Top 5 Drummers of all time

[Hieronimus]

Hellhammer is better than Jan Axel von Blomber IMO.

 

[Hieronimus]

lol @ failing to get banned

 

[Hieronimus]

gangbangadrian

 

[Hieronimus]

Oh my! Such harsh words...

 

[Lightbulbsun]

My favorites, in no order.

Tony Royster
Gavin Harrison
Rod Morgenstein
Carter Beauford
Martin Lopez

 

[EveOfDarkness]

My top 5 favorites

Sein Reinhart
Thomas Haake
Horacio "el Negro" Hernandez
Johnny Rabb
David Husvik

 

[black_tooth_grin]

Martin Lopez - Opeth
Gene Hoglan - SYL, Death
John Sankey - Devolved, Limb From Limb
Danny Carey - Tool
Flo Mounier - Crytopsy

Van Williams - Nevermore


...sorry couldn't help myself.

 

[coltrane73]

in no particular order (and more than five...sorry!):

Horacio Hernandez (Jazz)
Tomas Haake (Meshuggah)
Martin Lopez (Opeth)
Stewart Copeland (Police)
Elvin Jones (Jazz)
John Bonham (Led Zeppelin)
David King (The Bad Plus)
Billy Martin (MMW)
Dave Lombardo (Slayer)
Neil Peart (Rush)

 

[ND24/7]

I'm actually ranking the following drummers for talent, diversity in styles etc etc.

1. Derek Roddy (Hate Eternal, ex Nile)
2. Henry Ranta (The Defaced ex Soilwork, ex Chimaria, ex Terror 2000)
3. David Haley (Psycroptic, Ruins, The Amenta)
4. John Longstreth (Origin, ex-The Red Chord, ex-Skinless, ex-Possession, ex-Angelcorpse, ex-Exhumed, Dim Mak)
5. LOPEZ!!!

When did Henry Ranta play in Chimaira.. I wasn't aware of that. But wasn't Chimaira drummer Richard Evensand that played with Soilwork?!

But Derek Roddy... he's just fast as hell, nothing more.

[EDIT]

Metal :

-Peter Wildoer (Darkane)
-Nick Barker (Dimmu Borgir)
-Martin Lopez (duh)
-Henry Ranta (Soilwork)
-Teemu Laitinen (Throne Of Chaos)
-Gene Hoglan (Death, SYL)
-Richard Christy (Death, Iced Earth)
-Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater)

Others :

-Neil Peart (Rush)
-Virgil Donati (Planet X)
-Stewart Copeland (The Police)
-John Bonham (Led Zeppelin)


Not the best drummers of all time for sure, but I like their work. Sorry 5 isn't that much...

 

[Zed Leppelin]

even fast typing is more useful than being able to slap some bongos with a stick fast as possible. get over the ass-wankery imo

 

[Kenneth R.]

We have winner!

Though I will say I like listening to (last three can play jazz well):

Peart
Hoglan
Lopez
Reinert
Weckl
Chambers

Oh, and Ulrich is a disgrace to drumming.

for the win.

 

[Rick from Oddyssey]

It's astounding to me that a lot of Opeth fans seem to think music was invented in 1990. Come on, some Neil Fucking Peart anybody?

Neil Peart is probably the Godfather of progmetal drummers, period!

Anyway, here is my list :
1 - Neil Peart (Rush)
2 - Virgil Donati (Planet X)
3 - Mike Portnoy
4 - Bill Bruford (ex Yes, King Crimson)
5 - Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden)

Cheers !

 

[Ken Lyall]

sorry, but a rediculous topic. The drummer has to blend in with whom ever he is the drummer in. The most proficient drummers are probabily jazz based, in my opinion. Yes Bruford was good, Portnoy, is good, or course Neil Peart (lyrics man too), but they are no better than say,
Ric Lee (yes, who I hear you say) from ten years after,
Ginger Baker or indeed
Ringo (a much maligned drummer, but was actually quite good).
Would you say John Coghlan from Status Quo was a great drummer? Hmmmmm

 

[NeverIsForever]

flo mounier, mike portnoy, lopez, neil peart, gene hoglan (not necessarily in that order)

 

[Disasters apprentices]

Mike Portnoy

Thomas Lang, awsome drummer, does all these cool stick tricks and shit. Unfortunately, he has only played with shit artists such as Robbie Williams and B*Witched XD

Here's a movie of him: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO1F008t93w&search=thomas lang

Enjoy

 

[Bierce85]

Some of you guys really shouldn't be posting lists.

 

[Rawr]

My #1: Derek Roddy.. Shame he's not mentioned much here before! Check out his website for movie clips and stuff! Great and versatile drummer, anything ranging from deathmetal to jazz, to groove-stuff..

Honorable mentions: Martin Lopez, Flo, Kai Hahto, Danny Carey, Joey Jordison, Nick Barker, Brooks Wackerman, Ton Dijkman, Carter Beauford, Trym and probably some more i forgot..

 

[NFU]

Some of you guys really shouldn't be posting lists.

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[Satyros]

Sean Reinert (better then Christy and Gene together) .

 

[NFU]

Sean Reinert (better then Christy and Gene together) .

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