Top 5 best guitarists, drums, vocals, bassists

[tbb007]

Dunno about "best", but personal favorites:

Guitar
Chuck Berry
Richard Thompson
Keith Richards
Tom Verlaine
Um... "Richard (Monsour) Dale" (evidently his more commonly-used first name won't get past the word filter!)

Drums
Al Jackson
Charlie Watts
Keith Moon
Bernard Purdie
Ziggy Modeliste

Bass
James Jamerson
Bootsy Collins
Danny Thompson
Bernard Odum
John Entwistle

Vocals
John Lennon
Jerry Lee Lewis
Aretha Franklin
Van Morrison
Ray Charles

[timmay9]

Guitarists
1. Django Reinhardt
2. B.B. King
3. Jeff Beck
4. T-Bone Walker
5. James Marshall Hendrix

Bass
1. Bootsy Collins
2. John Entwistle
3. Larry Graham
4. Tony Levin
5. Donald "Duck" Dunn

Drummers
1. Steve Gadd
2. Carl Palmer
3. Keith Moon
4. Terry Bozzio
5. Buddy Rich

Vocalists
1. Aretha Franklin
2. Otis Redding
3. Marvin Gaye
4. Otis Williams
5. Nina Simone

[MrFruitLord]

Guitarists
1) David Gilmour
2) Eric Clapton
3) Kim Thayil
4) Thurston Moore
5) Kurt Cobain (I'm ready to get flamed...)

Bass (really don't know much, I don't play bass in real life)
1) Flea
2) Tim Commorford
3) Ben Sheppard
4) Les Claypool?
5) David Ellefson?

Drums (once again, don't know much)
1) Steve Shelley
2) Jimmy Chamberlain
3) Matt Cameron
4) Dave Grohl
5) Jack Irons?

Vocalists
1) Kurt Cobain
2) Roger Waters
3) Eric Clapton
4) Chris Cornell
5) Dave Mustaine

[tridentgum0]

Guitarists
1) David Gilmour
2) Eric Clapton
3) Kim Thayil
4) Thurston Moore
5) Kurt Cobain (I'm ready to get flamed...)

Bass (really don't know much, I don't play bass in real life)
1) Flea
2) Tim Commorford
3) Ben Sheppard
4) Les Claypool?
5) David Ellefson?

Drums (once again, don't know much)
1) Steve Shelley
2) Jimmy Chamberlain
3) Matt Cameron
4) Dave Grohl
5) Jack Irons?

Vocalists
1) Kurt Cobain
2) Roger Waters
3) Eric Clapton
4) Chris Cornell
5) Dave Mustaine

Let me guess. You like Kurt Cobain?

[classicrockdude]

Let me guess. You like Kurt Cobain?

who dosen't??

[Lolicat]

We're back on this are we? Well, whatever.

Guitar
1. Thurston Moore
2. Carrie Brownstein
3. Greg Gin
4. Joey Santiago
5. Cat Power

Drums
1. Janet Weiss
2. Scout Niblett
3. I
4. Don't
5. Know

Vocals
1. Corin Tucker
2. Kathleen Hanna
3. Cat Power
4. Black Francis
5. Nick Cave

Bassists
1. Donna Dresch
2. Bootsy Collins
3. Kim Gordon
4. Klaus Flouride
5.


Meh, I drew blanks, I'll fill them in later.

[Gowienczyk]

Okay, SO THIS IS A FAV THREAD. I CAN C&P MY STUFF THEN SINCE FAVORITES ARE SUBJECTIVE AND HERE I THOUGHT THIS WAS A OBJECTIVE THREAD.

Percussion:

Rob Ahlers (50 Foot Wave)
Matt Bajda (Funeral Diner, ...Who Calls So Loud)
Pat Broderick (Majority Rule)
Damon Che (Don Caballero)
Brann Dailor (Mastodon)
Pat DeLeon (Tiles)
Tony Hajjar (Sparta)
Grant Hart (Hüsker Dü)
George Hurley Minutemen, fIREHOSE)
David Lovering (Pixies)
Jose Medeles (The Breeders)
Marco Minnemann (Paul Gilbert)
Neal Peart (Rush)
David Sandström (Refused)
John Stanier (Helmet, Battles, Tomahawk)
Todd Trainer (Shellac)
Chris Wilson (Ted Leo & the Pharmacists)
Jon Wurster (Superchunk, Bob Mould)

Bass:

Lou Barlow (Dinosaur Jr, Sebadoh, Lou Barlow)
Kim Deal (Pixies)
Donald Dunn (Booker T & the MGs, Blues Brothers)
Bernard Georges (Throwing Muses, 50 Foot Wave)
Eric Judy (Modest Mouse)
Tsuyoshi Kawakami (Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra)
Dave Konopka (Battles)
Fred Kovey (Aden)
Kevin Lamiell (Majority Rule)
Dave Lerner (Ted Leo & the Pharmacists)
Kevin Manwarren (Where's Moo
Masato Nakamura (Dreams Come True, Sega Entertainment)
Krist Novoselic (Nirvana)
Dave Riley (Big Black, Fudge Tunnel)
Ben Steidel (Funeral Diner)
Michele Temple (Pere Ubu)
Tim Ward (The Fall of Troy)
Jared Warren (Melvins)
Mike Watt (fMinutemen, fIREHOSE, Mike Watt)
Jeff Whittle (Tiles)
David William Sims (The Jesus Lizard, Rapeman)

Guitar(s):

Steve Albini (Big Black, Rapeman, Shellac)
Dan Bajda (Funeral Diner)
D Boon (Minutemen)
Ash Bowie (Polvo)
Dave Brylawski (Polvo)
Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
Ed Crawford (Ed Crawford)
Rob Crow (Heavy Vegetable, Thingy, Pinback)
Kelley Deal (The Breeders)
Duane Denison (The Jesus Lizard, Tomahawk)
Kristin Hersh (Throwing Muses, 50 Foot Wave, Kristin Hersh)
Ted Leo (Ted Leo & the Pharmacists)
Doug Martsch (Built to Spill)
J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr)
Mac McCaughan (Superchunk, Portastatic)
Dave Mello (Funeral Diner, ...Who Calls So Loud)
Bob Mould (Hüsker Dü, Sugar, Bob Mould)
Liz Phair (Liz Phair)
Joey Santiago (Pixies, Frank Black)
Jocelyn Scharoun (Where's Moo)
Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine)
Kristofer Steen (Refused)

Vocal(s):

Steve Albini (Big Black, Rapeman, Shellac)
Seth Babb (Funeral Diner)
Frank Black (Pixies)
D Boon (Minutemen)
Ed Crawford (fIREHOSE)
Vanessa Hay (Pylon)
Kristin Hersh (Throwing Muses, 50 Foot Wave, Kristin Hersh)
J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr)
Annlouice Loegdlund (Diablo Swing Orchestra)
Dennis Lyxzén (Refused)
Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
Mike Patton (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Tomahawk, Fantomas)
David Thomas (Pere Ubu)
David Yow (The Jesus Lizard)
Andrea Zollo (Pretty Girls Make Graves)

[My name is Fez]

Vocalists
Jimmy Gnecco
Freddie Mercury
Elliott Smith
Sam Beam
Thom Yorke

Drums
Keith Moon
John Bonham
Brann Dailor
Neil Peart
Carl Palmer

Bass
Les Claypool
Victor Wooten
John Entwistle
Geddy Lee
Phil Lynott

Guitarists I'll fill in later.

[kwami42]

We're back on this are we? Well, whatever.

Guitar
1. Thurston Moore
2. Carrie Brownstein
3. Greg Gin
4. Joey Santiago
5. Cat Power

Drums
1. Janet Weiss
2. Scout Niblett
3. I
4. Don't
5. Know

Vocals
1. Corin Tucker
2. Kathleen Hanna
3. Cat Power
4. Black Francis
5. Nick Cave

Bassists
1. Donna Dresch
2. Bootsy Collins
3. Kim Gordon
4. Klaus Flouride
5.


Meh, I drew blanks, I'll fill them in later.

I listened to Sleater-Kinney for the first time today...awesome.

[Lolicat]

I listened to Sleater-Kinney for the first time today...awesome.

My constant badgering has got someone into them, hooray. In other happy news, I actually got a Sleater-Kinney shirt in the post today. I'm thinking of starting a religion based around the Kill Rock Stars label too.