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Rolling Stone Readers Pick Best Drummers of All Time
Rolling Stone ^
| 2/10/11
Posted on 02/10/2011 9:55:55 PM PST by My Favorite Headache
Last weekend we asked our readers to name the greatest drummers of all time. Everybody from Eric Carr to Animal from The Muppets got votes, but Led Zeppelin's John Bonham led the list by a significant margin.
1. John Bonham - Led Zeppelin 2. Keith Moon - The Who 3. Neil Peart - Rush 4. Dave Grohl - Nirvana/Foo Fighters 5. Ringo Starr - The Beatles 6. Buddy Rich 7. Stewart Copeland - The Police 8. ?uestlove - The Roots 9. Ginger Baker - Cream 10. Michael Shrieve - Santana/Sammy Hagar
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To: BBell
Agreed.
Keith Moon definitely has my vote for personality alone.
I am also glad to see Dave Grohl, from the Foo Fighters, make the list.
After seeing them in concert twice, we always had a great time.
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posted on
02/11/2011 1:05:54 AM PST
by
Prole
(Please pray for the families of Chris and Channon. May God always watch over them.)
To: Prole
After seeing them in concert twice, we always had a great time. Did you enjoy yourselves during the concerts?
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posted on
02/11/2011 1:11:06 AM PST
by
Chunga
(Go, Sarah, GO!! - Jim Robinson)
To: Always Independent
You’re thinking of Danny Seraphine!
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posted on
02/11/2011 1:18:53 AM PST
by
Cheapskate
(Play loud and carry BIG sticks!)
To: old_sage_says
yup! I've heard Drumbo's stuff. He's a VERY BAD boy and kicks my ass seven ways to Sunday!
I have no problem showing respect to my betters.
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posted on
02/11/2011 1:22:31 AM PST
by
Cheapskate
(Play loud and carry BIG sticks!)
To: My Favorite Headache
Charlie Watts is ahead of Art Blakey?¿?
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posted on
02/11/2011 1:32:44 AM PST
by
JohnLongIsland
(time to get out of ny => 141 days and counting...)
To: My Favorite Headache
ah, youth......Gene Krupa did more for drumming and drums than any 5 listed here.....you need to see and hear his work and remember how long ago it was.....
First guy ever to use a bass drum on a recording....
just about invented the drum solo....
First drummer to lead his own band....
First drummer to star in films as himself....
Copied by many but never beaten....the first big star drummer....set up for a pot rap to bring him down.....
even great in a small club.....
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posted on
02/11/2011 2:08:49 AM PST
by
The Wizard
(Madam President is my President now and in the future)
To: rfp1234
The list isn't that good but Stewart Copeland probably belongs on it. The Police were only around for a few years but with the exception of their last album (Synchronicity) their music holds up very well 30 years later and while Copeland's drumming didn't shine in the studio, check out the YouTube video of early Police concerts, his drumming was pretty darn good.
Since The Police broke up, Sting has been a real bore, he should have kept his ego in check and kept the band together.
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posted on
02/11/2011 2:21:13 AM PST
by
SamAdams76
(I am 29 days from outliving Vince Foster)
To: JohnLongIsland
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posted on
02/11/2011 2:23:20 AM PST
by
GodBlessRonaldReagan
(A little bit of teenage heaven, right here on earth!)
To: Chunga
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posted on
02/11/2011 3:01:19 AM PST
by
Prole
(Please pray for the families of Chris and Channon. May God always watch over them.)
To: Prole
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posted on
02/11/2011 3:05:51 AM PST
by
who knows what evil?
(G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
To: My Favorite Headache
Rolling Stone / Rock and Roll HOF = Irrevelant
Didn't even bother to look.
Without looking for me it's Peart and Bonham, and everyone else way behind.
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posted on
02/11/2011 3:05:57 AM PST
by
catfish1957
(Hey algore...You'll have to pry the steering wheel of my 317 HP V8 truck from my cold dead hands)
To: who knows what evil?
Dave Lombardo - Slayer.
Charlie Benante - Anthrax.
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posted on
02/11/2011 3:09:26 AM PST
by
GlockThe Vote
(Who needs Al Queda to worry about when we have Obama?)
To: LS
"Beck, Bogert & Appice"...
Superstition
After writing the song Wonder offered it to Beck to record, but at the insistence of his own manager Wonder himself recorded it first. Beck was instead offered "Cause We've Ended As Lovers," which he recorded on Blow by Blow in 1975. Jeff Beck played guitar on "Talking Book" and later recorded his own version of "Superstition" as a part of Beck, Bogert & Appice.Shaky vid but it tells the story. Man...the memories.
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posted on
02/11/2011 3:19:39 AM PST
by
Tainan
(Cogito Ergo Conservitus.)
To: BBell
I tried to watch the Who clip on the RS website, but the singing was so horribly out of tune that I had to turn it off. Couldn’t these “experts” have found a better sample?
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posted on
02/11/2011 3:30:20 AM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(TOTUS knows how to give a speech. Obama knows how to read.)
To: My Favorite Headache
To: Adams
Amazing! But that was nothing unusual for Rich. He did that all the time.
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posted on
02/11/2011 3:40:47 AM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(TOTUS knows how to give a speech. Obama knows how to read.)
To: My Favorite Headache
Ringo Starr? Are you kidding?
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posted on
02/11/2011 4:07:30 AM PST
by
ViLaLuz
(2 Chronicles 7:14)
To: ViLaLuz
Ringo Starr? Are you kidding? He is one of the Beatles. He is an icon to the left...especially in New England.
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posted on
02/11/2011 4:09:23 AM PST
by
who knows what evil?
(G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
To: My Favorite Headache
I’m late to the party on this one. I know I am no expert, but I enjoy the drumming from Bun e. Carlos (Cheap Trick). Some of these guys I know, but most I have to run to google them to find out who they are. That is a shame, because the drummer is so unappreciated. I do like these threads where I can get an education. I hate being ignorant on such important matters.
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posted on
02/11/2011 4:25:58 AM PST
by
st.eqed
To: My Favorite Headache
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