Favorite Drummer?

[clems6belio]

Thomas Haake, and Thomas Haake.
Dennis Chambers too, but Thomas Haake.

 

[chronocide]

Mick Harris. Blast beats, d-beat and no buggering about.

 

[Saber_777]

Flo Mounier - Cryptopsy my fav easy.



His blast and snare hits dont wave around, perfect line.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhj3Vx4vudk

 

[ShadowFactoryX]

flo is who got me drumming
but he's went downhill in his musical endeavors, and i dont respect him as i used to.

dennis chambers? hate his solos, total rubbage

 

[mtlfrm]

Matt Goom who has recently joined the Quireboys. He is really really good. The band doesn't seem to push him to much but I have seen him play and he's great!

 

[Scar Symmetry]

Gavin Harrison.
Flo Mounier.
Vitek.
Ray Luzier.
Virgil Donati.

 

[Epyon6]

Derek Roddy and George Kollias hands down!

 

[Black_Sheep]

Mike Portnoy, Martin Axenrot, Martin Lopez, Marco Minnemann, Mike Mangini, Gene Hoglan, Nicko McBrain, and many others...

But i guess those guys would be my favorites. While they might not be the best of the best technical super awesome blah blah, they each have a personal style, which i like very much.

You can always hit and bang the drums, make noise, but it takes skill to do that in a musical and creative way. And many young drummers today don't focus on that too much.

 

[Infamous Impact]

Hannes Grossmann, Mike Portnoy, Mike Mangini, Flo Mounier, Tim Yeung, Kai Hahto, Vitek (RIP), George Kollias, Derek Roddy, Martin Axenrot, Marco Minneman, Marco Pitruzzella, Navene Koperweiss, and Lyle Cooper.

 

[matt012ib]

Ray Luizer, Joey Jordison, John Bonham (no order)

 

[Gamma362]

Van Williams: love his style of playing, and it really sticks out from other drummers, at least to me.

Daniel Erlandsson: again love his playing style, it fits Arch Enemy perfectly imo

 

[Alexjorgenson667]

Proscriptor from Absu, Marco Minneman, Pete Sandoval, Frost from Satyricon, Hellhammer, Trym from Emperor/Zyklon, Francesco Paoli, Gene Hoglan, Sean Reinert, Christian Vander, George Kollias, John Longstreth, Cozy Powell, Martin Lopez, and Igor Cavalera.

A lot of these dudes haven't been mentioned and all are are insane players.

 

[Esp Griffyn]

No one's mentioned a couple of these:

Gary Husband

My brother loves Gary's drumming, but then he is really into Level 42 and jazz fusion in general, he would have mentioned him for sure if he posted here.

My favourites...

(older) Brann Dailor - guy knew how to drum a storm but keep a really tight groove. Sounds tight while also sounding loose, very original.

Neil Peart - need I say more?

 

[unclejemima218]

I'll have to go with George Kollias of Nile. He seems so fluid and smooth.

 

[danieluber1337]

Martin Axenrot (Opeth, Amon Amarth) - Jazz, death, prog -- this guy is a drummer buffet line
Zbigniew Promiński (Behemoth) - Perfectly metered auditory assault
Tomas Haake (Meshuggah) - Polyrhythms? He can do five at a time.

 

[yingmin]

Martin Axenrot (Opeth, Amon Amarth) - Jazz, death, prog -- this guy is a drummer buffet line

You've got your Martins crossed. Lopez played for Amon Amarth, not Axenrot.

 

[danieluber1337]

You've got your Martins crossed. Lopez played for Amon Amarth, not Axenrot.

Then add the other to the list! Both are good!

 

[Dayn]

Superior Drummer 2.0 is a pretty cool drummer. They can even sound like a drum machine!

Or was that Haake?

 

[ghostred7]

In no order: Dave Lombardo (Slayer), Scott Rockenfield (Queensryche), Chad Smith (RHCP), Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden)

 

[Kurkkuviipale]

I have multiple, but this is a Gavin influence on my playing so I'll just post this here:



Also, Mike Portnoy, Matt Halpern, Nicko McBrain, Jamie Postones. Not in a particular order.