Greatest Drummer Eva!
 

Ok, listening to Lateralus at volumes that liquified my spleen today hit home that Danny Carey is a pretty awesome drummer by anyone's standards. Has there ever been a better rock drummer? The only guy that I can think of that I like better is Keith Moon, but that's because he was just freaking awesome in every way.
Anyone else? Who's overrated? Who's underrated?

Re: Greatest Drummer Eva!
 

uh - a guy by the name of Neil Peart perhaps??????

He's in a little band called Rush.

He probably blows away any drummer on the face of the Earth.

Re: Greatest Drummer Eva!
 

I happen to think Jon Theodore of The Mars Volta is pretty sick. Guy is a machine.

Re: Greatest Drummer Eva!
 

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uh - a guy by the name of Neil Peart perhaps??????

He's in a little band called Rush.

He probably blows away any drummer on the face of the Earth.

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except for a whole coterie of jazz drummers, but close.

Re: Greatest Drummer Eva!
 

carter beauford on the drums


carter beauford on the drums

dmb's drummer- savage.

Re: Greatest Drummer Eva!
 

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uh - a guy by the name of Neil Peart perhaps??????

He's in a little band called Rush.

He probably blows away any drummer on the face of the Earth.

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seconded


Jon Bonham wasn't too shabby either...

Re: Greatest Drummer Eva!
 

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uh - a guy by the name of Neil Peart perhaps??????

He's in a little band called Rush.

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I second this for precision, complexity. John Bonham for more of a raw, thundering, soul-stirring sound. I mean, c'mon...The Hammer of the Gods!!

Re: Greatest Drummer Eva!
 

Carey is a fantastic drummer. But there are plenty of drummers who are as talented as he is. Especially in the metal genre, where today's drummers have absolutely incredible double bass drum speed. If you want examples, for speed try Fear Factory. For odd time signatures, try Meshuggah. As good as Carey is, those guys are insane.

Keith Moon was tremendously overrated. He was a great character and he was wild on the drums, but he wasn't particularly innovative or fast.

And for those who say Peart, he was a great drummer in his times. But today's young drummers can do things that Peart could never dream of doing (not that they're as innovative or influential as Peart was).

Re: Greatest Drummer Eva!
 

Whoever played drums on the song War Pigs. That drumming is so sweet.

Re: Greatest Drummer Eva!
 

Wish I could find a larger pic of this...

http://img.search.com/e/e7/300px-Nei...collection.jpg