Topic: favorite drummers? (with pictures!) (Read 40466 times)

ImRonBurgundy? · « **on:** 14 Jan 2006, 15:53 »

Brendan Canty (Rites of Spring, Fugazi)

Dan Panic (Screeching Weasel), waaaay in the back, there.

Ricky Fitness! (Assorted Jelly Beans, The Aquabats!)

Kin-Ichi Motegi (Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, The Fishmans (only the Japanese would have a band called "The Fishmans"))

Chris Tsagakis (RxBandits, Satori)

Damon Atkinson (Braid, Hey Mercedes)

Bill Stevenson (Descendents, Black Flag)

Ted Moll (MU330, Bagheera)

Derek Grant (The Suicide Machines, The Skolars/Telegraph, Alkaline Trio) (3rd from the left)

Jason Finn (The Presidents of the United States of America)

Stewart Copeland (The Police)

Rob Kellenberger (Slapstick, Tuesday, The Chinkees' first album, Duvall, Colossal, Mike Park's backing band, The Smoking Popes, and probably at least ten other bands) and Neil Hennessey (The Lawrence Arms, Colossal)

Travis Barker (The Aquabats!, and a bunch of shitty bands)

so there's my rather punk rock-centric list. i wanted to include more jazz and funk drummers, but i couldn't think of any off the top of my head.

also, whoever was the original drummer for Dick Dale & His Del-Tones was AMAZING.

ozphactor · « **Reply #1 on:** 14 Jan 2006, 16:02 »

I don't know many drummers, but...

Matt Tong, of Bloc Party. The drumming on "Banquet" is pretty wicked. Come to think of it, the drumming on the entire album is pretty wicked. Yeah.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #2 on:** 14 Jan 2006, 17:06 »

Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment, and too many other side projects to even come close to counting).

Neil. Peart. (Rush)

Thread over.

Well, OK, more seriously:

John Bonham (RIP). (Led Zeppelin)

Keith Moon (The Who)

Richard Christy (most notably Death and Iced Earth, but a ton of side projects I really don't feel like listing.) Yes, the pic is crappy, but I couldn't find any others.

Gene Hoglan (Oh man, this is gonna be annoying. OK, Dark Angel, Death, Devin Townsend, Strapping Young Lad, among others, including a brief stint in Testament)

Mark Zonder (Fates Warning, Chroma Key)

Nick Mason (Pink Floyd). Most overlooked drummer ever? I think so.

Aaaand that's all I can think of right now.
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Kai · « **Reply #3 on:** 14 Jan 2006, 18:48 »

Dude, I actually forgot Pink Floyd HAD a drummer at times.

And your list pretty much hits it. Neil Peart's drum set is ridiculously pretentious.

Der Golem · « **Reply #4 on:** 14 Jan 2006, 18:59 »

Dave Lombardo (Slayer and Fantomas)

KharBevNor · « **Reply #5 on:** 14 Jan 2006, 19:28 »

As well as seconding many above:

Vitek (Decapitated)

Michael Van Dyne (Arsis. On left.)

Beast Dominator (Finntroll)

And of course Dan Swano, who can be put into any of these threads because he plays everything!

I must admit, I don't pay much attention to drums a lot of the time. I must also admit I do have a few in my mind I'm keeping to post later because I' m tired atm.

ImRonBurgundy? · « **Reply #6 on:** 14 Jan 2006, 19:36 »

i can't believe i forgot:

George Hurley (The Minutemen, fIREHOSE)

McTaggart · « **Reply #7 on:** 14 Jan 2006, 20:15 »

These threads are so much better with pictures.

Vlishgnath · « **Reply #8 on:** 15 Jan 2006, 07:55 »

Flo Mounier of Cryptopsy

Gavin Harrison from Porcupine Tree

I can't find a picture of Derek Roddy from Hate Eternal. Go here and watch stuff

Merkava · « **Reply #9 on:** 15 Jan 2006, 09:39 »

No one's said Joe Eisley yet? Wierd.

Joe Eisley - The Dismemberment Plan

Kudos to the Fugazi mention also.

Iwan · « **Reply #10 on:** 15 Jan 2006, 10:03 »

Alfredo Hernandez from Yawning Man

John Theodore from The Mars Volta.

Mitch Mitchell from The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

Danny Schuler from Biohazard.

And now for some provocing-angry-reactions-namedropping...

Your favourite midget with a Napoleon-complex.. Lars Ulrich.

RUMBLEMOOSE · « **Reply #11 on:** 15 Jan 2006, 10:08 »

Billy Cobham (Mahavishnu Orchestra, solo)

Mike Mangini (Steve Vai, late Extreme)

Joey Waronker (Beck, late REM)

Elvin Jones (John Coltrane, solo)

Just a couple off the top o' my head. I'm a drummer nerd so if you gave me some hours I could pick a couple hundred more probably.

Kid Modernist · « **Reply #12 on:** 15 Jan 2006, 10:16 »

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Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth)

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Michael Shrieve (The guy who did the solo on Soul Sacrifice at Woodstock).

and Richard Mozzatta (Which I can't find a picture of, but he is the drummer for mewithoutYou).

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #13 on:** 15 Jan 2006, 10:43 »

Moe Tucker (Velvet Underground)

David Lovering (Pixies)

Chris Frantz (Talking Heads, Tom-Tom Club)

Kai · « **Reply #14 on:** 15 Jan 2006, 10:56 »

I don't care how good Metallica was, Lars is not a good drummer. Like, at all. Ever. Period.

Chesire Cat · « **Reply #15 on:** 15 Jan 2006, 11:56 »

Basically, Dave Grohl is god, he's drummed in a few things; Tenacious D, QotSA, Nirvana, occasionally the Foo Fighters when showing off.

Also, Travis Barker and that guy from Rush, who also has a fucking HUGE drumkit.

nescience · « **Reply #16 on:** 15 Jan 2006, 12:20 »

Quote from: E. Spaceman

David Lovering (Pixies)

Seconded. Bonus points awarded for excellent magic show he used to perform as an opening act for Frank Black & the Catholics.

Octillus · « **Reply #17 on:** 15 Jan 2006, 13:45 »

again seconding many MANY up there

I just want to add Brann Dailor (Mastodon)

rive gauche · « **Reply #18 on:** 15 Jan 2006, 15:52 »

Storm Rider · « **Reply #19 on:** 15 Jan 2006, 16:46 »

Quote from: Iwan

OK, props on Mitchell, who I forgot, but seriously, Lars Ulrich? He's a TERRIBLE drummer. He can barely keep time, let alone do anything interesting. Ever wonder why they don't play anything off ...And Justice for All except for One live? It's because Lars can't play the drum parts.

Freezey · « **Reply #20 on:** 15 Jan 2006, 20:51 »

Quote from: Merkava

Joe Eisley - The Dismemberment Plan

Kudos to the Fugazi mention also.

seconded- the D-plan has some of my favourite drumming ever. Fugazi as well.

Rob DePaola of the Honor System is great.

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visceralviscous · « **Reply #21 on:** 15 Jan 2006, 20:56 »

Quote from: Merkava

No one's said Joe Eisley yet? Wierd.

Joe Eisley - The Dismemberment Plan

mmm dismemberment plan, they're so wonderful...completely second that motion.

Le Grill · « **Reply #22 on:** 15 Jan 2006, 22:16 »

Mike Maxymuik (Cursed)

Stephen Morris (Joy Division/New Order)

Coady Willis (Murder City Devils/Dead Low Tide/Big Business)

ImRonBurgundy? · « **Reply #23 on:** 15 Jan 2006, 22:44 »

Quote from: Freezey

Rob DePaola of the Honor System is great.

oh, dang. i wasn't expecting anyone to mention The Honor System. do you like The Broadways, too?

Iwan · « **Reply #24 on:** 16 Jan 2006, 00:10 »

Concerning Lars Ulrich...

1. You might want to look up "humour" or "joke" in the dictionary some time. I knew mentioning him would make a lot of people angry. It wasn't meant to be taken seriously ("Your favourite midget with a Napoleon-complex").

2. I believe Lars is a better drummer then most people think. I mean; look at all the (ex-)Metallica members. Jaymz, Kirk, Robert Trujillo, Jason, CLIFF BURTON, Dave Mustaine. All first rate musicians and he played with them.
If he really was good for nothing, I think Cliff would have kicked him out long time ago.

BUT agreed, he is no match for Mitchell or Bill Ward (Black Sabbath whom I forgot).

3. No material from the ...And justice for all (except One) live?
Then I have several bootlegs where Metallica gets off the stage and a briliant Metallica-tribute band (who sounds EXACTLY like Metallica) plays "Harvester of sorrow", "Dyer's eve" and "Blackened" for them...

Trollstormur · « **Reply #25 on:** 16 Jan 2006, 00:28 »

ABSU's Proscriptor McGovern. He's wearing a mic because he's the lead vocalist and playing a show.

Hellhammer (Mayhem, Immortal, Arcturus, etc etc etc etc)

Hat · « **Reply #26 on:** 16 Jan 2006, 02:36 »

Second a lot of these, Peart especially, and I only really have two of my own to add:

Kram from Spiderbait: It is goddamned hard to find a picture of this dude behind a drumkit, because no mere drumkit can contain him for long, but he is a great drummer, and manages to do extremely great lead vocals while going off behind a kit at their shows.

Danny Carey from Tool:

Storm Rider · « **Reply #27 on:** 16 Jan 2006, 09:54 »

Quote from: Iwan

2. I believe Lars is a better drummer then most people think. I mean; look at all the (ex-)Metallica members. Jaymz, Kirk, Robert Trujillo, Jason, CLIFF BURTON, Dave Mustaine.

First of all, Lars was responsible for kicking Mustaine out of the band in the first place, and Metallica's fame is a sick zombie of Mustaine's creative ideas in the first place. And I certainly wouldn't call Trujillo or Newstead 'first-rate' musicians. Hell, I would say we can't even tell how good Burton was, because on Metallica's early recordings you can't even hear the bass (Although because of Orion, we know he could write songs).

Secondly, go listen to Master of Puppets for a few minutes, and make sure you listen carefully to the drumming. There's absolutely nothing interesting going on there. I know 13-year-olds (literally) who can drum better than he does in that song.

And finally, Metallica may have played some from AJFA live early on, but I know that they stopped doing so.

Patrick · « **Reply #28 on:** 16 Jan 2006, 10:22 »

This thread is completely useless without even more pictures of John Henry Bonham (Led Zeppelin) :

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And Ginger Baker (Cream). Where's the love for Baker?!

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And let's certainly not forget the wonderful Richard Starkey, more commonly known as Ringo Starr of The Beatles:

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MilkmanDan · « **Reply #29 on:** 16 Jan 2006, 13:12 »

Zach Hill (Hella, Nervous Cop, Team Sleep, Zach Hill & The Holy Smokes, etc)

View this (slow-loading 36mb) movie for a demonstration of his crazy drum-based escapades:
http://www.hellaband.com/media/vid/Biblical%20Violence.mpg

Iwan · « **Reply #30 on:** 16 Jan 2006, 13:17 »

Quote from: Storm Rider

Quote from: Iwan

2. I believe Lars is a better drummer then most people think. I mean; look at all the (ex-)Metallica members. Jaymz, Kirk, Robert Trujillo, Jason, CLIFF BURTON, Dave Mustaine.

First of all, Lars was responsible for kicking Mustaine out of the band in the first place, and Metallica's fame is a sick zombie of Mustaine's creative ideas in the first place. And I certainly wouldn't call Trujillo or Newstead 'first-rate' musicians. Hell, I would say we can't even tell how good Burton was, because on Metallica's early recordings you can't even hear the bass (Although because of Orion, we know he could write songs).

Secondly, go listen to Master of Puppets for a few minutes, and make sure you listen carefully to the drumming. There's absolutely nothing interesting going on there. I know 13-year-olds (literally) who can drum better than he does in that song.

And finally, Metallica may have played some from AJFA live early on, but I know that they stopped doing so.

You're either pulling my leg or you don't know your metal history... With the risk of making a total ass out of myself.

If anyone was responsible for sacking Mustaine, it was Burton. Lars and James will never admit it but there are a lot of people who will tell you that that Cliff was the leader of Metallica. He and Mustaine never got along in the first place.

When I say "first rate musicians" I'm talking about musicians with high technical skills. Maybe that you're a brilliant bassplayer but I would say that Jason and Robert are fuckin bass monsters. I've heard Robert do a solo and it was impressive.
Jason however indeed wasn't much of a songwriter. And it's a bit early to say anything about Robert.
If you search the Internet long enough, you shouldn't find it very hard to find some Cliff Burton footage (from Trauma to Metallica).
And you should be able to hear bass on the early Metallica songs...
Anaesthasia (pulling teeth) which is a 4 minute bass solo...
The intro of "For whom the bell tolls". Yes, it's a bass...
The Call of Ktulu

The only album where the basses are mixed in the background is ...And justice for all.

And no, they still play songs from ...And justice for all. Maybe they didn't play many songs when opening for the Stones but they did play at least 3 songs from AJFA on the last tour.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #31 on:** 16 Jan 2006, 13:27 »

I don't play bass, but I can think of plenty of bassists that are better than Newstead or Trujillo.

But I was under the impression that Lars and James kicked out Mustaine for his heroin addiction, not that Burton kicked him out because their personalities clashed.

And isn't Trujillo out of the band now anyway?

SpacemanSpiff · « **Reply #32 on:** 16 Jan 2006, 14:16 »

Most great drummers were mentioned already, I especially agree with Jon Theodore, Brian Chippendale, Danny Carey and Gavin Harrison.

I would like to add:

Doug Scharin (June of 44, among other things)

Todd Trainer (Shellac, Brick Layer Cake)

Mark Trombino (Drive Like Jehu)
I can't find a picture.

Damon Che (Don Caballero)

Weasel Walter (The Flying Luttenbachers, xbxrx, To Live And Shave In LA 2, Hatewave, whatever the fuck else)

John Davis (Q And Not U)

StrikeThePostman · « **Reply #33 on:** 16 Jan 2006, 14:21 »

Kevin O'Donnell of Squirrel Nut Zippers, Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire, and Kevin O'Donnell's Quality Six. Other things too, maybe. He's a pretty cool guy.

Kai · « **Reply #34 on:** 16 Jan 2006, 18:12 »

Quote from: Iwan

He and Mustaine never got along in the first place.

Dude, Mustaine doesn't get along with ANYBODY. That guy is a prick.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #35 on:** 16 Jan 2006, 18:15 »

Roland TR-606 (Big Black)

Storm Rider · « **Reply #36 on:** 16 Jan 2006, 20:40 »

I'm not denying Mustaine is a dick, but he's made better music than all the other members of Metallica combined.

Anyway, I can't believe I forgot:

Jason Rullo (Symphony X).

KharBevNor · « **Reply #37 on:** 16 Jan 2006, 23:23 »

Quote from: Trollstormur

Hellhammer (Mayhem, Immortal, Arcturus, etc etc etc etc)

Ah Jesus on a stick, I must have been tired!

I shall make up by posting a really gay picture of him and typing his name in capitals.

JAN AXEL VON FUCKING BLOMBERG!

Freezey · « **Reply #38 on:** 17 Jan 2006, 00:18 »

Quote from: ImRonBurgundy?

Quote from: Freezey
Rob DePaola of the Honor System is great.

oh, dang. i wasn't expecting anyone to mention The Honor System. do you like The Broadways, too?

Of course! I like his drumming in the Honor System more though, but the Broadways rock regardless.

onewheelwizzard · « **Reply #39 on:** 17 Jan 2006, 00:26 »

Bill Ward, Black Sabbath.

Stephen McCarty, Dead Meadow.

Um, Dave Grohl anyone? Has anyone actually listened to "Songs For The Deaf?" His work with QOTSA was amazing. (Oh, and he played in that band Nirvana too.)

Barrett Martin, Screaming Trees.

Cheshire Agusta, Stinking Lizaveta

Lastly, Carlo Von Sextron of Eagles of Death Metal.

Octillus · « **Reply #40 on:** 17 Jan 2006, 00:44 »

JOSH HOMME SIGHTING!

Trollstormur · « **Reply #41 on:** 17 Jan 2006, 02:18 »

Quote from: KharBevNor

I shall make up by posting a really gay picture of him.

Best label I can think up for HH is "fancy lad", or maybe Dandy.

Signum_Tenebrae · « **Reply #42 on:** 21 Jan 2006, 11:53 »

Totally agree with you Trollstormur on Proscriptor from Absu. He is absolutely fucking brilliant. To reiterate the point I'm going to post another picture of him

Aram · « **Reply #43 on:** 21 Jan 2006, 13:11 »

John Dolmayan, System of a Down

Ringo Starr (looks funny), The Beatles

I had to mention these two :P
A lot of the other ones I like have been mentioned, so...

kikanjuuneko · « **Reply #44 on:** 21 Jan 2006, 13:40 »

Chris motherfucking Pennie. Don't argue. Shut up. You won't win this one.

Thread over.

Shaft · « **Reply #45 on:** 21 Jan 2006, 15:17 »

Dave Grohl is not a good drummer. In fact, I would go as far as to say he is an average drummer who happens to be in one of the biggest bands in the world because he happened to be in a band that a dead guy was in.

That's not opinion. You can't look at someone like Dave Weckl and then say that Grohl is a good drummer. Like, seriously. Dude.

almost thursday · « **Reply #46 on:** 21 Jan 2006, 15:36 »

dude, dave grohl is not an average drummer, average drummers are the twenty-somethings who play in local punk bands for six years. maybe he isn't as good as some of the technical death guys or whatever but, that sure as hell doesn't mean he's average.

Kai · « **Reply #47 on:** 21 Jan 2006, 15:45 »

No, I'm pretty sure he's average. I don't know what exactly everyone talks about; the Nirvana durmming isn't anythign to write home about, and the same to the Foo Fighters. Seriously.

onewheelwizzard · « **Reply #48 on:** 21 Jan 2006, 15:45 »

Quote from: Shaft

Dave Grohl is not a good drummer. In fact, I would go as far as to say he is an average drummer who happens to be in one of the biggest bands in the world because he happened to be in a band that a dead guy was in.

That's not opinion. You can't look at someone like Dave Weckl and then say that Grohl is a good drummer. Like, seriously. Dude.

Ever listened to "Song for the Dead" by QOTSA? I've been looking for three years and I'm still not sure if I've found as decisive a display of drum pyrotechnics as that song (particularly the first and last minutes). I'm not going to say Dave Grohl is the best drummer that ever lived, or the best drummer in rock right now, but he's pretty freakin' good.

almost thursday · « **Reply #49 on:** 21 Jan 2006, 16:33 »

got it in one, wizz

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Author Topic: favorite drummers? (with pictures!) (Read 40466 times)

Vlishgnath

Merkava

Iwan

RUMBLEMOOSE

Kid Modernist

nescience

Octillus

rive gauche

Freezey

Le Grill

Iwan

MilkmanDan

Iwan

SpacemanSpiff

StrikeThePostman

Freezey

Octillus

Signum_Tenebrae

Aram

kikanjuuneko

almost thursday

almost thursday