Best Rock & Roll Drummer

Who's the Best Rock & Roll Drummer?

  • Stewart Copeland - The Police

    Votes: 5 3.5%
  • Neil Peart - RUSH

    Votes: 39 27.5%
  • Lars Ulrich - Metallica

    Votes: 14 9.9%
  • Alex Van Halen - Van Halen

    Votes: 6 4.2%
  • Other - explain...

    Votes: 78 54.9%

  • Total voters
    142
omg guys youve never head of cosy powell hes abot the best drummer of all time
 

bigbadbrody

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Travis Barker All The Way
 

FullMoonWolf

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Larry Mullin Jr. from my favorite band-U2!!!!!
 
Excellent discussion...some great drummers mentioned for sure.

i saw a documentary on The Who once and Pete Townsend once thought to himself that Keith Moon kept pretty good time throughout a song...so he tested it once, and put a metronome up against one of their longer live songs, and Keith didn't miss a beat in time...once.

Amazing.
 

dave_rhino

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lars is good but hes a drunken midget.

tommy lee is great coz he is one of the greatest rock and roll heroes of all time.

anyone else a fan of Joey from queens of the stone age (ex danzig) ? i think he is awesome, even does better than Dave did in qotsa.
not that im dissing Davey G.. fucking love him too
 
SLIPKNOT's Joey Jordison is fucking technical :thumbsup:
 
Soundgarden, Temple Of The Dog, Hater, Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron.
He's been consistently inventive in his style, making it all his own, an active writing member musically and lyrically, a good one too.

Also, Eric Singer. He was in Black Sabbath during the nowhere days but he's now the guy in the cat makeup for KISS but had been with them during non-makeup times and also drums for Alice Cooper either on records or tours.
Whatever he plays he always adds his touch and you can tell and it's a great groove. He's a pro 100% and in his mid forties his game is better than ever.

Like him or not Tommy Lee is still a great drummer and owned the 80's hard/rock style.
I still like his drumming style.

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Thanks.
 
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om3ga

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Voted "other" - Rock 'n Roll isn't my forte, but I still remember Keith Moon (ok he might not be the best, but he had a helluva - if brief - life)......
 
There were many excellent Drummers in the past and there are also many excellent Drummers in the Presence. So no one can say this was/is the best.
But i can fill the list with...
Mick Tucker (Sweet) R.I.P :hatsoff:
Budgie (Siouxsie & the Banshees / Creatures) :hatsoff:
 

Mr. Daystar

In a bell tower, watching you through cross hairs.
Kieth Moon
John Bonhem
Bill Bruford
 
keith moon his timing is perfect.
Neil Pearts style is larger than life, when you listen to Rush, the drum parts are very well thought out, they match the song perfectly, his Jazz influence shows through in his spontanious outbursts, truely a great musician.
Lars is a great athletic player, he plays long and he plays hard, but he makes it look easy.
Hats off to Ginger Baker too, he was and still is a 'Powerhouse Drummer'
 
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