Name Ur Favs!
 

im sure someone has posted a thread like this on here b4, but i just kinda felt like starting a "name ur favorite drummers" thread. so, go ahead guys, blow me away!

MINE: (not in a particular order)

Virgil Donati
Mike Portnoy
Jason Rullo
Rod Morgenstein
Nicko McBrain
Alex Van Halen
Mick Brown
Scott Travis
Buddy Rich
Terry Bozzio
Dave Lombardo
Dave Weckl
Vinnie Colaiuta
Billy Cobham
Cozy Powell
Mike Terrana

..that about covers it :)

Mine are:

Pete Drummond
Virgil Donati
Thomas Lang
Vinnie Colaiuta
Mike Mangini
Steve Gadd
Dave Weckl
Joe Morello
Buddy Rich
Dennis Chambers
David Jones
Gordon Rytmeister
Tony Williams
Chad Wackerman
Chad Smith (for when I first started playing, if it were not for him, I wouldnt be playing drums at all really!)
Anton Fig (I stay up until Dave Letterman is on which is at like 12:30am, just so I can see him play, great band, and great drummer!)
Matt Cameron

It really just goes on and on from there! :D

lars ulrich

That crazy vision of my future self in about... uhh... 20 years? :D

Vinnie Colaiuta
Terry Bozzio
Barriemore Barlow
Simon Phillips
Virg
Jojo Mayer
Joey Heredia
Rod Morgenstein
Marco Minnemann
Mike Clark
Billy Cobham
Clive Burr
Chad Wackerman
Robin Dimaggio
Graham Lear
Casey Scheurell
Toss Panos
Mark Craney
Omar Hakim

Lets see here:

Virgil
Mangini
Lang
El Negro Hernandez
Neil Peart
Weckl
Vinnie
Brian Blade
Jeff Hamilton
Steve Gadd
Grant Collins (a recent addition to the list)
Jeff porcaro

I could go on forever, but I'll stop there....

Favorite Drummers
 

Besides all the names mentioned,one drummer I never hear anyone mention,and I feel is a great player and well worth checking out is Rodney Holmes.

fav drummers eeh...? okay here goes...
*not in order of merit* :D

Virgil Donati
Mike Portnoy
Mike Mangini
Jason Rullo
Rod Morgenstein
Thomas Lang
Marco Minnemann
Deen Castronovo
Mike Terrana
Carter Beauford
Steve Smith
Abe Laboriel Jr.
Simon Phillips
Paul Bostaph
Dave Lombardo
Tommy Lee
Dave Weckl
............................the list goes on and on and on :D

these are my main influences..... ;)

-Virg
-Vinnie
-Jeff (Porcaro)
-Weckl
-Trilok
-Simon
-J.R.
-Gadd

These are my main ones, alongside local drummers who inspired me early on. You wouldn't know em...

me
ringo star
...hahaha!

seriously...
Bonham
Peart
Jeff Procaro
...and all the above mentioned drummers!

I might add our local drummers like...
Mar Dizon
Rolly Quizon
Allen B.
Jun Mercado
...and so many more

Mine:

Morgan Agren
Virgil Donati
Julio Barreto
Mike Mangini
Bengan Andersson
Terry Bozzio
Jeff Porcaro
Simon Phillips
Per Lindvall
Vinnie Colaiuta
Thomas Lang
Dave Weckl
David Garibaldi
Dennis Chambers

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That's my top ratings.

- B.

Virgil Donati
Tony Williams
JoJo Mayer

I could name dozens of other guys I love, but those are my top 3 favorites.

Stright up........
virgil
portnoy
peart

Stapper

In no special order.

Donati
Jimmy Chamberlin
Matt Cameron
Bill Bruford
Sami Kuoppamäki (a fantastic Finnish drummer)

These are the ones that have influenced me the most, maybe... but there are a million more whom I could and should name..

Bonham
Michael Giles
Vinnie Colaiuta
Pat Mastelotto (Pats playing and combination of electronics and acoustic drums is just genious with the current line-up of King Crimson! Check "The Power to Believe" and "Eyes Wide Open"-DVD.)


Cheers..

Donati
Bozzio
Colaiuta
Tony Williams
Bonham
Buddy Rich
JoJo Mayer
Ahmir ?uestlove Thompson
Jon Fishman
Alex Acuña
Trilok Gurtu
Louis Bellson
Horacio Hernandez
Roy Haynes
Cindy Blackman
Chad Smith
Max Weinberg
Ed Shaughnessy
Sheila E
Dave Abbruzzese
Matt Cameron
Stephen Perkins
Mike Bordin