Is Danny Carey the greatest drummer ever?

[Screw_Michigan]

Yes

[Goober McTuber]

No.

He might be in the top 10.

Better question:

Are you the biggest tool ever?

[buckeye_in_sc]

Hmmm...

While Carey is mos def a beast...and since I play drums...I'll give you my top 10-15 ish...in no order

Bozzio
Peart
Moon
Ulrich
Benante
Buddy Rich (obvs)
Krupa
Portnoy
Weckl
Carey - obvs makes the list
Correa
Mangini

that's about 12 guys that I have followed think are the tops...

[Goober McTuber]

Where's Bonham? (Whitey wants to know).

[buckeye_in_sc]

dang good catch...yep...Bonzo should mos def be on there

[Screw_Michigan]

Buckeye, where would you rank Matt Cameron?

[Screw_Michigan]

What about Steven Adler?

Sincerely,

[buckeye_in_sc]

Screw -

I like him...but I grew up in the thrash/metal type stuff...

my drum teacher turned me onto Correa, Weckl, guys like that...so do I or have I missed some guys due to not really "following" them...sure...

Cameron is good like I said...I just don't consider him top 15 worthy IMHO...

I'd have Grohl, Shannon Larkin, Morgan Rose, etc...above Cameron on a deeper list...

[Goober McTuber]

His being a dick doesn't diminish his talent in any way.

Kind of like mvscal.

[Dinsdale]

Grohl? For real? He's a drum machine, with less talent. Play the exact same basic fill every time... neat. He's fucking awful.


Carl Palmer should make anybody's list.

Mickey Hart is awesome, as is his partner, Bill Kreutzmann.

[Goober McTuber]

Mickey Hart is awesome, as is his partner, Bill Kreutzmann.

I did not know they were gay. Not there's anything wrong with that...

[MiketheangrydrunkenCUfan]

As a non-drummer, my faves are:
Lombardo (inhuman)
JP Gaster (I would fucking love to play bass with this guy)
Claude Coleman (ridiculously versatile)
Carey (also inhuman)
Bonham (duh)
?uestlove (the rare drummer who's the face of the band)
Crover (loud as fuck)
Meg White (j/k lulz)



Also, fuck Lars Ulrich.

[smackaholic]

Grohl? For real? He's a drum machine, with less talent. Play the exact same basic fill every time... neat. He's fucking awful.


Carl Palmer should make anybody's list.

Mickey Hart is awesome, as is his partner, Bill Kreutzmann.

Carl Palmer has the quickest hands on the planet. Period.

Now that Buddy is dead, maybe he does. Buddy does shit you just can't fukking believe, even though you are watching it.

BTW, Buddy was a fan of CP. In general, he wasn't much of a rock drummer fan though.

My favorites...

Joe Morello- had near Buddy like chops, but more musical than Buddy. Absolutely beautiful player.

Buddy-see above

Papa Jo Jones- Dude was doing barehand solos when bonzo was in diapers. Maybe the best hands ever.

Bonzo- He is the heavy metal standard and so much more. Amazing feel.

Stewart Copeland

Carl Palmer

Peart - Yeah, he swings like a rusty gate, but so what. His fills are still the best

Ginger Baker

Steve Gadd - dude's grove is deeper than cinder's gash. check out him and weckyl and colaiuta on the burning for buddy concert

[Mikey]

Really no such thing as "the greatest ever." With that in mind, a few from the past and a few more recent that I'll have to add to the list

David Garibaldi - a lot more influential than most realize
Billy Cobham
Vinnie Colaiuta
Keith Carlock
Peter Erskine
Alex Acuña

Edit: I guess 'holic beat me to Vinnie

[Mikey]

Here's a more complete list, BTW...

Matt Abts
Alex Acuna
Daniel Adair
Chris Adler
Morgan Agren
Airto
Tommy Aldridge
Tim Alexander
Rashied Ali
Don Alias
Carl Allen
Cliff Almond
Barry Altschul
Robby Ameen
Scott Amendola
Animal
Charly Antolini
Carmine Appice
Vinny Appice
Kenny Aronoff
Billy Ashbaugh
Mick Avory
Marcel Bach
Colin Bailey
Donald Bailey
Ginger Baker
Jeff Ballard
Alex Bally
Joe La Barbera
Travis Barker
Joey Baron
Ranjit Barot
Julio Barreto
Ray Barretto
Ray Bauduc
Eddie Bayers
Marcus Baylor
Frank Beard
Carter Beauford
Poogie Bell
Louie Bellson
Frank Bellucci
Brian Bennett
Hank Bennink
Joe Bergamini
Tal Bergman
Jon Bermuda Schwartz
Ignacio Berroa
Pete Ray Biggin
Curt Bisquera
Gregg Bissonette
Jason Bittner
Roger Biwandu
Dave Black
Cindy Blackman
John Blackwell
Brian Blade
Hal Blaine
Art Blakey
Jason Bonham
John Bonham
Gergo Borlai
Paul Bostaph
Terry Bozzio
Dirk Brand
Jimmy Branly
Tom Brechtlein
Amir Bresler
Don Brewer
Gerry Brown
Bill Bruford
Ronald Bruner Jr.
Jack Bruno
Mark Brzezicki
Roy Burns
William Calhoun
Clayton Cameron
Matt Cameron
Gorden Campbell
Teddy Campbell
Tommy Campbell
Emmanuelle Caplette
Danny Carey
Keith Carlock
Bun E. Carlos
Karen Carpenter
Terri Lyne Carrington
Joey Castillo
Lenny Castro
Deen Castronovo
Big Sid Catlett
André Ceccarelli
Dave DiCenso
Gary Chaffee
Matt Chamberlain
Jimmy Chamberlin
Dennis Chambers
Ndugu Chancler
Jim Chapin
Gary Chester
Jon Christensen
Kenny Clare
Greg Clark
Mike Clark
Kenny Clarke
Tommy Clufetos
Jimmy Cobb
Bill Cobham
Vinnie Colaiuta
Cozy Cole
Chris Coleman
Cora Coleman-Dunham
Tony Coleman
Phil Collins
Aaron Comess
Luis Conte
Tre Cool
Ray Cooper
Stewart Copeland
Kirk Covington
Adam Cruz
Abe Cunningham
Andrew Cyrille
Nick D'Virgilio
Paulinho Da Costa
Brann Dailor
Zach Danziger
Flo Dauner
Chris "Daddy" Dave
Mike Davila
Alan Dawson
Barrett Deems
Jimmy DeGrasso
Adam Deitch
Jack DeJohnette
Kenwood Dennard
John Densmore
Liberty DeVitto
Dave DiCenso
Marko Djordjevic
Warren "Baby" Dodds
John Dolmayan
Peter Donald
Virgil Donati
Brian Downey
Hamid Drake
Martin Drew
The Drumbassadors
Billy Drummond
Aynsley Dunbar
Sheila E.
Phil Ehart
Dave Elitch
Paul Elliott
Sonny Emory
Peter Erskine
Dom Famularo
Pierre Favre
Steve Ferrone
Anton Fig
Vera Figueiredo
Sammy Figueroa
Larry Finn
Eric Fischer
Mick Fleetwood
D.J. Fontana
Hannah Ford
Shannon Forrest
Al Foster
Panama Francis
Brian Frasier-Moore
Josh Freese
Kiko Freitas
Steve Gadd
James Gadson
Richie Gajate-Garcia
David Garibaldi
Matt Garstka
Mel Gaynor
Andy Gillmann
Daniel Glass
Evelyn Glennie
Jim Gordon
Danny Gottlieb
Jimmy DeGrasso
Rick Gratton
Eric Kamau Gravatt
Benny Greb
Sonny Greer
Rayford Griffin
Dave Grohl
Freddie Gruber
Donny Gruendler
Mark Guiliana
Terreon Gully
Trilok Gurtu
Ralf Gustke
Tomas Haake
Wolfgang Haffner
Omar Hakim
Matt Halpern
Chico Hamilton
Jeff Hamilton
Lionel Hampton
Jake Hanna
Eric Harland
Buddy Harman
Gavin Harrison
Mickey Hart
Billy Hart
Steve Hass
Fritz Hauser
Roger Hawkins
Taylor Hawkins
Louis Hayes
Roy Haynes
Richie Hayward
Albert Tootie Heath
Hernan Hecht
Levon Helm
Don Henley
Joey Heredia
Horacio Hernandez
Raymond Herrera
Claus Hessler
Gerald Heyward
Giovanni Hidalgo
Billy Higgins
Jon Hiseman
Ari Hoenig
Gene Hoglan
Rodney Holmes
Steve Houghton
Daniel Humair
Gary Husband
Zakir Hussain
Greg Hutchinson
Susie Ibarra
Tommy Igoe
Tris Imboden
Al Jackson
Bobby Jarzombek
Akira Jimbo
Jack DeJohnette
Mike Johnston
Daru Jones
Elvin Jones
Harold Jones
Hilary Jones
Papa Jo Jones
Philly Joe Jones
Randy Jones
Rufus "Speedy" Jones
Steve Jordan
Joey Jordison
Jonathan Joseph
Manu Katché
Senri Kawaguchi
Jim Keltner
Will Kennedy
Billy Kilson
George Kollias
Glenn Kotche
Joey Kramer
Bill Kreutzmann
Gene Krupa
Russ Kunkel
Joe La Barbera
Abe Laboriel, jr.
Gene Lake
Don Lamond
Thomas Lang
Dave Langguth
Shannon Larkin
Pete LaRoca Sims
Karl Latham
Rick Latham
Trevor Lawrence Jr.
Ricky Lawson
Chris Layton
Tommy Lee
Felix M. Lehrmann
Paul Leim
Stan Levey
Mel Lewis
Victor Lewis
Pete Lockett
Dave Lombardo
Larrie Londin
Hakim Ludin
Ray Luzier
Mike Mangini
Shelly Manne
Brian "Brain" Mantia
Sherrie Maricle
Rick Marotta
John Marshall
Billy Martin
Pedrito Martinez
Ken K. Mary
Harvey Mason
Nick Mason
Pat Mastelotto
Dave Mattacks
Phil Maturano
JoJo Mayer
Nicko McBrain
Joe McCarthy
George "Spanky" McCurdy
Jason McGerr
Marvin McQuitty
Buddy Miles
Butch Miles
Russ Miller
Marco Minnemann
Mitch Mitchell
Joseph Ziggy Modeliste
Jonathan Moffett
Drori Mondlak
Keith Moon
Eric Moore
Stanton Moore
Steve Moore
Airto Moreira
Joe Morello
Rod Morgenstein
Joe Morris
Nate Morton
Paul Motian
Famadou Don Moye
Alphonse Mouzon
Jonathan Mover
Moritz Mueller
Idris Muhammad
Larry Mullen Jr.
Narada
Lewis Nash
Sandy Nelson
Andy Newmark
Jost Nickel
Anika Nilles
Gary Novak
Adam Nussbaum
Volkan Oektem
Jamie Oldaker
Nigel Olsson
John Otto
Ian Paice
Carl Palmer
Earl Palmer
Francis Panama
Toss Panos
Chris Parker
Leon Parker
Vinnie Paul
Jim Payne
Sonny Payne
Neil Peart
Shawn Pelton
Clarence Penn
Chris Pennie
Karl Perazzo
Stephen Perkins
Charli Persip
Ralph Peterson
Pat Petrillo
Simon Phillips
Felix Pollard
Joe Porcaro
Jeff Porcaro
Mike Portnoy
Cozy Powell
Bobby Previte
Thomas Pridgen
Aquiles Priester
Dafnis Prieto
Tito Puente
Bernard Purdie
Alvin Queen
Jeff Queen
Questlove
Johnny Rabb
Tobias Ralph
Raul Rekow
Walfredo Reyes
Walfredo Reyes, Jr.
Buddy Rich
Dannie Richmond
Sean Rickman
Alex Riel
Kariem Riggins
Ben Riley
Herlin Riley
Jim Riley
John Riley
Ringo
Chip Ritter
Max Roach
John "J.R." Robinson
Pete LaRoca Sims
Derek Roddy
Mickey Roker
Bobby Rondinelli
Joel Rosenblatt
Tony Royster Jr.
Ilan Rubin
Phil Rudd
Daniel Sadownick
Bobby Sanabria
Antonio Sanchez
Poncho Sanchez
Mongo Santamaria
Cindy Blackman Santana
Mark Schulman
Jon Bermuda Schwartz
Robert "Sput" Searight
Denny Seiwell
Danny Seraphine
Paco Séry
Chad Sexton
Gil Sharone
Ed Shaughnessy
Michael Shrieve
Pete LaRoca Sims
Eric Singer
Zutty Singleton
Chad Smith
Marvin "Smitty" Smith
Nate Smith
Nick Smith
Steve Smith
Ash Soan
Ed Soph
Matt Sorum
Aaron Spears
David Stanoch
Zak Starkey
John "Jabo" Starks
Ringo Starr
Bill Stewart
Nisan Stewart
Clyde Stubblefield
Fredy Studer
Todd Sucherman
James "The Rev" Sullivan
Grady Tate
Art Taylor
Mel Taylor
Roger Taylor
John Tempesta
Aaron Thier
Ed Thigpen
Ian Thomas
Ahmir Questlove Thompson
Chester Thompson
Brian Tichy
Top Secret Drum Corps
Pat Torpey
Tico Torres
Dave Tough
Nat Townsley
Ron Tutt
Lars Ulrich
Vadrum
Andrea Vadrucci
Christian Vander
Alex Van Halen
Ronnie Vannucci
Nana Vasconcelos
Carlos Vega
Glen Velez
Ronnie Verrell
Nicolas Viccaro
Johnny Vidacovich
Nick D'Virgilio
Chad Wackerman
Nasheet Waits
Narada Michael Walden
Bill Ward
Billy Ward
Kenny Washington
Derico Watson
Charlie Watts
Jeff "Tain" Watts
Chick Webb
Dave Weckl
Max Weinberg
Klaus Weiss
Paul Wertico
George Wettling
Alan White
Lenny White
Steve White
Pete Wilhoit
Brad Wilk
Tony Williams
Matt Wilson
Shadow Wilson
Sam Woodyard
Pete York
Pete Zeldman
Zoro

[MiketheangrydrunkenCUfan]

I love that even on a list that essentially includes everyone who has ever picked up two pieces of wood and banged on something cylindrical, Meg White doesn't make the cut. Heh.

[Mikey]

I love that even on a list that essentially includes everyone who has ever picked up two pieces of wood and banged on something cylindrical, Meg White doesn't make the cut. Heh.

It's Drummerworld's top 500 drummers. I'll bet there's at least 50 who didn't make it, including that guy with two 5 gallon paint buckets down by the bus station.

[PSUFAN]

Check these bums out:

[PSUFAN]

...
Papa Jo Jones
...

...gets my vote: