Best Drummer

[matthewtmadden]

Between the Buried and Me, check out their album Colors.

[pleaseohplease5555]

There are always so many "extra" suggestions when these polls emerge... I am just to blame as much as the next person, I must say, but you can't always please every music fan with a little Music banter polling...

[Marcus]

OK I'd like to say a few things. First of all I'm sick of "who's the best" anythings in music. What is the competition? Seriously? It's the most circular pointless discussion. At the end of the day Meg White who you've all heard of is raking in checks for her playing because it fits their wack ass tunes but Ted Poor who I'm willing to bet no one here has heard of, yet is absolutely one of, if not the most, proficient and musical drummer alive, struggles to eat while playing a gig every night in NYC. What it comes down to is who is the best for what they do? John Bonham is the best drummer. For Led Zeppelin. Keith Moon is the best drummer. For The Who. Ginger Baker is the best drummer. For Cream. Neil Peart is the best drummer. For Rush. And finally you guessed it, Danny Carey is the best drummer.... for Tool.

There is good reason all these banRAB are epicly famous. They had the right person for their own unique sound. Someone here said "Neil Peart plays too many fills..." well, in just about every city in the country 25,000 people will pay 80 bucks just to see Neil Peart play too many fills. Just like the same nuraber will pay whatever to see Meg White play sloppy as **** and probably wouldn't have it any other way.

I'm guilty of this too because I posted on this page earlier... but for anyone to say that they know who the best drummer is, is to say that they are an authority on all of music, defining what is good and what is bad, and then what a good drummer ought to be to suit that. We can talk about our opinions but the tone of authority and certainty people argue with on this page is hilarious. The beauty of music is that its not competitive and the more people argue about "who the best drummer" is, the more bull**** technique will overtake musical honesty.

Look at Ringo. (And yes I know John and Paul played on a bunch of tunes but still...) The dude was super sloppy and his chops were non-existent. But his choices were immaculate. And he is part of the reason The Beatles are what they are and will always be remerabered as. Not to mention the entire generation of drummers he inspired.

So after all that I apologize because there is plenty of intelligent discussion going on here... The point I'm trying to make is just that I think the notion of a "best" drummer or guitar player or whatever existing is ridiculous and I know we can hurably talk about what we like and dislike about our favorite musicians without that assumption.

[KO5]

You know at first I thought it was a typo, but now that i've seen it twice, I can't believe a band would name themselves floggin mary when floggin molly exists.

Just change your name, it was handed down from on high.

[TriiZxx]

[QUOTE=Dr. Yellow Black;563969]

i never said that moby **** was drum wankery. altho it is. hahaa

SING SING SING! Gene Krupa. cmon.

[xxshocktartsxx]

That'll never happen.

[ldytgrs_11]

On this list I couldn't possibly choose between John Bonham and Danny Carey. For their place, they are both masters. Technically speaking in some ways Danny is better. But Bonham grooved a lot harder. My true favorite drummers are more obscure jazz dudes like Jack DeJohnette, Brian Blade and Ted Poor.

[taylor?]

I think Neil Peart would inspire awe and amazement on a 5-6 piece drum set. His ride technique alone is jaw dropping. I've been lucky enough to see him live 5 times, and while I've never been a fan of the wanky drum solo I always look forward to his. I can also say that the man utilizes his entire set quite tastefully, and I'm definitely one to cut bait at the first sign of musical masturbation.

[booker.brianna]

Isn't he supposed to be based off of Keith Moon?

[WarDubO]

Pretty good at his Tabla too. Salival version of Push*t is where thats at.