Top 6 Greatest Drummers

[LESStar58]

Travis Barker is the best drummer at the moment, not only can he do punk drumming but he is mean at rap,hip hop and rnb as well.

The same can be said for Josh Freese...he has played with everybody from Suicidal Tendencies to A Perfect Circle to No Doubt to Infectious Grooves to Bic Runga and Avril Lavinge. He is first and foremost a studio drummer so he'd have every style down pat.

However, Barker's drumming for the Transplants (which I think you are getting at when you talk hip hop/rap/rnb) is amazing. And he played for the Aquabats and filled in for the Vandals (I think) as well so he is just as well travelled as Freese.

 

[gaterooze]

Can't restrict it to 6... how about 16?

Bill Bruford (King Crimson, etc)
Daniel Denis (Univers Zero)
Pip Pyle (National Health, etc)
Pierre Moerlin (Gong)
Billy Cobham (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
Christian Vander (Magma)
Lenny White (Return to Forever)
Neil Peart (Rush)
Chris Cutler (Henry Cow, etc)
Giulio Capiozzo (Area)
Richard Coughlin (Caravan)
Terry Bozzio (Zappa, etc)
Dave Mattacks (Fairport Convention, etc)
André Fisichella (Shylock)
Robert Wyatt (Soft Machine, etc)

I can't cut anyone from that list, and there are many more I feel the need to add, but I'll leave it there...

Also, I haven't heard much of his work, but I'm always told by drummers that the absolute master of the instrument was Buddy Rich.

 

[pennywisealfie]

Oops i didnt see this thread...

Travis cant see Josh Freese. Josh is by far the best punk drummer even well ahead of Byron from Pennywise. All you need to do is check out the Vandals DVD and put on Josh Freese Cam just to see how good he is. f**kin amazing! hes in 3 bands (Vandals, Perfect Circle, Devo) and hes also a studio drummer heres a list of albums he drums on:

A Perfect Circle "Mer De Noms"
Abandoned Pools "Humanistic"
All Day "First EP"
Bic Runga "Drive"
Bob and Mark Mothersbaugh "200 Cigarettes" Soundtrack
Boxing Gandhis "Howard"
Chris Cornell "Euphoria Morning"
Cinematic (upcoming record)
Crumb "Romance Is A Slowdance"
Crumb "Seconds, Minutes, Hours"
Danny Elfman "Freeways" Soundtrack
DEVO "Pioneers Who Got Scalped"
DEVO "Tank Girl" Soundtrack
Dweezil Zappa "Confessions"
Emm Gryner "Public"
F.Y.P. "Toys That Kill"
Flying Traps (Various Drummers)
Gordon
Guns n' Roses "End Of Days" Soundtrack
Hayden "Closer I Get"
Hoku "Hoku"
Infectious Grooves "Sarsippius' Ark"
Jamie Blake
John Doe "Freedom Is"
Josh Freese "The Notorious One Man Orgy"
Juliana Hatfield "Only Everything"
Lazlo Bane "Short-Style"
Lazlo Bane "Transistor"
Leona Ness "Comatised"
Magnapop "Rubbing Doesn't Help"
Mary Lou Lord "Got No Shadow"
Mary Lou Lord "Martian Saints EP"
Maypole "Product"
Meredith Brooks "Blurring The Edges"
Mike Ness "Cheating At Solataire"
Nash Kato "Debutante"
New Radicals "Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too"
Palo Alto (upcoming record)
Paul Westerberg "14 Songs"
Paul Westerberg "Eventually"
Paul Westerberg "Suicaine Gratifaction"
Poe (upcoming record)
Possum Dixon "Star Maps"
Princess "Destroy Earth As Soon As Possible"
Rickie Lee Jones "Ghosty Head"
Rob Zombie "Mission Impossible 2" soundtrack
School Of Fish "Human Cannonball"
"Strange Days"Soundtrack
Shawn Mullins "First Ten Years"
Suicidal Tendencies "The Art Of Rebellion"
Taxi Ride
Tender Fury "If Anger Was Soul....."
The Daredevils "Hate You"
The Indigo Girls "Shaming Of The Sun"
The Vandals "Fear Of A Punk Planet"
The Vandals "Glory Daze" Soundtrack
The Vandals "Hitler Bad, Vandals Good"
The Vandals "Live Fast.....Diarrea"
The Vandals "Oi To The World"
The Vandals "Sweatin' To The Oldies"
The Vandals "The Quickening"
The Wailing Souls "Psychedelic Souls"
Thermadore "Monkey On Rico"
Tracy Bonham "Down Here"
Tracy Bonham "The Burdens Of Being Upright"
Wayne Kraemer "The Hard Stuff"
Xtra Large "Now I Eat Them

Bonham f**kin owns as well.

 

[Muffdaddy]

Will Calhoun - Living Colour. Anyone who has heard the variety in his playing will agree. Funk/Jazz/Metal/Reggae/Electronica/Fusion. He is a GOD

Stewart Copeland - Police. Inspired a lot more players than you could imagine.

Manu Katche - Versatile, solid and like an octopus when it comes to fills.

Vinnie Colauita - As stated by many before

Virgil Donati - No need to add any more.

Ringo Starr - Sometimes the simple things in life are often the best.

Terepai Richmond - DIG and recently, unfortunately, the Shitlams. Still one of the best Aussie drummers going around. His work as the opening act to the Chad Smith(Chillis) session a few years ago was awesome.

 

[hrundi99]

Keith Moon
Ringo Starr
John Bonham

 

[Booyah]

Tommy Lee.

 

[suburbanknight]

Keith Moon
John Bonham
Larry Mullen jnr
Manu Katche
Ian Paice
Mick Fleetwood

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Tommy Lee.

Not much of a drummer, but he's quite the sticksman ;-)

 

[Booyah]

Tommy Lee.

Not much of a drummer, but he's quite the sticksman ;-)

Certainly is. He throws those babies round and round. Puts on quite a show too.

Pity about the music...

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Tommy Lee.

Not much of a drummer, but he's quite the sticksman ;-)

Certainly is. He throws those babies round and round. Puts on quite a show too.

Pity about the music...

There was music?! All I heard was Pammy moaning....

 

[Booyah]

:lol:

Nice!

 

[LESStar58]

In no particular order

Daniel Glass
Josh Freese
Trav Demsey
Andy strachan
Darrin Pfeiffer
Adrian Young

 

[ledzep]

no one comes close to bonzo

 

[hineyrulz]

keith moon the greatest just shades john bonham the rest daylight.throw in ginger baker dave grohl lars from metallica and that crazy soab from fear factory

 

[Briza]

Lombardo - Slayer
Hoglan - Dark Angel
Mazurkiewicz - Cannible Corpse

 

[CliffyIsGod]

Danny Carey.

 

[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]

4. Vinnie Colaiuta - Regarded as one of the most technically brilliant drummers of all time.
Played some outlandish stuff with Frank Zappa in the late 70s before being fired for trying to get a pay increase.
Check out Zappa's 'Joe's Garage' and Sting's 'Ten Summoner's Tales'

 

[HevyDevy]

Seconded (or thirded as the case may be).

I saw Vinnie at the Basement a few years back although missed him with Sting.

Brilliant, by far the best.

I also love Carter Beauford from DMB

 

[Meanie]

2. Gene Hoglan - Dark Angel (considering he's about 400 pounds he's extremely fit).

That guy, especially in the song I'm listening to atm (Strapping Young Lad - All Hail The New Flash).

 

[HevyDevy]

Gene!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Legend

I interviewed Will Calhoun a few weeks back too (Living Colour). Good guy, good drummer.