Who are your biggest influences?

[hippiedrummer]

Just wondering who you guys listen too whenn need ideas for a new groove or who got you interested in drumming to beggin with.

[Massik Kretal]

In order of appearence...

Peter Criss
Lars Ulrich
Buddy Rich (big jump)
Nicko Mcbrain
John Bonham
Neil Peart
Martin Lopez

Those are just the main ones, becuase it was the music I listened to and still do.

[oliv_da_skinmasher]

Nicko McBrain inspired me to play drums i just love his playing, but his best work to date is on Maidens Piece Of Mind Album

[Seafroggys]

In chronological order:

Tommy Walker
Ringo Starr
Alan White
Bill Ward
Keith Moon
Mitch Mitchell
Ian Paice
Ginger Baker

[Der Meister]

Nick Mason
Stephen Morris
Stewart Copeland

They got me thinking about drums and I guess inspired me to play but now I'm influenced by whatever I hear.

[CasB]

Peter Dragt - Bambix
Dave Lombardo - Slayer
Bad Religion (cause they had more than one drummer)

[DrummerDave96]

Aaron Gillespie.

[FL3P]

Animal

[Massik Kretal]

Oh and Mike Portnoy.

[fatcow2000]

It's a tie between:

Travis Barker and Joey Jordison




























jk... there are too many good bands i know to pic one.

[ThugsRook]

Neil Peart
John Bonham
Tommy Aldridge
Scott Rockenfield
Alan White

[Futuro]

No specific order.

Nick Mason
Danny Carey
John Bonham
Neil Peart
Gavin Harrison
Rod Morgenstein
Chad Wackerman

[Retarded Chipple]

Tim Alexander from Primus. My girlfriend gets so annoyed cos he's all I ever talk about!

Others would be:
Brad Wilk
John Bonham
Keith Moon

[deadwith0utmusic]

the drummer from engine down
the drummer from the title ceremony
the drummer from do make say think
the drummer from thursday
the drummer from the appleseed cast

[Jersey's Best Dancer]

Bill Stevenson
Josh Freese

[Massik Kretal]

Oh and Chad Smith and my drum teacher.

[Drazinus]

Danny Carey
Josh Freese
Neil Peart
Mike Portnoy
Jason Rullo
Spug
John Bonham

In no particular order.

[-Draz-]

[Futuro]

the drummer from engine down
the drummer from the title ceremony
the drummer from do make say think
the drummer from thursday
the drummer from the appleseed cast If you wont bother "Googling" there names, what makes you think we will?

[beaker_747]

Portnoy, Otto, Cunningham, Pasillas, Hawkins, Dolmayan, Wilk

[milkmit]

oldschool jeremiah green (modest mouse).
and andy stochansky (plays with ani difranco), although I'm lifetimes away from being able to play anything he plays.

I also love the styles of janet weiss (sleater-kinney) and christina files (mary timony).

[FockerTheLopper]

You probably won't believe me but I'm not influenced by any drummers. There is very little John Bonham influence... Well there was until I get smaller hats and the super strong bass doesn't go with it.

I guess the drummers I know most about and are my favorite are Peart, Bonham, Gadd, Weckl and just through 2 videos Jojo Mayer I can't find songs by him. Elvin Jones and Jo Jones are also favorites but I haven't heard enough for them to rub off on me

[drumbumman]

Stewart Copeland
Buddy Rich
Steve Gadd
Bernard Purdi
John Bonham

[Erotomania]

Portnoy!
Peart!
Smith!
Bonham!
Carey!
Weckl!

[PdoubleE]

Mike Mangini
Morgan Agren*** Totaly Insane***
Virgil Donati --- ^ ^
Marco Minnemann
Mike Portnoy
Jonny Rabb
Simon Phillips
Alot of these other drummers have incredible skills....but what they play dosent grab my intrest.
Oh Yeah.... and just about every metal band that i listen to i get some kinda inspiration from.

[Alwrath]

Drummers who have actually influenced my style are:

- Jojo Mayer - The single bass, the chops, the drum n bass.
- Adam Deitch - the Groooove! man!
- Danny Carey - come on, its Danny.
- Morgan Agren - The unique style, brilliant ideas.
- Kirk Covington - The smooth style, the sweet "blender" fills.
- Thomas Haake - Polymetric limb co-ordination, robot-tight.

Brilliant musicians.

[Magnum1978]

Chronologically:

*Basic Learning Period*
Dave Grohl
Tre Cool
Byron McMackin
Lars Urich

*Understanding and Appreciation Period*
Chris Maitland
Danny Carey
Nicko McBrain
Mike Portnoy
John Bonham

*Inspiration and Current Listening*
Dave Weckl
Virgil Donati
Vinnie Colaiuta
Steve Smith
Marco Minneman
Grant Collins
Gavin Harrison


All those guys have had a significant influence into how I approach drumming nowadays and I have taken little bits and pieces from everyone of them. I can only hope to become a tasteful mix of all of them as I progress further.

[Aaron]

Bonham
Moon
Mitchell
Palmer
Copeland
Krupa
Rich

anyone you cant recognise by last name hasn't worked hard enough

[Starship]

Neil Peart
Jimmy Chamberlin
Danny Carey

[Det_Nosnip]

Hmm...this would depend on what style of music I'm playing, or what kind of ideas I'm working with, as well as which instruments I'm playing. As far as strictly drumset goes...

Danny Carey
Gavin Harrison
Martin Lopez
Steve Gadd
Dave Weckl
Vinnie Colaiuta
Gene Hoglan
Sean Reinert
Tony Williams
Elvin Jones
Jimmy Cobb
Niel Peart
John Bonham
Bill Bruford
Stewart Copeland
Joe Morello
Javier Garagarza (this guy SLAYS...very underappreciated player + band (Elfonia) ).
Jason Rullo

[Japan3gro]

Dennis Chambers, Dave Weckl, Stanton Moore, Vinnie Colaiuta, Rick Latham, John Blackwell, Nat Townsley

Drummers from Senses Fail, Thrice,and Coheed. I can never remember there names. Aaron Gellespie from Underoath and Mike Pedicone from The Bled.

[styler]

dave weckl, mike portnoy, john dolmayan, virgil donati, johnny rabb, thomas lang, neil peart, louie bellson, carter beuaford, steve lindsay, rodney holmes

[Motleyguy]

My drum teacher
Chad Smith
Bud Ga (I think that's his name...the dude from Sublime)
Tommy Lee
John Bonham
Josh Freese
Jimmy Chamberlin ( the dude from the Smashing Pumpkins, not 100% that's who he is)
Jeremy Taggart (of Our Lady Peace)

[Jezen]

Everyone. But more specifically (no order):

Steve Gadd
Vinnie Colaiuta
Dave Weckl
Rick Latham
Nat Townsley
Danny Carey
David Silveria
Thomas Lang
Johnny Rabb
Marco Minneman
Benny Greb
Morgan Agren
Virgil Donati
Tony Williams
Mike Portnoy
Dave Garibaldi
Jojo Mayer
Horacio Hernandez
Plan B
Akira Jimbo
Hilary Jones
Rodney Holmes
Steve Holmes
Billy Cobham
Jeff Porcaro
Jeff Queen
Josh Freese
Clayton Cameron
Bernard Purdie
Pete Drummond
Wim de Vries
Rene Creemers
Tommy Igoe
Carter Beauford
Stanton Moore
Airto Moreira
Joe Morello
Dom Famularo


That'll do.

[Japan3gro]

http://www.drummerworld.com

fix'd just for you man :thumb:

[Bryan Blakey]

Tony Williams is by far my biggest influence. Every thing I play is as if it was Tony. I study his drumming more than I study my books for all of my classes combined in the past 4 years. I have transcribed his solos, I own every session he ever led, plus 30 or 40 that he sat in on. I am in LOVE <3<3

[PrinceOfDarkness]

Lars Ulrich
Steve Smith
Nicko McBrain

[Bone]

All of mine have already been mentioned. Though I must say my biggest influence has been my father, who has actually been mentioned several times now in this thread.

[Skin Beater]

Whose your father Bone?

[PrinceOfDarkness]

Come on bone, tell us!....

[Aaron]

he's joey's lovechild!

[VTDS_xx]

Danny Carey
Aaron Gillespie
Josh Eppard
Mike Portnoy
Matt McDonough
John Densmore
Lars Ulrich - Don't care if you flame me either. Metallica was one of the bands I listened to when I first started teaching myself chops and Lars is not a bad drummer, over rated maybe, but bad No. AHEADS suck, their I said it for you.

[statdat]

lars ulrich, travis barker, mike portnoy, nico mcbrain, drummer from led zepplin

[Perroquet Magique]

Chad Smith mainly, I think he's amazing.
Also I like the style of the Rage Against The Machine drummer.

[raz0r]

Lars Ulrich (Metallica) - Got me into drumming. Not so much an influence now.
Danny Carey (Tool) - One of my favourite drummers ever.
Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden) - Some of the things he can pull off with a single pedal are insane.
Martin Lopez (Opeth) - Creative drumming.
Neil Peart (Rush) - Needs no explanation.

[Jezen]

fix'd just for you man :thumb:

Nah sorry, Plan B isn't on drummerworld yet.

[Chrysostom]

Neil Peart

Mike Portnoy

Jose Pasillas

John Bonham

Brad Wilk

Stanton Moore

[The Ska Man]

-No particular order

Charlie Quintana
Stanton Moore
Steve Gadd
Zoro
Chad Smith

[Jezen]

OMG!!#!@!#1:o


I almost forgot Giovanni Hidalgo...

[firefoxzero]

At the moment I'm mostly inspired by these drummers AND their bands:

Nick Barker (Dimmu Borgir / Cradle of Filth)
Adrian & Daniel Erlandsson (Cradle of Filth & Arch Enemy)
Jason Rullo (Symphony X)
Horatio (el negro) Hernandez (Italuba)
Josh Freese (The Vandals, Perfect Circle)
Raymond Herrera (Fear Factory)
Dave Weckl (Dave Weckl band)
Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater)
Neil Peart (Rush)
Spag / Spug / Matt McDonough (Mudvayne)
Paul Bostaph & Dave Lombardo (Slayer)
Virgil Donati (Planet X)
Pete Sandoval (Morbid Angel)
Gene Hoglan (Strapping Young Lad)
Danny Carey (Tool)

[Der Meister]

Lars Ulrich - Don't care if you flame me either. Metallica was one of the bands I listened to when I first started teaching myself chops and Lars is not a bad drummer, over rated maybe, but bad No. AHEADS suck, their I said it for you.

no-one gets flamed for liking someone round here, it's just when they make a thread saying "***** is the best ever" or "why is ***** hated on these forums?" threads that they actually get flamed.

[TheBennyP]

Brann Dailor - Mastodon....sick ideas for fills, insane drumming
Nicko McBrain- Maiden.....got me into drums, awesome playing style
Chris Adler- Lamb Of God...Interesting style of playing,fun to watch/listen to
Lars Ulrich- Metallica....Technical and solid playing, everything before the black album that is...

these are just the main guys i draw inspiration from...so many more drummers that i enjoy listening to, there too many to list though.

[3rdplanet]

hum, I would say A Perfect Circle Freese playing, Ben Johnston and Dino Campanellalalalhehlalala.

Well I would like to think I sounded half as good as any of those guys.

[blujelly]

Danny Carey
Steve Gadd
Dave Weckl
Vinnie Colaiuta
Niel Peart
Bill Bruford
Mike Portnoy
Joey Jordison (again he only impressed me on the roadrunner dvd/cd)
Gene Kruper!
Chris Adler
Mike Smith

[raz0r]

I missed out Daniel Erlandsson. (Arch Enemy)
I've always enjoyed his drumming. More creative than most of the metal drummers i've heard, and the intro to "Enemy Within" has to be one of my favourite intros ever.

[Cal_on_drums]

Matt Johnson (Jeff Buckley)
Chad Smith (RHCP)
Mitch Mitchell (Hendrix)
John Hartman/Michael Hossack (Doobie Brothers)

[blujelly]

I missed out Daniel Erlandsson. (Arch Enemy)
I've always enjoyed his drumming. More creative than most of the metal drummers i've heard, and the intro to "Enemy Within" has to be one of my favourite intros ever.

Same I love that song as well. Also his drumming in Nemesis and Aces High!

[Chris]

Jimmy Chamberlin, both times when i saw him live (mainly the second with the complex) they have both made me want to play more, and pratice harder.

John Otto, you can hear his influence in my playing alot.

Kenny Arnoff,

[ThugsRook]

All of mine have already been mentioned. Though I must say my biggest influence has been my father, who has actually been mentioned several times now in this thread.
http://users.adelphia.net/~d2rook/pics/suspect.gif

[PremierManiac]

drummer from led zepplin
That's John Bonham. As for my influences:

Keith Moon
Mitch Mitchell
John Bonham
Steve Watts
Buddy Rich

[White]

Dream Theater (Mike Portnoy)
Liquid Tension Experiment (Mike Portnoy)
Rush (Neil Peart)
Dave Mathews band (Carter Beauford)
And Ill Go To Drummersworld and watch videos of, Steve Gadd, Terry Bozio, etc...

What inspired me to play drums was when I was A Kid I would play on my cousins set and it was the funnest thing in the world, so I bought a set.

[Det_Nosnip]

Urgh...I forgot Kenny Aronoff! He is very influential for me, moreso in terms of HOW to play the drums as opposed to WHAT to play. Another one is Jeffrery Clemens from G. Love and Special Sauce...if I could play half as well as he did on the self-titled, I'd be made! ;)

[officer doofy]

my three influences are Dave Grohl (who does some of the best single pedal fills, and beats IMO), Brad Wilk, and Jimmy Chamberlain.

[Futuro]

Urgh...I forgot Kenny Aronoff! He is very influential for me, moreso in terms of HOW to play the drums as opposed to WHAT to play.Same here! He has some major power!

/Edits him into original list

[Kronos]

Jukka Nevalainen - feel, groove and interesting style
Bill Ward - how to use not many drums well
Vinnie Appice - Mr Robot himself, and nice snare work
Nick Barker - speed and double pedal work
Dave Lombardo - speed and insane fills (Necrophiliac, anyone?)
Martin Lopez - nice jazz influenced style, very tasteful and can blaze away if required
Matt Archer - how not to do it

[Det_Nosnip]

Matt Archer - how not to do it

:lol: The poor guy...everyone in the band was like what, 19 when they did those first couple of albums?

[Kronos]

Yeah I felt bad about that.
Actually he's not as awful as some people say - but I have been listening to an awful lot of PL recently, and, as you pointed out, his timing can be a trifle wayward - he seems to slow down now and again.

Glad it raised a smile, Ted

[Bone]

I haven't see my man mentioned yet... hopefully he was.

Can I hear a lil love for Mr. Williams? Come on.. it's tony!! Dude was playin with Miles at 16... invented the blushda and popularized the tom/snare flam fills... not to mention the bitchin 3 floor tom kits with the blak cs dots. classic!

Oh tony i miss you so...

[Jezen]

I mentioned him...


And who is your dad?

[rohbit]

Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Matt Cameron, Tre Cool, Brad Wilk, Neil Peart.

[ChrisD]

I can listen to anything now and pick up ideas.
But mostly:

Stewart Copeland
Neil Peart
Tim "Herb" Alexander
Art Blakey
Steve Asheim

[Siamese Dreams]

Jose Pasillas III, and Brad Wilk. Mostly JP3 though.

[Det_Nosnip]

I haven't see my man mentioned yet... hopefully he was.

Can I hear a lil love for Mr. Williams? Come on.. it's tony!! Dude was playin with Miles at 16... invented the blushda and popularized the tom/snare flam fills... not to mention the bitchin 3 floor tom kits with the blak cs dots. classic!

Oh tony i miss you so...

Dude, a bunch of us mentioned Tony...Bryan Blakey seems to have some sort of unhealthy obsession with him. ;) Speak of the devil, I was actually listening to ESP today. You know, Tony's contributions went alot further than blushdas or fills...the way that he represented time was incredibly unique.

[Bone]

Ahh good good.. see that's why I said, hopefully he was!

True enough as well, Tony's feel of time is awesome. Some of his stuff with Lifetime grooved so hard. Course that understanding of time is very much what allowed him to pull those very tony esque fills outta left field.

[Rushki Smushki]

There will always be big names to be inspired by, but I think that alot of my motivation comes from watching other drummers in my area and my friends (muzos).

Surrounding myself with people who are better and more experienced players helps alot.

[Jezen]

Ahh good good.. see that's why I said, hopefully he was!

True enough as well, Tony's feel of time is awesome. Some of his stuff with Lifetime grooved so hard. Course that understanding of time is very much what allowed him to pull those very tony esque fills outta left field.

Yeah thats lovely. But who's your dad?!

[Bone]

Surrounding myself with people who are better and more experienced players helps alot.


That's a big time thing right there. Glad to hear you got it!


And british boy.. if I do that, then you'll only love me for my name *sniff*

[Jezen]

Not true at all. I'll love you for your 500+ post count....

[Bone]

Ah but 500 seems to be nothing around here.... you have 7,500 and average 1/3 more posts per day then I.

[falda loves pearl xx]

Matt mcdonough=mudvayne
john bohnam=led zeppelin
there my favourites

[ThE_VANDAL]

Chad Sexton of 311 is why I got into drums, I'm influenced, I think anyways, by the music I listen to, which is a wide range, so there's a lot of drummers, too many to name

[Mr.Kenny]

My biggest influences are (in order) Jimmy Chamberlin, Danny Carey, Josh Freese, Matt Cameran, Dave Grohl, Chad Smith, and lately I've been getting into the drumming of Steven Gillis.

[drummer_mp3]

Lars Ulrich - Got me into the double bass thing
Vinnie Paul - He's got some pretty cool tricks
Chris Adler - Machine
Neil Peart - When I heard Rush for the first time ten years ago, I was like holy ****!
John Blackwell - A month back when I went to his clinic, I just about cryed

[Tma20SC]

I've been influenced by every drummer posted on here but mainly:

Mike Portnoy - Dream Theater/Liquid Tension Experiment
Andols Herrick - Chimaira
Chris Adler - Lamb of God

[Starship]

Jimmy Chamberlin, both times when i saw him live (mainly the second with the complex) they have both made me want to play more, and pratice harder.
Damn you're so lucky, you have no idea how bad I want to see him live!

[Brokensticks]

I've never felt really inspired or influenced by a certain drummer but Mike Portnoy is great to listen to.

[playwithfire]

Kenny Aronoff - A very energetic, versatile player.
Danny Carey - Great technicality, amazing creativity.
Josh Freese - About as chameleon-like as they come.
Mike Malinin - Laid-back, solid drummer. Less is more.
Keith Moon - Heavy hitting, energetic.
Ronnie Vannucci - Great feel, tons of energy, fits the music perfect.
Wuv - One of the first drummers I really liked.

[ValeOfShadows]

Have u guys heard the drummer from kataklysm i dont know if they speed it up but he sounds dam fast. My influences are John Dolmayan (SOAD), Daniel Erlandsson (Arch Enemy), Chris Alder (Lamb Of God), Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater) and Drummer from Cradle Of Filth (Nic Barker and Adrian).:smoke: :chug: :D :wave:

[Phototropic]

Alfredo Hernandez, that smiley guy off Vic Firth and also Mark Wessels, hes so friendly he makes me want to do my rudiments

[ChrisD]

I forgot to mention Omar Hakim as well.....

[drummer_mp3]

Bone who is your father?

[ThugsRook]

Bone who is your father?
who's your daddy...


id like to know just so i dont insult him :lol:

[Ethan.]

John Bonham
Jim Fox
Alex Van Halen

[Time]

john bonham
billy cobham
neil peart
carter beauford
virgil donati

[NCDrummer]

In the way i play:

Travis Barker
The Guy from Linkin Park

Ones i like:

Joey Jordison
Travis Barker
Buddy Rich
Keith Moon

[Double Bass Jim]

Buddy Rich
Peart
Louie Bellson
Carl Palmer

Just to name a few strong ones.

[Mapexian]

Abe Cunningham
Chad Sexton
Chad Smith
Brant Bjork
Dave Grohl

[Jezen]

Rodney Holmes.

[PdoubleE]

Just got into this guy witch is weird because i really dont like hip-hop but he is a hip hop drummer Brian "Brain" Mantia
i love the way this guy grooves its awsome just makes you want to bob you head http://www.drummerworld.com/Clinic/Brian%20Mantia.html

[Jezen]

I think it's called Go-Go drumming or something...

[Terrorzone]

Richard Christy
Pete Sandoval
Derek Roddy
Uli Kursch
Don Famularo
Kirk Arrington
Dave Lombardo
Nicko McBrain
Tom Hunting
Vinnie Colaiuta
Dave Weckle

[ytsedrummer]

Early Influences

1. Lars Ulrich (Metallica) - If it wasn't for Lars Ulrich, I would have never picked up the sticks

2. Peter Criss (Kiss) - Very tight. He can pull off some nice grooves when given the chance

3. Neil Pert (Rush) - There is no explanation needed here. He is the reason why we have the bands/ drummers that we listen to today.


Modern Influences

4. Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater) - Mike has influenced me to further tackle odd time signatures. I learned some of my hi- hat work from Mike Portnoy.

5. Martin Lopez (Opeth) - Opeth/ Martin Lopez are very influencial for me right now (as well as the above) I am very influenced by his grooves, odd time and hi- hat work. Alot of my drumming now consists of Mike Portnoy and Martin Lopez and my own styles of playing.

6. Thomas Haake (Meshuggsh) - Even though I can't play polyrhythms, I still attempt them (well I'm only fourteen so I'm sure I'm bound to tackle a few of them eventually!) I really dig the whole polyrhythm thing, you know. Thomas Haake is The Swedish Machine.

7. Daniel Sylvinjist (Katatonia) - I like this guy's fills. He's a very tight player and I think he deserves a lot more credit.

8. Raymond Herrera (Fear Factory) - Of course its because of his double kick skills.

[officer doofy]

3. Neil Pert (Rush) - There is no explanation needed here. He is the reason why we have the bands/ drummers that we listen to today.

Great Drummer, but seriously (I know I'm gonna get flamed by somebody for saying something even remotely close to negativity about Peart, even thought I'm not really saying anythin negative about him at all), how can you say "he is the reason we have the bands/drummers that we listen to today"?

I'll take the old saying and modify it: "Lets not give credit where credit is not due"

[_R2D2_]

i am influenced by most all classic rock drummers. im not just gonna sit here and talk about bonham and peart; those guys were all great. the drummer for the jimi hendrix experience especially fascinates me.

[Aaron]

In the way i play:

Travis Barker
The Guy from Linkin Park

Ones i like:

Joey Jordison
Travis Barker
Buddy Rich
Keith Moon
quoted for idontknow

[Det_Nosnip]

i am influenced by most all classic rock drummers. im not just gonna sit here and talk about bonham and peart; those guys were all great. the drummer for the jimi hendrix experience especially fascinates me.

Mitch Mitchell. Great player. :thumb:

[Seafroggys]

mitch mitchell indeed, damn fine player, I find that i replicate is style more then anybody elses. My second fav drummer, behind Keith Moon.

[hairydinosaurs]

hmm...they inspired me to play, and am amazed by some stuff they've done but i don't always like them:

Lars Ulrich
Mike Portnoy
Travis Smith
Tre Cool
Dave Grohl
Terry Bozziohttp://pages.infinit.net/prevenir/5bozzio.jpg
OMG!!! It's huge
Raymond Herrera
John Dolmayan
Nicko McBrain

\m/( >< )\m/

[AndyEdwardsMusic.com]

^^^Terry sure knows how to win his audience over....


http://www.andyedwardsmusic.com/influences.htm