Which drummers 'serve the music'?

axisus

Chuffola said:

The drumming on Cinema Show is sublime. 

Good call!

octatonic

Jean Paul Gaster.

mudslide73

Jim Gordon (before he went kaka of course) he's stellar on "Layla" and "All things must pass".

Kebabkid

Stewart Copeland, but each of The Police brought something to the table. Twin drums of the Glitter Band

No Neil Peart? 

RocknRollDave

Disagree re Copeland, Peart and Moon. Don't dislike any of them or their playing, just don't feel they are the kind of selfless drummer that fits in this thread. Just my two cents!

Phil_aka_Pip

Corky Laing
Steve Upton
Andy Ward

bigjon

Phil Gould of Level 42. I absolutely love Gary Husband as a drummer, but when he took over in Level 42 I suddenly started noticing what the drums were doing. When Phil Gould was playing I just liked the funkiness of the music.

uncledick

Bob C Benberg - Supertramp

HAL9000

Mick Fleetwood. Very solid, not flashy, and an integral part of the Fleetwood Mac sound.

+1 for Nick Mason.

DarnWeight

Jaki Liebzeit - CAN

sticker

Tony Thompson of Chic/Power Station

jpfamps

Al Jackson.

jpfamps

Danny1969 said:

John Bonham,generally he not only played the perfect parts to go with the music but the parts were so good they were the music. Even as a teenage kid who knew nothing about drums I could tell he was special. 

I really like the drummer in KOL as well, whatever his name is

I find Bonham's drumming quite lumpy, and devoid of swing.

I my view rock drumming all went wrong when drummers started copying Bonham.

CHRISB50

Vinni Paul

PolarityMan

CHRISB50 said:

Vinni Paul

Good shout, great use of double bass.

rossyamaha

The ones that spring to mind are...

Carter Beauford

Stewart Copeland

Ash Soan

Steve Jordan

IvisonGuitars

Simon Kirke

CHRISB50

PolarityMan said:

CHRISB50 said:

Vinni Paul

Good shout, great use of double bass.

He has a real groove to his playing. Is tight as it gets and funky as fuck!

EricTheWeary

Kebabkid said:

Stewart Copeland, but each of The Police brought something to the table. Twin drums of the Glitter Band

No Neil Peart? 

Unexpected reference to the Glitter Band but that's true. The importance of Bill Ward to Sabbath can be judged by the lumpy job done by those who succeeded him. Charlie Watts obviously.  Actually I'm struggling to think of well known/ pro bands where you think FFS sack the drummer ( except for pretty much any drum solo in a gig at which point I'd shoot any of them).

richardhomer

Gilson Lavis