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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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Hands down one of the worst top 10 lists I have ever seen in my life and I have played the drums since age 5, so many people missing. Very telling of how piss poor the knowledge and taste of the typical RS reader is.

As big a fan of Peart as I am...he isn't top 3...top 5 yes. Buddy Rich is the greatest that has ever lived and that is just a fact. Bonham was a giant and he too deserves a top 5 nod but #1? No.

So many great drummers out there.

My top 10 is

1. Buddy Rich 2. Billy Cobham 3. Dennis Chambers 4. Neil Peart 5. John Bonham 6. Mike Portnoy 7. Carter Beauford 8. Marvin Smitty Smith 9. Danny Carey 10. Vinnie Paul

1 posted on 02/10/2011 9:55:57 PM PST by My Favorite Headache
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Bill Bruford

Billy Cobham

Terry Bozzio


2 posted on 02/10/2011 9:58:27 PM PST by rfp1234 (Badgers? We don't need no stinkin' badgers!)
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Just wondering - where would you put Gene Krupa on that list?

I’ve been listening to a lot of Benny Goodman lately.


3 posted on 02/10/2011 9:59:52 PM PST by I still care (I miss my friends, bagels, and the NYC skyline - but not the taxes. I love the South.)
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Gene Krupa, Tony Williams, Buddy Rich, Billy Cobham. Hell, since about 1950 till his death whoever Miles had playing at the time rates ahead of most of these guys.


4 posted on 02/10/2011 10:00:50 PM PST by arrogantsob
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Bonham? That’s just sad.


5 posted on 02/10/2011 10:01:25 PM PST by Huck (one per-center)
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These young folk have never heard Sing, Sing, Sing.


6 posted on 02/10/2011 10:01:49 PM PST by arrogantsob
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Lame. If they put Ringo Starr on that list they might as well put Fleetwood Mac’s drummer too. And however Phil Collins may have ruined Genesis as a singer / songwriter, he’s still a helluva drummer.


7 posted on 02/10/2011 10:02:15 PM PST by rfp1234 (Badgers? We don't need no stinkin' badgers!)
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Ginger Baker is pretty funny too. Awful drummer.


8 posted on 02/10/2011 10:02:15 PM PST by Huck (one per-center)
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Buddy Rich is the greatest that has ever lived and that is just a fact.

Chick Webb, "The daddy of them all".
-Buddy Rich

9 posted on 02/10/2011 10:02:25 PM PST by Mike Darancette (The heresy of heresies was common sense - Orwell)
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Say what you will about his schmaltzy pop songs, but Phil Collins should be in the Top Five.


10 posted on 02/10/2011 10:03:11 PM PST by dfwgator
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How about Sandy Nelson???


11 posted on 02/10/2011 10:03:29 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat (The Rodney King Riots: Courtesy of ABC, CBS, NBC & CNN)
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Ringo Starr??? What universe do the guys making up this list live in???

That turkey could never even do a decent drum roll! I suppose he did have rhythm though........

12 posted on 02/10/2011 10:03:40 PM PST by doorgunner69
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Agreed. Buddy puts everyone on this list to shame. Peart would be the first to admit it. Buddy is the only deceased drummer that is still spoken of in the present tense: “I love it when Buddy plays on the bottom of the high hat.” or “I love Buddy’s single stroke rolls. He’s so much faster than anyone else.”. He was a freak of nature the likes of which will never be seen again.


13 posted on 02/10/2011 10:03:57 PM PST by Adams (Fight on!)
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Definitely top 20 for sure...Krupa was a giant but in what I have seen with my own eyes and all around versatility the guys on my list really can go all out into different genre’s and literally explode and make it work.


14 posted on 02/10/2011 10:04:03 PM PST by My Favorite Headache (In a world where I feel so small, I can't stop thinking big.)
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Neil Peart not #1 = list is horsesh*t


15 posted on 02/10/2011 10:04:32 PM PST by Lil Flower (American by birth. Southern by the Grace of God!)
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Vinnie Colaiuta is the greatest drummer who ever lived. Terry Anybody who ever played with him will tell you so...Bozzio will too.


16 posted on 02/10/2011 10:04:52 PM PST by Chunga (Go, Sarah, GO!! - Jim Robinson)
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Phil is in my top 15. He misses my top 10 because he hasn’t really given a whole hell of a lot to drums as much as he should have in the last 15 years and playing 5 songs in a show doesn’t count.


17 posted on 02/10/2011 10:05:31 PM PST by My Favorite Headache (In a world where I feel so small, I can't stop thinking big.)
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Bill Bruford should be in the top 10. Steve Gadd too.

Done in one take.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGmB7Jksl5k

I could think of a bunch more drummers better than their list.


18 posted on 02/10/2011 10:06:30 PM PST by Frantzie (HD TV - Total Brain-washing now in High Def. 3-D Coming soon)
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I forgot to delete a word!

Vinnie Colaiuta is the greatest drummer who ever lived. Anybody who ever played with him will tell you so...Bozzio will too.

19 posted on 02/10/2011 10:06:30 PM PST by Chunga (Go, Sarah, GO!! - Jim Robinson)
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I base my assessment of Phil more on the bootlegs of the live shows during the Gabriel-era.


20 posted on 02/10/2011 10:08:33 PM PST by dfwgator
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