favourite drummer

Aqualung · 03-25-2006, 07:54 PM

Who's your favourite drummer? I'm quite the fan of the guy from Green Day, but for the most part I like all pop punk drummers. I also like Alex Van Halen a lot. Some of the patterns he comes up with are really great in his music. *descends into nostalgia* Ah... Whatever happened to big drum sets...

MusicMan · 03-25-2006, 08:43 PM

Neil Peart of Rush and John Bonham of Led Zeppelin are my favorites from back in the day. As far as modern drummers I really like Carter Beauford of Dave Matthews Band and Steven Drozd of The Flaming Lips.

MeghanAnn · 03-26-2006, 05:23 AM

I am not a big fan of Slipknot but their drummer Joey is amazing.

HotaHota · 03-26-2006, 06:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MusicMan

Neil Peart of Rush and John Bonham of Led Zeppelin are my favorites from back in the day. As far as modern drummers I really like Carter Beauford of Dave Matthews Band and Steven Drozd of The Flaming Lips.

Bonham and peart...Exactly the same people I was thinking of...

Strings · 03-26-2006, 01:09 PM

Pete Amaral, you can see a few pics of him on this page:
http://blogs.macon.com/amped/2006/02..._junior_b.html
Yes, he's usin' just a snare and a cymbal... when you're good that's all you need.

I'm also in to Bonham, Michael Shrieve (Santana's Original Drummer) and Danny Seraphim (the original drummer for Chicago).

HotaHota · 03-27-2006, 04:06 AM

oooh...I forgot...I'm not a fan of Yellow Card, but thier drummer is amazing...His name is Lagenou Parsons III

MusicMan · 03-27-2006, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Strings

Yes, he's usin' just a snare and a cymbal... when you're good that's all you need.

I've never agreed with that statement. It's like saying if a guitarist is good, all he needs is one string. I'm sure that all of the truly great drummers could sound amazing just using a snare and cymbal, but I think it takes even greater talent to work your way around a huge set, and it definitely sounds better.

Strings · 03-27-2006, 12:36 PM

B.B. King started by playing a piece of bailing wire strung between two nails on the porch post of his childhood home using a broom handle to change the pitch. So yeah, a good guitarist only needs one string.

Think about it... if all your strings but one broke, just before your solo... could you pull off a solo that didn't sound like it was done on one string? I've seen Alvin Lee do a solo with three good strings... he was messin' with the tuners, popping on the pickups and string lengths behind the nut and bridge to get sounds to make up for the lost strings. THAT's a good guitarist!

I've personally worked on a 30-piece full cage and I've done just a snare... my normal kit is a 3-piece. I can honestly tell you that a big kit is certainly no more difficult that a small one and sounding good, keeping in the pocket and being interesting is FAR, FAR more difficult on a small kit.

mammoth1 · 03-27-2006, 04:49 PM

I think the two best drummers in history were buddy rich and gene krupa. one was vastly superior to the other, so they say, but they're both so bloody good it almost doesn't matter. my favorite would have to be nate from sunny day real estate, (I think his name was nate anyway), that guy is a-mazing... a friend tells a story of going ot see them in concert, and the guy's bass drum petal breaks, so he just starts kicking the fucking thing while a roadie changes it, never looses a beat, never even slips.

roondiggy · 03-27-2006, 09:14 PM

I agree with mammoth on the sunny day drummer i saw them live and the guy just radiates with energy, my other favorite is the drummer from THE MARS VOLTA the rythms that this guy plays in the time signatures that he is playing them in is amazing.

BRD · 03-28-2006, 10:39 PM

i like bonhom and peart to and the guy from the who

ChrisP · 03-31-2006, 05:57 PM

Peart I haven't heard, but being a drum fanatic he'll certainly have to be sampled....

Oldschool : Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, John Bonham, Bill Bruford, Mitch Mitchell.

New School : Danny Carey of Tool, Mike Portnoy of Dream Theatre, Martin Lopez of Opeth Mike Bordin of FNM... the only time they ever really let him unleash was the War Pigs cover off the Real Thing.

melman · 04-04-2006, 10:25 PM

I love Bonham, but my favourite drummer is Virgil Donnati. He's so damn fast.

Oasis · 06-27-2006, 05:43 PM

Niel Peart from Rush is an amazing drummer. I don't think he is my favorite, but when I think drummer, that is who comes to mind. I also really admire a drummer of a local band here, named Navi. He's amazingly fast.

meanceprimeaux · 06-27-2006, 05:57 PM

Peart has long been my favorite.

Bonham just cause he used to pound the hell out of 'em.

Most overrated = Tommy Lee

what do you guys/gals think of Meg White's playing? I don't think she really knows how to play, (like i think Jack's going "c'mon Meg da, da, da, bass" tellin her what he wants her to play) but man she hits 'em like bonham used to.

meanceprimeaux · 06-27-2006, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ChrisP

Peart I haven't heard, but being a drum fanatic he'll certainly have to be sampled....

Oldschool : Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, John Bonham, Bill Bruford, Mitch Mitchell.

New School : Danny Carey of Tool, Mike Portnoy of Dream Theatre, Martin Lopez of Opeth Mike Bordin of FNM... the only time they ever really let him unleash was the War Pigs cover off the Real Thing.

WOW!!!
unbelievable that a drum fanatic hasn't heard Peart.

sure you have... Tom Sawyer..

what a freakin' amazing drummer. And Portnoy really earned my respect BECAUSE he could play Rush lick for lick. Haven't heard anyone else do that.

I would urge you to listen to the Fly By Night album as well as side A of 2112
you should have a great feel for him then.

ChrisP · 06-28-2006, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by meanceprimeaux

WOW!!!
unbelievable that a drum fanatic hasn't heard Peart.

sure you have... Tom Sawyer..

*looks confused* If that's a track name don't worry... I listened to nothing but tool for over a Year and still don't know all the track names.

meanceprimeaux · 06-28-2006, 01:38 PM

here's a low quality copy of the Tom Sawyer song.

It's probably their most famous song, is the reason i mentioned it.

Remember, posting commercially available songs is not allowed without permission from the artist.

Thanks for looking out Jethro!!

ChrisP · 06-28-2006, 02:57 PM

Oh, it's alright

I was pulling your leg. After reading so much about Peart on this thread a while back, I went out and bought Moving Pictures and 2112.

Fly By Night as well you reckon?

meanceprimeaux · 06-28-2006, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ChrisP

Oh, it's alright

I was pulling your leg. After reading so much about Peart on this thread a while back, I went out and bought Moving Pictures and 2112.

Fly By Night as well you reckon?

Fly by night is really good (imo)

ByTor and the Snowdog is my favorite. Peart is great throughout.

another sidebar... most ppl will mispronounce his name as "pert"
actually pronounced kinda like (pea - urt). french canadian weirdass pronounciation.

lol

seriously for your age you have an incredible amt of musical knowledge. kudos!

ChrisP · 06-29-2006, 05:47 AM

My age? I'm fricking old

Circle_One · 06-29-2006, 07:18 AM

My personal favorite drummer is Don Bolles from the Germs. Love him.

ChrisP · 06-29-2006, 08:06 AM

Your personal favourite anything is the Germs...

I could ask you what you wanted for dinner in a 400$ a plate restaurant... and you'd still be thinking "The Germs"

Circle_One · 06-29-2006, 03:21 PM

And would you rather I be thinking "Pink Floyd"?

ChrisP · 06-29-2006, 04:18 PM

I'd rather you be thinking "ChrisP is sexy" but hey, Pink Floyd will do.

03-25-2006, 07:54 PM	#1
Aqualung Pshaw! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Washington Posts: 11,539 Thanks: 527 Thanked 731 Times in 684 Posts Rep Power: 275	Who's your favourite drummer? I'm quite the fan of the guy from Green Day, but for the most part I like all pop punk drummers. I also like Alex Van Halen a lot. Some of the patterns he comes up with are really great in his music. descends into nostalgia Ah... Whatever happened to big drum sets... __________________ Here we go. Mushu cereal for breakfast with duck sauce.

03-25-2006, 08:43 PM	#2
MusicMan "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong." - Voltaire Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Inside your head Posts: 7,588 Thanks: 568 Thanked 479 Times in 420 Posts Rep Power: 500	Neil Peart of Rush and John Bonham of Led Zeppelin are my favorites from back in the day. As far as modern drummers I really like Carter Beauford of Dave Matthews Band and Steven Drozd of The Flaming Lips. __________________ Rules! A definite must-read The Music Showcase is the best place to share your music here, you can even embed Youtube videos. Send me a PM if you need any help with anything.

03-26-2006, 01:09 PM	#5
Strings Multi-instrumentalist Gearhead Extrodinaire Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,106 Thanks: 0 Thanked 11 Times in 10 Posts Rep Power: 74	Pete Amaral, you can see a few pics of him on this page: http://blogs.macon.com/amped/2006/02..._junior_b.html Yes, he's usin' just a snare and a cymbal... when you're good that's all you need. I'm also in to Bonham, Michael Shrieve (Santana's Original Drummer) and Danny Seraphim (the original drummer for Chicago). __________________ If you play more than two chords, you're showing off. Woody Guthrie

03-27-2006, 12:36 PM	#8
Strings Multi-instrumentalist Gearhead Extrodinaire Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,106 Thanks: 0 Thanked 11 Times in 10 Posts Rep Power: 74	B.B. King started by playing a piece of bailing wire strung between two nails on the porch post of his childhood home using a broom handle to change the pitch. So yeah, a good guitarist only needs one string. Think about it... if all your strings but one broke, just before your solo... could you pull off a solo that didn't sound like it was done on one string? I've seen Alvin Lee do a solo with three good strings... he was messin' with the tuners, popping on the pickups and string lengths behind the nut and bridge to get sounds to make up for the lost strings. THAT's a good guitarist! I've personally worked on a 30-piece full cage and I've done just a snare... my normal kit is a 3-piece. I can honestly tell you that a big kit is certainly no more difficult that a small one and sounding good, keeping in the pocket and being interesting is *FAR, FAR* more difficult on a small kit. __________________ If you play more than two chords, you're showing off. Woody Guthrie

06-28-2006, 01:38 PM	#18
meanceprimeaux Mr. Mean Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 1,309 Thanks: 221 Thanked 143 Times in 111 Posts Rep Power: 124	here's a low quality copy of the Tom Sawyer song. It's probably their most famous song, is the reason i mentioned it. Remember, posting commercially available songs is not allowed without permission from the artist. Thanks for looking out Jethro!! Last edited by meanceprimeaux : 06-28-2006 at 09:53 PM.

03-26-2006, 05:23 AM	#3
MeghanAnn Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 38 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Rep Power: 54	I am not a big fan of Slipknot but their drummer Joey is amazing.

03-27-2006, 04:06 AM	#6
HotaHota Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: PA, USA Posts: 191 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 2 Posts Rep Power: 58	oooh...I forgot...I'm not a fan of Yellow Card, but thier drummer is amazing...His name is Lagenou Parsons III

03-27-2006, 04:49 PM	#9
mammoth1 and all things fall Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,626 Thanks: 6 Thanked 24 Times in 22 Posts Rep Power: 79	I think the two best drummers in history were buddy rich and gene krupa. one was vastly superior to the other, so they say, but they're both so bloody good it almost doesn't matter. my favorite would have to be nate from sunny day real estate, (I think his name was nate anyway), that guy is a-mazing... a friend tells a story of going ot see them in concert, and the guy's bass drum petal breaks, so he just starts kicking the fucking thing while a roadie changes it, never looses a beat, never even slips.

03-27-2006, 09:14 PM	#10
roondiggy Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 46 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 54	I agree with mammoth on the sunny day drummer i saw them live and the guy just radiates with energy, my other favorite is the drummer from THE MARS VOLTA the rythms that this guy plays in the time signatures that he is playing them in is amazing.

03-28-2006, 10:39 PM	#11
BRD Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 240 Thanks: 19 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts Rep Power: 60	i like bonhom and peart to and the guy from the who

03-31-2006, 05:57 PM	#12
ChrisP Ma-Na-Ma-Na! Doo-Doo-dee-Doo-doo! Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Wgtn NZ Posts: 1,494 Thanks: 43 Thanked 30 Times in 23 Posts Rep Power: 87	Peart I haven't heard, but being a drum fanatic he'll certainly have to be sampled.... Oldschool : Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, John Bonham, Bill Bruford, Mitch Mitchell. New School : Danny Carey of Tool, Mike Portnoy of Dream Theatre, Martin Lopez of Opeth Mike Bordin of FNM... the only time they ever really let him unleash was the War Pigs cover off the Real Thing.

04-04-2006, 10:25 PM	#13
melman In the box that always rox Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Here Posts: 67 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 53	I love Bonham, but my favourite drummer is Virgil Donnati. He's so damn fast.

06-27-2006, 05:43 PM	#14
Oasis Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 40 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Rep Power: 51	Niel Peart from Rush is an amazing drummer. I don't think he is my favorite, but when I think drummer, that is who comes to mind. I also really admire a drummer of a local band here, named Navi. He's amazingly fast.

06-27-2006, 05:57 PM	#15
meanceprimeaux Mr. Mean Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 1,309 Thanks: 221 Thanked 143 Times in 111 Posts Rep Power: 124	Peart has long been my favorite. Bonham just cause he used to pound the hell out of 'em. Most overrated = Tommy Lee what do you guys/gals think of Meg White's playing? I don't think she really knows how to play, (like i think Jack's going "c'mon Meg da, da, da, bass" tellin her what he wants her to play) but man she hits 'em like bonham used to.

06-28-2006, 02:57 PM	#19
ChrisP Ma-Na-Ma-Na! Doo-Doo-dee-Doo-doo! Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Wgtn NZ Posts: 1,494 Thanks: 43 Thanked 30 Times in 23 Posts Rep Power: 87	Oh, it's alright I was pulling your leg. After reading so much about Peart on this thread a while back, I went out and bought Moving Pictures and 2112. Fly By Night as well you reckon?

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06-29-2006, 05:47 AM	#21
ChrisP Ma-Na-Ma-Na! Doo-Doo-dee-Doo-doo! Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Wgtn NZ Posts: 1,494 Thanks: 43 Thanked 30 Times in 23 Posts Rep Power: 87	My age? I'm fricking old

06-29-2006, 07:18 AM	#22
Circle_One Fanatic Audiophile Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Montreal, QC Posts: 664 Thanks: 8 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts Rep Power: 67	My personal favorite drummer is Don Bolles from the Germs. Love him. __________________ Get Down On Your Knees, I'm A Fucking ROCKSTAR!

06-29-2006, 08:06 AM	#23
ChrisP Ma-Na-Ma-Na! Doo-Doo-dee-Doo-doo! Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Wgtn NZ Posts: 1,494 Thanks: 43 Thanked 30 Times in 23 Posts Rep Power: 87	Your personal favourite anything is the Germs... I could ask you what you wanted for dinner in a 400$ a plate restaurant... and you'd still be thinking "The Germs"

06-29-2006, 03:21 PM	#24
Circle_One Fanatic Audiophile Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Montreal, QC Posts: 664 Thanks: 8 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts Rep Power: 67	And would you rather I be thinking "Pink Floyd"? __________________ Get Down On Your Knees, I'm A Fucking ROCKSTAR!

06-29-2006, 04:18 PM	#25
ChrisP Ma-Na-Ma-Na! Doo-Doo-dee-Doo-doo! Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Wgtn NZ Posts: 1,494 Thanks: 43 Thanked 30 Times in 23 Posts Rep Power: 87	I'd rather you be thinking "ChrisP is sexy" but hey, Pink Floyd will do.

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