best drummer

whos the best drummer youve ever heard(famous or not)...and where did u hear em'


the best drummer ive ever heard was Tim Zimmerman(watch out for him in like 5-10 years)

i heard him at a talent show...he did a drum solo..it blew my mind...simply amazing

 

Charlie Watts, honey..

 

Who's that dude who played drums (conventional, not bongo) with Carlos Santana at Woodstock? If you can find his name, he's my pick for one of the best. Ofcourse, it'd be hard to really classify a best- of- the best.

 

Michael Shrieve! That's his name. The guy is a madman!

 

The best one that I've heard live was Eric Singer at an Alice Cooper gig a couple of years ago. Bonus points earned for playing a drum solo too (nobody dares to play one nowadays because some poptart in the audience would whine about it and write a bad review).

 

Ringo Starr. I'm just a Beatle fanatic.

 

I don't know that Ringo is the best drummer or even in the top 10. If you think so, then that's good. Like I said, classifieng a best drummer or guitarist or whatever would take a huge compitition that really couldn't be put together. It would have to be like drumstock, and even then you really wouldn't ever come out with a winner. Anyway, Ringo has this strange charm that I never understood, not just because he's a Beatle, either.

 

i really have a great respect for jazz drummers...alot of them are the best drummers i can thinl of


they dont just keep a beat but they also make the music too

 

Billy Cobham is as impressive of a drummer as I've ever seen perform or heard.

 

Travis Barker is an amazing drummer I think for our time. HMM thats a hard one the best one of all time..

peace
chickens

 

Yeah, most classic rock and most music in general is in common time, so the beat is 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and (if in eighth notes) but Jazz is crazy. It varies in time signatures so the beats are pretty hard to follow. Certainly
takes a lot of attention to be paid! I play Jazz guitar, but I don't think that's quite the same thing in any sense.

 

yeah he is really good...i never noticed how good he was till i saw him perform at the kids choice awards

 

yeah i am a drummer and i could never play jazz
i just cant get a feel for holding the sticks diffrentily...

 

Mmm. That's a tough one. I would have to say Jon Fishman of Phish. Man, that dude is a monster!

 

billy martin of mmw
i like Brain from primus a lot too.

 

I've seen quite a few in concert that just blew me away


a few that come to mind are


Neil Peart (Rush) -- need I say anything else?

Ginger Baker (Cream) -- I saw him with Masters of Reality

Tommy Lee -- say what you will, the guy is a great drummer

Danny Carey (Tool) -- hell, yea

 

Haha i just got done watching the Woodstock: 3 days of peace and music DVD and i was thinking the same thing. That guy was insane.

 

Yeah, and you know what's really creepy? This always happens to me when I've been smoking. I hadn't seen Woodstock 3 days of... in 3 months, and then the morning after I post that it comes on on showtime this morning at 7:00. Shit like that is weird man.

Finally a Medeski, Martin and Wood fan. Do you like Jazz mandolin project?

 

Tony Braunagel
Yonriko Scott
Buddy Rich
Charlie Watts
Elvin Jones
Bill Bruford
Max Roach
Jaki Liebezeit
Roy Haynes
Klaus Dinger


Those are my top ten.

 

Idk, it all depends. I can't really say someone is a good drummer untill I've played with them. Some can go really wild and impress people but completely suck at keeping up with a band. This happens alot more with guitarists that drummers though. I saw this one guy though... apearently he was the fastest drummer in the world. He looked pretty good. I'd have to say Tom Jenkins. He's very good at both bass and drums, which gives him an amazing perspective of how a song should come together and sound.