Best of British Drummers Poll

Psychedelic Paul wrote: ^^ There's no room for any more drummers. I already used up all 25 poll options.

OK, but Lee Kerslake in there instead of Barriemore Barlow......c'mon!!

I love Steve Upton from Wishbone Ash as well, but he's also not in the same league as Barlow.

I'm not sure that anyone can replace Moonie or Bonzo. Their distinctive and personal way to help their band, was second to none, and I can not list many bands that could not survive ... after their drummer left, like it brought both The Who and Led Zeppelin to a close. At least, what The Who did afterwards was not something that you went out and bought after WHO ARE YOU ... 

After those two, I think that the only "drummer" I would like to have in my band, would be Robert Wyatt ... and perhaps because I know that he will make it a challenge for us all to stay on our feet and play! And I think that Moonie and Bonzo did that, where others pretty much went back to the time keeping, the sign of a 2nd rate drummer, which is what I would consider at least half the folks in this list.

Ginger Baker is interesting ... a great drummer, and no doubt added a lot to the feel in the music, but it wasn't until his solo efforts that you really saw him come out of his "rock'n'roll" shell, although I like some of the bits and pieces that he added here and there ... he helped the one album that he did with HAWKWIND ... and never got much credit for it ... for example.

Of all others, I would think that Bruford is the better of them all, otherwise, at least because of the courage to make the leap from YES to KC, and then to things that were totally FREE FORM on the stage ... which were a heck of a listen on any of his albums. 

Nick Mason is in a school by himself ... his early drumming, up until DSOTM was fantastic and all about the feel, and not quite the time keeping which added a nice "tripping" feel to PF, which these days is getting all this early stuff redone by THE ORB ... just to give you an idea how far out that stuff was ... and a drummer that just kept the "time" for all that material, would have killed the "trip" for a lot of those things ... so in this sense, he fits into the Moonie/Bonzo group that added a very special and different touch all around to the music, and somehow, Nick's contribution is not appreciated as much as it should, which kinda tells you how much people have listened to and enjoyed that early "trip" stuff that PF did.

Most of the drummers listed, I don't think, would even be worth a solo album! Were I a record company I would pass right away.

To be very honest about the only thing I ever paid attention to in Floyd was Gilmour's guitar playing.

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