Favorite Drummer

Buddy, Louie Bellson, Morello, Neil, Gavin, Moonie, Bonzo, Greb.
 
The guy who consistently blows my mind is Simon Phillips.

The guy whose style I enjoy trying to emulate is Robbie McIntosh.
 
Bonham is my benchmark since I grew up listening to him.

However, Bernard Purdy is magic to me.
 
Vinnie says it's me.
 
I have a hard time separating who I like to hear from who I like to watch.
when both factors are in play, a quick thought would be it's probably Papa Jo, Moonie, Discenzo, Coleman and Purdie.
Some people just have a certain special something that comes across when you see them play.
 
Ian Paice.
...and Animal.
 
Neil Peart is pretty much my drumming hero but some of my other favorites include Ringo, Copeland, Bill Bruford, Mike Portnoy, Lars, and Jonathan Moffett to name a few.
 
In my teens it was Bonham and Peart.

In my twenties and thirties it was Barlowe, Bruford and Collins.

Now, it's guys like Dunbar, Fongheiser, Newmark and Purdie.


But I couldn't pick one if I had to... it's not ice cream, you know?



(But I'd probably pick Bonham.)
 
Very difficult. Given my username I have to say Brian Downey, so underappreciated and makes quite complex drum pieces look effortless behind the kit (he;s also a lovely guy as I found out after chatting to him at an Alive and Dangerous gig, happy to talk all things Lizzy and his drum influences)

But equally I will say Vinnie Colautia too. Reputation precedes him but his performance, especially on Jeff Beck at Ronnie Scotts, is astonishing, virtuoso playing with a real swing
 
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