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progbethyname View Drop Down

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Posted: December 25 2012 at 09:39

1) PORTNOY
2) PEART
3) MARK ZONDER
4) PAUL COOK
5) IGOR CAVALERA

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Posted: December 24 2012 at 01:53

Might as well update my list...

1. Neil Peart (Rush)

2. Bill Bruford (Yes, King Crimson, Bruford, UK, Earthworks)

3. Jon Theodore (The Mars Volta, One Day as a Lion)

4. Phil Collins (Genesis)

5. Jaki Lebziet (Can)

... five more? ok

6. Tomas Pridgen (The Mars Volta)

7. Andy Ward (Camel)

8. John Weathers (Gentle Giant)

9. Ringo Starr (Some band you've probably never heard of)

10. Robert Wyatt (Soft Machine)

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Posted: December 12 2012 at 20:07

1. Neil Peart

2. Mike Portnoy

3. Nick D'Virgilio

4. Phil Collins

5. Gavin Harrison

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Posted: December 02 2012 at 16:18

Neil Peart
Bill Bruford
Carl Palmer
Michi Dei Rossi (Le Orme)
Barriemore Barlow/Clive Bunker (Jethro Tull)

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Posted: October 30 2012 at 15:12

Gavin Harrison
Marco Minneman
Neal Peart
Matt Halpern
Danny Carey

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Posted: October 26 2012 at 00:19

werner zappi diermair

klaus dinger

simply the best

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Posted: October 25 2012 at 23:33

1. Neil Peart
2. Gavin Harrison (Probably My Favorite right now.)

3. Thomas Lang or Marco Minneman (TIE) lol
4. Gene Hoglan
5. Mike Mangini

Edited by progger7 - October 25 2012 at 23:36

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Posted: October 25 2012 at 16:14

Ah, what the heck, here's another:

1. Neil Peart (Rush)
2. Bill Bruford (King Crimson, Earthworks, U.K., etc.)
3. Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree)
4. Jon Theodore (The Mars Volta)
5. Damon Che (Don Caballero)

Runner Ups: Zach Hill (Hella, Death Grips)
                        Chris Hainey (Maps And Atlases)
                        Jaki Liebeziet (Can)

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Posted: October 25 2012 at 15:08

No such thing for me, but I'll mention a couple of my current favourites:

Giulio Capiozzo - Area

Jerzy Piotrowski - SBB

Christian Burchard - Embryo

Frank Niebel - NIL

Chris Maitland - Porcupine Tree (Listen to Coma Divine Wink

)

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Posted: October 25 2012 at 03:14

Keith Moon

Mitch Mitchell

Ginger Baker

Bill Brufford

Carl Palmer

Tom Ozric

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Posted: October 25 2012 at 03:03

f**k - only 5 !!!! Well, that really narrows it down to : Christian Vander

Mike Portnoy

Mattias Olsson

Mani Neumeier

Guy Evans

Grigory

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Posted: October 24 2012 at 15:54

Top five prog drummers:

Barlow

Bozzio

Bruford

McCulloch

Palmer

Grigory

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Posted: October 24 2012 at 15:52

Equality 7-2521 wrote:

I guess I should actually provide a list. I hate making lists for favorite musicians.

1) Neil Peart, who else?

John Rutsey. Much groovier than Peart. Who's 'crash-bash' style wasn't very moving.

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Posted: October 24 2012 at 14:30

raul_siberian wrote:

Keith Moon
Carl Palmer
Neil Peart
Bill Bruford
Mike Portnoy (I don`t Like DT... But he is quite skilled)

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Posted: October 24 2012 at 09:59

Keith Moon
Carl Palmer
Neil Peart
Bill Bruford
Mike Portnoy (I don`t Like DT... But he is quite skilled)

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Posted: September 04 2012 at 14:49

Btw, hi Tony, welcome to the forum Smile

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Posted: September 04 2012 at 14:44

Probably something like this, not in any order:

Neil Peart

Bill Bruford

Mike Portnoy

Phil Collins

Carl Palmer

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Posted: September 04 2012 at 14:44

ProgDrummerTony wrote:

1. Neil Peart (Rush)

2. Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree)

3. Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, Neal Morse, Transatlantic)

4. Nick D'Virgilio (Spock's Beard)

5. Mark Zonder (Fates Warning)

This is my first post on Prog Archives and I am so happy to be a part of it! Congrats to those who made it possible

Hi there

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Posted: September 04 2012 at 14:34

You didn't make your own top 5?

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Posted: September 04 2012 at 14:32

1. Neil Peart (Rush)

2. Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree)

3. Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, Neal Morse, Transatlantic)

4. Nick D'Virgilio (Spock's Beard)

5. Mark Zonder (Fates Warning)

This is my first post on Prog Archives and I am so happy to be a part of it! Congrats to those who made it possible

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