia tunes, but there are still quite a few good ones during that period.

[moneyp]

Han Bennink but no Hamid Drake? Denied!

[trench762]

that's quite a list, not being a drummer I doubt I could name 25 drummers total. My favs would be Danny Carey - Tool, Mike Portnoy - Dream Theatre, Keith Moon - The Who, and Mitch Mitchel - Hendrix. I could name 100's of other band members, just not many drummers who have stood out to me. Tony Dixon is one of my fav drummers, but he's a local. Amazing guy, played in 3 groups with him and he never ceased to amaze me.

[Soror_YZBL]

Klaus Dinger and Steve Shelley = love.

[afterstasis]

Han Bennink but no Hamid Drake? Denied!

i like drake a lot too, but bennink's performance on "machine gun" is beyond incredible... "schwarzwaldfahrt" is just bonus points on top of that.

[Ultimatum]

I'm very surprised to see that you're a Palmer fan and a Cobham fan.

[WhiffleBallTony]

Billy Cobham FTW.

[a21schizoidman]

billy cobham (miles davis)
jaki liebezeit (can)
brian chippendale (lightning bolt)
pierre moerlen (gong)
clem burke (blondie)
jerome brailey (parliament-funkadelic)
damon che (don caballero)
keith moon (the who)
grant hart (husker du)
han bennink (peter brotzmann)
bill ward (black sabbath)
andy mccullough (king crimson)
zach hill (hella)
klaus dinger (kraftwerk)
carl palmer (ELP)
d.h. peligro (dead kennedys)
jimmy chamberlin (smashing pumpkins)
ches smith (xiu xiu)
steve shelley (sonic youth)
ziggy modeliste (the meters)
yoshimi p-we (the boredoms)
greg saunier (deerhoof)
mani neumeier (guru guru)
stephen morris (joy division)
buddy rich (fallout boy)

i like this list

[jrcronlakers]

i don't believe in "best drummers/bands/fiddlers", to be honest.

i'll take one technically poor, no-named drummer who plays in a way that connects with me personally over a million neil pearts.

try giving some of those artists a listen. they may not do anything for you, but who knows... you may find a new favorite!

Believe me this was not a knock on your list at all. You did not say this is who you think is the best. I am not a drummer or a musician for that madder. I do not know enough of the technical aspect of playing music to really judge it for technique. So for me a best of list is only good if I like the song or band. As far as drummers go I only know a few by name and others by band. I will listen to as many on your list of the ones I do not know when I get time. Always like listening to new stuff to me. I got plenty of room on my IPOD to give them a listen.