Top 20 Rock Drummer Nicknames

[Bull]

Philip John "Philthy Animal" Taylor - Motorhead

 

[doggyd69b]

Some metal drummers have cool nicknames:

Dominator Nils Fjelstrom from Dark funeral
Inferno Zbigniew Robert Promiński from Behemoth
Commando Pete Sandoval Morbid Angel
Marthus Marthin Skaroupka from Craddle of Filth
One Take Derek Roddy from Hate Eternal
Hellhammer Jan Axel Blomberg from Mayhem

 

[Frank Godiva]

BJ Wilson

He had a powerful, distinctive style – he sat very low behind his kit (often side-on at the side of the stage) and was once referred to as the

'Octopus in a Bathtub'

 

[green glass drum]

"Mick" Mick Shrimpton-Spinal Tap....bj is bada**.

 

[Anon La Ply]

Can’t believe nobody has mentioned Wailin Smash…the guy’s a frickin pooerhoose!

But that's his birth name

 

[JimmyM]

Jimmy “Slightly Above Average” Miller

 

[Anon La Ply]

When I started again after a decade away from the kit I joined a garage band and the guitarist called me the Musical Director. They were all green, except the guitarist, who'd only started again recently after 14 years off. I had to be pushy to keep them on track!

Later, I shifted to keyboards and became one of the greenhorns. I stopped having opinions because it took 100% concentration. On drums, you have large surfaces to aim at. On keys, if one finger is just a centimetre off you kill the song. Usually it's keyboardists who boss everyone around