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Rodeny Holmes takes the title for most under-rated drummer on the scene. He got fired from Santana and could probably smoke out every other drummer that has ever played in Santanas band. Maybe this is a bold statement, but I feel his hand speed is quicker than Buddy Rich or Jim Chapin.
Under-rated in the sense that drum mags don't seem to mention them much (and in no particular order):
Joey Heredia
Paco Sery
Richie Morales
Gary Husband
Billy Hart
Andy Newmark
Ralph Peterson, Jr.
Graham Broad
Vinnie Appice
On VH1's That Metal Show they had a throw down between the brothers with Ronnie James Dio and Geezer Butler and they both said Carmine. Some guys just get no respect. It was all in good fun.
Billy and Mickey are both awsome... not under rated in my book.
I think Alan White of Yes is by far the most under rated drummer ever.
I gotta say Matt Cameron.
I also find that John Bonham, whilst well respected through out the drumming community, is never really mentioned by non- drummers. .
No way is Matt Cameron under rated!! Not where I come from anyway. A fair few of my friends are heavily influenced by him. Including myself to some degree.
Haven't read through all the 450+ posts and this is probably a repeat but the people who spring to mind for me is - Charlie Watts and Ringo. I say this not only because I think they are under rated but also when you speak about the most under rated, obviously the 2 most famous drummers in the world are going to come top of the list (few are going to be under rated if few people have heard of them) if you catch my drift.
It's a strange day when Matt Cameron isn't underrated and Ringo and Watts are! I don't see how either of those two could be considered overrated; sure, there's a good number of people who don't rate them highly, but there's a good number of people that do. Given their fame we'd be talking millions of them.