100 Greatest Drummers: Round 1, Poll J

[PinkFreud]

Last poll for this round. After this, I'll post the top 50 drummers and continue on with the next round. Once again, don't ask where a certain drummer is. Really.

Ginger Baker - Cream, Blind Faith, Ginger Baker's Airforce
Ginger Baker is one of the most innovative and influential drummers in rock history. His short tenure with Cream really impacted drumming. Though in a blues-rock setting, Baker's drumming was jazz inflected and world-beat oriented. His drum showcase, Toad, preceded John Bonham's Moby Dick and is arguably a better showcase for its drummer's skills. With Blind Faith, Baker's skills showed how they worked in a mellower environment and with his Airforce, his playing matured even more. He went so far as to record an album with Fela Kuti. As the recent Cream reunion shows, even with bad arthritis, he can still play better than most of the drummer's half his age.

Recommended Listening:
Toad (Cream)
Do What You Like (Blind Faith)
We're Going Wrong (Cream)
Crossroads (Cream)
Da Da Man (Ginger Baker's Airforce)

Dave Grohl - Nirvana, Queens of The Stone Age Thanks TojesDoLan
No matter how much you hate the band Nirvana for what they (or didn't,
whatever floats your boat) achieved in a lifetime, you can't deny that Dave
Grohl is a very good, multi-talented musician. However, being Nirvana pretty
much only the "early days", you can't really make a fair judgement of his
ability as a drummer, only a person who is very familiar with the rhythms he
used (For instance, The drum beat for "Smells like teen spirit" is
considered a level intermediate by some people). If you really want to see
him at the top of his potential, check out the drumming in QOTSA's album
"Songs for the deaf" and the drumming in his solo project "Probot" for some
good ol' fashioned drumming lessons.

No one knows - QoTSA
Red war, access Babylon - Probot
Smells like teen spirit, In bloom - Nirvana

Nick Mason - Pink Floyd
Mason's only got nominations because he's in Pink Floyd. He's honestly not that great a player.

Richard Christy - Death, Iced Earth
Christ followed Gene Hoglan in Death. His mastery of double bass and odd time signatures make him stand out. He now works for the Howard Stern show and is often ridiculed....:amaze:

Mike Bordin – Faith No More, Ozzy Osbourne
Mike was a co-founder of Faith No More. He currently drums for Ozzy Osbourne after briefly replacing Bill Ward in Black Sabbath on tour. His sound is very powerful and yet it still manages to be catchy and groovy. He plays for the song and doesn’t show off. He adds a lot to the atmosphere of the music.

Recommended Listening:
Caffeine
Introduce Yourself
War Pigs

Brian “Brain” Mantia – Colonel Claypool’s Bucket of Bernie Brains, Primus, Praxis, Buckethead, etc.
Brain is one drummer who doesn’t get as much notice as he should. He is sorely underlooked by the mainstream and drumming world a like. He’s known for drumming for a few Buckethead projects like Colonel Claypool’s Bucket of Bernie Brains, Praxis, and his solo albums. He’s also added his unorthodox drumming to Tom Waits albums as well as the newest incarnation of Guns ‘n’ Roses. He’s quick but usually sacrifices his own personal flash for a strong groove.

Recommended Listening:
Natural Joe (Primus)
Population Override (Buckethead)
Arc Of The Pendulum (Buckethead)
Elephant Ghost (Colonel Claypool’s Bucket of Bernie Brains)
Ignorance Is Bliss (Colonel Claypool’s Bucket of Bernie Brains)

Charlie Watts - The Rolling Stones
Watts is often misguidedly criticized for playing "too simple." These people are fools. While his playing at times IS simple, it always fits the music and always has a feel that is impossible to replicate. And he looks so damn cool playing it.

Recommended Listening:
Honky Tonk Women
Under My Thumb
Paint It Blackk

Peter Criss - Kiss
Peter Criss sucks.

Butch Trucks - The Allman Brothers Band
Another half of a drumming duo, Butch was one of the founding members of the Allman Brothers Band. His drumming is powerful, keeping a steely pulse pounding underneath the music. He's also been known to play World Of Warcraft as a level 60 Human Paladin.

Paul Mazurkiewicz Thanks Lord Abortion
The driving force behind the Brutal death stylings of Cannibal corpse, Paul is widely regarded, alongside luminaries such as Sandoval and Kollias, as the greatest that Brutal drumming has to offer.
His Frenetic double pedalling is pretty impossible to imitate, as I know from several failed attempts to play Sentanced to burn at his speed. He is a very athletic drummer who has a nice range of fills, and excellent variations of speed and contrasts them well with some slower, more threatening drumbeats. His greatest asset, however, is undoubtably his bionic calves, that lend so much weight to Cannibal Corpse's instrumental sections and he forms the greatest rhythm section in Death metal alongside bassist Alex Webster.

[BassMasterMike88]

Yay First Post!

/waits for poll.

[guitrguy]

This is gonna be a hard choice

[Lord Abortion]

Heh, you all know who gets my vote.

[Lunch]

I'll have to go with Baker when the poll goes up.

[guitrguy]

I'll have to go with Baker when the poll goes up.
I probably will too.

[Lord Abortion]

Paul is a vegetarian too!

[Dave de Sylvia]

Peter Criss - Kiss

Peter Criss sucks.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Oh man.

This is a tough poll, but I have to go with Brain. Proof that whiteboys have rhythm.

[Lunch]

Haha, Peter Criss and Nick Mason got pwned.

[Happy]

/Looks at poll.

Meh, guess it's Paul.

[guitrguy]

Haha, Peter Criss and Nick Mason got pwned.
That they did. you gotta give to Nick Mason though he realized he sucked who he brought in a session drummer for The Division Bell.

[penelope weird hands]

"The man.. the myth.... the pseudo-mexican..... Brain."
Primus <3.

[Dried Muffin Remnants]

Wow... Ginger Baker easily.

[Bfhurricane]

Im not a huge fan of any of these drummers, i might have to go with watts though after seeing them live.

[PinkFreud]

Ugh. People actually voted for Grohl?

[Dave de Sylvia]

Ugh. People actually voted for Grohl?
Maybe they were influenced by his awesome vocal ability?

[Deth]

Christy.

[Jetpack]

Im choosin Ginger baker cause he's great in cream and a great influential drummer in my opinion

[Steerpike]

Again, it's a toss up for me. Hard choice between Richard Christy and Puffy.

[YDload]

Ginger Baker is pretty damn awesome! However, I can't wait until Paranoidd comes in here to bust the balls of some die-hard Grohl fans.

[Tyr]

Ginger Baker, primarly because of Toad.

[3rdplanet]

I hope Nick Mason doesn't make it through.

I went with Mike Bordin.

[the2stranger]

Paul.
/Plays airdrums

[Soul_Under_Arrest]

I was thinking Brian Mantia but I had to go with Dave Grohl. I simply love the man's creativity and most of the work he does.

[Prince of Darkness]

Christy!

[Clunge]

Hoho, first vote for Mason :cool:

[Stormrider]

Christy gets my vote :)

I was waiting for him to be on one of these polls :p

[Shadows]

The Time to Vote Mazurkiewicz is Now

[raz0r]

Ugh. People actually voted for Grohl?

I did, because I liked his drumming on Everlong, and his work with Queens of the Stone Age.

[rik]

Brain

[italic zero]

What songs or album(s) did Brain do with Tom Waits?

[rhcp pman]

Well, I heard a good drum solo by Peter Criss. Carr Jam 1981 on the Revenge CD. I don't even like Kiss, but it sounds good to me.

Meanwhile, I voted for Mike Bordin. He's a good creative drummer who probably won't get as many votes as he should.

[PinkFreud]

I did, because I liked his drumming on Everlong, and his work with Queens of the Stone Age.
So you voted for him on the strength of one album and one song? Wow. :thumb:

I take it you haven't heard much from the other drummers in this poll.

[DemonicRubberDucky]

Dave Grohl owns everyone. Listen to Nirvana's "Aero Zeppelin"...

[PinkFreud]

Funny.

Italic Zero, he played on Bone Machine and Real Gone. Those are the only ones I know for sure but I'm pretty sure he's played on every album since Bone Machine except maybe Alice.

[Moses]

I think Brian for me.

[Crysiss]

Richard Christy - Death, Iced Earth
Christ followed Gene Hoglan in Death. His mastery of double bass and odd time signatures make him stand out. He now works for the Howard Stern show and is often ridiculed....

That gave me a chuckle..

[CaptainWaits]

I went with Brain

[BigTrav415]

Nick Mason.

a) Gingy's gonna win anyway
b) Nick's a cool guy
c) Just to piss people off
d) I'm a complete and utter fanboy

He's not the best on the list obviously, but give him some credit for stuff like Saucerful Of Secrets and Echoes (especially live).

[Collis]

Mason did get the most awesome sounds out of his drums, he really did have the best sounds EVER ... it's a shame he wasn't great, he was good, but not that good.

So I've gone with Baker :thumb:

[msufan23]

how did the 100 drummers get picked for this if i may ask

[Battle Against Time]

Paul gets my vote. The drumming in CC is just brutal.

[PinkFreud]

how did the 100 drummers get picked for this if i may ask
We had a nomination thread and the 100 with the most nominations are in these polls.

[naboo]

Richard Christy definitely.

[msufan23]

wish i would have been around back then could have got bittner on there

oh well grohl for my great work on qotsa

[temporary]

Baker, by a landslide, though Christy does some great work on The Sound of Perseverance, and Brain is a great drummer.

[robo2448]

I'll be voting Baker all the way. Except when he runs into Moon in later rounds. I don't know what I'll do then.

Edit- Watts and Trucks are getting shafted. Especially Watts, he needs to move on.

[White]

how does grohl get votes? lol, I mean common a begginer could learn the entire Nirvana set in like two weeks, I could do it in a day lol. But ya, I went with brain, I like alot of his stuff

[raz0r]

So you voted for him on the strength of one album and one song? Wow. :thumb:

I take it you haven't heard much from the other drummers in this poll.

No, I just don't like any of them very much.

While I can admit that Ginger is relatively talented, and Brain has a great groove, they don't really stick out to me as drummers.

[temporary]

I'll be voting Baker all the way. Except when he runs into Moon in later rounds. I don't know what I'll do then.

Edit- Watts and Trucks are getting shafted. Especially Watts, he needs to move on.

Yeah, Trucks is really underrated. Mountain Jam has some insane drum solos (well duets really, but whatever.)

[pixiesfanyo]

Baker. You should've featured that one sweet drum track on NIN's new album for Grohl though.

[PinkFreud]

No, I just don't like any of them very much.

While I can admit that Ginger is relatively talented, and Brain has a great groove, they don't really stick out to me as drummers.
Ginger relatively talented to who?

They don't stick out as great drummers but Grohl does? I don't understand. It's not like it's opinion either. You said that you don't like any of them very much which is fine but to say that they don't stick out as drummers is downplaying their ability.

[gillygan]

Christy ftw!

[Kosmos Tree]

Grohl's playing is extremely powerful and quite tasty, he's a very good rock drummer - just because he played in Nirvana doesn't mean he can't drum.

Thus being said, i vote Baker.

[PinkFreud]

Grohl's playing is extremely powerful and quite tasty, he's a very good rock drummer - just because he played in Nirvana doesn't mean he can't drum.

Thus being said, i vote Baker.
He's also a fairly average drummer in the company of extraordinary drummers in this poll. That's what confuses me when people vote for him.

[heavy metal kid]

i was gonna vote for Brains, but Bordin needs my vote more.

[Maggot Dream]

Hmmm....Baker seems to be doing fine, and it looks like Trucks and Watts need lots of help.

Going with Watts. He deserves to get through, though I doubt he will.

[ChrisAdlerisGod]

Dave Grohl. Alot of the drummers on this new poll don't deserve to be there...........

[PinkFreud]

Dave Grohl. Alot of the drummers on this new poll don't deserve to be there...........
Yeah....like Grohl.

Oshi, I went there.

[Battle Against Time]

Dave Grohl. Alot of the drummers on this new poll don't deserve to be there...........


I agree. He's basically like Travis Barker. Just lots of idiots hyping him up.

[BlindWriting]

Brain.

[Daven]

Christy for sure.

[Apocalyptic Raids]

Richard Christy

[rhcp pman]

Come on guys. Bordin is worth more than 4 votes.

[niobium]

Went with Mike Bordin, but I was eyeing up Brian "Brain" Mantia.

[pigonthewing82]

Charlie Watts- Come on guys you know hes the man! Personally I think Baker should win this poll but Charlie deserves more votes.

Also I've said it before and I still stick by it, I think Mason is a decent enough drummer. I mean hes no Baker or Trucks but he has proven in many different songs that he can hold his own as a drummer. The problem is that his best drumming work is on early Pink Floyd bootlegs that most people haven't heard. Its true over the years and when Pink Floyd was popular and putting out its best work he was a sub par drummer but I think he used to be good enough to be more than someone who is only given credit for being in Pink Floyd rather than the work he did with the band as stated in the first post.

[Seafroggys]

Ginger Baker, no contest.

Toad is simply amazing, one of the best drum solo songs i have ever heard!

[rockinbass17]

Peter Criss - Kiss
Peter Criss sucks.


:p This might be the funniset thing I've seen all day.

Baker looks like he has it, so I might end up going for Trucks, or even Watts.

[vashts80]

Was a toss-up between Christy and Bordin, but went with Christy because I loved his work with Death and Iced Earth.

[tom79]

Tight one. Went with Bordin though..

[Jacaranda]

Mothering ****ing Charlieing Wattsing. He's a great jazz player just an FYI.

Greatest drummer of all time, Charlie.

[Poofy 666]

Christy ftw. Just listen to the intro to Scavenger Of Human Sorrow :eek:

[Dr. Jake Destructo]

Hey Ginga'

[Dave de Sylvia]

Mothering ****ing Charlieing Wattsing. He's a great jazz player just an FYI.

Greatest drummer of all time, Charlie.
He'd be doing so much better if Ginger wasn't in this round. Poor Charlie :(

[PinkFreud]

Yeah, sorry. I was trying to seperate stylistically.

[Jacaranda]

Yeah, sorry. I was trying to seperate stylistically.
No poon for you tonight! Thats all I have to say to you.
:angry:
My anger is huge right now.
:angry:
Two smilies.

He'd be doing so much better if Ginger wasn't in this round. Poor Charlie
This increases my hate for Cream, seriously. I'm so bitter.

[pulseczar]

Ginger Baker, you know a good drummer when he has the name of a butch lesbian. :cool:

[PinkFreud]

No poon for you tonight! Thats all I have to say to you.
:angry:
My anger is huge right now.
:angry:
Two smilies.


This increases my hate for Cream, seriously. I'm so bitter.
Yeah yeah. Maybe if you bought me something nice sometimes!

[Invicta_Veritas]

Paul from CC, hands down in this round....I'm quite surprised that it's not showing in this poll.....

[-The Frank]

Richard Christy for me

[SoLs]

Watts all the way...:)

[badtaste]

Peter Criss - Kiss
Peter Criss sucks.


But he's the Cat!

[StreetlightRock]

Heh, Baker or Christy would be my choice, but it seems like its fairly certain the'll get through so Im going with Butch.

[Kyle]

I went for Mike Bordin, I love the groove to his drumming.

[Kreator2112]

Who would vote for Grohl? If hes on the list then I should be too..

[h8pop]

pffftt wtf mate where's the john bohnam option?? hands down

[Kreator2112]

?? hes not even on this poll

[The Masked Guitarist]

Who would vote for Grohl? If hes on the list then I should be too..
seriosly me too ........... :confused:

[Collis]

pffftt wtf mate where's the john bohnam option?? hands down

Please say he's just having us on .... :smash:

[raz0r]

I agree. He's basically like Travis Barker. Just lots of idiots hyping him up.

The difference being that Travis Barker actually sucks.

[PepsiMetal]

I'll go with Nick Mason, although he's not very good at all. I don't like any of the other drummers any more though.

[comfortably floydian]

i voted nick mason he is soo cool .

[Futuro]

ROFL! How did Peter Criss make it this far? Haha What a joke!

I went with Rhichard Cristy.

[Seafroggys]

I'll go with Nick Mason, although he's not very good at all. I don't like any of the other drummers any more though.

not even ginger baker?

[The Masked Guitarist]

ROFL! How did Peter Criss make it this far? Haha What a joke!

I went with Rhichard Cristy.
precisly my thoughts
also went with Richard Cristy:thumb:

[Josh]

i went with Nick Mason :) shame he won't go through.
NOTE: i'm not a Floyd fanboy, i just happen to like Mason's drumming.

[Stormrider]

Yay Christy tied first.

Oh, and about the Kiss drummer from a few posts up, its not like he made it far...its only the first round :p

[Nepenthe]

I'm not really a fan of any of the drummers in this round, so I just went with Christy.

[Soul_Under_Arrest]

Still kind of amazing he made the 1st 100 though.

I mean come on. It's not like he's the most popular drummer even for Kiss. No one wants to be Peter Criss at a Kiss concert...not even Peter Criss.

[ACircuitShock]

Mmmm... I'm gonna have to go with Christy.

[Apocalypticon]

Paulie Wallie.

[jcreamer89]

I hope my hero Ginger Baker wins!

[Serpento]

David Grohl for me. And no love for Peter Criss! I think it was Family Guy that said it best..."Lois, why did you dress up like that?! No one wants to be Peter Criss, not even Peter Criss!"

EDIT: ^Heh, guess I should read before I post, huh, Mr. Freeze?

[Bron-Yr-Aur]

Yeah. Definately Ginger.

[Sleeper]

Paul Mazurkiewicz

[penelope weird hands]

This is the last Round 1 poll, no?

[Hive]

I'd like to petition for Chad Kent of Atomship to be entered into this poll series.
Just listen to Plastic People, Mothra, Whitfield...in fact anything from The Crash of '47. He is by far the most creative drummer I have ever heard, and I'm heavy all sorts of metal. He's like Chris Adler meets...I dont know! You have to hear him!

[Tusk]

I mean come on. It's not like he's the most popular drummer even for Kiss. No one wants to be Peter Criss at a Kiss concert...not even Peter Criss.

Thats original, I like it.

pffftt wtf mate where's the john bohnam option?? hands down

Whoops, I meant h8poop.. stupid me.

N.E.weh's.. we should paddle anyone who doesn't read the first f*cking post in any and every thread. Does anyone else feel their IQ drop each time it happens?

Would have given my vote to someone else who needed it.. but its gotta be Baker ftw.

[PinkFreud]

Ok. He can't be added in. We already had the nomination threads. There's a reason that the first post always says NOT to ask where a certain drummer is.

This IS the last poll in the round, to Penelope Weird Hands.

Edit: GOD. STOP VOTING FOR GROHL. Please just stop. He's not good. Really.

[Seafroggys]

i thought poll runners were supposed to be objective ;)

[penelope weird hands]

^Ok, cool.

You've done a very fvcking good job, PF, to say the least.
*gives you an e-massage*

I'm glad you haven't topped yourself after numerous retarded posts.

[PinkFreud]

i thought poll runners were supposed to be objective ;)
Absolutely not.


Grohl sucks.

/\ /\ Thanks.

[Futuro]

Absolutely not.


Grohl sucks.

/\ /\ Thanks.
Agreed, haha. Even Nick Mason should be above him.

:-)

So really....How did Peter Criss make it this far? And on another note, who passed out on the comuter mouse and clicked his name by accident?

[Steerpike]

Since Christy is winning, I voted Puffy. If nothing else, I don't want him going out lumped in with the same number of votes as Mason.

[Collis]

:( Charlie Watts isn't gonna go through ... And Grohl is beating him, oh my ... :(

[Werny]

After listening to The Real Thing, particularly War Pigs, I voted Mike Bordin.

[JPL]

Ginger Baker is frekin' awsome, he his the drummer for the first super group
you can't beat that.

[raz0r]

Ok. He can't be added in. We already had the nomination threads. There's a reason that the first post always says NOT to ask where a certain drummer is.

This IS the last poll in the round, to Penelope Weird Hands.

Edit: GOD. STOP VOTING FOR GROHL. Please just stop. He's not good. Really.

Ever hear of opinions? free speech? freedom of choice?

[Lunch]

It's his OPINION that people should "stop voting for Grohl" and that Grohl is "not good". So yea, I think he's heard of them. Thanks for checking though.

I hope my hero Ginger Baker wins!

I agree and plus the album in your avatar is awesome. I really want some more Nektar after hearing that.

[Kingofdudes]

Ever hear of opinions? free speech? freedom of choice?
stfu

[Soul_Under_Arrest]

I voted for Grohl as I already said but he won't make it through the next round.

[!aaa!]

Choosing between Baker and Grohl, my two favourite drummers, tore me apart. Unfortunately Baker 0o0wnnns Grohl. Shame....

[standard]

I voted for Mason.


He wasn't a great, or for that matter even good drummer, but I think, for the band he was in.. Made it happen.

[YDload]

I voted for Mason.


He wasn't a great, or for that matter even good drummer, but I think, for the band he was in.. Made it happen.

Then you're ****ing retarded! Why would you vote for someone if you KNOW they're not a good drummer? You just admitted to being a stupid Pink Floyd fanboy like anyone else who would vote for Mason! Get a clue faggot!

[Interstate]

Dave Grohl

[raz0r]

It's his OPINION that people should "stop voting for Grohl" and that Grohl is "not good". So yea, I think he's heard of them. Thanks for checking though.

Well, he didn't expressly state that when he said:
Grohl Sucks
or
GOD. STOP VOTING FOR GROHL. Please just stop. He's not good. Really.
That sure doesn't look like an opinion to me...

[Lunch]

Everything anyone posts about how good a band/musician is is all an opinion.

Fact: Dave Grohl was in Nirvana

Opinion: Dave Grohl sucks, everyone should stop voting for him.

[standard]

Then you're ****ing retarded! Why would you vote for someone if you KNOW they're not a good drummer? You just admitted to being a stupid Pink Floyd fanboy like anyone else who would vote for Mason! Get a clue faggot!


Look at the other choices?


Yes, I like Pink Floyd, no, Mason is not a good drummer... neither are any of them other drummers. Might as well pick the one whos style I like I guess huh.

[YDload]

Look at the other choices?


Yes, I like Pink Floyd, no, Mason is not a good drummer... neither are any of them other drummers. Might as well pick the one whos style I like I guess huh.

Wow, and I thought I was being harsh when I called you retarded! Every drummer in this poll (except Peter Criss of course) has at least SOME talent, and most of them are way better than Nick Mason.

[Lunch]

Hahahahahah. Ginger Baker isn't a good drummer. Funny guy.

[standard]

Wow, and I thought I was being harsh when I called you retarded! Every drummer in this poll (except Peter Criss of course) has at least SOME talent, and most of them are way better than Nick Mason.


You're calling me a retard, yet you think Dave Ghrol has talent. That's ****ed up.

[Soul_Under_Arrest]

Hahahahahah. Ginger Baker isn't a good drummer. Funny guy.

Lets put him up against a Jazz drummer....who's good now?

[Kingofdudes]

You're calling me a retard, yet you think Dave Ghrol has talent. That's ****ed up.
He did some pretty good stuff with QOTSA. He has also never needed to use a backup drummer live like Nick did.

Lets put him up against a Jazz drummer....who's good now?
Ginger is still good

[Lunch]

Lets put him up against a Jazz drummer....who's good now?

Ginger Baker, still. Might not be the best, but he's always good no matter who you put him up against. Plus it doesn't hurt him that this is a ROCK AND METAL DRUMMERS POLL.

[Soul_Under_Arrest]

^Urite Lunchables.

He's decent for Rock/Metal but he surely isn't even close to the best for Rock/Metal. Top 5 material for this poll IMHO.

[billiejoesfukbuddy]

tre cool is the best ****in drummer in the world and you suck!!!!!!!!!! :smoke:

[Lunch]

If Ringo can get through based on influence, surely Baker gets points for that as well. Baker pioneered the double bass set up in rock and metal, and even the blast beat concept. On some live Cream material you can really hear him pounding the bass drums in Cream's extended jams. Baker brought a new meaning to power drumming as well, despite being primarily a jazz player growing up. With Cream, the only other drummer that could match him for power at that time was probably Moon.

Not to mention Toad, one of the earliest and most impressive drum solos in rock music. Baker's use of the polyrhythms and triplets obviously had a big impact on John Bonham, who has become one of the most famous and rock drummers in history.

[black guy]

You're calling me a retard, yet you think Dave Ghrol has talent. That's ****ed up.
Stop trying to justify your shitty vote.

[standard]

Stop trying to justify your shitty vote.

Ouch. Don't cut me so deep with your insults.

[Steerpike]

Well, he didn't expressly state that when he said:

or

That sure doesn't look like an opinion to me...

Cheer up, emo kid!

Look at the other choices?


Yes, I like Pink Floyd, no, Mason is not a good drummer... neither are any of them other drummers. Might as well pick the one whos style I like I guess huh.

Whoa, whoa, hold it! Not only are you a blind fanboy, but you also don't know **** about drumming either?

Tap-dancing Christ on a crutch, that has to be the stupidest thing I've heard all week, and I've heard some really stupid things.

I mean, you're basically saying the equivalent of "Well Pavarotti isn't in a band whose style I really like, so he's not good."

What the **** are you smoking, because that must be some really powerful ****.

[standard]

What the **** are you smoking, because that must be some really powerful ****.


****.

[Steerpike]

****.

I figured you'd be the type.

Honestly dude, just admit it. You voted based on terrible criteria, you got called on it. Stop trying to save face because there's nothing to save.

I'm willing to bet money you don't know who half of these drummers are or have never heard their work.

[standard]

I figured you'd be the type.

Honestly dude, just admit it. You voted based on terrible criteria, you got called on it. Stop trying to save face because there's nothing to save.

I'm willing to bet money you don't know who half of these drummers are or have never heard their work.


Damn.. Stop. It hurts.

[Toaster]

It had to be Christy. I was close to choosing Paul though.

[raz0r]

Cheer up, emo kid!

*cuts*

[MidnightRider]

Butch Trucks. I just really enjoy his work.

Would've went with Baker, but he'll have no problem making it on through.

[IheartSP]

Richard Christy is the funniest drummer of all time, and my vote goes out to him also for his awesome skillz.

[PinkFreud]

Lets put him up against a Jazz drummer....who's good now?
Well considering that he Ginger STARTED as a jazz drummer and his drumming has always been strongly jazz-influenced, I'd say....you have no idea what you're talking about. :thumb:

Ginger is EASILY one of the top 5 greatest drummers if this is based on more than technical ability. Even if it were, he'd still be damn high.

Standard, stop trying to be sweet.

[Dave de Sylvia]

I love the thought process that says any jazz drummer is better than any rock drummer.

[Lunch]

Yea, I'm tired of that argument too.

[Jacaranda]

Yay, Charlie got 10 votes I'm happy.

[TheDMV]

I went Brain.

[PinkFreud]

It generally goes for every instrument too. Hard to argue with some though. But that's the way it goes with everything.

Usually, studio drummers trump anyone anyway.

[Dave de Sylvia]

It generally goes for every instrument too. Hard to argue with some though. But that's the way it goes with everything.

Usually, studio drummers trump anyone anyway.
You mean like Matt Sorum? :-D

[Soul_Under_Arrest]

The thought process behind the whole Jazz musicians > other musicians generally comes from the complexed structure that Jazz musicians use in their music and the average Rock/Metal musician can't play that well. That's where that comes from.

It's like comparing Zakk Wylde to John McLaughlin.

[PinkFreud]

You mean like Matt Sorum? :-D
Nope!

I was actually talking about Gadd, Colaiuta, and others but if you WANT to think that I was talking about Sorum, sure. Go ahead. :thumb:

Tee hee.

[Duncster]

A lot of the great R&M drummers are heavily influenced by jazz too.

[Duncster]

Is Greg Bisonnette(sp) in this competition? I haven't seen him.

[pigonthewing82]

Damn.. Stop. It hurts.

Look man I have made countless arguments that Nick is not a crap drummer against people saying he is, but just because he isn't a crap drummer doesn't mean he is an excellent drummer. He had his great moments but with people like Baker almost every moment was a great moment.

[penelope weird hands]

Good voting fellow Brainian groovers. :thumb:

[PinkFreud]

Oh sweet jesus, Grohl's getting through. It's like you people are just trying to spite me.

[Seafroggys]

A lot of the great R&M drummers are heavily influenced by jazz too.

Like who? Ginger Baker, Mitch Mitchell, Carl Palmer? WEll duh, because they are the best R&M drummers!

Anyway, I must say, I love Watt's stage presence. He's one of the coolest looking people when he drums. My mom says he has the dentist look, in contrast to Mick and Keith's aged rock star look.

[YDload]

DURRR my name is Seafroggys and i only like drummers who are dead or almost dead from old age!!

[Seafroggys]

That statement was actually supposed to make fun of his statement.

Plenty of rock and metal drummers (mainly metal drummers) claim to know jazz and have played it, but it hardly EVER shows, leading to the fact that they're just bull****ting or they might have played in a high school big band or something.

None of those drummers listed above are dead, or almost dead for that matter. Except for maybe Baker, I don't think he'll last maybe 10 more years at most. The only drummer I like whose dead, at least a rock drummer, is Keith Moon. I also like plenty of jazz drummers who are all dead, mainly Krupa and Williams.

So nice accusing me of ignorance there, where you seem to be full of it yourself ;)

But do I like mainly older drummers and older music? Yes, I do. Its what I prefer. I don't demonize modern music though. It'd be the same as people who like someone new, say Opeth or something, but respecting the classics. New, old, whatever. Its all music.

[YDload]

that was way too many words to reply to my joke post. just cool it brah

[Battle Against Time]

Oh sweet jesus, Grohl's getting through. It's like you people are just trying to spite me.


I can't believe folks are voting for him. He's just hype.

[rhcp pman]

I can't believe folks are voting for him. He's just hype.
IMO, Bordin deserves a placing much more than Grohl.

[crag]

Richard Christy

[DillingerEscp]

Grohl is nothing compared to Christy ...

but then again... None of those guys have jack **** on chris pennie ... so ... whoever wins this poll is automatically beaten by chris pennie, sorry guys.

[spoon_of_grimbo]

bordin all the way. his drums aren't that complicated, but they just make songs like "midlife crisis," "digging the grave" and "cuckoo for caca" that much better.

[pep]

Oh, crap I didnt get to vote on this one. I thought it was the same as last week´s and never entered.

[Soul_Under_Arrest]

Oh sweet jesus, Grohl's getting through. It's like you people are just trying to spite me.

He'll probably get knocked out in the next round though.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Nope!

I was actually talking about Gadd, Colaiuta, and others but if you WANT to think that I was talking about Sorum, sure. Go ahead. :thumb:

Tee hee.
But he's influenced by jazz :upset:

[Battle Against Time]

Grohl is nothing compared to Christy ...

but then again... None of those guys have jack **** on chris pennie ... so ... whoever wins this poll is automatically beaten by chris pennie, sorry guys.


Chris Pennie owns. One of my favorite drummers.

[Iai]

Hahaha. Poor Peter Criss.

[h8pop]

Please say he's just having us on .... :smash:
who's havin who on? the fact is john bohnam is a friggin animal/human/machine and deserves to be up there