Best Drummer?

[HardScienceFan]

and Omar Hakim,of course

[Briareus Delta]

Originally Posted by HardScienceFan

Topper driving a taxi????????
****d* H***

I thought this was common knowledge. He was rehabilitated from his heroin addiction, did The Knowledge and he's now a London cabbie.

[Fake Vencar]

Dave Mackintosh from Dragonforce. Such speed...

[McMurphy]

Dave Abbruzzese, the former drummer of Pearl Jam. That guy has energy. I remember reading once that a professional level drummer quipped that it was just too hard to match what Abbruzzese had laid down on a consistent basis and did not stay in the band for long.

[woodsman]

Yeah Mackintosh must have such energy - the songs last forever as well, although IMHO Li rules dragon force with a guitar of gold and his tremolo....

[Fake Vencar]

Originally Posted by woodsman

Yeah Mackintosh must have such energy - the songs last forever as well, although IMHO Li rules dragon force with a guitar of gold and his tremolo....

Fastest drummer and guitars i have ever heard. I'd still have Kirk Hammett over Li though. Fade to Black solo... Woops, out of topic. Yeah, Mackintosh the best i've heard although my music is quite narrow

[woodsman]

Listen to Haake. Neil Peart solo's better but Meshuggah's standard drum parts in songs (New Millenium Cyanide Christ) rock my world and it's not speed - it's polyrhythms still with fast footwork.
Carrey is rapid though but Peart prolly kicks both due to greater complexity, and being him!
Yeah I'd take Clapton over either but.... Or Frusciante - a musical soul.

[Fake Vencar]

Just listened to 'New Millennium Cyanide Christ' and i totally agree. Peart is the better drummer overall but that really steady beat works really well with the guitars. Thank you Woody, for introducing me to a new band!

[Ragnar]

Judging a drummer (or guitarist) by how fast they can play is like judging a writer by how fast they can type

[woodsman]

Indeed,

And no problem Fake, the timing is superb! Love Meshuggah.

[Fake Vencar]

How about Slayer's Hell Awaits for a good beat:

YouTube - Slayer - Hell Awaits

The drumming is excellent

[chrispenycate]

Puts in a vote for Billy Cobham – nice guy, and, since he basically lives in Switzerland, someone I've worked with frequently.
Wide range of styles, inovative and (wonder of wonders) knows how to play quietly.

[Alurny]

Martin Lopez is a personal favourite. Once of Opeth, who's career is hampered by illness

[Nightmare]

I second the mentions of Tomas Haake, Dave Lombardo, and Martin Lopez. And of course Neil Peart, it goes without saying.

I'd like to put in a good word for Brann Dailor of Mastodon. Very much Peart-inspired, especially the snare work; he hardly ever just plays a straight beat. It adds so much to the music.

[woodsman]

Ah, Dailor is indeed, quite a drummer and Mastodon quite a band indeed!