Favorite Drummers (and you can't say Bonham, Moon or Peart)

[Bammer]

This is easy for me.

1a - Danny Carey
1b - Carter Beauford


Then there's everybody else.

[parasolmonster]

1. Dave Grohl
2. Dave Abruzzesse
3. Dale Crover
4. Janet Weiss
5. Alex Van Halen

[Chris_H_2]

[evenslow]

hey platy that mars volta guy is fucking filthy.

[tattooedeverything]

Bryan Devendorf
Eric Kretz
Larry Mullen, Jr.
Dave Abbruzzese
Josh Freese

[guestT]

charlie watts...gold standard

brad "ezb" morgan (drive-by truckers)...love his subtlety and versatility. can go from a slow, country shuffle to stomping hard rock to replacements style punk without missing a beat.

and jack. if i were a drummer i'd want to drum like jack.

[gardenparty]

Eric Kretz

couple drummers I've always enjoyed but wouldn't expect to see listed here

Jeffrey Clemens - G Love & Special Sauce
Olly Peacock - Gomez

[tragabigzanda]

[washing machine]

Eric Kretz

couple drummers I've always enjoyed but wouldn't expect to see listed here

Jeffrey Clemens - G Love & Special Sauce
Olly Peacock - Gomez

Re: Eric Kretz: I'm by no means an STP aficionado -- my fandom starts and stops with their studio albums. But I've seen some live footage recently (around when Scott died) that gave me the impression those guys weren't as tight as I thought, and that there was maybe some studio trickery in making them sound so great. What's your guys' take on that? Are they actually kind of sloppy, or was that just towards the end when Scott was falling apart?

My fandom doesn't reach that far either, but I suspect your answer might lie in live clips from the Talk Show era. No Scott was probably a test of how tight those musicians were or weren't.

[gardenparty]

Eric Kretz

couple drummers I've always enjoyed but wouldn't expect to see listed here

Jeffrey Clemens - G Love & Special Sauce
Olly Peacock - Gomez

Re: Eric Kretz: I'm by no means an STP aficionado -- my fandom starts and stops with their studio albums. But I've seen some live footage recently (around when Scott died) that gave me the impression those guys weren't as tight as I thought, and that there was maybe some studio trickery in making them sound so great. What's your guys' take on that? Are they actually kind of sloppy, or was that just towards the end when Scott was falling apart?

My fandom doesn't reach that far either, but I suspect your answer might lie in live clips from the Talk Show era. No Scott was probably a test of how tight those musicians were or weren't.

hmm, i'm not sure. I haven't watched many of their live clips.
His studio work is very impressive but i have not analyzed it. His rhythms did drive a lot of their songs

The 4 times i did see them live they were fantastic and tight to my ear but that was a long long time ago

[tragabigzanda]

[evenslow]

and jack. if i were a drummer i'd want to drum like jack.

If Jack Irons doesn't already lurk on this forum, he should really start. Would do wonders for his self-esteem.

[darth_vedder]

and jack. if i were a drummer i'd want to drum like jack.

If Jack Irons doesn't already lurk on this forum, he should really start. Would do wonders for his self-esteem.

[darth_vedder]

Drummers pretty much make or break a band for me and I often, though not always, find it quite hard to enjoy a band if they change drummers - the whole sound of the band changes.

Totally ageee with this.

Also, no one has mentioned Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth. I love that guy.

If I were a drummer, I'd model my style after him and Jack Irons.

Trag and me mentioned Steve. We talk about him all the time in the SY thread. He is one of the great ones.

Ah, sorry, missed it earlier in the midst of the videos. Yeah, he's really fantastic. His fills are out of this world with both style and timing. Love or hate the song, Kool Thing is a good example of why I love the guy. In some ways, Jack Irons isn't too far off from this style, especially in songs like Black Red Yellow.

[LetMeSleep]

I'm a feel drummer and the guys that I gravitate to aren't the best technically but they service the song and create feels.

Drummers that influenced my playing
Bonham
Watts
Abbruzzese
Barrett Martin
Brant Bjork
Martin Bulloch
Ken Coomer
Brady Blade
Steve Ferrone
Levon Helm
Matt Cameron

And a few drumming performances that continue to blow my mind.
Howard Wyeth - Desire by Bob Dylan. Phenomenal drumming. His stick work and accentuation to build and contain the songs if jaw dropping.
David Bryson - August and Everything After by Counting Crows. Great room sound and kit. Colours the songs perfectly.
Steven Adler - Appetite For Destruction by Guns n Roses. This album has energy. It is a sweaty beast and Adler drives every bar of this album.

[darth_vedder]

One more under the radar guy I like is Mick Avory of the Kinks. He reminds me of a hybrid between Charlie Watts and Keith Moon. He's smoother than Moon, but not as smooth as Watts, and he's a little wilder on the fills than Watts, but not as wild as Moon.

[Strat]

1. Bonham
2. Moon
3. Peart
4. Matt C

[wease]

1. Bonham
2. Moon
3. Peart
4. Matt C

[E.H. Ruddock]

1. Bonham
2. Moon
3. Peart
4. Matt C

[guestT]

Levon Helm

ugh, can't believe i forgot levon. i rank him just behind watts.