Favorite drummers

[STRONGBADF1]

I don't like to single out 1 person from a band because I like the unit as a whole.

Good opinion to have as a guitar player...or for anyone in a band. Ego is what kills alot of young bands.

Separate they are nothing.

SheepStar

Not true IMO. Soloists have been a tradition in music for as long as there has been music.

But if you mean it's the music that matters and as long as it's music and not just a bunch of self serving notes being played real fast then I'm with you.

SBF1

 

[Ryan8886]

Phil Collins: Just an amazing technical drummer and pioneer in the use of gated reverb- the magic behind that cool sound of his!

Mick Fleetwood: Maybe not a drumming legend...but he IS a hoot to watch and still rocks at age 60!

 

[Joe Schmoe]

Phil Collins: Just an amazing technical drummer and pioneer in the use of gated reverb- the magic behind that cool sound of his!

Mick Fleetwood: Maybe not a drumming legend...but he IS a hoot to watch and still rocks at age 60!

His solo singing career and his role in leading Genesis from their classic sound into mainstream pop have lost Phil Collins some respect and shifted the focus away from his drumming. He truly is one of the all-time great drummers, though. One need look no further than The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway for proof of this (especially live.) His contributions to the Brian Eno solo albums is very impressive, also.
I appreciate Mick Fleetwood more as a result of Fleetwood Mac's The Dance DVD. He is a wild man on that video.

 

[zumbo]

I think Phil is a decent lefty. He is certainly no match for Carter Beauford.
I do believe Phil's best work was with Robert Plant. I enjoyed his style in those days. If you listen to the song "In the Mood", you may notice a left handed paradiddle throughout the song. Very hard for a right handed drummer to duplicate the entire song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSt_bu7npjo

"Burning Down One Side" is another cool track with Phil. Not too much to the drumming, but it gives you an idea of Phil's style then.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeCekdvXwKw&mode=related&search=

 

[Sheep]

Good opinion to have as a guitar player...or for anyone in a band. Ego is what kills alot of young bands.

Glad you see it that way.

Not true IMO. Soloists have been a tradition in music for as long as there has been music. But if you mean it's the music that matters and as long as it's music and not just a bunch of self serving notes being played real fast then I'm with you.

SBF1

I personally dislike solos. To me, they usually ruin the flow of the song. I prefer bridges, because every member still has a part and it still changes the pace, while keeping the flow.

SheepStar

 

[Vin2.1guy]

I am not normally very sensitive to compression/clipping. CDs that others have complained about in threads about the "loudness wars" often sound fine to me. Snakes and Ladders is an exception. I do hear a lot of compression and clipping on it, and it reduces my enjoyment of it considerably. Too bad, because content-wise it is a great CD.

I sent you a pm about this in order to not hijack the thread.

 

[Vin2.1guy]

Not true IMO. Soloists have been a tradition in music for as long as there has been music.

SBF1

I agree, I could listen to Neil or Alex or Ged of Rush play their respective instruments alone for quite awhile before I got bored, and in fact each have their extended (and mini) solos on many a Rush album.

And of course seeing/hearing Neil do an 8 min. drum solo live is never boring, in person or on cd/dvd .

 

[highfihoney]

Best drummer on earth right here boy's

Slim Jim Phantom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW6F7cbdW9o

 

[proshot04]

Mike Portnoy is ONE of the greatest drummers of all time


he won the following Modern Drummer magazine Reader's Poll awards

Best Progressive Rock Drummer (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)

Best Recorded Performance (1995 for Awake, 1996 for A Change of Seasons, 1998 for Falling Into Infinity, 2000 for Metropolis, Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory, 2002 for Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence)

Hall of Fame Inductee (2004)

 

[Joe Schmoe]

Mike Portnoy is ONE of the greatest drummers of all time

I have a CD called The Liquid Tension Project. He and Tony Levin are the rythm section. Awesome, blistering jazz-metal.

 

[proshot04]

you know that there is a Liquid Tension Project2 i only have the first one but i hear the second one is even better

 

[jostenmeat]

Ok, I like "melodic" percussionists. I don't listen to rock. So jazz only here:

I can't believe Bill Stewart is still missing from this thread. Is there anyone else out there that is nearly as polyrhythmic? I've seen him play a few times now, he's-just-sick.

Not quiiiite as unbelievable, but still(!)... Brian Blade and Ed Blackwell. Someone mentioned open-hand drumming... Blade was AMAZING at this when I saw him with (bless his soul) M. Brecker, H. Hancock, J. Patatucci, R. Hargrove. He could control timbres so well, I could not distinguish when he had no stick, to one stick, to both sticks.

I second Max Roach and Peter Erskine

Did anyone mention Tony Williams yet?

 

[eljr]

We have threads for guitarists and singers, so I thought I would start one for drummers.
My top 5 are:
Bill Bruford
Phil Collins
Elvin Jones
Neil Peart
Nick Mason.

I am also a big fan of new-age percussionist Robert Rich, and the ensembles Kodo, Zarbang, and Blue Man Group.

Ginger Baker

 

[zumbo]

Blue Man Group.

I mentioned Tim Alexander of Primus. I can't believe I missed Blue Man Group in your post. I don't know the whole spill, but he was a drummer for the band.

http://www.drummagazine.com/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=294

 

[zildjian]

I mentioned Tim Alexander of Primus. I can't believe I missed Blue Man Group in your post. I don't know the whole spill, but he was a drummer for the band.

http://www.drummagazine.com/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=294

Tim has been one of the drummers in the band in Blue Man Group's Las Vegas installation. I don't know if he's played at any of the other venues; wish I could have meet Tim. I've been a fan of his work for a long time. He wasn't at Chicago BMG when I went up there to play, but that's been a few years ago. The drummers for BMG are badasses; I've always given them full props as I think it's more difficult to play their parts than any of the 3 blue man roles (percussion wise).

 

[Joe Schmoe]

I mentioned Tim Alexander of Primus.

Speaking of Primus, is it just me, or does the singer in The Residents sound exactly like Les Claypool? Since they hide their identities, maybe it is him.

 

[Tarub]

Ginger Baker of Cream.

 

[zumbo]

Speaking of Primus, is it just me, or does the singer in The Residents sound exactly like Les Claypool? Since they hide their identities, maybe it is him.

Haven't heard them. I am certain you would notice his bass playing. If not, I doubt it's him. I can't see him just doing a vocal gig.

 

[Starmax]

my favorites

Mars, my 14 year-old son, who can flat tear-up the skins. Mickey Hart. Mitch Mitchell. That kid drummer in Santana who blew everyone away with his performance during "Soul Sacrifice" at Woodstock.

 

[Starmax]

Nothing? Did you say nothing? Have you watched any of the links? Neil is like a whole marching band, by his-self.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUICMEqdAlM

Check him out on a small kit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bIchqJoxFQ&mode=related&search=

Any Super Mario fans?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZqwvjwqwK4&mode=related&search=

Those videos are very cool...I loved 'em. But Sheep is right. Separate, they ARE nothing. A single percussionist, no matter how good, is not someone I'd spend a whole evening on going to see in concert. What makes them great is playing with other great musicans.