Favorite Drummer?

[Daggorath]

Minneman, Haake, Harrison, are probably my 3 faves.

 

[Solodini]

Martin Lopez, Brann Dailor, Danny Carey, Gavin Harrison.

 

[Steve08]

Tomas Haake, Sean Reinert, Benny Greb, Derek Roddy, Virgil Donati, Mike Heller, Gene Hoglan, Jon Karel, Bobby Jarzombek, Gil Sharone, Chris Pennie, Matt Halpern, Longineu Parsons, Abe Cunningham, John Bonham, Travis Orbin, Gavin Harrison, John Dolmayan, Zach Hill, Steve Smith, Jojo Mayer, Mark Guiliana, Jamie Saint Merat sounds about right...

edit: Definitely Mike Smith and Flo Mounier also.

 

[Xanaga]

Blake Richardson probably.

 

[bennerman]

Bill Ward and Keith Moon

 

[Goatfork]

Either Haake or Adler.

 

[ImBCRichBitch]

Joey Jordison, Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan, Alex Van Halen, Dave Lombardo, and Neil Peart

 

[Augury]

Joey Jordison. Nope just trolling xD

Lyle Cooper (The Faceless), Inferno (Behemoth), Hannes Grossmann (Obscura), Tomas Haake (Meshuggah)

 

[Apothic]

Danny Carey, Blake Richardson, Mike Portnoy, Tony Royster Jr

 

[MTech]

The Hog!

 

[ArrowHead]

Sean Reinert. Still amazed how long it took me to understand this guy was as amazing as he is.











Restraint, or lack of it. The ability to choose which to use and when. His amazing chops, and the way he is able to pull out all the stops, yet halfway through pull out everything non-essential and let the music breathe and shine. His playing is absolutely nothing like anyone out there, which puts him right at the top of my list.

I love his use of symmetry, hats, and ride in his kit as well.

 

[Augury]

Sam Applebaum
Romain Goulon
Lyle Cooper
Hannes Grossmann
Inferno

edit
Crap, how could I forget Vitek?

 

[degge]

Blake Richardson, Mike Portnoy, Marco Minnemann, Matt Halpern, Bobby Jarzombek

 

[Dwellingers]

Thank god I was going to say nobody has mentioned joey jordison and Chris adler.

Its not "your opinion on who is the most proficient drummer", but "favorite drummer". JJs got a real well defined style.

 

[fps]

Jean-Paul Gaster, Martin Lopez, Danny Carey, Sean Kinney, Vitek, Flo Mounier, Brann Dailor, Mike Portnoy (got lazy though)

 

[Beowulf Von Thrashmeister]

My favourite 5 drummers are (in no particular order) ...

Neil Peart (Rush)



Pete Sandoval (Morbid Angel/Terrorizer)

Terrorizer - Dead Shall Rise - YouTube

Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater)



Ventor (Kreator)



Petter Karlson (ex Therion)

 

[C2Aye]

Chad Smith because he hits those drums so damn hard yet so damn groovy.

 

[pattonfreak1]

Vinnie Coliuta
Anton Fig
Greg Bisonette
And...





Steve muthafuckin' Gadd

 

[Ironbird]

In no order of preference:

Richard Christy
Gene Hoglan
Dave Lombardo
Van Williams
Derek Roddy
Tony Laureano
Max Kolesne

Man, someone should invent a Fantasy Metal game, just like Fantasy Football. I'd pick Williams, Roddy and Kolesne!

 

[mikecallaway]

Gabe Serbian