[shazaam]

Mine in order are - Joey Jordison - Jason Bittner - Chris Adler - Brad Wilk - Chad Smith(never knew he was from around my are,sorta, till today) - Dave Lombardo - and yea. Ummm, Killswitch Engage's drummer also, don't remember his name though. Almost forgot Buddy Rich and Tony Royster jr. too. If you guys want this can turn into somethin of a criticizing thread too about drummers and why you think they aren't the best. I know that not a lot of people, atleast that I know, dislike Joey Jordison. Personally, he's just a really good drummer plus he's a perty good guitarist too. Iono, I just really like him though his "solo" that was on umm, disasterpeices I think sorta sucked IMO, it was cool and all but not really "AAAAAamazing" by any means.

[Pyrochazm]

I'm really into drummers who are just good and solid rock drummers: Vinnie Paul, Shannon Larkin, Dave McLain ect.

[mouse]

Mainly all meat and potato English drummers from the rock era

Ian Paice Deep Purple
Steve Ferrone Average White Band, Tom Petty
John Bonham Led Zepelin
Kenny Jones Who
Roger Taylor Queen
Larry Mullen Jnr U2
Simon Kirke Bad Company
All drummers of bands Jethro Tull, Iron Maiden, Kiss, Steppenwolf
Mick Tucker The Sweet
Lee Kerslake Uriah Heep
Daryll Sweet Nazareth
Mick Fleetwood Fleetwood Mac
Kenny Aronoff John Couger
Anton Fig Letterman show

Most inspirational drummer to me is Ian Paice. Not only his playing but his mindset and approach to drumming i have gained a lot from.
http://www.effingham.net/bishop/IanP...erviewPage.htm

His DVD "Not for the Pros" is very good, any learner should check it out.
http://www.amazon.com/Not-Pros-Ian-Paice/dp/B00006ADFG

[STNDRUMS]

In no order:

Mike Smith-Suffocation
Tim Yeung-Vital Remains
Chris Adler-Lamb of God
Jason Bittner-Shadows Fall
Vitek-Decapitated
Nick Barker-Ex.Dimmu Borgir
Max Duhammel-Kataklysm
Nicke Grabowski-The Forsaken
Ira Harris-Watch Them Die
Horgh-Hypocrisy
Dave Haley-Aborted
Dom Famularo
Dan Britt

.........my list could go on and on.

[lastditch]

Navene Kaperwies-Animosity
John Longstreth-Origin,DimMak
Dave Haley-Psycroptic
Tony Westermark-Soreption
Nick Ursich-Gatekeeper
Ken Shalk-Candiria
Hannes Grossman-Necrophagist
John Stanier-Helmet,Tomahawk
Bill Bruford-King Crimson
Andy Taylor-Diskreet
Billy Cobham-Mahavishnu Orchestra
Johnny Rabb,Bobby Jarzombek,Vitek,Abe Cunningham,Mario DuPlantier,JoJo Mayer...man there are just so many incredible drummers...its hard to pick!!

[shazaam]

WOW you guys like a lot of drummers. Appparently I should start looking more into, well, a lot of em' I guess =P And from quite a few bands I haven't heard of too.

[mouse]

Have you seen the Chad Smith and Ian Paice dvd, you may like it?

http://musicbooksplus.com/chad-smith-paice-p-5920.html

BTW i have found Musicbooksplus a very good source of inspirational and technical stuff, great to deal with.

[skinslapper]

Yeah I've seen a bit of that video.

Anyway, here goes.

Danny Carey, John Dolmayan, Terry Bozzio, Dave Grohl, David Silvera, Igor Cavalera, Joey Jordison, Jimmy Chamberline, Dave Mclain, Mike Bordin, Lars Ulrich, Dom Famularo, Brad Wilk, Brain Mantia, Buddy Rich, Animal, John Bonham, Chris Adler, John Tempesta, John Stanier, Ginger Fish, Grant Collins (the Aussie Bozzio), Dave Weckl, Chad Smith, Jim Marshall (that's right, he's a drummer), Vinnie Paul, Matt Mcdonough, Patti Schemel, etc, etc.

Hey Lastditch. Have you heard the Australin band that Stanier drums for, The Mark Of Cain? He comes down here and tours with them every so often. Henry Rollins produced them at one point. Check it out http://www.tmoc.com.au/

[shazaam]

skinslapper, why lars ulrich? Metallica's good but I wouldn't take Lars as being all to great a drummer? I do like him though cause what he plays sounds cool and works well, but it's simple...? Crap I just went against myself Chad Smith's stuff is simple but sounds cool. Just that one of my friends(another drummer), well, he dislikes Lars because he's simple. Along with his mindset that Metallica are sellouts now. I disagree with him there, but half agreed with him about Ulrich.

[skinslapper]

Now let's just clarify one thing. I am not one of those mindless metallica freaks, who thinks music began and ends with that band. However, I do feel that metallica have been one of the key influences to modern metal and Lars is probably the biggest reason for that. His european upbringing has helped the band to look outside the box in the past and this is what's made metallica the force that it once was.