One of the greatest drummers, period? Of all time?

[Eliot Rosewater]

3 come to mind in chronological order

Buddy

Mr. Baker

And Aynsley

[ret5hd]

1. Ginger for sure...asshole, but supreme drummer.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Argument could be made, by me, a drummer, that at one point he was the best drummer

who ever lived period.

[ret5hd]

16. I'm not sure an argument could be made that he wasn't.

[SwissTony]

25. Are you guys familiar with this film?

Beware of Mr Baker...

https://vimeo.com/167989156

Brilliant drummer...nuff said.

I haven't got the exact quote nor have I a link, but Jack Bruce once said something along the lines of "I live in England, he lives in South Africa. I'm not sure that's far enough".

[ret5hd]

26. Coincidentally, watched the first half about a week ago...

haven't got back to it yet.

[Metsie Casey]

31. Yes. Good one. Check out

Ginger Baker in Africa too. [link:

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[Bengus81]

65. Watched on Netflix about a year ago,Baker is NUTS! nt

[red dog 1]

40. + 1

Rolling Stone Magazine said of him:
"Gifted with immense talent, and cursed with a temper to match."

[Bengus81]

64. Maybe the only guy crazier than Trump?? n/t

[Floyd R. Turbo]

3. 🥁

[True Dough]

5. I'm with ya, Floyd!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

8. ✌🏻

[cemaphonic]

4. Buddy Rich was the first to jump to mind for me as well

Zakir Hussain has got to be up there too:

[Ptah]

6. Gene Krupa

[longship]

14. And Sing, Sing, Sing on top of it all!!

Benny Goodman was incredible. And yes, so was Gene Krupa!

[Warpy]

56. he's at the top

Followed by Buddy Rich, Mickey Hart, and there's a squabble over #4

[Snackshack]

7. Neil Peart, gets my vote.

[Eliot Rosewater]

9. Is there a video of a solo you can show us?

I know who he is, and am a fan but just thought videos would be good.

[Snackshack]

18. Here

[NRaleighLiberal]

10. though unorthodox, I loved how Keith Moon played!

Currently, jazz drummer Antonio Sanchez is remarkable!

[Eliot Rosewater]

12. Videos of Antonio?

Who Dead was what it was called, I was there...

Grateful Dead opening for The Who, late 70's I assume but not sure.

Yes, Keith was something.

[Metsie Casey]

13. 1976. Moon is my all time favorite.

The Muppet Animal is based on Keith Moon.

[NRaleighLiberal]

20. check these out

[madamesilverspurs]

11. Sandy Nelson

had his moment back in the day.


.

[pdxflyboy]

15. Keith Moon

Always Keith Moon.

[MFM008]

17. I met Gene Krupa in Germany

in 1971. He died in 73.
Id say Sing,Sing,Sing one of best drum pieces ever.

[TexasBushwhacker]

19. I'm no expert

But Clem Burke of Blondie is bad ass in my book. This is from 2012 when he was 56.

[The Polack MSgt]

77. Nice

He is a badass.

[pinboy3niner]

21. How soon we forget the greatest ever...

[WinkyDink]

47. I LOVED Cubby! Oh, I was sooo jealous of Karen!

[ret5hd]

22. Bart Simpson!

[Lint Head]

23. Steve Gadd

[Metsie Casey]

24. Too many to list. Keith Moon

Moon is my favorite. [link:

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[bmbmd]

27. No love for

Guy Patterson?

[sweetloukillbot]

29. Bill Bruford, Terry Bozzio, Jeff Porcaro

[neeksgeek]

28. All these are great!

Just wanted to add Joe Morello of the original Dave Brubeck Quartet.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

30. If they were members of Spinal Tap they never had a chance.

[red dog 1]

41. Lol

God I love that movie!

[malthaussen]

32. Philly Joe Jones

-- Mal

[brush]

61. Wasn't he once with Coltrane and McCoy Tyner?

[malthaussen]

66. Nope, Miles.

Elvin Jones for the Trane. Although Coltrane and Philly Joe did play together when they were both with Miles.

-- Mal

[brush]

73. Oh, ok. I knew I've heard them together.

[BuddyCa]

33. Mick Fleetwood

[panader0]

34. Since you already have Ginger and Buddy I give you Joe Morello:

[Paladin]

39. I'd put Morello at the top of the heap.

And Buddy Rich was a great drummer---but I never regained my respect for him after those recordings came out of him spewing invective at his band members. Really low-rent stuff.

[panader0]

35. Chico Hamilton: (and don't forget Gene Krupa)

[Eliot Rosewater]

36. Will watch, thanks

[panader0]

37. My kids made me listen to this guy--Travis Barker of Blink 182

[Eliot Rosewater]

43. will listen, tx

[panader0]

38. Alla Rakha--the tabla player for Ravi Shankar:

[red dog 1]

42. Keith Moon

I'm also a fan of Michael Shrieve, Santana's drummer for 5 years (1969-1974)

Rolling Stone Magazine quote:
"Santana was never quite the same after he left in 1974."

K&R

[FrankfurtCat]

44. Omar Hakim is my Favorite-but so many Great Ones

Omar Hakim's amazing playing on Daft Punk's "Contact" (Begins @ 1:47)

http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Omar_Hakim.html

Chester Thompson

http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Chester_Thompson.html

100 "Most Skilled" Drummers

[Eliot Rosewater]

45. oh yeah

[WinkyDink]

46. GREATEST OF ALL TIME is GENE KRUPA.

[FrankfurtCat]

49. Wow! Doesn't it make you wish (sometimes) we could live back then?

I love the music, movies, culture from that time.

[WinkyDink]

50. I learned the trombone because my father was taught it by Mr. Dorsey, father of Tommy and

Jimmy! (We're all from Coal-Cracking Country in PA.)

BTW: Sal Mineo is STUPENDOUS as GK in the movie. Sal is really playing the drums, too; he learned for the movie (that is to say, it is Sal without a double; but Gene is the drummer we actually hear). And afterwards, Gene GAVE to Sal his, Gene's, own set of drums!

[Kimchijeon]

48. I'd say Keith Moon ♥

[WinkyDink]

51. Who learned his moves from Gene Krupa! (I'd bet $$$$$$$$$$$)

[kwassa]

75. I don't see the connection at all.

Keith Moon was his own unique character.

[WinkyDink]

87. Are you kidding?! Read on ("Keith Moon's biggest influence to him...."):

http://www.drumlessons.com/drummers/keith-moon/
"The Gene Krupa Story (1959) – released in the United Kingdom as Drum Crazy – introduced Keith Moon’s biggest influence to him, Gene Krupa. Gene was Keith Moon’s first big drumming hero. With his over the top performances, crazy showmanship trickery, and bigger than life charisma, Gene Krupa influenced Keith Moon tremendously."

http://andrewolson.com/Neil_Peart/drums/influences/index.htm
"Gene Krupa was the first rock drummer in very many ways. Without Gene Krupa, there wouldn't have been a Keith Moon."

https://jbonamassa.com/drummers-got-beat/
"One of Keith Moon’s earliest drum heroes was jazz legend Gene Krupa. He was extremely influenced by the film Drum Crazy which was a biography of Krupa. Keith loved the way that Gene Krupa took an instrument that usually sat in the background and made it an integral piece of the foreground of the music. He wanted to bring all of the colorful personality of a frontman to the drums."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Even without these affirmations, one can readily see that the wildness of Krupa rubbed off on KM big-time.

[kwassa]

90. The wildness, perhaps, but Moon's style was uniquely his own.

Moon was a complete original in style.

[Itchinjim]

52. Tie.

Moon and Bonham.

[Eliot Rosewater]

53. Well, actually, Ginger Baker is the greatest rock drummer, and most

rock drummers and musicians like Eric Clapton will tell you that.

Moon and Bonham arent even top five, in reality, but they are or were great for sure. Not worth arguing over of course, glad you enjoy them.

[TalenaGor]

54. Neil Peart...Joey from slipknot....

[VMA131Marine]

55. Neil Peart! No question about it!

[LuvLoogie]

57. Ian Paice has to be a top ten rock drummer

[LuvLoogie]

58. Simon Phillips...

[fishwax]

59. Mike Portnoy

[Zen Democrat]

60. Ringo and Bonzo

[WinkyDink]

70. Ringo, seriously? Might as well say Dave Clark!

[ladjf]

62. I liked Art Blakey. He style was artistic rather than bombastic and Joe Morello. nt

[GReedDiamond]

63. I want to add Hal Blaine to the list, haven't seen him mentioned...

...but Buddy Rich was an incredible drummer imo.

As a rock/punk drummer, I was perhaps most influenced by Hal Blaine (without really knowing it), Keith Moon and Ginger Baker.

I always thought that Ringo was underrated.

Levon Helm of The Band deserves a mention.

[Eliot Rosewater]

68. NOt familiar with him...

[GReedDiamond]

69. Hal was part of what came to be known as "the Wrecking Crew"...

...who were an extended group of studio musicians who played on literally hundreds of the records produced between the late 1950s through the early 70s, including The Monkees, The Beach Boys, The Byrds, Sonny & Cher, Frank Sinatra, The Association, Johnny Rivers, The Mamas & The Papas, etc etc.

Here is a wikipedia link on the Wrecking Crew and here is a wikipedia link to Hal Blaine.

[Doc_Technical]

67. Carl Palmer

[Brother Buzz]

89. Earl Palmer

[becca da bakkah]

71. I'd Have To Add Jim Gordon....

....I believe he started out with Delaney Bonnie & Friends, with Eric Clapton, back in the late sixties/early seventies. At one point he was the most in demand rock drummer. Every group wanted him to play on their recording sessions. And not just rockers, either. Judy Collins had him drumming on her "Who Knows Where The Time Goes" album.

He wrote the coda to "Layla". Clapton acknowledged that Gordon was an incredible drummer, but said he was scared to death of him. It all came to an end when schizophrenia got the best of him and he went after his momma with a claw hammer. If he's not dead by now, he's still locked up.

[hurl]

72. Some others

My personal favorites who haven't been mentioned so far:

Damon Che of Don Caballero

Joey Baron, here in Naked City

&list=PL7C956F95AAE0D94F&index=11

Billy Cobham in Mahavishnu Orchestra- doing math rock before it was a thing

&list=PLPhcym-e49gESTff26TA3mJC3t0SQsfLW

[Eliot Rosewater]

74. Excellent

[unblock]

76. stewart copeland

[ProfessorGAC]

78. Beat me By 10 Minutes UB

I will also add Terry Bozio (Missing Persons and Zappa), Bill Bruford (King Crimson), and Omar Hakim (Blue Turtles)

[unblock]

79. good ones too ;)

i was wondering how the first 75 posts missed copeland. he was brilliant at somehow giving every measure a distinctive flair within the context of an every-measure-must-be-the-same rock-and-roll structure.

[ProfessorGAC]

80. Ever Seen The Rhythmatist?

If you haven't you should check it out. Very interesting take on all kinds of drum playing and he's very engaging in it. Kind of a documentary for drumming.

[unblock]

82. no, i'll have to check it out, thanks!

[The Polack MSgt]

81. Still no love on this thread for Cozy or ?uestlove... Sad

Here is ?uestlove jamming with his hero, and also a badass drummer himself Steve Ferrone

[blm]

83. Louie Bellson. Glad you put Aynsley on there. Most aren't familiar with him, yet,

he really is one the most well-rounded and most musical drummers of the rock era.

He told me that when he was 15 he was playing with a jazz group and the guys would leave the stage during drum solos to go get drinks, and sometimes left him up there playing alone for 20-30 minutes at a time so he had to learn how to entertain crowds just with his drum playing.

[Brother Buzz]

84. Session drummer and Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Hal Blaine, gets my vote

This is a partial list only, consisting of hit singles and the occasional noteworthy album. It is useful to remember that Blaine is also the drummer on many of the albums that these singles were pulled from.

A[edit]
A Hazy Shade of Winter
A Taste of Honey (Herb Alpert version)
A Little Less Conversation[1]
All I Have to Do Is Dream (Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell version)
Along Comes Mary
America
Andmoreagain
Annie's Song
Another Saturday Night
Any World (That I'm Welcome To) (Steely Dan)
Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
At the Zoo
B[edit]
Baby I Need Your Loving (Johnny Rivers version)
Baby Talk (Jan and Dean song)
Back Home Again
Barbara Ann (Beach Boys version)
Batman Theme
Be My Baby
Be True to Your School
(The Best Part of) Breakin' Up
Bossa Nova Baby
The Boxer
Bridge over Troubled Water
C[edit]
California Dreamin'
California Girls
Calypso
Cameo (Dusty Springfield album)
Can't Help Falling in Love
Can't You Hear the Song?
Cecilia
Cherish (David Cassidy version)
A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
Come Saturday Morning
Could It Be Forever
Cracklin' Rosie
Creeque Alley
D[edit]
Da Doo Ron Ron
Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast
Dance, Dance, Dance
Dead Man's Curve
Death of a Ladies' Man
Dedicated to the One I Love (The Mamas & the Papas version)
Didn't We?
Dizzy (Tommy Roe song)
Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted
Drag City
E[edit]
El Condor Pasa, (Simon & Garfunkel version)
Elusive Butterfly
Evangeline (Emmylou Harris album)
Eve of Destruction
Everybody Loves Somebody (Dean Martin version)
F[edit]
Fakin' It
Fun, Fun, Fun[2]
G[edit]
Galveston
Go Where You Wanna Go
God Only Knows
Good Vibrations
H[edit]
Half-Breed
The Happening
He's a Rebel
Help Me, Rhonda
Holly Holy
Homeward Bound
How Does That Grab You?
Hungry (Paul Revere & the Raiders song)
I[edit]
I Am a Rock
I Am... I Said
I Couldn't Live Without Your Love
I Get Around
I Got You Babe
I Saw Her Again
I Think I Love You
If I Were a Carpenter (Bobby Darin version)
I'll Meet You Halfway
I'm Sorry (John Denver song)
Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)
It Never Rains in Southern California
It's Getting Better
It's Over (Roy Orbison song)
J[edit]
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) (The First Edition version)
K[edit]
Kicks
L[edit]
Let's Live for Today
Like a Sad Song
Like to Get to Know You
A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You
Little Honda
The Little Old Lady from Pasadena
The Lonely Bull
Looking Through the Eyes of Love (The Partridge Family version)
Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet
Love Will Keep Us Together
M[edit]
MacArthur Park (Richard Harris version)
Make Your Own Kind of Music
Midnight Confessions
Monday, Monday
Mountain of Love (Johnny Rivers version)
Mr. Tambourine Man (The Byrds version)
Mrs. Robinson
My Love (Petula Clark song)
My Special Angel (The Vogues version)
N[edit]
Never My Love
New Shabbos Waltz
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In) (The T-Bones version)
O[edit]
One Less Bell to Answer
The Only Living Boy in New York
Out of Limits
P[edit]
Poor Side of Town (Johnny Rivers song)
R[edit]
Return to Sender
Rhythm of the Rain
Ringo
Rock-A-Hula Baby
The Rocky Horror Show (original Roxy cast recording)
S[edit]
San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)
Save Your Heart for Me
Secret Agent Man
Sloop John B
So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright
Somethin' Stupid
Song Sung Blue
Songs of Our Fathers
Stoned Soul Picnic
Strangers in the Night
Sugar Town
Sunshower
Surf City
T[edit]
Thank God I'm a Country Boy
That's Life
Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)
Then He Kissed Me
These Boots Are Made for Walkin'
(They Long to Be) Close to You
This Diamond Ring
Top of the World (The Carpenters song)
U[edit]
Up, Up and Away
V[edit]
Ventura Highway
W[edit]
The Way We Were
Wedding Bell Blues
(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story (Andy Williams version)
Where the Boys Are (Connie Francis song)
Wichita Lineman
Windy
Woman, Woman
Workin' On a Groovy Thing
Wouldn't It Be Nice
Y[edit]
The Yard Went On Forever
Young Girl
You're the One (The Vogues version)
Z[edit]
Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah (Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans version)

A peek at the world's most recorded drum set:

[Briek]

85. We are forgetting the one and only

[gopiscrap]

86. welcome to DU

[WinkyDink]

88. Yes! Thread closed!

[jmowreader]

91. The best drummer is a guy you never heard of (no, it's not Nicko McBrain)

His name is Josh Freese, and he's a session cat.

Here's him playing:

Here's his discography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Freese_discography

This guy could be playing post-punk in Los Angeles on Monday night, get a phone call "yeah, this is Toby Keith...we're in a bind, man; we're recording at Abbey Road; we decided to jam a little at a pub and our drummer exploded on stage; could you be here in 24 hours to help us finish the record?"...he'd fly over there, record his part in two takes and be back in LA playing better-quality music by Friday.

It's very hard to be an expert drummer in one genre of music; it's damn near impossible to be an expert drummer in all genres of music, but Josh Freese is up to the challenge.

[Eliot Rosewater]

92. great find, enjoyed it..