Here are a list of my favourite drummers. (no order)
Chris Pennie - Dillinger Escape Plan, Coheed And Cambria, Return To Earth, Fight Mannequins
Mike "Ratboy" Novak - (Previous) Every Time I Die
Taylor Hawkins - Foo Fighters (awesome grooves!)
Brann Dailor - Mastodon
Art Taylor - Jazz Sessions
Matt Cameron - Soundgarden
Jose from Incubus
Steve Shelley - Sonic Youth (does alot of 16ths and has sick grooves and fills)
Jimmy Cobb - Jazz Session Drummer
and many more! But those are guys I can name off the top of my head. Some of you may never have heard of most of them haha! These are why I love them :
Chris Pennie - The approach he has to drumming is amazing! His ideas, linear stickings and polyrhythms, grooves etc. etc. though people think he is all "chops" because of his solo videos on YouTube. He CAN groove really well.
Ratboy - This dude, he used a single pedal with Every Time I Die and I was surprised I was always like "No way!" then I took the time to sit down, learn a few songs and they turned out to be easy. Still need to make a few videos for YouTube to annoy all the people who covered the songs with a double pedal. Haha!
Taylor Hawkins - Nothing much, he's a straight-up solid drummer. He's just always been an inspiration for me live and I love watching him play. Also met him! Check out his solo stuff "Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders" on YouTube or Spotify.
Brann Dailor - I remember reading Rhythm magazine over here in the UK and you could ask Brann a question and I had just started listening to Mastodon a few months prior and digged the drummer. Surprisingly, my question got printed which was "Who are your biggest influences and did you ever take lessons?" and to my surprise, he had 2 lessons and he went back and forward to drums. Abit like me when I started! And not only that, but alot of his influences were the same as mine! (not really the metal side, I don't have a double pedal or dig much metal). So I started checking him out more, bought a ticket to see Mastodon and it was killer! He doesn't have a big kit but makes it sound amazing! 2 crashes a ride, 3 rack toms and a floor tom. Come on? Dude's sick! Also has so tasty licks!
Art Taylor - Nothing to say, he's played on alot of Jazz albums. I remember listening to one (can't remember, Miles Davis probably) and being like "Wow! That drummer is insane" went and checked the performers and there he was, Art Taylor. Started listening to more of his stuff and checking him out, I was in shock! Definitely an unsung Jazz drummer. I'd say better than Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqB-jOCgkTY&feature=related This video is amazing!
Matt Cameron - I love Soundgarden, I love time signatures, I love Pearl Jam, I love Matt Cameron. Dude just has an amazing sound and has a Dave Weckl/Steve Gadd approach to the drums. Which is unusual in Alt. Rock drumming, he even said he listened to more Fusion and Jazz before working with Soundgarden. Which is awesome!
Jose - Don't like his technique much, but his playing makes up big time for it. I still struggle with all the splash cymbal stuff he does in songs and he's doing really well for being self-taught. Maybe it isn't his technique, he is like... Really small after all?
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