If you could cop the skills of any five drummers...

[Goody602]

I found no search result on this so don't kill me if it has already been asked. If you could magically acquire the skills of any five drummers, dead or alive, effectively make you one of the (if not best) drummers on the planet, and maybe in history, which five drummers would you pick and why? My picks:

Steve Gadd: For his style and groove, but most of all for his amazing ability to play what is perfect for the song everytime, no more, no less. The consummate musician.

Zach Hill: For his insane right foot, ability to play complex patterns in different time signatures, and his general unorthodox approach to the kit.

John Bonham: I know, I know, but after all these years he's still one of my favorites. I'd take his power, tremendous feel, attitude, but most of all that thunderous drum sound.

Buddy Rich: For the lightning fast chops, classic style, ability to swing, and be the ultimate showman.

Vinnie Colauita: For his ability to play anything and everything under the sun.

As Stezajobudvi, I would rule the galaxy on drums.

[Class A Drummer]

Steve Gadd- Insane style and playing ability.

Jojo Mayer- Also really good technique with both lightning fast hands and feet. Really funky drummer too.

Dave Weckl- really creative and powerful player, with once again, insane technique and playing abilty. And he has 2, count em 2 sets of signauture sticks.

Jack DeJohnette- Amazing Jazz player. Huge infulence in jazz.

John Bonham- One of the few to ever pull of the lumberjack Mustache look. Need i say more?

[secondXheartbeat]

Benny Greb: dynamics and sensitivity

Benny Greb: sense of groove and time

Benny Greb: insane technical ability

Benny Greb: interdependance

Benny Greb: showmanship

[mlaponsky]

Steve Gadd - for his groove and sense for what a song needs

John Bonham - for his power and insane triplets

Billy Cobham - for his mastery of the strangest time you could play (especially in Mahavishnu)

Keith Moon - maybe he wasn't the most collected or precise, but I'd take his attitude behind the set any day

Vinny Colaiuta - for his pure skill

[mikeybbdrummin]

Buddy Rich; showman ship, unbelievable hand speed and technique.
Steve Smith; smoothness, creativity and feel.
Gregg Bissonette(Favorite); versitility, groove, feel, dynamics, musicianship.
Thomas Lang; technical ability, 4-way independence and power.
Any speed metal drummer; Not up on who's on top of their game. It covers speed, endurance and double bass/hand techniques not covered by the four previous drummers.

[wishihadapearl]

aquiles priester: lightning hands and feet while doing complex stuff
travis baker: like his style
bonham: drum sound
thomas lang: showmanship
jojo mayer: diddo

[pimp_my_RIDE]

Independance: Panos somthing... ouoplos
Chops; I'm gonna have to say dave weckl
Feel; The gadd man all the way
Rudimental skill: Casey Brohard
Showmanship; the rev

[Drummer Karl]

Originally Posted by Class A Drummer

Jack DeJohnette- Amazing Jazz player. Huge infulence in jazz.

Hahaha, yes, and this sentence by John Abercrombie is so nice:

"Jack has a great beat. If you can find it."

Jack is really an awesome musician, and I say MUSICIAN conciously because he is really not just a drummer. His knowledge about music and especially Jazz is amazing. He definitly a living legend...at least for me.

so, back to topic. Actually I never want skills from other drummers, I want to develope my own skills also my bad things about drumming. Of course you all are always improving those bad sides but you always has it. this side. and even Vinnie Colaiuta has it.
I am happy with what I have right now and what i will do over the years...I like that this way will be hard but fun, where would our life go if we can choose skills? ;-)

Karl

[meandhimcallitus]

Vinnie Colaiuta
Marco Minnemann
Benny Greb
Josh Freese
Zach Hill

for different reasons

[FloEy]

Vinnie Colaiuta - for his ability to play andything and just the fact that he can groove like a monster.

Virgil Donati - for his crazy feet, his mastered ability of polyrhythms, his crazy grooves. (Im guna hera it for that but yes Donati can groove!) check this out if u dont believe!!! http://youtube.com/watch?v=OVBEnHA1r...irgil%20donati

Buddy Rich - ability to swing and his crazy ass hands

Dave Weckl - his overall playing is great

Steve Gadd - the groove machine

[emmerson]

Virgil Donati's Feet
Danny Carey's Indepence
Benny Greb's Groove
Thomas Lang's Hands
Gavin Harrison's Sense of music

[baz]

...Ringo.

Levon Helm.

Bob DiSalle.

Pick Withers.

Max Weinberg.

The reason that I chose these as my fave five is more for their contribution to their music overall than by their drum chop monsterness.

I am not all that familiar with a lot of the drummers that many of you have chosen, for as an old fart, I think of metal as the plate in my head, punk as the little snot that tips over my garbage can, and Emo as a finnish hockey player. I do know who Gadd Bonham and Rich are but if I wanted to play like them, I would have to grow a few extra limbs.

Barry

Originally Posted by baz

...Ringo.

Levon Helm.

Bob DiSalle.

Pick Withers.

Max Weinberg.

The reason that I chose these as my fave five is more for their contribution to their music overall than by their drum chop monsterness.

I am not all that familiar with a lot of the drummers that many of you have chosen, for as an old fart, I think of metal as the plate in my head, punk as the little snot that tips over my garbage can, and Emo as a finnish hockey player. I do know who Gadd Bonham and Rich are but if I wanted to play like them, I would have to grow a few extra limbs.

Barry

And funny it is, baz! Hee...hee... Love your sense of humor. It's easy to understand. Thanks for posting...Play On! ;-)

Originally Posted by FloEy

Vinnie Colaiuta - for his ability to play andything and just the fact that he can groove like a monster.

Virgil Donati - for his crazy feet, his mastered ability of polyrhythms, his crazy grooves. (Im guna hera it for that but yes Donati can groove!) check this out if u dont believe!!! http://youtube.com/watch?v=OVBEnHA1r...irgil%20donati

Buddy Rich - ability to swing and his crazy ass hands

Dave Weckl - his overall playing is great

Steve Gadd - the groove machine

Wow! Great list here, FloEy. 5 of my all time favs. Thanks for listing them for me...Play On!

;-)

Have you posted anywhere, in any thread on any forum, a post that wasn't about how great someone else's post was and thanking them? You offer as much to the thread as a maitre d does to a dining experience. Merci and bon appetit!

[HardcoreLogo]

Wow, only 5, gee.....there are sooooooo many drummers better than me(lol).......
JoJo.......outta all the technique guys out there today, his style speaks to me, he's just too good for me to copy(yet)

Steve Jordan.....can anyone say "GROOVE"?

Danny Carey.....off the wall, but still in step with whats happening in rock today

Chester Thompson.........loved his stint with Zappa

Dom Famularo.............chops, and a super attitude, after you talk with with this guy, you think you can fly.....

There are so many more, this was just the first five that came to mind........

Originally Posted by mlehnertz

Have you posted anywhere, in any thread on any forum, a post that wasn't about how great someone else's post was and thanking them? You offer as much to the thread as a maitre d does to a dining experience. Merci and bon appetit!

Thanks mlehnertz. It's always a pleasure to see your kind replys. It always makes my day to log on and see how well you make a person feel. What an inspiration you are!

Oh, and, uhh...I see you don't know what's French for...Play On!

among other things.....

[FunkyDrummin]

Carter Beauford - The man plays some of my favorite grooves...and he plays open-handed!

Johnny Rabb - Love his ability to sound like a drum machine - his free hand technique is phenomenal

Buddy Rich - Nobody else quite gets me saying, 'What the hell was that?' like Buddy.

Thomas Lang - 4 way interdependence, showmanship, and sick feet.

Dave Weckl - Have you seen this man play? He looks like he's moving on ball bearings...he's so smooth and fluid in his technique, he makes playing look easy.

[stillgroovin]

1. Jeff Porcaro
2. Steve Gadd
3. Buddy Rich
4 Bernard Purdy
5.Jo Jo Mayer.........There are of course, more, but these are my top 5.

[Mook]

Top 5 in terms of technical ability would be:-

Buddy Rich
Dennis Chambers
Vinnie Colaiuta
Alphonze Mouzon
Steve Gadd

In terms of feel & musical direction (not that the one's above suffer from lack of feel):-

John Bonham
Elvin Jones
Gene Krupa
Bernard Purdie
Billy Cobham

[Paul Quin]

Why 5? If I could have the skills of any one of the numerous players listed above I would be quite happy. After all if I could "cop the skills" of Steve Gadd, wanting the skills of Vinnie as well just seems greedy. And Buddy and Weckl and Carlock and Jordan!!!! I might just explode!

Paul

[pdp 9091]

Pearts Mind
Bonhams Sound
Buddy Rich's Chops
Jo Jo Mayers Foot
Dennis Chambers Smoothness

[lebyron]

Dennis Chambers
Carter Beauford
Dave Weckl
John Blackwell
Ahmir Thompson

I would be one funky boy.

[xkevinx]

Tony Williams: All around chops, beautiful musical phrasing, seamless metric modulation, yellow drums.
Elvin Jones: Polyrhythmic genius, power, unmistakable sound.
Jack DeJohnette: Ability to imply the beat while phrasing freely, musicality.
Max Roach: Swing, swing, swing, and a musical evolution over time.
Billy Cobham: Chops.

[the gayge]

I thought about this for a while and I think my list was going to be xkevinx's almost verbatim, but then I was thinking that copping all those players chops and feels and stuff may affect my ability to enjoy their music as much as I do now. I wouldn't want to knowingly play with all of Elvin's finesse and unstoppable musicality because then those records wouldn't seem as perfect to me as they are now. So I'm prefacing this list by saying I don't want to nab these guys skills, I want these to be five people I can continue to draw inspiration from for the rest of my life.

-The incomparable Elvin Jones- To me, everything that made his playing so exciting and beautiful to me doesn't really fit into words (I have no problem with how cheesy that was).

-Brian Blade- The future of music all wrapped up in one dude. I've been buying every record he's played on. Hear him with Wayne Shorter or Kenny Garrett or hear him with Joni Mitchell. Damn.

-Steve Jordan- Amazing groove, always has really inciteful things to say, and he's environmentally concious. What a guy.

-Max Roach- Such a huge force in the forward evolution of not just drumset, but music in general.

-John Bonham- Can't say no to Bonham.

Originally Posted by pdp 9091

Pearts Mind
Bonhams Sound
Buddy Rich's Chops
Jo Jo Mayers Foot
Dennis Chambers Smoothness

Hey pdp...I really like how you listed here. You just described ME! Hee...hee...

Nicely put...Play On! ;-)

Oh, umm...This would be an incredibly percussive musician....

Unreal. Please see post #16.

Originally Posted by michael drums

Hey pdp...I really like how you listed here. You just described ME! Hee...hee...

Nicely put...Play On! ;-)

Oh, umm...This would be an incredibly percussive musician....

[Rhythmic Disciple]

This is difficult, but extremely fun...Hmmmm...

...Okay!

Jeff Porcaro - His 'golden' feel!
Gary Husband - Drive, power and committment.
Jo Jo Mayer - Technical facility and funk.
Carter Beauford - Groove Groove Groove
Vinnie - IMO the undisputed No.1

That's insane - can you imagine this person existed?

[Raymond Bloom]

I don't want to be a copy of anyone I want to develope an unique style so others could copy me :-)

If I could, I would basically be a mix between Jojo Mayer musically (many people really miss the fact that he has astounding snese of musicality, feal and groove!) and technically) I'm already working on that! lol
Virgil Donati for his polyrhythmical superpowers :-)
If speaking about style - Peter Erskine, Jeff Hamilton and Steve Gadd

[CBPEAVEY]

John Bonham's power and speed
Virgil Donati's ability to play strange sounding things
Mike Portnoy's feet
Cozy Powell's hands
Buddy Rich's single handed roll

Originally Posted by mlehnertz

Unreal. Please see post #16.

Real! Please see post #17.

It's bad enough that you don't have any information in your head but what's worse is that you don't even have an opinion of your own.

As for on-thread. I don't need five drummers. I need one. Vinnie. Enough said.

Originally Posted by michael drums

Real! Please see post #18.

Originally Posted by mlehnertz

It's bad enough that you don't have any information in your head but what's worse is that you don't even have an opinion of your own.

As for on-thread. I don't need five drummers. I need one. Vinnie. Enough said.

Please see post #31.


Oh, and, uhh...YOU don't deserve my "opinion".

Merry Christmas!

Mark Brzezicki
Stewart Copeland
Neil Peart
John Bonham

thats it...

[Fat Elvis]

Tought choices -- almost cant go wrong here. here are mine:

Steve Gadd for everything he does -- he never over plays and is always locked in the pocket.
Carter Beauford best chops on the planet. Even though he was listed second, he is probably my first choice.
Jack DeJohnette (is there a better jazz performance than Bitches Brew? I think not)
Mark Brzezicki (kudos to fix for pointing out this fantastic drummer -- listen to The Cult's "Love" or any Big Country)
Daney Carey for just an unbelievable sense of strength and power in odd time sigs

[Exportdrummer]

Jason Bittner - For his amazing bass speed mostly but his other skills

Neil Peart - For his amazing music thoery and all his skills

John Bonham - for his single bass speed

Mike Portnoy - like Neil peart but also just all his other skills like stick twirling

Jojo Mayer - for all his awesome grooves

[CHOPS36]

I don't mean to beat an opinion poll, but being new to the forum, I feel I need to input my "2 sticks" worth............these are in no order of preference or popularity

Neil Peart - Precise Timing
Phil Collins - Distinctive sound and feel
Dave Weckl - finess
Thomas Lang - all around speed and clarity
JoJo Meyer - groovability

[Tetley]

Buddy rich - the mans a legend

Gene Krupa - very musical

Jojo Meyer - very funky and musical. amazing groove.

Thomas Lang - Power and precision, makes it look so easy

Jose Pasillas - Very creative. Rocky and funky.



and while we're at it michael drums, gotta agree with mlehnertz, you dont appear to have shown an original thought, you hijacked two other posts as your own opinion because you couldn't have your own. PDP 9091 wasn't describing you, because those guys put together could probably come up with their own list.

You even said you weren't gonna post a list til you saw one you liked and nicked it. you're only getting defensive cos you got caught bang to rights. Why do you care whether or not one person doesn't deserve your opinion, the forum is for posting your own thoughts and opinions to everyone not just that one person. Dont use it as an excuse for not having any.

[drummerchick435]

My guyfriend
Animal (great personality and style! haha)
Buddy Rich
John Bonham
Neil Peart

EDIT:
Mike Portnoy
Neil Peart
Buddy Rich
Whoever is the drummer for Hillsong United on their I Heart Revolution CD (a Christian worship band from Down Under - my favorite place!) He has amazing groove
Steve Gadd

[Merkaba]

Danney Carey- for his amazing creativity
Thomas Lang- for his being near perfect
Buddy Rich- for his speed, showmanship, and every thing else
Billy Cobham- because I am a left handed drummer
Neil Peart- for his style