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Keeping the Best.... theme going. What do you call a guy who hangs around with a band? The Drummer..... well here we are looking for more than someone who sits at the back and pounds away on his skins... hitting anything to make music......

Some of my favourites in no particular order:

Roger Taylor (Queen)
Cozy Powell (Rainbow, Whitesnake etc)
Phil Collins (Genesis)
Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden)
Ray Cooper (Session Musician)
Evelyn Glennie (She's Deaf!)
Blue Man Group

This video shows Phil Collins and Ray Cooper (Look for the bald guy wearing shades with the black belt in tamborine) along with a few other musicians you may have heard of.....
 
A.J. Raven said:
Neil Peart.

And the guy who has been playing outside the Eaton Centre for 20 years.
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i agree with Neil Peart ..but raise you Stuart Copeland(Police) and and Keith Moon(Who) ..side note...rumour has it Jim Henson created the muppet "Animal" tin the image of Keith....

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"Beat Drums ...Beat Drums"
Muppet Show Moreno and Animal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yvHWyvexZA
 
herames said:
i agree with Neil Peart ..but raise you Stuart Copeland(Police) and and Keith Moon(Who) ..side note...rumour has it Jim Henson created the muppet "Animal" tin the image of Keith....
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Neil Peart and Stuart Copeland, absolutely. If you've seen Peart's video, Anatomy of a Drum Solo, you'll have even more of an appreciation for his work and the influences apparent in his style.

Moon? Sure, he was powerful but his form was chaotic. No disrespect to his talent or his memory.

Probably the best technical rock drummer that I've ever seen is Carl Palmer. Manu Katche (sp?) has a wonderfully flowing style.

Also not to be left off the list: Steve Gadd, Dave Weckl, Yoshiki Hayashi...

And, of course, there's Buddy Rich who was in a class all by himself.

While we're on the topic, check out this kid: Igor Falecki
 
Another stupid thread that no musician would ever take seriously... but again I'll list a couple of my favourites:

Joey Baron http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWYWEaDpUNc
- plays with acute feeling, listens, and always seems to be smiling like a kid

I love the stuff he did with Bill Frisell and Kermit Driscoll when they improvised to old Buster Keaton films. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYQrBd5_Fc0 True improvised music. To me this goes WAY beyond playing fast or loud or complicated beats.

Keith Moon was great too, unique in his idiom.
Max Roach, Danny Richmond, dozens of others if I felt like really thinking about drummers.

Did you hear about the guitarist who locked his keys in the car? Took him an hour to get the drummer out.
 
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