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My brother says Neil Peart is the greatest rock drummer ever (1 Viewer)

Gr00vus said:
My heart will always answer this question with Stewart Copland. My head will always answer this question with Omar Hakim.

Then of course there's Steve Gadd. Or Dave Garibaldi. Or Derrick McKenzie. Or Tony Thompson. Or Louie Bellson. Or...

There is no greatest, there are just a lot of greats. You can enjoy and learn from them all.

Lately I've just been listening to and trying to play Rick Marotta's studio Peg track. One of the greatest grooves of all time.
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https://youtu.be/waIBA6_0GQc

ETA: Rick Marrotta is the drummer on this track:

https://youtu.be/h_wUTOC-jCY

 
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The rhythm sections Steely Dan put together for their later albums were ridiculous. Just on Aja - Steve Gadd, Bernard Purdie, Rick Marotta, Jim Keltner. 

 
rockaction said:
Same here. Then I think about it...

Oh dear. Oh, maybe.  
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It’s like an Opie thread in the politics forum. The only qualification for being a rock drummer is: being White. And even further here: English.

ETA: being that Rush is Canadian, which makes them one of the most Whitest bands in rock, you can see how the thread still shakes out

 
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rockaction said:
Neal Peart! I remember my prog rock lovin' friends who would swear by Peart's kit and his playing. That's why it cracks me up.  
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He’s fine, just Tim’s post and how serious others get. Great thread. Maybe later I’ll reveal my top drummers. 

 
rockaction said:
Pretty funny. Remember, though, when you do it, jazzbo, it's "rock" drummer. 

:)  
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Just jamming out right now and I have to give appreciation to Mitch Mitchell 

A Hendrix song conjures up the feeling of a sexual Hendrix guitar riff, but we often forget how important Mitch is on the drums. He keeps it all rocking. 

Fire live in 67  recording quality is ####, but the band is explosive 

 
A little taste of my selection for best drummer ever: Omar Hakim (along with some schlubs named Clarke, Shorter, and Hancock) back in '91. Note - this is jazz. And Omar gets straight stupid with it.

 
For those of whom are not familiar with the insane talent of Danny Carey--click this youtube link and watch the video at the 11:08 mark. This is a reaction video from a hip hop fan listening to Ticks and Leeches by Tool for the first time.  This particular song has been voted by Rolling Stone as being one of the most difficult songs to drum.   The last minute or two of the song are just the climax of the drumming.   The dudes face in the reaction video is beyond priceless. 

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8E-BgOsShvU   11 minute 8 second mark. 

 
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jvdesigns2002 said:
For those of whom are not familiar with the insane talent of Danny Carey--click this youtube link and watch the video at the 11:08 mark. This is a reaction video from a hip hop fan listening to Ticks and Leeches by Tool for the first time.  This particular song has been voted by Rolling Stone as being one of the most difficult songs to drum.   The last minute or two of the song are just the climax of the drumming.   The dudes face in the reaction video is beyond priceless. 

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8E-BgOsShvU   11 minute 8 second mark. 
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Clicked and watched. Noice.  

 
Gr00vus said:
Anyone bring up Terry Bozzio yet?
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I studied with his teacher in the Bay Area, Chuck Brown years ago. I have hours of my lessons with him on cassette lol. He mostly had me practice on a wood block with a tiny rubber pad in the middle of it, about the size of a half dollar. Years later, after taking a looooong time off the drums, I noticed when I started playing them again, all my stick marks on all the drums in the kit were dead center. Hardly any stick marks outside of it. When I did a fill around the toms, I could see just by the stick marks the economy of movement I had. I am no Terry Bozzio by any means, but the lessons did pay off, even after years of not playing drums

 
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