Best Drummer of all times!

 maybe it was better to have 2 different section in that:

It might be Bill Bruford to give the revolution for playing the drum. Original performance method. The part of Polyrhythm and Open rim shot is the tastes for him. The influence from Joe Morello might be completely absorbed and be reflected in Rock.

And, my personal favorite drum player is Chad Wackerman and Furio Chirico.

i think the same thing than AGINOR  about the fact that Palmer plays so much things like Buddy Rich.

Mitch Mitchell deserves a vote. His jazzy drumming influenced a lot of drummers including Bill Bruford. His drumming on 'Fire' is fantastic and his drum solos during 'Voodoo Chile' {the long version} and 'Machine Gun' at the Isle of Wight 1970 are two of my all time favourite drum solos.

Edited by Adams Bolero - April 26 2010 at 14:58

Meg White.  No joke.

Bruford by far my  favorite.  Consistently innovative and fresh while maintaining his classic sound and style.  

bsms810 wrote: My vote will be a controversial one probably. Gonna go for Collins, Hes certainly not technically the best but he is very creative on those early Genesis albums

My vote is For Collaiuta but I think virgil donati is the best prog drummer

Edited by JakoCba - August 03 2010 at 22:03

Phil Collins for sure. I had heard some GREAT drummers prior to 1976 when I bought Trick of the Tail(and discovered Genesis). But this guy.......I could not believe then and on the other albums by Genesis I collected after that, the cleverness, versatility and shear Power he had. I remember playing Duke for my brother in '80. He said these were the best drums he ever heard in his life. Unfortunately, this is not applicable to his solo albums.  Chester Thompson came close. Cozy Powell and the late Jeff Porcaro were not listed, both very fine drummers. Keith Moon(prog? prob not) might be considered the king since so many STILL can't figure out what he was doing. In a VH1 documentary one drummer compared Moon's complexity to a right handed guitarist suddenly turning his git the other way and playing left handed whenever he/she wanted.

cesar polo wrote: I'm really surprised by the difference of votes between Neil Peart and Bill Bruford to the rest. Of course both of them are great but I think Carl Palmer, Ian Paice or Andy Ward (not listed) are, at least, at the same level...even at a higher level for me.

It is the same in all polls with the two of them in it. It shows that people don't vote for drumming skills at all; other factors decide.


Edited by BaldFriede - August 04 2010 at 01:08