I am no expert but I know some are and would love to hear them. I'll start
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNpDQztqWQw

bonzo

buddy rich

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsDY5YRO5pQ
Jeff Porcaro

Billy Cobham http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1LSEtrdAcI

Carter Beauford
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrsPmUT2b30&mode=related&search=

Old Buddy Rich showing off for some high school kids ''' I was surprised at Max Roach lame high hat work .. Buddy commonly played the high hat from underneath too ... nice symbol work here .. I could see Buddy as Zappas drummer ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk6smBERb_U&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsDY5YRO5pQ
Jeff Porcaro



Jeff Porcaro was a great studio guy, it was a shame he died!

Buddy Rich is a Given...

My favs are

Keith Moon....Sad Day when he left Us
Carl Palmer....ELP was absolutely Mind Blowing
Neil Pert....That guy was amazing live.

John Bonham deserves "Honorable Mention"

Keith Moon Story ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfxXwdtItXM
Who knows what he could have been .. no pun intended.. I see 2 types of drummers .. technicians and bangers.. I think Keith was at the top of the bangers..

Ansley Dunbar
was my favirote drummer in high shcool.. Zappa drummer of course starting with Chunga's Revenge..to.. Cosmic Dabree ...Went on to help form Journey,,co-wrote 4 albums with them . played with Bowie,, Leslie West,,New Animals,,Herbie Mann ,, Jeff Beck ,, a bunch of others...

Terry Bozzio
just getting warmed up . guys a freak . freak is good ..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxal7Dx2JmU

Terry Bozzio
talk about technical ... too much .. lots of little things here .. I suc .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loFwLJnFQMw&mode=related&search=

Saw Moon with the Who. Fantastic show

bonzo and the loon were great, but my vote goes to carter.......tagger plz do a DMB thread some day :soon:

who has bozzio played with :huh:

bonzo and the loon were great, but my vote goes to carter.......tagger plz do a DMB thread some day :soon:

who has bozzio played with :huh:

Zappa

And Jeff Beck!

Carter Beauford ... left hand drummer on a right hand set ? switches up ... rides left ,,, rides right..
Tripping Billys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzdGpDC6UBY&mode=related&search=:claps:

who has bozzio played with :huh:

Terry Bozzio was a real sleeper .. His band was Missing Persons ,,the one with the chic lead singer.. basic top 40 band .:yak6: The gurl was beautiful and scantily clad .. I never noticed they even had a drummer.. I wasn't crazy about the band ... I think his best work was with Zappa ... Saw him last year play The Black Page ,,, still unbalievable ... here's a bio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Bozzio

Buddy Rich--great talent but an absolutely horrid human being, and the biggest prick in the business to work for.

Ed Shaugnessey from the original Tonight Show band was a very good, and vastly underrated, drummer

1. Billy Cobham w/ Mahavishnu Orchestra (The Music Inn - Lenox, MA)
2. Clive Bunker w/ Jethro Tull (Hampton Beach Casino)
3. Bill Bruford w/ Yes (Hampton Beach Casino)
4. Corky Laing w/ Mountain (Curry Hicks Cage - UMass)
.

Bernzy

Neil Peart - the master
Bun E. Carlos -simple drum kit but a major sound

K. Palmer is fantastic too. T. Bozzio wife was the scantley clad singer I think. Nobody walks in LA.

Bun E Carlos ,,,, Cheap Trick
commercial .. only solo i could find ..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZajHAmP7dHY

Neal Peart ,,,,, Rush
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqDKSTJBQTg

vinnie paul

Jason Bittner ,,,,Shadows Fall ..... Metal band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APVgugebngQ&mode=related&search=

I have to put another vote in for Neil Peart.

Thomas Lang
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoeoRmiSyYs&mode=related&search=

Terry Bozio is incredible - first saw him in the Zappa Video Baby Snakes

Neil Peart was great

Bonham was the hammer

Danny Carey from Tool is a awesome drummer and my fav who is still rockin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR6cWXSfR1I

Oh great....
Another Tool fan.

Only saw them twice.
Twisted and strange but two of the absolute best live shows I have ever seen.

Even saw Perfect Circle at UNH...........
Not even close.

yep :) - first saw Tool as a sidestage band at Lallapalooza in 92 or 93??? I've seen them probably a dozen times. Favorite show was 2000 in NYC at the Roseland ballroom. I was ten feet from Adam the whole night - couldnt hear for two days

Tomas Haake ,,, "Meshuggah" ,, a Sweedish band .. yiddish for crazy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60FlmOw0qtQ&mode=related&search=

Steve Gadd, my opinion, best all around, most influential drummer, most studio sought after drummer in the last 35-40years, can play any style

Buddy Rich
Simon Phillips
Jeff Porcaro
Neil Peart
John Bonham
Billy Cobham

Tomas Haake ,,, "Meshuggah" ,, a Sweedish band .. yiddish for crazy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60FlmOw0qtQ&mode=related&search=

nice I doubted anyone else listened to them.

My tastes are all over the place - from old jazz & blues to Hendrix & Floyd to Tool & Meshuggah.

This is an old friend from my days in drum and bugle corps (for anyone who knows what that is, Bayonne Bridgemen)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIIeByRAblA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMOZXZlOWZw&mode=related&search=

K. Palmer is fantastic too. T. Bozzio wife was the scantley clad singer I think. Nobody walks in LA.

That was his wife, Dale Bozzio......AND She did a spread (no pun intended) for Hustler Magazine. :humpty:

Pat Petrillo .... Insane ,,, put him on the list ,, He do anything with it Ronnie .??? Dad ,,, missed the spread . :wall:

Dad ,,, missed the spread . :wall:

Just do an Image Search on Yahoo for Dale Bozzio....they'll come up :kewl:

vinnie paul

Absofreakinlutley.

Steve Gadd, my opinion, best all around, most influential drummer, most studio sought after drummer in the last 35-40years, can play any style

Buddy Rich
Simon Phillips
Jeff Porcaro
Neil Peart
John Bonham
Billy Cobham

Simon Phillips ......nuff said

[QUOTE=Tagger;448741]Pat Petrillo .... Insane ,,, put him on the list ,, He do anything with it Ronnie .???


Yes, you can check his website to see what he's up to
www.patpetrillo.com
or go on the modern drummer website and read about him there and see who he has worked with !
Here is another link for a guy I knew back them also
www.tommyigo.com and you can read about him in modern drummer also!

Steve Smith..Journey....Went to High School with him...:happy:

Best I've seen live:
Richie Hayward (Little Feat)
Ginger Baker
Karl Palmer
Kieth Moon
John Bonham (also loudest)
Max Weinberg (E-Street Band)
Oh, yeah and the guy in the Safaris (WipeOut!!!!!!!!!!!!!):rolleyes::sick: :confused:

Neal Peart ,,,,, Rush
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqDKSTJBQTg

You got it right there...

Also Mike Mangini, he holds a world record...

I'll second Richie Hayward of Little Feat. Maybe not the speed merchant like some others mentioned above, but he keeps their funky beat to perfection.

if yer talkin Jazz and mentioning Buddy Rich, you cant leave off Max Roach. Buddy was great, but dated. The bop drummers took it to a new level.

For rock, I like the guys with style, ones you can hear and intsantly know who they are. For me, JOhn Bonham and Stuart Copeland (police).

Stewart Copland gets my vote too Jimmy.....original for sure...love his style....heard a rumor today the the Police are going to tour..
I saw him a couple years ago with Oysterhead as well as with the Police many moons ago...still amazing...

This is an old friend from my days in drum and bugle corps (for anyone who knows what that is, Bayonne Bridgemen)
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Bridgemen were my favorite, the most entertaining corp out there. Sister did a stint with the Blue Devils

Stewart Copland gets my vote me too ... always liked him .. another guy that does a bunch of little fills that might go un noticed ... I never followed Stink after the Police broke up... Stewart Coplands vibe did it for me ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je_iqbgGXFw

Nice and an old favirote Stanley Clark ... I remember he started all that snapping strings funky jazz groove .. I believe He was the first to start that stuff .. now its common

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je_iqbgGXFw

Thanks !
If you put one these polls to the best drummers in the world,( not to just the every day music fan ) Steve Gadd is the guy they all look up to
is at the top of all their list !
Hal Blaine was good in his day also !

Best drummers I've seen live :
Keith Moon--1975
Billy Cobham--several times,Mahavishnu Orchestra and Bobby and the Midnites
Corky Laing--1975
Matt Abst--2005,2006 REALLY GOOD--Government Mule's drummer
I also remember Ed Shaughnessy from the Tonight Show band,excellent.

Cozy Cole-"Topsy Part Two" , haven't been able to find that solo anywhere. :(

I always wondered where this version came from:huh: I guess youtube answered me
I had this on bootleg years and years ago and always got a big kick out of it.
some good drumming here too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NclTXnZAduI


:btu: :happy: :jump: :bgi:

I'll second Ginger Baker. Can't beleive he's still alive.

Thanks Karl, some great memories there. If i'm not mistaken, that was Dizzy Gillespie on the horn in part 1.Part 2 had alot of Cole.

Saw a drum battle between Cole and Krupa at the Metropole in NY with both of them behind the bar so close ya could touch them. :hihi:

Good times there with all the greats, Satchmo Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton to name a few. Different times, but great music. :)

Buddy Rich is still the man!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WgeX9iYOFSQ&mode=related&search=

Me ! :bl:
I came across this clip from back when i was young
http://www.jamesreilly.net/brdgmn/bmn82bmj.mov
Not good quality video though!
I'm the 2nd snare drummer on the left side (looking at screen, r side)

Don't get much better than this
Although this should be in the music forum


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln6b_nBM-V8&feature=related

Off it goes then....

Not sure if it is within my power to do so or how I would even do it. Thanks K

Chad Wackerman w / a couple of cool friends.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ9VmKCs7Ik&feature=related

nice john . Vai's fingers are so friggin long. Looks like he's playing a ukulele.

One of my favorite of todays drummers
Tommy Igoe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVehhcdIjtI

Nice Ronnie ...... really enjoyed that ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLtmeOdG2xc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH2_Yq0wm3I&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMdUkJGh2_s&feature=related

Ron. I'm surprised Steve Gadd doesn't break more stuff. He is very aggressive, but pretty much my favorite. Luv his syncopation, style.

That Tommy Igoe is a technician.. funny to see a young guy play with traditional grip .. He has a gift plus he's trained ..

Max Weinberg????:jester:

That Tommy Igoe is a technician.. funny to see a young guy play with traditional grip .. He has a gift plus he's trained ..



Another technician who I knew back in my marching days with the Bayonne Bridgemen (DCI)
Pat Petrillo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXPa2LNfhdo
An amazing display of technique, tone & feel !!!
Funny thing, when I knew Pat he played snare drum traditional grip (Best I've ever seen in person)
Tommy Igoe played toms (quads) (best I've ever seen in person)
Now Pat plays strictly matched, Tommy plays traditional grip !

Another of my favorites.
Dennis Chambers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ues2RBpXQoI&feature=related

Dennis has been the tutor and mentor to Tony Royster

One of the best....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGAzECdeyh8

This guy was out of his effing mind

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0YCiC7UgY0

Jazz guys: Roach, Cobham, Tony Williams

Rock guys: Palmer, Pert, Moon, Carrey, and sometimes Bonzo

and Butch Trucks and Jaimoe (really can't put the Bros in a category)

imbedded ... what is that ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN8KUhesJHQ&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u-Uh85hzEA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plIa5GdlKLI&NR=1

Just read the 1st line of his bio
http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Steve_Gadd.html
"No doubt, Steve Gadd is the most influental drummer of our time"
Before Steve that honor went to Mr. Rich.

Dave Wekyl, know as the drummer with four arms and four legs, saw him at Rileys jazz club in Cambridge a couple years back, unreal what the guy could do, had two exceptional local drummers with me and their jaws were on the table all night

Tim Alexander......Primus
Carter Beauford.....Dave Matthews Band
Jay Monteiro........Grudgeholder...:hihi:

Rod Morgenstein

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMu67Oio-zw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw3BAyXGtcs

Not bad for no formal training


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kel82BL75y0&feature=related

who needs a drummer.. LOL


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XowhtOOHXEo&feature=related

Another old friend.
Not playing the set here, but Jeff has got some INSANE chops !!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eTufBOstUg

very impressive.

Here you go RR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk6zYqqQ5DQ&feature=related