Great Drummers

[Bishop Thumpety-Thump]

Levon Helm
Steve Gadd
Nicko McBrain

 

[Exeter_Gently]

Best of all time imho. Great voice too. Have you heard the two albums he did just before he died with Larry Campbell and Amy Helm? They’re a bit country but really good. His voice sounded very different after radiotherapy but his drumming was even better than before.

I haven't,I knew he'd done something with his daughter but I haven't got round to it.

That can be my homework this week

 

[larbert toffee]

 

[wainy]

It's easy to bash Ringo but he was massively respected amongst his peers

Just a shame he's a bit of a turkey.

No bashing going on here, although his finest work was narrating Thomas the Tank Engine.

 

[Exeter_Gently]

No bashing going on here, although his finest work was narrating Thomas the Tank Engine.

No I meant some people love to bash him,i didn't mean you in particular

Also his Thomas The Tank work was Stella.

 

[Lao]

Bonham
Paice
Helm
Weinberg

And I’m loving Josh Freese, currently with Foo Fighters, was in NIN, Devo, G&R and various others

 

[jaybx1878]

Seen Springsteen a few times and Weinberg is always top drawer.

 

[Lao]

Seen Springsteen a few times and Weinberg is always top drawer.

Weinberg is just so solid, like a metronome

 

[Parker]

I will die on the hill that Dave Grohl is completely wasted as a front man. That fella is one of the greatest drummers to ever do it.

The amount of drum hooks that he wrote when he was in Nirvana is ludicrous and you know they're good when you're competing with Kurt Cobain for the spotlight and you still stand out.

 

[SerenityNigh]

Maybe I'd feel different if I were a musician myself, but with drummers and guitarists alike I've always found that I like the ones who blend into the music more than the ones who stand out. May get negged into oblivion for this, but never been a SRV fan myself. Same with Kenny Wayne Shepherd (not as famous, but local). Feel the same for drummers.

Back on topic: Son2 who knows more than me is a fan of Ringo, Grohl, Copeland, and the lesser Van Halen. I quite like Phil Selway.

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Billy Cobham
Omar Hakim

 

[arch stanton]

Weinberg is just so solid, like a metronome

tbh mate, a drummer who cant keep time like a metronome aint really a drummer. Thats like a basic requirement.

 

[Lao]

tbh mate, a drummer who cant keep time like a metronome aint really a drummer. Thats like a basic requirement.

It’s amazing how many drummers are now sampled in the studio, so just playing sections of songs at a time, to make sure the timing is perfect

 

[TrixyStevens]

Fabulous player

 

[arch stanton]

It’s amazing how many drummers are now sampled in the studio, so just playing sections of songs at a time, to make sure the timing is perfect

songs are often recorded in sections, certainly since the advent of DAW recording software, its a shame if they are using it to make sure the drummer is bang on the beat as it adds depth to a track if the drummer/bass is fractionally ahead/behind the beat. Needs to be consistent and planned though rather than just crap timing