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Jared 
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 Posted: December 26 2005 at 14:26 |
I think I'll stick with Mr Peart 
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Manunkind
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Posted: December 26 2005 at 06:54 |
^ there's a load of ultra-skilled drummers missing from this poll
<cough, cough,> MARK MONDESIR <cough, cough>
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Octamarium
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Posted: December 26 2005 at 05:53 |
I'm ready to everything....but I will always defend the Portnoyan power !!!
Well....anyway there's a big lack in this poll.....where's Virgil Donati?????
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Posted: December 26 2005 at 05:12 |
Barlow rocks 
I only think bruford became a great drummer in the late 70s. When he was playing for UK. Before that he was just a good drummer.
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White Duck
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Posted: December 26 2005 at 05:07 |
The same.Barlow was an excellent drummer.
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Posted: December 26 2005 at 03:18 |
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cobham is the best drummer of all time. Cobham was doing what carey was doing over 30 years ago. I think some of u need to listen to more old music ;). How about Barlow? He was an excellent drummer. These guys have 30-40 years of great experience. Carey should not be mentioned in the upper bracket yet.
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Manunkind
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Posted: December 25 2005 at 18:14 |
 Someo Therguy wrote:
Somebody back there mentioned Mike Mangini and I remembered something I saw him do at a Steve Vai concert. In the middle of a drum solo he started playing a tight snare drum roll. As he held the roll, with his right hand he picked up a marsh mellow and began to nibble it with a big grin. The roll never changed. |
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sbrushfan
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Posted: December 25 2005 at 13:55 |
Manunkind wrote:
Octamarium wrote:
I vote for Iron Mike Portnoy......he's not perfect....but he's very close to perfection!!!
Peart.....what could I say.....he's great.......but Portnoy is more!!
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Prepare to be drawn and quartered.
Not by me, though. I will only lecture you first . You'll be wishing for the drawing and quartering to begin soon enough.
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Peart may be twice Portnoy's age, but Peart could hand Portnoy his ass, on a silver platter! lol
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Manunkind
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Posted: December 25 2005 at 07:26 |
Octamarium wrote:
I vote for Iron Mike Portnoy......he's not perfect....but he's very close to perfection!!!
Peart.....what could I say.....he's great.......but Portnoy is more!!
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Prepare to be drawn and quartered.
Not by me, though. I will only lecture you first. You'll be wishing for the drawing and quartering to begin soon enough.
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Octamarium
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Posted: December 25 2005 at 05:52 |
I vote for Iron Mike Portnoy......he's not perfect....but he's very close to perfection!!!
Peart.....what could I say.....he's great.......but Portnoy is more!!
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Someo Therguy
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Posted: December 25 2005 at 00:58 |
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Somebody back there mentioned Mike Mangini and I remembered something I saw him do at a Steve Vai concert. In the middle of a drum solo he started playing a tight snare drum roll. As he held the roll, with his right hand he picked up a marsh mellow and began to nibble it with a big grin. The roll never changed.
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DaleHauskins
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Posted: December 24 2005 at 22:31 |
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How can you have a 'most skilled drummer' poll without the most skilled
players on it- Peter Furrer of FLAME DREAM and Coco Rousell of HAPPY
THE MAN?!? Merry Christmas! Dale Hauskins
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Menswear
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Posted: December 24 2005 at 21:44 |
Dude, you missed some good ones.
Hans Bathelt---Triumvirat
Phil Collins---Genesis
The drummer of In The Court of the Crimson King (sorry no name)
Pierre Van der Linden---Focus, Trace
John Weathers---Gentle Giant
Mattias Olson---Anglagard
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bertburt
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Posted: December 24 2005 at 21:33 |
I'd go with Colaiuta. He somehow can make a straight-ahead 4/4 beat sound stylish and talented. Even the way he sits behind his kit looks very professional. He has a helluva look of complete control.
As for not on the list: I personally am in awe of Weathers from Gentle Giant. You need to be highly skilled to follow the insane and complex changes in their compositions. He managed to do it admirably. If those songs were left in a less-skilled drummer's hands, their wonderful tunes could have easily turned into train wrecks instead of the indisputable classics they all are, IMHO.
Merry Christmas to all of you,
Dan Stevens
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Harbinger1
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Posted: December 24 2005 at 20:00 |
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Have to give it to Brufford. I am not a big fan of Rush, mainly because
of Lee's vocals. I am sorry, but I just cannot listen to him for very
long.Sorry all of you fans who think Rush is the second coming, but
what I have heard of Rush appears to be mainly in 4/4 time. Correct me
if I am wrong. However I have heard Brufford play in all kinds of
strange time signatures. It is nearly impossible to keep up. Any
drummer will tell you it gives them a sense of great accomplishment to
be able to play Close To The Edge note for note. It is not about
speed, but his playing is fast, clean, and incredibly complex.
Get your hands on the first U.K. album, some King Crimson albums and
some of his solo work with Moraz and you will see what I mean.
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floydaholic
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Posted: December 23 2005 at 13:55 |
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I'll see you on the Darkside of the moon...
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Posted: December 23 2005 at 13:50 |
Bruford, peart, bozzio and cobham, they have extremely different styles!!! it's hard to say which one is better skilled, I think they all had the greatest skills possible, just like the degree in which thet elaborated their skills!
honorable mention: Gavin Harrisson from PorcupineTree !!! (real revelation, at first I didn't like it that much, because he sounded too technical, but he's great and on stage he does hits these little toms and symbals in funny places to get the attention of the band, besides this all ,I think he comes over like a strong personality which gives the band a more coherent look)
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Manunkind
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Posted: December 23 2005 at 13:30 |
Never said it wasn't
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floydaholic
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Posted: December 23 2005 at 13:28 |
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Yea, but it's still sweet as hell.
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I'll see you on the Darkside of the moon...
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Manunkind
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Posted: December 23 2005 at 13:13 |
sbrushfan wrote:
floydaholic wrote:
Someo Therguy wrote:
floydaholic wrote:
Yes, he is quite amazing. However my favorite of the skilled group is undoubtedly Steve Gadd. That man has held some of the most magnificent grooves i've ever heard. I can't think of anything that compares to "The Mozambique" and its many variations. He's just got great feel and instinct on the set and is pretty damn precise and such.
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If we're going to veer off of Prog, then there are some incredibly skilled players we should mention. Two of my favorites are Dave Weckl and Horacio 'El Negro' Hernandez.
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You should watch this one video no drummerworld. It's a three-way solo battle between Colaiuta, Weckly and Gadd.
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A THREE-WAY? WHOA! How does it sound?
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Oversimplifying a bit, Gadd lays down a killer groove and Weckl/Colaiuta add the ornamentation.
You'll find it on this page:
http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Vinnie_Colaiuta.html
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