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Re: Who was the best drummer of the best of grunge drummers?
Posted: Thu September 14, 2017 2:27 pm
by stip
be here now
Re: Who was the best drummer of the best of grunge drummers?
Posted: Thu September 14, 2017 2:42 pm
by evenslow
This is tough but I'm gonna go with Matt Cameron in Soundgarden. He was a wildebeest.
I was gonna say "fucking monster" but that's overplayed so I went with wildebeest, the genus of antelopes known for their percussion skills.
Re: Who was the best drummer of the best of grunge drummers?
Posted: Thu September 14, 2017 2:45 pm
by Jammer XCI
Matt Cameron and Jimmy Chamberlain with Dave Grohl in a close third.
Re: Who was the best drummer of the best of grunge drummers?
Posted: Thu September 14, 2017 3:06 pm
by run2death
Drums: Jimmy
Guitarist: Billy (Stone second)
Songwriter: Billy (Kurt second)
Bassist: Ben
Singer: Difficult, because Chris seems the obvious choice, but I actually don't care for his singing and Ed's voice is fucking terrible now. I'd probably go with
Layne or Kurt.
Lyricist: Kurt (Ed second)
Re: Who was the best drummer of the best of grunge drummers?
Posted: Thu September 14, 2017 3:15 pm
by LoathedVermin72
Vocals: Cobain
Guitar: Corgan/Iha (I don't know who does what in SP.)
Bass: Shepherd
Drums: Chamberlin
Songwriting/Lyrics: Corgan
Re: Who was the best drummer of the best of grunge drummers?
Posted: Thu September 14, 2017 3:20 pm
by run2death
Billy wrote and played about 95% of the non-drum parts on SP records.
Re: Who was the best drummer of the best of grunge drummers?
Posted: Thu September 14, 2017 3:21 pm
by evenslow
Vocals: Vedder (close call)
Guitar: Corgan
Bass: Ament
Drums: Cameron
Songwriting/Lyrics: Cobain
Re: Who was the best drummer of the best of grunge drummers?
Posted: Thu September 14, 2017 3:51 pm
by Anders
Jack Irons.
Re: Who was the best drummer of the best of grunge drummers?
Posted: Thu September 14, 2017 3:52 pm
by LoathedVermin72
run2death wrote:Billy wrote and played about 95% of the non-drum parts on SP records.
So is Iha just stage decoration?
Re: Who was the best drummer of the best of grunge drummers?
Posted: Thu September 14, 2017 3:53 pm
by Anders
LoathedVermin72 wrote:run2death wrote:Billy wrote and played about 95% of the non-drum parts on SP records.
So is Iha just stage decoration?
I believe D'Arcy too.
SMASHING PUMPKINS
SIAMESE DREAM
(Hut, 1993)
Corgan controversially sidelines Wretzsky and Iha, playing everything bar drums.
Read more at
http://www.uncut.co.uk/features/smashin ... qPmJY1G.99
Re: Who was the best drummer of the best of grunge drummers?
Posted: Thu September 14, 2017 3:55 pm
by VinylGuy
Vocals: Lanegan.
Guitar: Corgan/Gossard
Bass: Shepherd.
Drums: Matt C.
Re: Who was the best drummer of the best of grunge drummers?
Posted: Thu September 14, 2017 4:02 pm
by Anders
Vocals: Staley/Cornell
Guitar: Corgan/Gossard
Bass: Sheperd
Drums: Jack Irons
Re: Who was the best drummer of the best of grunge drummers?
Posted: Thu September 14, 2017 4:13 pm
by LoathedVermin72
Anders wrote:LoathedVermin72 wrote:run2death wrote:Billy wrote and played about 95% of the non-drum parts on SP records.
So is Iha just stage decoration?
I believe D'Arcy too.
SMASHING PUMPKINS
SIAMESE DREAM
(Hut, 1993)
Corgan controversially sidelines Wretzsky and Iha, playing everything bar drums.
Read more at
http://www.uncut.co.uk/features/smashin ... qPmJY1G.99
Wow. I'm surprised they didn't break up sooner.
Re: Who was the best drummer of the best of grunge drummers?
Posted: Thu September 14, 2017 4:27 pm
by stip
evenslow wrote:Vocals: Vedder (close call)
Guitar: Corgan
Bass: Ament
Drums: Cameron
Songwriting/Lyrics: Cobain
wait for the thread you maniacs!
Re: Who was the best drummer of the best of grunge drummers?
Posted: Thu September 14, 2017 5:26 pm
by epilogue
stip wrote:evenslow wrote:Vocals: Vedder (close call)
Guitar: Corgan
Bass: Ament
Drums: Cameron
Songwriting/Lyrics: Cobain
wait for the thread you maniacs!
I... I'm so sorry, Stip. This is all my fault.
Re: Who was the best drummer of the best of grunge drummers?
Posted: Thu September 14, 2017 7:17 pm
by evenslow
durdencommatyler wrote:stip wrote:evenslow wrote:Vocals: Vedder (close call)
Guitar: Corgan
Bass: Ament
Drums: Cameron
Songwriting/Lyrics: Cobain
wait for the thread you maniacs!
I... I'm so sorry, Stip. This is all my fault.
This had the whiff of a ranking to it so I couldn't help myself.
Re: Who was the best drummer of the best of grunge drummers?
Posted: Thu September 14, 2017 7:42 pm
by PHATJ
evenslow wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:stip wrote:evenslow wrote:Vocals: Vedder (close call)
Guitar: Corgan
Bass: Ament
Drums: Cameron
Songwriting/Lyrics: Cobain
wait for the thread you maniacs!
I... I'm so sorry, Stip. This is all my fault.
This had the whiff of a ranking to it so I couldn't help myself.
It's a disease I understand all to well.
Re: Who was the best drummer of the best of grunge drummers?
Posted: Thu September 14, 2017 10:31 pm
by Jammer XCI
Sean Kinney needs some love up in this piece, he's great too. Fuck it, so is Kretz.
Re: Who was the best drummer of the best of grunge drummers?
Posted: Sat September 16, 2017 3:14 pm
by bada
run2death wrote:Drums: Jimmy
Guitarist: Billy (Stone second)
Songwriter: Billy (Kurt second)
Bassist: Ben
Singer: Difficult, because Chris seems the obvious choice, but I actually don't care for his singing and Ed's voice is fucking terrible now. I'd probably go with
Layne or Kurt.
Lyricist: Kurt (Ed second)
Pays to die young you don't get points deducted for losing your voice as you age.
Re: Who was the best drummer of the best of grunge drummers?
Posted: Sat September 16, 2017 3:34 pm
by evenslow
bada wrote:run2death wrote:Drums: Jimmy
Guitarist: Billy (Stone second)
Songwriter: Billy (Kurt second)
Bassist: Ben
Singer: Difficult, because Chris seems the obvious choice, but I actually don't care for his singing and Ed's voice is fucking terrible now. I'd probably go with
Layne or Kurt.
Lyricist: Kurt (Ed second)
Pays to die young you don't get points deducted for losing your voice as you age.
