Great Drummers

[Pittsburgh Footy]

John Frusciante and Mark Knopfler, inspired me to pick up the guitar.

Coming from drums.

Danny Carey of Tool, Bonzo of Zeppelin. Then of course Neil Peart my absolute favorite, Keith Moon and so many others I could name.

For underrated: Jimmy Chamberlain of the Smashing Pumpkins.

Absolutely agree with this - Jimmy Chamberlain - very underrated.

Another underrated drummer - Jon Fishman - Phish.

I'll see myself out

 

[Rita_Poon]

Echo (not the dolphin) ?

 

[Joey66]

Joe Vitale, Joe Walsh and Joey66. A hat-trick of Joes.

The eagles asked him to tour - he upset the drummer king leader of the Eagles - & got rollicked & warned he would be off the lucrative tour - The late Glen Frey asked him to do it again in the next concert - he refused as the wages were so high .....a great drummer Joe Vitale....

 

[Buckers]

Tom English of Maximo Park is a modern day genius on the drums and flies under the radar but those who know, know.

 

[longers]

Rock drumming bores the life out of me, top level jazz and funk drummers are where it’s at.

 

[larbert toffee]

Whose your favourite Longers?

 

[longers]

Whose your favourite Longers?

Not sure I have a specific favourite tbh. Buddy Rich, Elvin Jones, Art Blakey, Billy Cobham off top of my head

 

[larbert toffee]

Not sure I have a specific favourite tbh. Buddy Rich, Elvin Jones, Art Blakey, Billy Cobham off top of my head

I certainly remember Buddy Rich and whilst he was alive he seemed to be the one who set the standards.

 

[PITA]

Rock drumming bores the life out of me, top level jazz and funk drummers are where it’s at.

Is it fair to say that rock is not your bag but jazz definitely is?

 

[Simon Buttle]

Goes under the radar a fair bit but Robert Wyatt

 

[longers]

Is it fair to say that rock is not your bag but jazz definitely is?

Not entirely, i grew up on rock music but find it probably the most stale music on the planet nowadays. I'm not a massive jazz head either, I just love jazz drumming and find it to be much more rhythmically interesting and varied than rock drumming. That's not to say there aren't amazing rock drummers, there are... but if you're talking purely about technique and skill then Jazz is the genre to showcase it.

 

[Tommy Chong]

One for the Rush fans, I guess:

 

[Tommy Chong]

Anyway...

Sometimes, the unknowns can surprise you:

 

[Dancing Pat]

John Mylett, local lad, played in Nutz/Rage and was asked to join Marillion. Sadly him and his girlfriend died in a car wreck while on holiday in Greece in 1984. The Moonstone bar in St John’s precinct was renamed Mylo’s in his honour.

 

[April1970]

Carl Palmer.
Jon Hiseman.
Ginger Baker.