drummers: pox

max roach
elvin jones
bill bruford
buddy rich
art blakey
john bonham
keith moon
bill cobham
charlie watts
ringo starr

The 15 Greatest Rock Drummers Poll

Susie Ibarra
John McEntire
Ringo
Tony Williams
George Hurley
Robert Wyatt
Terry Bozzio
Alan Myers
Tatsuya Yoshida
Ronald Shannon Jackson

Tony Williams
John Bonham
Art Blakey
Jaki Liebezeit
Elvin Jones
Ringo Starr
Benny Benjamin
Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor
Clyde Stubblefield
Rashied Ali

Christian Vander
Phil Rudd
Jaki Liebezeit
Robert Gotobed
Charles Hayward
Phil Collins
Fred White
Mitch Mitchell
Jun Kosugi (Fushitsusha)
Dave Lombardo

Jayson Gerycz (Cloud Nothings)
Dave Mattacks (Fairport Convention)
Makaya McCraven
Bernard Purdie
Tristan Deck (The Beths)
John McEnrire
Carla Azar (Autolux)
Jimmy Chamberlin
Stevie Wonder
John Stanier

Trying to stick to ones not mentioned yet:

Levon Helm
Jeff Porcaro
Brendan Canty
Greg Saunier
Matt Barrick (The Walkmen)
Paul Motian
Blake Howard
Nick Fraser
Philippe Melanson
Dave King (The Bad Plus)

Tony Allen
Bill Ward
Ziggy Mogaliste
Mike Clark
Ian Paice
Jean-Paul Gaster
Philly Joe Jones
Clyde Stubblefield
Grant Bjork
Bill Stewart

john french
peter orins
christian lillinger
ringo
todd trainer
andrew cyrille
pierre favre
ches smith
jack dejohnette
george hurley
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impossible. gotta do this a second time

kid millions

brian chippendale
greg saunier
tony williams
joey baron
bob bert
russell simins
britt walford
chris corsano
weasel walter
nick fraser

oh god

elvin jones
art blakey
steve gadd
matt cameron
matt chamberlain
jimmy chamberlin
jeremy taggart
abe cunningham
josé pasillas
ilan rubin

Very tentative list, jazz drummers are in a realm of their own to me, Iknow I don’t really understand jazz drumming enough to really appreciate what max roach and Elvin jones and Philly Joe were doing.

Stubblefield
Dude in the walkmen
Al Jackson jr
Dude who plays on “to mega therion”
Fucking bonham
Jimmy chamberlin
Phil Taylor
Steve Flynn
Gadd
Porcoro

Jim White
Wilf Plum
Katherina Bornefeld
Bonham
Moon
Chris Hakius
Charles Hayward
Han Bennink
Todd Trainer
Janet Weiss

Elvin Jones
Elvin Jones
Elvin Jones
Elvin Jones

fair

Ten previously unmentioned favorites:
Hamish Kilgour
Lindy Morrison
Maureen Tucker
Keith Strickland
Doug Clifford
Hugo Burnham
Budgie
Tim Mooney
Valentina Magaletti
Bill Bruford

oh I missed Bill Bruford in the first post.

John Bonham
Clem Burke
Matt Cameron
Stewart Copeland
Brann Dailor
Wolfgang Flür
David Lovering
Ziggy Modeliste
Ringo
Clyde Stubblefield

^^ Swap in Guy Evans for Bruford

Greg Fox is my #1, almost certainly

Ah, similarly directly related to fgti's past collaborators, how could I forget Rob 'Robbie' Gordon in my Top 10

Keith Moon
Kenny Morris
Paul Cook
Tony Thompson
Mick Fleetwood
Gerry Conway
Steve Arrington
Yussef Dayes
Nick Mason
Reni

keith moon
nick mason
matt cameron
janet weiss
bun e carlos
bill ward
ringo
mitch mitchell
clive burr

honorary mention: liberty de vitto

oh wait i only had 9
so liberty is my #10

I can't even think about jazz legends next to tasteful song drummers supporting singers, although all of those jazz legends also tastefully supported singers of course. I tried to do 10 jazz drummers, but I think it would after to be 10 jazz drummers born before 1960 and after.

Some names that haven't been mentioned yet, skewing a bit indie rock cause that's what I listen to and most of the jazz drummers I know have been mentioned already

Chris Cutler
Damon Che
Steven Drozd
Jeremiah Green
Luqman Ali
Georgia Hubley
Andy Ramsay
Al Jackson Jr.
Ichiro Shibata
Sara Lund

Only metal:

Dave Lombardo
Brant Bjork
Danny Carey
Greg Fox
Sean Reinert
Pete Sandoval
Reed Mullin
Bill Ward
Steve Flynn
Nicke Andersson

Plenty of great drummers not mentioned so far, but perhaps the most surprising omission on quick scan is Stewart Copeland.

oh wait, he is up there on one of those lists.

I don't think I could even come close to doing the thread justice if I was anything less than listing drummers by genre. Jazz, rock, prog, studio, metal, etc.

yeah i was trying think of other glam & metal drummers i like

AJ Pero
Dave Lombardo
Frankie Banali
Charlie Benante
Fred Coury
Nicko McBrain
Steve Riley
Vinnie Appice
Tom Hunting
Vinnie Paul

yeah, i'm reposting

greg fox
john stanier
kid millions
elvin jones
nicke andersson
max roach
matt cameron
joey baron
al foster
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GENE HOGLAN if pickonlyone