Gotta add my vote for Neil Peart. Listen the live version of YYZ from Exit Stage Left and you'll understand
Neil Peart plays some stuff that is just mindboggling to me. In college I lived with a guy that was a drummer for a local band, and played clubs and such. He always used to tell me that the stuff Peart played, he'd need two more sets of drums and two other drummers to play.
I agree with you Freak, Tommy Lee may be best known for banging something else, but the guy totally kicks ass on the drums. My main vote goes to Neil Peart. I know nothing of Jazz dudes--I am sure many of them are awesume, my other easy strait RR picks include Bonham, Moon and Beard. I had a college roomate who was a drummer and he was a big fan of the Slayer guy if I recall. Also, there used to be a band called Billy Goat from Dallas that had a pretty tough dude (around 91-92 at least).
I never cared for that whole double-bass thing (although, I'd pick Tommy Aldridge as one of the better in that heavy metal genre) but I remember reading how Lee recorded all his drums separately for the Dr. Feelgood record. He did just bass drum, then snare, then toms, then cymbals. Not really a big deal if you are just laying down 2 and 4 but some of the tougher fills he did on there must've been a b****. He did it so the producer could have better separation of the drums. Seems a bit pointless on a heavy metal album, but whatever. Still an impressive feat.
I agree....kinda. I wasn't really into them much till Signals came out, which really struck a chord with me. I was the right age, searching for answers when I heard: Drawn like moths we drift into the city, the timeless old attraction, Cruising for the action. Lit up like a firefly, just to feel the living night That verse describes most of 1982 and 1983 for me!
Will Calhoun also. . . Steve Gadd Oliver Charles [the only true Innocent Criminal drummer] Ashwin Sood Phil Selway Roger Taylor [of Duran Duran] oh, and Will Calhoun <giggle> good one. sic transit gloria
Her name is Cindy Blackman. She also has a really nice Jazz career going on the side. Even though he's a showoff, and reportedly a total pain in the @ss, if you've never heard him, it's pretty amazing. Hal Blaine is the single greatest/most prolific studio drummer of all-time. In addition to being rocksolid, he also was one of the people who experimented with recording drums from different/strange locations to get wierd effects. A good example is the crashing drums from Simon & Garfunkle's 'The Boxer'. He set up the kit on one end of a long hall at Atlantic, with a microphone on the other end. Ringo Starr was really bad drummer, what with keeping steady time. In fact, McCartney (who was credited with drums on the track 'The Balad of John & Yoko') secretly snuck in and recorded the drums for one of his tracks (I believe either Back In The USSR, or Obla-Di Obla-Da). When Ringo discovered this, he felt unwanted and actualy quit the band for a day until all the other Beatles basically kissed his @ss to get him back. That having been said, because he was left handed on a right handed set, all of his little fills have a slightly funky unexpected character (most noticable on the later stuff) which I really enjoy. He's also about the first person to record drums individualy.
OOOH!!! GOOD ONE!!! I'm just not a big Tommy Lee fan. I mean, he's got decent double bass chops, but he wasn't the first one to do that (hell, Louie Bellson was doing it in the 50s, and someone before him....drawing a blank right now). Also, I gotta agree with everyone on Neal Peart, dude is amazing, however, one thing I found out recently kind of soured me a little (just enough to drop him from, oh, #3 all time to #4 or such). It turns out he pre-meditates all his fills. Like in concerts, he'll do the exact same fills that he does on the album. Granted they're incredible, but personally, and this may just be me, but the drum fill should be a spontanious thing that just happens, not something planned out.
Danny Carey of Tool Man this guy is awesome. I know most of you don't get into TOOL because they have kind of a wierd thing going on, but you are missing out on some incredibly original music. Danny Carey and Adam Jones are an incredible combination.(Throw in Maynard James Keenans voice and you have some kick ass ****!)
