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LOUDER: The 12 greatest prog drummers ever |
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verslibre 
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I, too, maintain Barriemore was Tull's best drummer. And he did go on to drum for Yngwie!
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verslibre
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Posted: February 09 2021 at 17:07 |
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I concur it's a "safe" list. Still nice to see Marco on it. Otherwise, we could have guessed every drummer, and correctly.
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BaldFriede
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Posted: February 09 2021 at 17:18 |
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Only three or four on the list would have made my top twelve: Collins, Bruford, Giles and perhaps Palmer. I would have included these (in alphabetic order): Christian Burchard Guy Evans Jon Hiseman Jaki Liebezeit Andy McCulloch Pierre Moerlen Mani Neumeier Pip Pyle Christian Vander My current favourite is Christian Burchard.
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The Anders
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Drum solos usually bore me, unless there is a poetry to them. If it is just showing off, it leaves me cold. We often have to move into the jazzier area to find drummers who can play solos I actually like. For instance Alex Riel: |
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Posted: February 09 2021 at 23:23 |
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I would love to see more lists that include any Zappa drummer from 1970 onward, as they tend to blow many others out of the water.
Vinnie Colaiuta is my favorite drummer right now. I like them Jazzers.
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richardh
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Posted: February 10 2021 at 01:39 |
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Too many great drummers to fit on a 12 man list. Alan White at his best (Relayer through to Drama) was an insanely good drummer as was Brian Davison of The Nice. Keith Moon could play anything he wanted to when he was anywhere near sober. Jon Hiseman (as mentioned) was a fantastic drummer. Jurgen Rosenthal (Eloy) deserves a mention as does Stewart Copeland for his very brief time in Curved Air.
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Blacksword
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Posted: February 10 2021 at 02:57 |
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Generally a good list. I would have excluded Nick Mason. Nothing against the guy, and I love Floyd, but there are a couple of better drummers...
Alan White springs to mind, Guy Evans, Ian Mosely.. Mason is on the list because he was in Pink Floyd.
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Cristi
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Posted: February 10 2021 at 03:22 |
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no Bill Bruford
 even Phil Collins deserves to be in such a list for his drumming in Genesis and Brand X Christian Vander, the main reason I gave Magma a chance. whoever is drumming on Can's Tago Mago (Jaki Liebezeit, just looked it up  )Edited by Cristi - February 10 2021 at 03:22 |
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Lewian
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Posted: February 10 2021 at 03:53 |
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Moerlen, Liebezeit, Vander belong on such a list. Andy Ward (Camel) was amazing in his heyday.
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dwill123
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Posted: February 10 2021 at 04:50 |
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It's an ok list (No Bruford???). I also think that Billy Cobham, Lenny White and Chester Thompson should be somewhere on that list (but I understand the fear of the jazz drummer label).
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Lewian
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Posted: February 10 2021 at 05:07 |
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But Bruford is there, isn't he?
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Cristi
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Posted: February 10 2021 at 05:09 |
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Blacksword
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Posted: February 10 2021 at 05:11 |
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Bruford's exclusion makes no sense at all..!
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Posted: February 10 2021 at 05:47 |
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Ummm, Bruford is on the list.
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Cristi
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Posted: February 10 2021 at 05:53 |
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weird, first time I checked the site, Bruford and Collins were not there. WTF?!
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Posted: February 10 2021 at 06:01 |
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When I last looked, Collins was there but Bruford wasn't...weird..
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Posted: February 10 2021 at 06:17 |
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dwill123
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Posted: February 10 2021 at 06:49 |
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I beg forgiveness. I went back and checked, Bruford is listed.
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Posted: February 10 2021 at 07:28 |
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Some of my fave drummers:
Jaki Liebezeit Phil Collins Keith Moon Christian Vander Jon Hiseman Christian Burchard Jerzy Piotrowski Bill Bruford Giulio Cappiozzo Pierre Moerlen Michael Walden Chris Cutler |
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