On musicradar.com (which claims to be the #1 musicians website), they have Tommy Lee and Carmine Appice ahead of Billy Cobham and Elvin Jones. Are they sharin' a smoke with the chimp?! Then there's gigwise.com - they have the guy from Smashing Pumpkins ahead of Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich and Al Jackson Jr.
WHAT?
Are they f*#@king kidding?
You should see this list, it's mind-boggling who's NOT on this list. (The guy from The Yea, Yea, Yeas is on this list and Jack Dejohnette isn't - that's like putting Pauly Shore on the greatest comedians list and not Richard Pryor!)
Not all of the lists are that ridiculous. The Rolling Stone List is good - though exclusively rock drummers. Even though I disagree with the order and some of the choices (that's the beauty of personal opinion), it's pretty respectable.There are a couple of decent lists on the web, but they're hard to find. So, why don't we come up with our own.
We'll start with the top 10 in rock, jazz and funk/soul/r&b respectively.
Let's make the criteria: talent, taste, influence and originality.
Rock
John Bonham, Keith Moon, Charlie Watts, Ringo Starr, Stewart Copeland,
Earl Palmer, Ian Paice, D. J. Fontana, Bill Buford, Mitch Mitchell.
Jazz
Gene Krupa, Elvin Jones, Tony Williams, Chick Webb, Jack Dejohnette,
Peter Erskine, Buddy Rich, Max Roach, Billy Cobham, Steve Gadd.
Funk/Soul/RnB
David Garibaldi, Carl Stubblefield/Jabo Starks, Al Jackson Jr.,
Bernard Purdie, Ziggy Modeliste, Steve Gadd, Benny Benjamin/
Richard Allen, Roger Hawkins, Earl Palmer, Robbie Macintosh.
This is all up for debate, so...........
2 comments:
owen is still having posting problems
so i'm posting this for him.......
bonham may be universally respected as the greatest rock drummer.
in my defense, i ask you to take another listen to 'the real me' from quadrophenia.
your honour and members of the jury (robert, i hope you're listening):
i humbly submit that the greatest of rock drummers ever was mr. keith john moon*
*i also ask you also to listen again to 'she said, she said' by the beatles. it is simply the most overlooked pop music drumming song of all time.
was it even ringo ? i have to ask because it's still, now, sensational.
another from owen;
ok. i got some drummer questions for your blog.
number a: where the fuck's levon on your list ?
number b: how could you have forgotten levon ?
3. i think dave grohl should be on there. the dude can play.
4. mo tucker deserves a special place on the list.
5. i might be the only person who thinks jim capaldi should get a gold star but
i'm sticking with him.
6. the radiohead drummer sounds like he knows what he's doing to me. so does the
guy who plays with nick cave.
7. i hate to mention it but the red hot chili pepper guy sounds pretty good to
me
8. what about that guy who played with elvis all those years ? just for putting
up with him he should get in.
9. mickey finn has to get a place for 'best non-drummer who is now the answer to
a difficult trivia question'
10. i'm thinking of changing my name to ziggy modeliste fay.
and, 11. ok. tito puente wasn't a drummer but he knew how to bang on shit so he
counts.
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