Hey fellow drum nerds!
Just curious, which drummers have influenced you playing the most? I know the list could possibly go on forever, so just pick say 5ish
For me, apart from my various teachers etc...:
Stuart Copeland - The Police
Ahmir '?uestlove' Thompson - The Roots, D'Angelo
Billy Martin - Medeski, Martin and Wood
Jeff Ballard - Brad Maldhau, Josh Redman
Kenwood Dennard - Maceo Parker
It's hard to stop at 5 i know.... so many awesome drummers.
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1) Jack Dejohnette
2) Bill Stewart
3) Dave Weckl
4) Zach Danzinger
5) Vinnie Colaiuta
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Last edited by liquid; 02-08-08 at 10:28 PM.
In no particular order,
Matt Helders
George Barnett
Dave Turncratz
Aaron Gillespie
Zac Farro
Steven Ansell
Jack Bevan
..and many other drummers and beat-makers. I wanna mention people like Jojo Mayer, Carter Beauford, Akira Jimbo and other drummers of their calibre, but I just can't do the things they do. Haha.
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1 - Jimmy Chamberlin (The Smashing Pumpkins)
2 - Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters)
3 - Yukihiro (L'Arc~en~Ciel)
4 - Chad Smith (Red Hot Chilli Peppers)
5 - Dave McClain (Machine Head)
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Ian Paice
Cozy Powell
Dave Lombardo
Neil Peart
Clive Burr
Nicko McBrain
Vinny Appice
Vinnie Colaiuta
Munetaka Higuchi
John Bonham
... and a few others but these 10 are tops on my list (in no particular order).
I don't really like some of the bands they played with but I just love their drumming.
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Cool, thanks guys. Good to hear what you guys dig.
Like you, there are sooooooo many drummers I admire and love to listen to, but i don't know how much they've directly influenced my playing style.
Keep em comin'!!!
For me, it will b....
Mike Portnoy
Dave Lombardo
Jason Bittner
Neil Peart
Yoshiki
Abit of others drummers. basically, tis are the drummers that have influence me ALOT......
Chris Adler and Martin Lopez.
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I admire alot of drummers,
but the ones that influence me the most is,
Chad Smith and John Bonham.
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