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anonymous 17 July 2003

So let's pony up some names here, gang. Who were they people that made you wanna take a couple of sticks and bang 'em on something (and don't say your older sister!)? I'll go first:

No particular order:

The Classic People Who Made Me the Freak I am Now:
-Stewart Copeland (HUGE)
-John Bonham (HUGE)
-Steve Gadd (HUGE)
-Bill Bruford
-Zig Modeliste (HUGE)(drummer for The Meters, natch)
-Keith Moon

Those I Have Grown to Love:
-Ringo
-Charlie Watts
-Jeff Porcaro
-Omar Hakim
-Manu Katche

Newer People I Think Are Doing the Best Work These Days:
-Janet Weiss (Sleater-Kinney: if you haven't heard Sleater-Kinney, they RAWK. Three women who have as much rauscious "git down" as any guys I have heard. They should be top of the pops).
-Matt Chamberlain (Critters Bugging. He is apparently the first-call guy these days, did the last Bowie album. Critters is avante-garde jazz fusion, think maybe Naked City, except they forgot to take all the fun out of it, so it's great listening).

Yup, I'm done, Who's Next? (Gee, is that a reference?) Doc

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pmolsonmus Tue, 11/04/2003 - 10:43

Clyde Stubblefield with James Brown!

He lives in Madison WI (actually recently suffering from serious illness- living w/out insurance!)
Had a chance to work with him for a few gigs 15 years ago or so in a jazz and R&B setting. There is no one who can split the back of your head w/ a Funk backbeat better than Clyde and he could play in any style.

A few I didn't see mentioned in the jazz category:
Art Blakey
Max Roach
Philly Jo Jones

anonymous Fri, 11/14/2003 - 13:49

Yeah he was a GREAT big band drummer. I studied with him from 1962-1970. Unfortunately Al passed away a couple of years ago. His son: Matt has been doing well and was the touring drummer for Blood, Sweat and Tears as well as an active studio drummer.

BTW on the first page in my post, I mentioned both Art Blakey and Philly Jo Jones (although I forgot to mention Max Roach, Tony Williams and Elvin Jones, all great influences.) Another drummer that I listen to a lot is Jack de Johnette (who seems very appropriate to mention now, especially for this forum. He is an awesome drummer and a classically trained fine keyboard player too.)

anonymous Mon, 12/29/2003 - 20:42

Do you like Omar Hakim? He did a Weather Report stint. David

I saw 2 shows on that tour. Omar was just amazing. Sitting up there, straight backed upright posture, smiling away like he was relaxing on the beach, and the grooves and sound and power coming out of his kit were like a locomotive.
Other than that you all have pretty much nailed all of my influences, at least the well known ones,

anonymous Tue, 12/30/2003 - 07:02

Well, coming from a bassist, here are a few that I did not see:

Ray Cooper - could do more with a tambourine than some drummers do with an entire kit. I saw him with Elton John in the late '70s, just EJ with acoustic and electic piano, and Ray with a stage full of percussion

Max Weinberg - kind of a Charlie Watts with a little more balls

Dave Garibaldi

Ringo Starr - yeah I know he wasn't fancy, but I don't know of a rock drummer who played songs rather than just beats better than him - think of the pickup to Day Tripper as an example.

My 2 cents for what it's worth (yeah, I know - $.02)
:D

anonymous Sat, 01/03/2004 - 20:44

Originally posted by David Doc Herbert:
Paul,
Two shows on the tour? Sounds like Lady Luck gave you a big, fat kiss. I only have had the opportunity to see the film, which of course kicks serious tuchus. Happy Hols, David

I felt pretty lucky. They played twice in Chicago on thet tour, on the outgoing leg & the homebound leg, so I saw them 2 times several months apart. Both just awesome shows, those guys were on fire.

BTW, what is this film to which you refer? I gotta get me a copy.

bhuvan Wed, 03/03/2004 - 22:20

well here's my list of the guys who got me banging and drooling!

trilok gurtu :tu:
john bonham :tu:
mitch mitchell
dave weckl
steve gadd :tu:
neil peart
John Fishman
billy cobham

no one heard trilok gurtu??! i think he's the one guy who can blow my mind any given day or time. miles davis asked him to come and play with him but died before that could happen. he's played with don cherry and joe zawinul. you really have to check him out. :p:

speak of bill bruford's dynamics, i really like the way Fishman uses that around his kit along the jams with Phish.

anonymous Fri, 10/22/2004 - 21:05

In no order:

John Bonham
Michael Shrieve
Jimmy Chamberlin
Keith Moon
Joe Morello
Whoever R.A.T.M.'s drummer is
John Densmore
Chad Smith
Brian Bennet(Excellent Soloist)
Tony Williams
Mitch Mitchell did some pretty impressive songs("Fire")

There's tons of drummers whom I don't know the names of that are also amazing

golli Sun, 12/26/2004 - 22:09

Bring on the night is a Sting Movie/documentary, about the tour behind Dream of The Blue Turtle record. But Mr. Hakim is the drummer there. Sting managed to get together some serious jass/fusion musicians, way above his league 8).

Uppdate and addition to my list:

Gulli Briem (he's Icelandic :lol: )

anonymous Sun, 06/26/2005 - 06:13

Hi,

I'm a splendid drummer, howcome don't I, in comparison to you guys, know a single legendary/Classic drummer?

It's kinda wierd...
Also I don't know all the technical conceptions which are used in world of drumming,... But I could with guarantee take the most of you guys down...

Why am I not interested in knowing all of this... ?
Where do you get your information from ?

Guest Sun, 06/26/2005 - 07:38

jlee462 wrote: Wow!! I am not even a drummer, but I can't believe I haven't seen DANEY CARREY from Tool on this list yet. This guy is top notch

Me Too! And that's exactly what I was thinking jlee462 (Forty Six and Two, just ahead of me)
How about Dave Lombardo guys! IMO that dude was the best until Daney Carrey. Well atleast the fastest. His fills were sick.
Buddy Rich was NOT from this planet, so he doesn't count :lol: (fu*kin wild man!)
And what about Vinnie Paul? I love him! IMO one of the few drummers that plays with harmonies.
I saw Dave Grohl's name on here too (page 1 I think?). He also plays with harmonies (and not so much just beats and measures)and I love the loooong snare rolls he is famous for.
Igor Cavalera was good as well.

drumist69 Fri, 09/23/2005 - 19:51

just noticed

Just found this thread...here's my short list!

Started out listening to old Genesis (Gabriel days), Yes, King Crimson, and of course Zeppelin. So the Old School influences are in that vein....Phil Collins, Bill Bruford, John Bonham
In the 90's got into Smashing Pumpkins heavily...Jimmy Chamberlin was a huge influence on my style for years! I liked his combination of raw rock power with incredible finesse and chops. Sort of like a Bonham for the alt rock scene?
Here lately, as I get older (aw, hell, I'm only 35!), my tastes have changed again. I still love all the old stuff I grew up on, just branching out even more. I noticed someone listed Matt Chamberlin (any relation to Jimmy Chamberlin??). He's been huge lately as well. I have only heard the stuff he does with Tori Amos. Man! His playing on "Scarlett's Walk" was mind blowing to me! Such perfect grooves for each song, not only playing but from a production standpoint as well. The layers of drums and perfectly placed percussion overdubs. His drum and percussion tracks would be intrerestin all by themselves without the rest of the music there. I "borrowed" a few tricks from him, like layering a snare with brushes groove under the main beat. Who else? OK last one...I don't think I've seen him mentioned yet. Jeffrey "Houseman" Clemmens from G Love and Special Sauce!!! He made me go buy a piccolo snare!

anonymous Sun, 01/22/2006 - 05:40

most of the already mentioned ones and John Henry Bonham, because he can't be mentioned enough.

also an alltime fave for his uniqe grooves and particular spaced out hi hat play, Steve White he played with The Style Council and did all of the Paul Weller Solo Albums and lot of session stuff, including some nice acid jazz projects of him.

i have seen him several times live AMAZING.

anonymous Tue, 01/08/2008 - 21:51

Well some of my Influences;

Classic Drummers -

John Bonham (I love his Solid drumming style and I share the same Birthday with him)
Mitch Mitchell (Did crazy stuff live and in the studio)
Clive Bunker (Did some great stuff whilst a part of Jethro Tull)
Carl Palmer (So ahead of his time, and did crazy stuff whilst in E.L.P)

Modern Drummers -

Dave Lombardo (Pure Thrash Drumming)
John Dolymayan (Influenced My Drumming Style alot)
Aaron Gillespie (Awesome Drummer and Wicked Rolls all whilst singing)
Chris Adler (HUGE Influence on me)
Vinnie Paul Abbot (Nice Solid Style)
Ben Gordon (Awesome Metalcore Drummer)

There are probably lots more but to mention them all......

:shock:

anonymous Sun, 01/20/2008 - 21:30

Hmm. Original drum inspirations... Well, I have to say I was born on Jimi Hendrix's day of birth so who better than Mitch Mitchell? Nowadays, I'm inspired by great bass lines (Bob Daisley, Jeff Berlin, etc) and percussive phrasing more than anything else. (I hope my son sticks with piano!) Well, here goes:

Gene Krupa (The Original Drummerman)
Michael Giles (Old King Crimson)
Joe Morello (Dave Clark Five)
Rick Wakeman (comping rhythms) Six Wives of Henry VIII
David Garabaldi (Tower of Power)

Honorable Mention:
Neil Peart
Stewart Coepland
Bill Ward

So many more but space does not permit. Others, I really dig watching (Buddy, Zak Starkey)

bent Sun, 01/20/2008 - 22:24

Bill Ward!

Dude, I'm diggin' the fact that you would mention him!

Bill Ward rarely gets the respect he deserves!

I dare anyone to try to play early Sabbath beat for beat.

He's overlooked all the friggin' time, yet the guy was a maniac - Iron Man has fills that are all over the place - very cool!

8-)

anonymous Fri, 03/07/2008 - 10:21

The influences that made me want to be a drummer:
John Bonham
Stewart Copeland
Neil Peart
Steve Smith
Phil Ehart
Peter Criss

The ones I started to like a lot later on:
Danny Carey
Mike Portnoy
Josh Freeze
Matt Cameron

Then the ones who drove me to the guitar were:
Jimmy Page
Billy Howerdell
Gary Moore

There are a lot more that's just who came to mind right off the top of my head.

jordy Thu, 10/09/2008 - 08:56

as a kid i just listened to all top 40 stuff....and my moms tapes and records from the 80's...mostly rock....and of course - Blink 182 in High School.

today, i'm really into the indie/emo/rock stuff:

Underoath
All Time Low
Mayday Parade
Jimmy Eat World
Cute Is What We Aim For
Anberlin
Boys Like Girls
The Almost
Spill Canvas
Thursday
Taking Back Sunday..... the list could go on and on.

is anybody else into this stuff?....besides me....and teenage girls? haha.....or am i alone? :lol:
has anyone even heard of these bands before?

anonymous Tue, 11/18/2008 - 09:15

I'm not a drummer but I'll list some people that made me wanna pick up a guitar!

Bob Dylan
Jakob Dylan
John Prine
Between the Buried and Me
Shearwater
Magnolia Electric Company (AKA Songs:Ohia)
Bonnie Prince Billy
Darkest Hour
Doc Watson
Jose Gonzalas
Ryan Adams
Sun Kil Moon
Tom McCrae
Two Gallants
Tim Hardin
Tallest Man on Earth
And of course all of my musical friends!
(just to mention a few!)

jordy Thu, 02/19/2009 - 05:47

early Green Day
early Rancid
Sublime
Story of the Year
Taking Back Sunday
early Fall Out Boy -(first two albums were so kick ass!)
Hidden in Plain View
The Starting Line
Dave Melillo
Third Eye Blind
anything on Drive Thru Records in from like 2000-2005.

yep i think if you took all these bands and melted them together into one big cluster f@K, you'd come out with something that resembles my style of music.

SmashKAB Sat, 04/25/2009 - 15:36

Well…. This is a complicated subject… I have many influences for different things. I’d say my love for music was spawned by bands such as; Lamb of God, System of a Down, Tool, Arsis, Ensiferum, Eluveitie, The Bled, Refused, Knights of the Abyss, Born of Osiris, As I Lay Dying, Job For a Cowboy, Nevermore, Trauma, In Flames, DevilDriver, Arch Enemy, Strapping Young Lad, Wintersun, Nevermore, Opeth, The Black Dahlia Murder, Genesis, Amon Amarth (These bands are my favorites, I listen to a lot more.. But these are the Elite)

When I started drumming I was really into the Offspring. So Ron Welty taught me the art of Hard Rock/Punk drums… Later I focused on learning lots System Of A Down (John Dolmayan). This helped me develop a strong offbeat sense as well as pick up a few jazz techniques that are so badass! After that I had a strong need for technicality, and lusted for Double Bass. I found that in Lamb Of God (Chris Adler). Now these are my primary influences, I’ve learned at least ¾ of the songs from each bands.

Currently I’m playing/learning from;
Refused - David Sandström
DevilDriver - John Boecklin
The Bled - Mike Pedicone
Genesis – Phil Collins (Mostly from Abacab)
Arsis - Mike Van Dyne
Gojira - Mario Duplantier
Tool - Danny Carey

I also acknowledge my good friends and colleagues;
Chris Andersen – Assyria
Mark Schulze - Assyira
Nick Maldonado – Trigger
Dan Bowey – Trigger

These guys have given me reason to persist. Without my old bands Trigger & Assyria, I wouldn’t be half the drummer I am today.

This is where Audio enters the game. After dealing with a few sub-par studios I decided why not do the recording myself. Or at least know going into a studio what I want, and how I want it done.

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