After Neil Peart, who was the next best drummer of all time.

[the other mike]

Why aren't there many famous black drummers I wonder ?

100 Greatest Drummers of All Time

 

[the other mike]

Prettiest drummer ?

The Iron Maidens features the female alter egos of Bruce Chickinson , Mega Murray (Nita Strauss, Alice Cooper), Adriana Smith, Steph Harris and Nikki McBurrain.

Bruce Dickinson on Seeing Tribute Act The Iron Maidens

 

[Yarddog]

The next great up and coming!
I know theres already a thread here about her Led Zeppelin cover.... but damn. amazing 9 year old
whos goal is to be the best drummer in the world

 

[the other mike]

She needs to hook up with YoYo....

Yoyo and Yoyoka.

 

[the other mike]

Peter Criss

 

[the other mike]

I remember this tour .,...
notice the special guests. Rush went on the road with anyone they could.
They opened for Ted Nugent the first time I saw them in '75.

Scroll down memory lane @ the Rush tour archives;
Rush Concert Tour Dates Listing

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

I always though Clem Burke of Blondie had something special about him and his drumming really fit in well with the music.



Like Terry Bozio, probably not the best but definitely one of the top rated drummers.

 

[the other mike]

On the Letterman show....

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

It's safe to say that John , Paul and George would have made it with any good drummer.

But no one could have come close to matching Ringo's wild personality.

 

[the other mike]

It's safe to say that John , Paul and George would have made it with any good drummer.

But no one could have come close to matching Ringo's wild personality.

I'm pretty sure Keith Moon set the bar out of reach there.

 

[the other mike]

Most popular fake drummer- Davey Jones.

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

I think we should include Karen Carpenter because of all her great vocals.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Steve Vai describing Vinnie Colaiuta

"I was just enamored with Vinnie. Back in the Frank days, his whole approach, when I heard Vinnie play, his phrasing - it satisfied something in my heart. It was easy to get certain rhythmic gratification from straight up-and-down-type players. Playing grooves, alternate grooves here and there. But Vinnie just came in and threw a wrench into the works. The guy is an alien. He was able to touch buttons with his sense of polyrhythms that no one has ever done. Frank's band was the perfect soundboard for that. I started transcribing his playing for The Frank Zappa Book. I mean, there's five to six different notations for the hi-hat!" [laughs]

"I'll tell you a really great Vinnie story. He's one of the most amazing sight-readers that ever existed on the instrument. One day we were in a Frank rehearsal, this was early '80s, and Frank brought in this piece of music called "Mo 'N Herb's Vacation." Just unbelievably complex. All the drums were written out, just like "The Black Page" except even more complex. There were these runs of like 17 over 3 and every drumhead is notated differently. And there were a whole bunch of people there, I think Bozzio was there."

"Vinnie had this piece of music on the stand to his right. To his left he had another music stand with a plate of sushi on it, okay? Now the tempo of the piece was very slow, like "The Black Page." And then the first riff came in, [mimics bizarre Zappa-esque drum rhythm patterns] with all these choking of cymbals, and hi-hat, ruffs, spinning of rototoms and all this crazy stuff. And I saw Vinnie reading this thing. Now, Vinnie has this habit of pushing his glasses up with the middle finger of his right hand. Well I saw him look at this one bar of music, it was the last bar of music on the page. He started to play it as he was turning the page with one hand, and then once the page was turned he continued playing the riff with his right hand, as he reached over with his left hand, grabbed a piece of sushi and put it in his mouth, continued the riff with his left hand and feet, pushed his glasses up, and then played the remaining part of the bar."

"It was the sickest thing I have ever seen. Frank threw his music up in the air. Bozzio turned around and walked away. I just started laughing."

Drum! 2003 - Vinnie Colaiuta

 

[Hellbilly]

This is just a list off the top of my head, so I'm including the 'other' option
for the ones I left off. And sorry ladies. I guess it's a 'guy thing' or maybe I just don't know of many famous female drummers.

All due respect to the great ones on the list, Mike Portnoy has to be my next choice after Neil.
So naturally some will argue there are or were better ones than Neil Peart....maybe so.

There could be some 15 year old kid in Madagascar playing animal bones
who blows everyone away.

There is no best drummer or guitar player or anything else.

Music evolves.

Neil Peart is a great example.

His drum solos always contained elements that the great drummers that influenced Neil did on a regular basis.

He paid homage to the greats.
Without the greats, Neil wouldn’t have been what he was.


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[the other mike]

There is no best drummer or guitar player or anything else.

Music evolves.

Neil Peart is a great example.

His drum solos always contained elements that the great drummers that influenced Neil did on a regular basis.

He paid homage to the greats.
Without the greats, Neil wouldn’t have been what he was.


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With anything else besides Neil Peart, I may agree with you, Huckleberry, but for now
just enjoy the tribute to a great man and don't be a party pooper.

 

[Hellbilly]

There is no best drummer or guitar player or anything else.

Music evolves.

Neil Peart is a great example.

His drum solos always contained elements that the great drummers that influenced Neil did on a regular basis.

He paid homage to the greats.
Without the greats, Neil wouldn’t have been what he was.


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With anything else besides Neil Peart, I may agree with you, Huckleberry, but for now
just enjoy the tribute to a great man and don't be a party pooper.

Just so you know, Neil Peart is one of my all time favorite drummers.

I disagree when people say that certain people are”the best” especially when it comes to music.

Music is not a competition so there is no need to have a “best.”


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[QuickHitCurepon]

This wacky drummer has to get some kind of award.

 

[flack]

Nicko McBrain
Musician
Description
Michael Henry "Nicko" McBrain is an English musician and drummer of the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, which he joined in 1982. Wikipedia

Before that he drummed for the Pat Travers Band.

 

[the other mike]

Steve Vai describing Vinnie Colaiuta

"I was just enamored with Vinnie. Back in the Frank days, his whole approach, when I heard Vinnie play, his phrasing - it satisfied something in my heart. It was easy to get certain rhythmic gratification from straight up-and-down-type players. Playing grooves, alternate grooves here and there. But Vinnie just came in and threw a wrench into the works. The guy is an alien. He was able to touch buttons with his sense of polyrhythms that no one has ever done. Frank's band was the perfect soundboard for that. I started transcribing his playing for The Frank Zappa Book. I mean, there's five to six different notations for the hi-hat!" [laughs]

"I'll tell you a really great Vinnie story. He's one of the most amazing sight-readers that ever existed on the instrument. One day we were in a Frank rehearsal, this was early '80s, and Frank brought in this piece of music called "Mo 'N Herb's Vacation." Just unbelievably complex. All the drums were written out, just like "The Black Page" except even more complex. There were these runs of like 17 over 3 and every drumhead is notated differently. And there were a whole bunch of people there, I think Bozzio was there."

"Vinnie had this piece of music on the stand to his right. To his left he had another music stand with a plate of sushi on it, okay? Now the tempo of the piece was very slow, like "The Black Page." And then the first riff came in, [mimics bizarre Zappa-esque drum rhythm patterns] with all these choking of cymbals, and hi-hat, ruffs, spinning of rototoms and all this crazy stuff. And I saw Vinnie reading this thing. Now, Vinnie has this habit of pushing his glasses up with the middle finger of his right hand. Well I saw him look at this one bar of music, it was the last bar of music on the page. He started to play it as he was turning the page with one hand, and then once the page was turned he continued playing the riff with his right hand, as he reached over with his left hand, grabbed a piece of sushi and put it in his mouth, continued the riff with his left hand and feet, pushed his glasses up, and then played the remaining part of the bar."

"It was the sickest thing I have ever seen. Frank threw his music up in the air. Bozzio turned around and walked away. I just started laughing."

Drum! 2003 - Vinnie Colaiuta

Not a bad resume.
[Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck,Sting, Herbie Hancock, Five Peace Band, Damian Drăghici, Joni Mitchell]

 

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Nicko McBrain
Musician
Description
Michael Henry "Nicko" McBrain is an English musician and drummer of the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, which he joined in 1982. Wikipedia

Before that he drummed for the Pat Travers Band.

Cool about Travers - I never knew that.

Yeah. I didn't list any 'exclusively'metal drummers, because that's a whole other category with Dave Lombardo, Lars Ulrich, Nick Menza, Tommy Lee, Scott Travis...you know the list.