Kevin's Watch

Posted: **Thu Feb 02, 2006 7:00 pm**

OK, a guitar god topic was started, but how about my favourite instrument (wish I had the room to bring my drum set back from hibernation)

My short list of Drum Gods:

1. Bill Bruford.

2. Neil Peart & Max Roach.

Posted: **Thu Feb 02, 2006 7:18 pm**

Phil Selway of Radiohead...i'm tellin ya...the man is so solid and tasty, and can play and play and play for hours!! great drummer!!!

and then there's the greatest rock n roll drummer of all time!!!

Bonzo (john bonham)

Posted: **Thu Feb 02, 2006 7:25 pm**

Peter Erskine, Don Alias, Stewart Copeland, Phil Collins, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart, Neil Peart...............

Posted: **Thu Feb 02, 2006 7:35 pm**

Bonzo, Stewart Copeland, Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters).

Honorable mention to Ginger Baker.

Posted: **Thu Feb 02, 2006 8:04 pm**

Cail wrote:Honorable mention to Ginger Baker.

oh SERIOUSLY honorable mention....one of MY favorites!!

Posted: **Thu Feb 02, 2006 8:17 pm**

josh freese. simply the one and only. the only instrument i can even begin to play and he plays it the way i would love to.

Posted: **Thu Feb 02, 2006 8:49 pm**

Lucimay wrote:Phil Selway of Radiohead...i'm tellin ya...the man is so solid and tasty, and can play and play and play for hours!! great drummer!!!

Also, Jimmy Chamberlin from The Smashing Pumpkins. He's really, really amazing.

And Nicko McBrain of Iron Maiden is a drumming machine. Not literally, I just mean he's really good.

Posted: **Thu Feb 02, 2006 8:51 pm**

OHMYGOD!!! is that YOU with Phill at a workshop?????? FABULOUS!!!

Posted: **Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:15 pm**

Lucimay wrote:OHMYGOD!!! is that YOU with Phill at a workshop?????? FABULOUS!!!

As you can see, I couldn't hide my utter fanboy excitement

Posted: **Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:16 pm**

Nicko kicks butt bigtime.

Posted: **Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:31 pm**

Honorable mention, just because someone has to say it, Rick Allen from Def Leppard.

Lars Ulrich, before St. Anger
Jean Paul Gaster from Clutch
Dave Grohl

And keep an ear out for Bryan Herwig from Pelican.

Posted: **Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:36 pm**

Yeah, mad props to Rick Allen.

And I'll agree with Lars up to Master of Puppets, even though I can't stand to hear him speak and would love to hip-toss him into the chipper/shredder.

Posted: **Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:34 am**

No ones mentioned Keith Moon?What a great and unique style.John Bohnam,Ginger Baker,Bill Ward-I obviously like some British component to the sound?

Posted: **Fri Feb 03, 2006 12:25 pm**

Oh, and I forgot Carmine Appice. The guy's a master of the big drum sound. Check out the first Blue Murder album (a great album in it's own right) for some of the most thunderous drums ever recorded.

Posted: **Fri Feb 03, 2006 12:50 pm**

I have to second Stewart Copeland...

As far as Thrash goes, you can't go wrong with Charlie Benante of Anthrax or Dave Lombardo formerly of Slayer

Posted: **Fri Feb 03, 2006 1:39 pm**

Stunned by Bruford on The Power to Believe

and MUST put a plug in for Billy Cobham (Mahavishnu Orchestra).

Posted: **Fri Feb 03, 2006 2:01 pm**

Terry Bozzio. Anybody that's good enough for Zappa is good enough for me.

Posted: **Fri Feb 03, 2006 2:05 pm**

dANdeLION wrote:Terry Bozzio. Anybody that's good enough for Zappa is good enough for me.

Good enough for both Zappa and Jeff Beck.

Yeah, Bozzio's a great drummer.

Posted: **Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:14 pm**

Janet Weiss of Sleater-Kinney and Quasi gets my vote. She didn't pick up sticks til whe was 23 and has just got better and better since then. Weiss is far and away the finest female drummer I've ever heard and her muscular ferocity on The Woods should be enough to put most male drummers to shame.

Here is some of her recent work: clicky

Janet also recorded an all-drums double album along with Matt Cameron (Soundgarden/Pearl Jam) and Zach Hill (Hella), which I'd really like to get hold of.

Posted: **Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:41 pm**

uh... danlo, Bruford does not play on Crimson's "Power to Believe" It is a good album, and I like all the songs but one, but it's not Bruford ... it lacks his originality and tension...

OH, what about Chris Cutler!!! Anyone heard him? Great creative and improvisational drummer.