best drummers.....

[ratsprayer]

....without mentioning john bonham, keith moon, or patrick hallahan (because i figure those would be the most popular)


tony williams (my personal favourite...ever)
neil peart
lars ulrich
mike bordin (faith no more)
jeremiah green (modest mouse)

i know i'm forgetting some, but those are the first ones that come to mind.

[tomEisenbraun]

hahaha, lars.

St. Anger had me lose all respect for the man.

My personal favorite is a man named Dan Burns. not just because he's one of my best friends, but because the man is absolutely amazing.

glen koetsche (or however you spell it) from Wilco
that man is simply incredible. seeing Wilco last week was amazing, because his abilities are so darn phenomenal.

[ratsprayer]

yeah most all post-'....and justice for all' metallica is shit is my book, but i'm just going with the stuff i like and enjoy.  

[BH]

http://www.perkinspalace.com/

[FarmerYoda]

me.

[ManNamedTruth]

Carter Beauford
Bill Kreutzmann
Billy Martin
Danny Carey
Jose Pasillas II
Jon Fishman

[Mr. T.]

Jim Keltner

http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Jim_Keltner.html

[ali]

i'm going to go out on a limb & say larry mullen jr, if only because me & my best friend fell in love with him when we were 12  ;)

[dragonboy]

Gonna have to go with John Bonham, Keith Moon & Patrick Hallahan!

Chuck Biscuits blew me away when I saw Danzig live.
So did Joey Castillo when I saw him kick the shit out of the skins for QOTSA (stolen from Danzig funnily enough).
An obvious choice, I know but Dave Grohl has always impressed me.
My last mention would have to be Alfredo Hernandez who took over from Brant Bjork for Kyuss.

[dragonboy]

I should also mention my Dad, who has played the drums since he was a teenager.
His band The Raiders supported the likes of Buddy Holly & Johnny Kid & The Pirates.
He retired a couple of years ago & now has serious problems with his knee due to his drumming.
My friend & I used to roadie for him  :)

[ali]

how could i forget dave grohl!!! he's always a pretty impressive drummer

[primushead]

Mike Portnoy from Dreamtheater is AMAZING.

Definitely in the same league as Danny Carey as far as prog drumming goes.

[Jaimoe]

Any list without Buddy Rich at the top makes no sense to me. Max Roach, Elvin Jones and Gene Krupa have to be on every list too. Same with Jack DeJohnette and the aforementioned Tony Williams. The jazz guys put rock drummers to shame, and this is from a devoted Keith Moon worshipper.

Check out the greatest soloist in action from youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=buddy+rich

[Coltrane]

Levon Helm....hands down!

[ratsprayer]

Same with Jack DeJohnette and the aforementioned Tony Williams. The jazz guys put rock drummers to shame, and this is from a devoted Keith Moon worshipper.

word.

[ycartrob]

Some say there is no other drummer:

Buddy Rich


but, there's also:

Neil Peart


Simon Phillips


plus the usual suspects

[tomEisenbraun]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtEnHtXj-Xc

[Jaimoe]

Oh yeah, as rock drummers go, Bill Bruford remains one of the most revered. Take your pick of great drummers that did duty with Frank Zappa's bands: Terry Bozio, Chester Thompson, Aynsley Dunbar, Ralph Humphrey, Vinnie Colaiuta, Chad Wackerman and the most underrated of the bunch, original Mother Jimmy Carl Black.

[dragonboy]

[SiOuxTribe]

For Rock:

-Tim Alexander
-Stephen Perkins (if you think his drumming is only consistent for Jane's Addiction, listen to Banyan and be blown away)
-Chad Smith