I also enjoy long walks on the beach and the smell of the Autumnal breeze.
mediocrefunkybeat...the real question is: Do you like Pina Coladas?
There are way too many drummers I've liked to make any list.
"Old", "New", doesn't matter to me. There's a few drummers I like, but don't care for most of that bands music too.
There are a few guy's around town also, that when I see them play, they always make make me say "yeah, that's cool!"
Bonham and NP (since there was a mini "debate") ......
I kinda think it may be a generational thing more than anything (even though MTL stated he liked NP/Rush in the past).
When BOTH became popular, there weren't a bunch of other drummers doing what they were doing, it was
just them doing it.
I can see both sides of saying either guy isn't for them.
I still like NP's early/mid stuff, but after Signals....eh not so much. Still respect the work though.
Likewise, there's a lot of Zeppelin's stuff that I don't care about.
People don't really site Carmine Appice as an influence, but he influenced Bonham A LOT.
To me, The Led Zep Experience Sticks went to would be just like going to see a great Rush tribute.
It's not "THE GUY".... It may be really top notch, but it's not the original, even if it's the son.
I haven't seen Jason's thing, but I have seen a
really good Zep tribute act, and TBH, between the two, I'd probably rather see the act that does the whole thing and dresses like the band they are portraying. Even though it's Jason BONHAM.
Thanks to the "Three boys club" (Seymour Stein, Jon Landau and Jann Wenner), Rush will probably
never be in the R&RHOF. Lots of other deserving bands as well.
It's curious that many still consider Buddy Rich as the "King" of drummers, when his style of music is not played by many these days at all,
and there are many drummers who have "surpassed" what he did--as far as "technical ability".
Even with that, he's still about as revered as he was "back in the day".
Just like anything else, there will be people that will/still fall out of themselves over it, and some that will say "So, what's the big deal? "X" guy can play faster and has a bigger kit"...