Who is your favorite drummer(s)

Mediocrefunkybeat said:
Yet again, Dib Da proves his superior knowledge to everybody.

*cough* *cough*


Oh, Thanks for realizing that. It's nice to be complimented by those who appreciate others
knowledge and experience. Thanks "mediocre"!
 
Gavin Harrison is my biggest influence ...
Stanton Moore
Billy Ward
 
Who's missing?

Dave Abbruzzese • Larry Aberman • Alex Acuña • Daniel Adair • Chris Adler • Morgan Agren • Airto • Tommy Aldridge • Steve Alexander • Tim Alexander • Rashied Ali • Don Alias • Carl Allen • Barry Altschul • Robby Ameen • Scott Amendola • Animal • Charly Antolini • Carmine Appice • Vinnie Appice • Kenny Aronoff • Billy Ashbaugh • Al Ashley • Mick Avory • Babatunde • Ginger Baker • Jeff Ballard • Paul Barbarin • Joe La Barbera • Travis Barker • Joey Baron • Julio Barreto • Ray Barretto • Ray Bauduc • Eddie Bayers • Marcus Baylor • Carter Beauford • Poogie Bell • Louie Bellson • Charlie Benante • Brian Bennett • Han Bennink • Joe Bergamini • Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz • Ignacio Berroa • Denzil Best • Curt Bisquera • Gregg Bissonette • Jason Bittner • James Black • Cindy Blackman • Ed Blackwell • John Blackwell • Brian Blade • Hal Blaine • J.D. Blair • Art Blakey • Michael Bland • Jason Bonham • John Bonham • Terry Bozzio • Tom Brechtlein • Don Brewer • Gulli Briem • Mark Brzezicki • Gerry Brown • Bill Bruford • Roy Burns • William Calhoun • Matt Cameron • Clayton Cameron • Gorden Campbell • Teddy Campbell • Tommy Campbell • Danny Carey • Keith Carlock • Bun E. Carlos • Eric Carr • Terri Lyne Carrington • Joey Castillo • Lenny Castro • Deen Castronovo • Big Sid Catlett • André Ceccarelli • Gary Chaffee • Matt Chamberlain • Jimmy Chamberlin • Dennis Chambers • Joe Chambers • Ndugu Chancler • Jim Chapin • Gary Chester • Dave DiCenso • Kenny Clare • Mike Clark • Kenny Clarke • Jimmy Cobb • Bill Cobham • Vinnie Colaiuta • Cozy Cole • Phil Collins • Grant Collins • Bobby Colomby • Aaron Comess • Luis Conte • Tré Cool • Ray Cooper • Stewart Copeland • Paulinho Da Costa • Kirk Covington • Mark Craney • Peter Criss • Adam Cruz • Mickey Curry • Andrew Cyrille • Paulinho Da Costa • Dino Danelli • Zach Danziger • Troy Davis • Alan Dawson • Barrett Deems • Jimmy DeGrasso • Adam Deitch • Jack DeJohnette • Kenwood Dennard • John Densmore • Liberty De Vitto • Dave DiCenso • Warren "Baby" Dodds • John Dolmayan • Virgil Donati • Famadou Don Moye • Hamid Drake • Bernie Dresel • Martin Drew • The Drumbassadors • Billy Drummond • Aynsley Dunbar • Sly Dunbar • Sheila E. • Phil Ehart • Paul Elliott • Sonny Emory • Joe English • Peter Erskine • Dom Famularo • Pierre Favre • Sherman Ferguson • Steve Ferrone • Anton Fier • Anton Fig • Vera Figueiredo • Sammy Figueroa • Jon Fishman • Mick Fleetwood • D.J. Fontana • Al Foster • Vernel Fournier • Panama Francis • Brian Frasier-Moore • Josh Freese • Steve Gadd • Camille Gainer • Richie Gajate-Garcia • David Garibaldi • Leonard "Doc" Gibbs • Evelyn Glennie • Alex Gonzalez • Jim Gordon • Danny Gottlieb • Lou Grassi • Jimmy DeGrasso • Rick Gratton • Eric Kamau Gravatt • Milford Graves • Benny Greb • Sonny Greer • Carola Grey • Rayford Griffin • Dave Grohl • Freddie Gruber • John Guerin • Terreon Gully • Trilok Gurtu • Ralf Gustke • Tomas Haake • Wolfgang Haffner • Omar Hakim • Chico Hamilton • Jeff Hamilton • Lionel Hampton • Jake Hanna • Eric Harland • Buddy Harman • Beaver Harris • Gavin Harrison • Mickey Hart • Billy Hart • Steve Hass • Fritz Hauser • Taylor Hawkins • Louis Hayes • Roy Haynes • Richie Hayward • Albert Tootie Heath • Levon Helm • Gerry Hemingway • Joey Heredia • Horacio Hernandez • Raymond Herrera • Gerald Heyward • Giovanni Hidalgo • Billy Higgins • Jeff Hirshfield • Jon Hiseman • Ari Hoenig • Gene Hoglan • Rodney Holmes • Steve Houghton • Daniel Humair • Ralph Humphrey • Gary Husband • Zakir Hussein • Greg Hutchinson • Susie Ibarra • Tommy Igoe • Tris Imboden • Al Jackson • Duffy Jackson • Gene Jackson • Jaimoe • Bobby Jarzombek • Akira Jimbo • Elvin Jones • Harold Jones • Hilary Jones • Philly Joe Jones • Papa Jo Jones • Randy Jones • Jack DeJohnette • Mylious Johnson • Steve Jordan • Joey Jordison • Jonathan Joseph • Eric Kalb • Manu Katché • Connie Kay • Jim Keltner • Will Kennedy • Billy Kilson • Glenn Kotche • Joey Kramer • Rhani Krija • Gene Krupa • Russ Kunkel • Joe La Barbera • Abe Laboriel jr. • Gene Lake • Don Lamond • Thomas Lang • Pete LaRoca Sims • Rick Latham • Ricky Lawson • Chris Layton • Tommy Lee • Paul Leim • Stan Levey • Mel Lewis • Victor Lewis • Pete Lockett • Dave Lombardo • Larrie Londin • Hakim Ludin • Pete Magadini • Mike Mangini • Shelly Manne • Brian "Brain" Mantia • Art Mardigan • Sherrie Maricle • Jerry Marotta • Rick Marotta • John Marshall • Billy Martin • Harvey Mason • Nick Mason • Dave Mattacks • Phil Maturano • JoJo Mayer • Nicko McBrain • Thomas McCree • Matt McDonough • Ray McKinley • Russ McKinnon • Gustavo Meli • Sebastian Merk • Daniel Messina • Buddy Miles • Butch Miles • Russ Miller • Marco Minnemann • Mitch Mitchell • Joseph Ziggy Modeliste • Jonathan Moffett • Mark Mondesir • Drori Mondlak • TS Monk • Keith Moon • Stanton Moore • Airto Moreira • Joe Morello • Rod Morgenstein • Joe Morris • Paul Motian • Alphonse Mouzon • Jonathan Mover • Don Moye • Idris Muhammad • Larry Mullen • Narada • Lewis Nash • Sandy Nelson • Andy Newmark • Gary Novak • Adam Nussbaum • Babatunde Olatunji • Jamie Oldaker • Nigel Olsson • John Otto • Ian Paice • Carl Palmer • Earl Palmer • Francis Panama • Leon Parker • Jose Pasillas • Vinnie Paul • Sonny Payne • Neil Peart • Shawn Pelton • Clarence Penn • Armando Peraza • Karl Perazzo • Stephen Perkins • Ben Perowsky • Doane Perry • Charli Persip • Ralph Peterson • Simon Phillips • Kim Plainfield • Joe Porcaro • Jeff Porcaro • Mike Portnoy • Cozy Powell • Bobby Previte • Dafnis Prieto • Tito Puente • Bernard Purdie • Alvin Queen • Marc Quiñones • Johnny Rabb • Raul Rekow • Walfredo Reyes • Walfredo Reyes, Jr. • Daniel Reyes • Buddy Rich • Dannie Richmond • Sean Rickman • Alex Riel • Ben Riley • John Riley • Herlin Riley • Ringo • Max Roach • John "J.R." Robinson • Pete LaRoca Sims • Mickey Roker • Bobby Rondinelli • Morgan Rose • Joel Rosenblatt • Tony Royster Jr. • Phil Rudd • Daniel Sadownick • Antonio Sanchez • Poncho Sanchez • Mongo Santamaria • Peter Schmidlin • Mark Schulman • Jon Bermuda Schwartz • Denny Seiwell • Danny Seraphine • Paco Séry • Chad Sexton • Shakerleg • Ed Shaughnessy • Michael Shrieve • David Silveria • Terry Silverlight • Chuck Silverman • Pete LaRoca Sims • Eric Singer • Zutty Singleton • Chad Smith • Nate Smith • Steve Smith • Marvin "Smitty" Smith • Ed Soph • Matt Sorum • Aaron Spears • Spüg • John "Jabo" Starks • Ringo Starr • Ronnie Stephenson • Bill Stewart • Clyde Stubblefield • Fredy Studer • Todd Sucherman • James "The Reverend" Sullivan • Grady Tate • Art Taylor • Roger Taylor • John Tempesta • Mike Terrana • Jon Theodore • Ed Thigpen • Ahmir ?uestlove Thompson • Chester Thompson • Kim Thompson • Efrain Toro • Tico Torres • Dave Tough • Nat Townsley • Butch Trucks • Ron Tutt • Lars Ulrich • Christian Vander • Alex Van Halen • Nana Vasconcelos • Carlos Vega • Glen Velez • Tony Verderosa • Johnny Vidacovich • Chad Wackerman • Nasheet Waits • Narada Michael Walden • Bill Ward • Billy Ward • Kenny Washington • Derico Watson • Charlie Watts • Jeff "Tain" Watts • Chick Webb • Dave Weckl • Max Weinberg • Klaus Weiss • Paul Wertico • George Wettling • Alan White • Lenny White • Meg White • Steve White • Ron Wikso • Brad Wilk • Tony Williams • Matt Wilson • Shadow Wilson • Kenny Wollesen • Sam Woodyard • Dony Wynn • Pete York • Adrian Young • Mark Zonder • Zoro

Who's missing??

Haha that is quite funny! You missed Micky Dolenz? (The Monkees)

This is obviously a good topic. My favorites...............

Ringo Starr- The Beatles
John Bonham- Led Zeppelin
Keith Moon- The Who
Mitch Mitchell- Jimi Hendrix Experience
Tre' Cool- Green Day
John Densmore- The Doors
Roger Taylor- Queen
Max Weinburg- Bruce Springsteen

Those are what I've got now.
P.S. I do really love Micky Dolenz, though :)!
 
Maybe I've posted this before, but I have a new list:

1) Larry Mullen Jr.
2) Tony Williams
3) Bonham
4) Dave Weckl
5) Purdie
 
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Bernhard said:
Who's missing?

Dave Abbruzzese • Larry Aberman • Alex Acuña • Daniel Adair • Chris Adler • Morgan Agren • Airto • Tommy Aldridge • Steve Alexander • Tim Alexander • Rashied Ali • Don Alias • Carl Allen • Barry Altschul • Robby Ameen • Scott Amendola • Animal • Charly Antolini • Carmine Appice • Vinnie Appice • Kenny Aronoff • Billy Ashbaugh • Al Ashley • Mick Avory • Babatunde • Ginger Baker • Jeff Ballard • Paul Barbarin • Joe La Barbera • Travis Barker • Joey Baron • Julio Barreto • Ray Barretto • Ray Bauduc • Eddie Bayers • Marcus Baylor • Carter Beauford • Poogie Bell • Louie Bellson • Charlie Benante • Brian Bennett • Han Bennink • Joe Bergamini • Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz • Ignacio Berroa • Denzil Best • Curt Bisquera • Gregg Bissonette • Jason Bittner • James Black • Cindy Blackman • Ed Blackwell • John Blackwell • Brian Blade • Hal Blaine • J.D. Blair • Art Blakey • Michael Bland • Jason Bonham • John Bonham • Terry Bozzio • Tom Brechtlein • Don Brewer • Gulli Briem • Mark Brzezicki • Gerry Brown • Bill Bruford • Roy Burns • William Calhoun • Matt Cameron • Clayton Cameron • Gorden Campbell • Teddy Campbell • Tommy Campbell • Danny Carey • Keith Carlock • Bun E. Carlos • Eric Carr • Terri Lyne Carrington • Joey Castillo • Lenny Castro • Deen Castronovo • Big Sid Catlett • André Ceccarelli • Gary Chaffee • Matt Chamberlain • Jimmy Chamberlin • Dennis Chambers • Joe Chambers • Ndugu Chancler • Jim Chapin • Gary Chester • Dave DiCenso • Kenny Clare • Mike Clark • Kenny Clarke • Jimmy Cobb • Bill Cobham • Vinnie Colaiuta • Cozy Cole • Phil Collins • Grant Collins • Bobby Colomby • Aaron Comess • Luis Conte • Tré Cool • Ray Cooper • Stewart Copeland • Paulinho Da Costa • Kirk Covington • Mark Craney • Peter Criss • Adam Cruz • Mickey Curry • Andrew Cyrille • Paulinho Da Costa • Dino Danelli • Zach Danziger • Troy Davis • Alan Dawson • Barrett Deems • Jimmy DeGrasso • Adam Deitch • Jack DeJohnette • Kenwood Dennard • John Densmore • Liberty De Vitto • Dave DiCenso • Warren "Baby" Dodds • John Dolmayan • Virgil Donati • Famadou Don Moye • Hamid Drake • Bernie Dresel • Martin Drew • The Drumbassadors • Billy Drummond • Aynsley Dunbar • Sly Dunbar • Sheila E. • Phil Ehart • Paul Elliott • Sonny Emory • Joe English • Peter Erskine • Dom Famularo • Pierre Favre • Sherman Ferguson • Steve Ferrone • Anton Fier • Anton Fig • Vera Figueiredo • Sammy Figueroa • Jon Fishman • Mick Fleetwood • D.J. Fontana • Al Foster • Vernel Fournier • Panama Francis • Brian Frasier-Moore • Josh Freese • Steve Gadd • Camille Gainer • Richie Gajate-Garcia • David Garibaldi • Leonard "Doc" Gibbs • Evelyn Glennie • Alex Gonzalez • Jim Gordon • Danny Gottlieb • Lou Grassi • Jimmy DeGrasso • Rick Gratton • Eric Kamau Gravatt • Milford Graves • Benny Greb • Sonny Greer • Carola Grey • Rayford Griffin • Dave Grohl • Freddie Gruber • John Guerin • Terreon Gully • Trilok Gurtu • Ralf Gustke • Tomas Haake • Wolfgang Haffner • Omar Hakim • Chico Hamilton • Jeff Hamilton • Lionel Hampton • Jake Hanna • Eric Harland • Buddy Harman • Beaver Harris • Gavin Harrison • Mickey Hart • Billy Hart • Steve Hass • Fritz Hauser • Taylor Hawkins • Louis Hayes • Roy Haynes • Richie Hayward • Albert Tootie Heath • Levon Helm • Gerry Hemingway • Joey Heredia • Horacio Hernandez • Raymond Herrera • Gerald Heyward • Giovanni Hidalgo • Billy Higgins • Jeff Hirshfield • Jon Hiseman • Ari Hoenig • Gene Hoglan • Rodney Holmes • Steve Houghton • Daniel Humair • Ralph Humphrey • Gary Husband • Zakir Hussein • Greg Hutchinson • Susie Ibarra • Tommy Igoe • Tris Imboden • Al Jackson • Duffy Jackson • Gene Jackson • Jaimoe • Bobby Jarzombek • Akira Jimbo • Elvin Jones • Harold Jones • Hilary Jones • Philly Joe Jones • Papa Jo Jones • Randy Jones • Jack DeJohnette • Mylious Johnson • Steve Jordan • Joey Jordison • Jonathan Joseph • Eric Kalb • Manu Katché • Connie Kay • Jim Keltner • Will Kennedy • Billy Kilson • Glenn Kotche • Joey Kramer • Rhani Krija • Gene Krupa • Russ Kunkel • Joe La Barbera • Abe Laboriel jr. • Gene Lake • Don Lamond • Thomas Lang • Pete LaRoca Sims • Rick Latham • Ricky Lawson • Chris Layton • Tommy Lee • Paul Leim • Stan Levey • Mel Lewis • Victor Lewis • Pete Lockett • Dave Lombardo • Larrie Londin • Hakim Ludin • Pete Magadini • Mike Mangini • Shelly Manne • Brian "Brain" Mantia • Art Mardigan • Sherrie Maricle • Jerry Marotta • Rick Marotta • John Marshall • Billy Martin • Harvey Mason • Nick Mason • Dave Mattacks • Phil Maturano • JoJo Mayer • Nicko McBrain • Thomas McCree • Matt McDonough • Ray McKinley • Russ McKinnon • Gustavo Meli • Sebastian Merk • Daniel Messina • Buddy Miles • Butch Miles • Russ Miller • Marco Minnemann • Mitch Mitchell • Joseph Ziggy Modeliste • Jonathan Moffett • Mark Mondesir • Drori Mondlak • TS Monk • Keith Moon • Stanton Moore • Airto Moreira • Joe Morello • Rod Morgenstein • Joe Morris • Paul Motian • Alphonse Mouzon • Jonathan Mover • Don Moye • Idris Muhammad • Larry Mullen • Narada • Lewis Nash • Sandy Nelson • Andy Newmark • Gary Novak • Adam Nussbaum • Babatunde Olatunji • Jamie Oldaker • Nigel Olsson • John Otto • Ian Paice • Carl Palmer • Earl Palmer • Francis Panama • Leon Parker • Jose Pasillas • Vinnie Paul • Sonny Payne • Neil Peart • Shawn Pelton • Clarence Penn • Armando Peraza • Karl Perazzo • Stephen Perkins • Ben Perowsky • Doane Perry • Charli Persip • Ralph Peterson • Simon Phillips • Kim Plainfield • Joe Porcaro • Jeff Porcaro • Mike Portnoy • Cozy Powell • Bobby Previte • Dafnis Prieto • Tito Puente • Bernard Purdie • Alvin Queen • Marc Quiñones • Johnny Rabb • Raul Rekow • Walfredo Reyes • Walfredo Reyes, Jr. • Daniel Reyes • Buddy Rich • Dannie Richmond • Sean Rickman • Alex Riel • Ben Riley • John Riley • Herlin Riley • Ringo • Max Roach • John "J.R." Robinson • Pete LaRoca Sims • Mickey Roker • Bobby Rondinelli • Morgan Rose • Joel Rosenblatt • Tony Royster Jr. • Phil Rudd • Daniel Sadownick • Antonio Sanchez • Poncho Sanchez • Mongo Santamaria • Peter Schmidlin • Mark Schulman • Jon Bermuda Schwartz • Denny Seiwell • Danny Seraphine • Paco Séry • Chad Sexton • Shakerleg • Ed Shaughnessy • Michael Shrieve • David Silveria • Terry Silverlight • Chuck Silverman • Pete LaRoca Sims • Eric Singer • Zutty Singleton • Chad Smith • Nate Smith • Steve Smith • Marvin "Smitty" Smith • Ed Soph • Matt Sorum • Aaron Spears • Spüg • John "Jabo" Starks • Ringo Starr • Ronnie Stephenson • Bill Stewart • Clyde Stubblefield • Fredy Studer • Todd Sucherman • James "The Reverend" Sullivan • Grady Tate • Art Taylor • Roger Taylor • John Tempesta • Mike Terrana • Jon Theodore • Ed Thigpen • Ahmir ?uestlove Thompson • Chester Thompson • Kim Thompson • Efrain Toro • Tico Torres • Dave Tough • Nat Townsley • Butch Trucks • Ron Tutt • Lars Ulrich • Christian Vander • Alex Van Halen • Nana Vasconcelos • Carlos Vega • Glen Velez • Tony Verderosa • Johnny Vidacovich • Chad Wackerman • Nasheet Waits • Narada Michael Walden • Bill Ward • Billy Ward • Kenny Washington • Derico Watson • Charlie Watts • Jeff "Tain" Watts • Chick Webb • Dave Weckl • Max Weinberg • Klaus Weiss • Paul Wertico • George Wettling • Alan White • Lenny White • Meg White • Steve White • Ron Wikso • Brad Wilk • Tony Williams • Matt Wilson • Shadow Wilson • Kenny Wollesen • Sam Woodyard • Dony Wynn • Pete York • Adrian Young • Mark Zonder • Zoro

Who's missing??

Bernhard

me! im not on the list! i don't deserve it but that's not the point!
 
Well i will only name a few :

Nicko Mcbrain
Neil Peart
John Bonham
Scott Rockenfeld
Martin Lopez
Phil Collins

All in no particular order ;-)
 
MALE:
Tony Williams
Alan Dawson
Elvin Jones
Takeo Moriyama (He's not known in the States but he is great!! Check out his play in the '70s w/ Yosuke Yamashita)
Vinnie Colaiuta
Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez

FEMALE:
Terri Lyne Carrington
Sheila E.

...and many more :- )
 
Bernhard said:
Who's missing?

Dave Abbruzzese • Larry Aberman • Alex Acuña • Daniel Adair • Chris Adler • Morgan Agren • Airto • Tommy Aldridge • Steve Alexander • Tim Alexander • Rashied Ali • Don Alias • Carl Allen • Barry Altschul • Robby Ameen • Scott Amendola • Animal • Charly Antolini • Carmine Appice • Vinnie Appice • Kenny Aronoff • Billy Ashbaugh • Al Ashley • Mick Avory • Babatunde • Ginger Baker • Jeff Ballard • Paul Barbarin • Joe La Barbera • Travis Barker • Joey Baron • Julio Barreto • Ray Barretto • Ray Bauduc • Eddie Bayers • Marcus Baylor • Carter Beauford • Poogie Bell • Louie Bellson • Charlie Benante • Brian Bennett • Han Bennink • Joe Bergamini • Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz • Ignacio Berroa • Denzil Best • Curt Bisquera • Gregg Bissonette • Jason Bittner • James Black • Cindy Blackman • Ed Blackwell • John Blackwell • Brian Blade • Hal Blaine • J.D. Blair • Art Blakey • Michael Bland • Jason Bonham • John Bonham • Terry Bozzio • Tom Brechtlein • Don Brewer • Gulli Briem • Mark Brzezicki • Gerry Brown • Bill Bruford • Roy Burns • William Calhoun • Matt Cameron • Clayton Cameron • Gorden Campbell • Teddy Campbell • Tommy Campbell • Danny Carey • Keith Carlock • Bun E. Carlos • Eric Carr • Terri Lyne Carrington • Joey Castillo • Lenny Castro • Deen Castronovo • Big Sid Catlett • André Ceccarelli • Gary Chaffee • Matt Chamberlain • Jimmy Chamberlin • Dennis Chambers • Joe Chambers • Ndugu Chancler • Jim Chapin • Gary Chester • Dave DiCenso • Kenny Clare • Mike Clark • Kenny Clarke • Jimmy Cobb • Bill Cobham • Vinnie Colaiuta • Cozy Cole • Phil Collins • Grant Collins • Bobby Colomby • Aaron Comess • Luis Conte • Tré Cool • Ray Cooper • Stewart Copeland • Paulinho Da Costa • Kirk Covington • Mark Craney • Peter Criss • Adam Cruz • Mickey Curry • Andrew Cyrille • Paulinho Da Costa • Dino Danelli • Zach Danziger • Troy Davis • Alan Dawson • Barrett Deems • Jimmy DeGrasso • Adam Deitch • Jack DeJohnette • Kenwood Dennard • John Densmore • Liberty De Vitto • Dave DiCenso • Warren "Baby" Dodds • John Dolmayan • Virgil Donati • Famadou Don Moye • Hamid Drake • Bernie Dresel • Martin Drew • The Drumbassadors • Billy Drummond • Aynsley Dunbar • Sly Dunbar • Sheila E. • Phil Ehart • Paul Elliott • Sonny Emory • Joe English • Peter Erskine • Dom Famularo • Pierre Favre • Sherman Ferguson • Steve Ferrone • Anton Fier • Anton Fig • Vera Figueiredo • Sammy Figueroa • Jon Fishman • Mick Fleetwood • D.J. Fontana • Al Foster • Vernel Fournier • Panama Francis • Brian Frasier-Moore • Josh Freese • Steve Gadd • Camille Gainer • Richie Gajate-Garcia • David Garibaldi • Leonard "Doc" Gibbs • Evelyn Glennie • Alex Gonzalez • Jim Gordon • Danny Gottlieb • Lou Grassi • Jimmy DeGrasso • Rick Gratton • Eric Kamau Gravatt • Milford Graves • Benny Greb • Sonny Greer • Carola Grey • Rayford Griffin • Dave Grohl • Freddie Gruber • John Guerin • Terreon Gully • Trilok Gurtu • Ralf Gustke • Tomas Haake • Wolfgang Haffner • Omar Hakim • Chico Hamilton • Jeff Hamilton • Lionel Hampton • Jake Hanna • Eric Harland • Buddy Harman • Beaver Harris • Gavin Harrison • Mickey Hart • Billy Hart • Steve Hass • Fritz Hauser • Taylor Hawkins • Louis Hayes • Roy Haynes • Richie Hayward • Albert Tootie Heath • Levon Helm • Gerry Hemingway • Joey Heredia • Horacio Hernandez • Raymond Herrera • Gerald Heyward • Giovanni Hidalgo • Billy Higgins • Jeff Hirshfield • Jon Hiseman • Ari Hoenig • Gene Hoglan • Rodney Holmes • Steve Houghton • Daniel Humair • Ralph Humphrey • Gary Husband • Zakir Hussein • Greg Hutchinson • Susie Ibarra • Tommy Igoe • Tris Imboden • Al Jackson • Duffy Jackson • Gene Jackson • Jaimoe • Bobby Jarzombek • Akira Jimbo • Elvin Jones • Harold Jones • Hilary Jones • Philly Joe Jones • Papa Jo Jones • Randy Jones • Jack DeJohnette • Mylious Johnson • Steve Jordan • Joey Jordison • Jonathan Joseph • Eric Kalb • Manu Katché • Connie Kay • Jim Keltner • Will Kennedy • Billy Kilson • Glenn Kotche • Joey Kramer • Rhani Krija • Gene Krupa • Russ Kunkel • Joe La Barbera • Abe Laboriel jr. • Gene Lake • Don Lamond • Thomas Lang • Pete LaRoca Sims • Rick Latham • Ricky Lawson • Chris Layton • Tommy Lee • Paul Leim • Stan Levey • Mel Lewis • Victor Lewis • Pete Lockett • Dave Lombardo • Larrie Londin • Hakim Ludin • Pete Magadini • Mike Mangini • Shelly Manne • Brian "Brain" Mantia • Art Mardigan • Sherrie Maricle • Jerry Marotta • Rick Marotta • John Marshall • Billy Martin • Harvey Mason • Nick Mason • Dave Mattacks • Phil Maturano • JoJo Mayer • Nicko McBrain • Thomas McCree • Matt McDonough • Ray McKinley • Russ McKinnon • Gustavo Meli • Sebastian Merk • Daniel Messina • Buddy Miles • Butch Miles • Russ Miller • Marco Minnemann • Mitch Mitchell • Joseph Ziggy Modeliste • Jonathan Moffett • Mark Mondesir • Drori Mondlak • TS Monk • Keith Moon • Stanton Moore • Airto Moreira • Joe Morello • Rod Morgenstein • Joe Morris • Paul Motian • Alphonse Mouzon • Jonathan Mover • Don Moye • Idris Muhammad • Larry Mullen • Narada • Lewis Nash • Sandy Nelson • Andy Newmark • Gary Novak • Adam Nussbaum • Babatunde Olatunji • Jamie Oldaker • Nigel Olsson • John Otto • Ian Paice • Carl Palmer • Earl Palmer • Francis Panama • Leon Parker • Jose Pasillas • Vinnie Paul • Sonny Payne • Neil Peart • Shawn Pelton • Clarence Penn • Armando Peraza • Karl Perazzo • Stephen Perkins • Ben Perowsky • Doane Perry • Charli Persip • Ralph Peterson • Simon Phillips • Kim Plainfield • Joe Porcaro • Jeff Porcaro • Mike Portnoy • Cozy Powell • Bobby Previte • Dafnis Prieto • Tito Puente • Bernard Purdie • Alvin Queen • Marc Quiñones • Johnny Rabb • Raul Rekow • Walfredo Reyes • Walfredo Reyes, Jr. • Daniel Reyes • Buddy Rich • Dannie Richmond • Sean Rickman • Alex Riel • Ben Riley • John Riley • Herlin Riley • Ringo • Max Roach • John "J.R." Robinson • Pete LaRoca Sims • Mickey Roker • Bobby Rondinelli • Morgan Rose • Joel Rosenblatt • Tony Royster Jr. • Phil Rudd • Daniel Sadownick • Antonio Sanchez • Poncho Sanchez • Mongo Santamaria • Peter Schmidlin • Mark Schulman • Jon Bermuda Schwartz • Denny Seiwell • Danny Seraphine • Paco Séry • Chad Sexton • Shakerleg • Ed Shaughnessy • Michael Shrieve • David Silveria • Terry Silverlight • Chuck Silverman • Pete LaRoca Sims • Eric Singer • Zutty Singleton • Chad Smith • Nate Smith • Steve Smith • Marvin "Smitty" Smith • Ed Soph • Matt Sorum • Aaron Spears • Spüg • John "Jabo" Starks • Ringo Starr • Ronnie Stephenson • Bill Stewart • Clyde Stubblefield • Fredy Studer • Todd Sucherman • James "The Reverend" Sullivan • Grady Tate • Art Taylor • Roger Taylor • John Tempesta • Mike Terrana • Jon Theodore • Ed Thigpen • Ahmir ?uestlove Thompson • Chester Thompson • Kim Thompson • Efrain Toro • Tico Torres • Dave Tough • Nat Townsley • Butch Trucks • Ron Tutt • Lars Ulrich • Christian Vander • Alex Van Halen • Nana Vasconcelos • Carlos Vega • Glen Velez • Tony Verderosa • Johnny Vidacovich • Chad Wackerman • Nasheet Waits • Narada Michael Walden • Bill Ward • Billy Ward • Kenny Washington • Derico Watson • Charlie Watts • Jeff "Tain" Watts • Chick Webb • Dave Weckl • Max Weinberg • Klaus Weiss • Paul Wertico • George Wettling • Alan White • Lenny White • Meg White • Steve White • Ron Wikso • Brad Wilk • Tony Williams • Matt Wilson • Shadow Wilson • Kenny Wollesen • Sam Woodyard • Dony Wynn • Pete York • Adrian Young • Mark Zonder • Zoro

Who's missing??

Bernhard

Who's missing?.....Jason Cooper (The Cure, ex session), Peter Jay (Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers), Earl Harvin (session).


Favourite drummers :-

Virgil Donati, Dave Weckl, Vinnie Colaiuta, Charlie Watts, John Bonham, Keith Moon, Peter Jay, Jeff Porcaro, Jason Cooper, Matt Cameron, Chad Smith, Andy Burrows, Earl Harvin.
 
Chris Dave, Michael Bland (Prince & The NPG), "Jellybean" Johnson (The Time), John Blackwell, Stokley Williams (Mint Condition), John Robinson, Omar Hakim & Stewart Copeland (The Police).
 
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Mike Portnoy
Mike Mangini
Neil Peart
Dave Weckl
Terry Bozzio

No specific order.
ps. These are only the ones I remember atm.
 
In no particular order:

Buddy Rich
Steve Gadd
Vinnie Colaiuta
Neil Peart
John Bonham
Dave Weckl
Benny Greb
Steve Smith
Jo Jo Mayer

There's my "FINE 9" Play On!
 
I like this thread so I wanna see it continue with other members' favorite drummers. I can't believe no one has posted their favorite skinsman since I did last night @ 7:14. Come on, y'all! Let's see 'em...Play On!
 
Robby Ameen
Steve Gadd
Jim Keltner
Vinnie
Bernard Purdie
Larry Finn (instructor at Berklee)
Fred Stahle (New Orleans 2nd line drummer)
Dave Weckl
 
For me not in any order

These are more influences on my playing style

KEITH MOON
JERRY EDMONTON from Steppenwolf
SANDY NELSON
PAUL COOK of SEX PISTOLS
TOPPER HEADON from THE CLASH
CHARLIE WATTS

cheers
 
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