who do you think is the greatest drummer of all time. if i had to guess i would say the drummer from rush hes crazy on the drums.

I never notice the drummers...

I have to agree. The drummer from Rush is amazing.

CJ

Neil Peart is the best drummer ever.. I love his set...
http://www.sabian.com/sabiantalk/forum/postimages%5Cneil%20peart%20kit%202.jpg

Man, his set is awesome!

Can't forget about Lori!

yeah loris cool but neil is the greatest ever and that set is just sick.

that's kind of a crazy set! i think josh from falling up kicks major butt... but then lori's crazy too...

my fav drummer is the drummer who is in my band.. Amanda Morrison is my fav Drummer..

my favorite drummer is probably the drummer from tool.

Tommy Lee ;D Motley Crue rocks!!!!!

I think drummers from hardcore bands are annoying... i mean sitting there pedaling away at the double bass pedal isn't playing... its more like a workout machine... Peter Furler (singer of the newsboys)m is pretty good... on the Step up to the microphone tour he and their drummer played on 2 different sets on a spinning tilted platform, which rocked...

Yes, Lori is an awesome drummer. And the drummer from Korn is cool as well. Even though I don't like the song, the one that stands out in my head is "Make Me Bad"... that's some great drumming...

Bob, his set is MAD! :o

Phil Colins rocks. :>

CJ

Lori is good, so is the drummer from anberlin, but the drummer from beloved takes the cake for me . . .

BELOVED ROCK!

For me, I can't narrow it down to one drummer but here's a list:
Ryan "Nik" Vikedal-Nickelback
Aaron Gainer-12 Stones
Marco Minnman-Illegal Aliens, Solo
Thomas Lang-Solo, B*Witched
Jeremy Hummel-Breaking Benjamin
and Lori Peters-Skillet
There's more but it's late at nigh and I need to go to bed so I can make rehersals tomorrow.

lori's good, but neil takes it hands down

i cant get over neils set i know hes an amazing drummer he proved that in the song moby **** but i could have never immagined a set so big how does he get in there????

I like drummers who groove well. Neil is a great drummer because of many things. Just because he has one of the most elaborate sets, doesnt make him the best. Buddy Rich is a contender. Neil and Buddy, and Gene Krupa are all great because they also have a feel to how they play. Just like Carter from Dave Matthews. Will from Living Colour was another great drummer too. Lori rocks! No question to that, as well as Lester from Pillar, Rob from Stryper, and Will Denton. I like them all because they have technical abilities, yet you can feel the grooves and the styles are somewhat distinct.

i know i didnt say he was the best drummer because of his set i had no idea what he set looked like and i though he was an exceptional drummer but i just thought he had a very very awsome set. and you have to admit to play that set well you need a good deal of experience. so i just want to clarify that im not judging him by his set cause before i saw it i just wondered how in the world he played so many differnt beats and so fast. i personaly think that he is the greatest and that the song moby **** is one of the best drum instrumentals ive ever heard

Yeah . . .

Pillar's Drummer is good in both Bring me down, and Further . . .

Proves the open mind of music . . .

Sorry if I seemed to be a know it all. Just a deep subject for me. Neil knows what he is doing better than I, like a ton better, but I could have a ton of fun with his set. years ago, Modern Drummer magazine had a contest to win a replica of his set and all cymbals were included. I entered, thus I lost, oh well. A good drummer can do a bunch without all that stuff, and I know Neil could, but he is very good to where he is not only a percussionist, but somewhat of a composer also. I would call him a diverse musician. He also plays in an orchestra as well, so he is great in different fields.

Yeah . . .

Pillar's Drummer is good in both Bring me down, and Further . . .

Proves the open mind of music . . .

Plillar got different Drummers between Fireproof and where do we go from here? So those are seperate drummers ;)

Neil Peart is awesome because he can thrown his sticks in the air, catch them, and not miss a beat... the set behind him is for the orchestra sounds... he used to have gongs and bells behind him... but he just plain rocks..

Neil Peart is the best drummer ever.. I love his set...
http://www.sabian.com/sabiantalk/forum/postimages%5Cneil%20peart%20kit%202.jpg


that drumset is amazing. i kno that i could not play that one

its really 2 sets in 1 but hey... its awesome...

It's actually one HUGE drumset. I saw it at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland and I saw Neil Peart perform on his set on a DVD that I got from a magazine. He's one good drummer!

Edit: By the way, I forgot to add that that's his newer set. The emblem on the tom and the snare is the dead giveaway. This is his 30th anniversary set.

The amazing thing is that he uses all of his set...

how does he reach some of those symbols

I dont know... he stand up some times, but he has a pretty good reach

i want to see him live. ive only ever heard him but i think it would be awsome to actualy see him play that set.

He's got 3o+ years of experience under his belt so he's no chump...

holy cow.. THATS a DRUM SET!!

oooh i have to put my cool drummer story here. i used to live in brooks, and the drummer from nickelback was from brooks.


okay...that story was definetly a lot cooler in my head...oh well.

i honestly don't know who my favorite drummer is, i mean the dude from the distillers is quite good, but i dunno about drummers at all.

I could play that set! (BUT I WOULD JUST MAKE NOISE!)

Torry Castellano of the Donnas. \m/ \m/ Its really sad about her severe wrist tendonitis, she had surgery and now wears a wrist brace. She has had to lighten up her drumming quite a bit.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/the_syllek_attacks/drums/12.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/the_syllek_attacks/drums/vinnieappice5.jpg http://www.drumheadquarters.com/images/fillers/LargestDrumset.jpg

My favorite drummer in the whole world is Chris Knapp, he plays with The Ataris, and he is the best.


Also The Reverend, from A7X (Avenged Sevenfold)
And Josh from Falling Up
ohh yeah and Cyrus Bolooki, New Found Glory

terrasin whos drum sets are those? they are all awsome.

according to the pic location the syllek attacks

The first one is Terry Bozzios who has worked with many bands including Frank Zappa, Duran Duran, Richard Marx, and Steve Vai.
The second one is Vinny Appice from such bands as Black Sabbath, Dio and Derringer
The third is Michael McNeil whom I'm not to sure of

CJ

that first one is huge!!!

I remember hearing about one in the worlds records that had 88 toms tuned as a piano would be... Man, that would be a wild kit. Can't find pix of it though...

CJ

really thats crazy that many toms is ridiculous the things people come up with.

You could play a long drum solo and never hit the same toms twice! I can't ever see myself wanting that many toms. In fact, I don't think I could go with more than 6 without feeling weird about it, put that is preference.

The way I have mine is 1 bass, 1 snare, 3 rack toms, 2 floor toms. Mounted with 6 Roland V-Drum triggers. Love it.

CJ

i dont have a set yet but the one i play on has a snare 3 rack toms a bass and one floor tom. and thats it cant play nothing but the bare minimum im gona get my own set though one of these days when i get enough money im just really really poor.:(

Well I don't know much about drums or drummers but if I picked one it would have to be Dunkin Phillips from the Newsboys.

Yes, Lori is an awesomke drummer. And the drummer from Korn is cool as well. Even though I don't like the song, the one that stands out in my head is "Make Me Bad"... that's some great drumming...
I'd agree with both those statements. But my fav drummer would have to be Lars Ulrich from Metallica.

Are there no fans of the venerable Dream Theater in here? Mike Portnoy has got to be the best active drummers on the planet right now. He also does his own clinics across the country and is a reagular submitter to Guitar world and such. He's done work on Liquid Tension Experiment among others. Check him out. My fav drummer right now is Bryan St. Pere from Hum. An unknown drummer from a relatively unknown band. Very cool dude.

ulrich is awsome. i really like his drumming and how they skrew up the toms in some of there songs to make it sound weird. Metallica is one of my favorite bands cause they all are very, very good musicians but... neil pert is the best drummer in the WORLD (sorry i just cant stress that enough)

I'd agree with both those statements. But my fav drummer would have to be Lars Ulrich from Metallica.
How could I forget Ulrich? *smacks his forehead*

ulrich is awsome. i really like his drumming and how they skrew up the toms in some of there songs to make it sound weird. Metallica is one of my favorite bands cause they all are very, very good musicians but... neil pert is the best drummer in the WORLD (sorry i just cant stress that enough)
lol Yeah, Ulrich is awesome. Metallica is second on my list of favorite bands only to Skillet. :D


How could I forget Ulrich? *smacks his forehead*
Yeah! How could you? ;D

Lars is a great drummer, Mike from Dream Theater, very awesome as well! There are much more out there who would make a huge list if I got started....

ive got a question does anyone know if the solo on the metallica song one was computer or if it really was kirk hammet. i know it has nothing to do w/ the thread but i needed to know and since we were talking about metallica what better time to ask.

I think it's Kirk...lemme check...



That's gotta be Kirk, even if the guitar does sound a little wierd.

its not weird it just is so fast i dont know how he can move his fingers like that... it seems impossible

its not weird it just is so fast i dont know how he can move his fingers like that... it seems impossible
LOL! You've obviously never seen Kirk (or James for that matter) play. Kirk and James Hetfield are the fastest guitarists I've ever seen, it's mind boggling. But shoudln't we get back to drummers? :D

There are some guitarist that can do amazing things, and Kirk is one of them.

never seen them live im too young and i dont like there new stuff so its pretty pointless to go to there shows. so i just listen to there old junk. which is awsome.

he he.. I went to a small concert (has Skillet, Audio A, and FIF at it) that this local band, jasper, was playing at, and the drummer tried to set his cymbals on fire and play, well we were under a tent and it was raining, one of the holes in the tent was right above his cymbals, so the gas wouldn't light on fire. He kept playing and his bass drum slid away from his set and he got angry and kicked his set over and walked off the stage, the band finished the song withouth drums and they had to finish early. I thought that was odd to see a local band player disrespect his set like that, i mean, money doesn't grow on trees. But oh well...

I'm going to have to stick by Lori Peters. She rocks so hard.
And Wuv from POd's pretty awesome.

Totally. Lori rocks so hard.

And Wuv from POd's pretty awesome.
Wuv is really cool, but he can get off sometimes...

Mark mathias is really good (Seventh Seal) he listens to a metronome when he plays so he doesn't get off beat, which some drummers can have problems with

i would have 2 say lori peters, but the guy who is the drummer for pillar is also good

you mean Lester? You're not talking about their old drummer right?

lori peters is my fav drummer. she has an awesome style

Lori is flat out awesome when it comes to intensity. You don't usually see that type of intensity (especially from chick drummers, no offence to any out there).

Neil Peart is awesome when it comes to shear skill. Being able to move in that set looks hard enough, but being able to coherently play it has got to be difficult.

However, the most awesome drummer I would have to say is the dude from Def Leppard. I think his name is Rick Allen. He lost his arm in a car accident yet didn't miss a beat (no pun intended). He even designed a special pedal board so he can play with one hand but still play as if he had two. If you listen to him you can't even tell he has only one arm. That is talent.

Peace

I really like lori but I Really like Dunkin phillips from the newboys. I'd have to say its a tie.

i agree with Reeper about the drummer from def leppard. that is ridiculously awesome to be able to overcome the fact that you only have one arm.

i would have to say that my favorite drummer is Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater

Gosh, there are so many good drummers, I can't choose.