&So...A "prized" student (and in actuality friend & colleague as well as a scolarship'ed "Berkley Brat" nowadays) of mine today asked me after a class to name my top twenty-five Influential/inspirational players...
I've been asked this many times...
Although more of a "Who's your favorite drummer?"...
In which I really cannot answer...There were far too many on my table... ':oI
I answered the question after some "hounding"...And let me tell you...It was a task...
This may help us all "get to know each other" on this forum...
All the best...Barrie ';o]

"Sort of"...However not really in any particular order...
Followed by an "Example artist(s)" they worked with...
But of coarse most of the "studio cats" have an "employer list" beyond belief...

1) Steve Smith (Journey/Jean Luc Ponty)
2) Jeff Porcaro (Boz Skaggs/Toto/Steely Dan)
3) Vinnie Colaiuta (Zappa/Sting/Steely Dan/Jeff Berlin)
4) Rod Morganstein (The Dregs/Winger/Platypus)
5) Neil Peart (Rush/Jeff Berlin)
6) John Bonham (Zeppelin)
7) Stan Lynch (Original Tom Petty Heartbreakers drummer)
8) Narada Michael Walden (Jeff Beck/Mahavishnu Orchestra)
9) Dave Weckl (Chick Corea Electrik Band...The first album freaked me out)
10) Buddy Rich (He's "Buddy")
11) Simon Phillips (Jeff Beck/Stanley Clarke/Jeff's replacement in Toto now)
12) Louie Bellson (He's "Louie")
13) Ian Paice (Deep Purple/Gary Moore)
14) Phil Collins (Brand X/Genesis/Steve Hackett)
15) Tony Williams (Miles & TW Forever)
16) Phil Ehart (Kansas)
17) Bill Bruford (UK/Yes/Earthworks/King Crimson)
18) Steve Gadd (Steely Dan/Paul Simon/Al Dimeola/Stanley Clarke)
19) Bernard Purdie (Steely Dan/Aretha Franklin/Hall & Oats-Early years/BB King)
20) Barriemore Barlow (Jethro Tull-"Live Bursting Out" drummer/Yngwie Malmsteen's "Rising Force"-first album...And he has a "cool name"...lol)
21) Terry Bozzio (Zappa/Missing Persons)
22) Ansley Dunbar (Journey/Zappa/Whitesnake)
23) Don Brewer (Grand Funk Railroad/Bob Seger)
24) Chad Wackerman (IOU/Alan Holdsworth/Zappa)
25) Roger Taylor (Queen)

And Gene Krupa, Charlie Watts and Ringo Starr ARE the reason I play... ';o]
And of coarse a few great teachers and players I feel blessed to have worked with...

How would you'ens answer this little ditty of a question?
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Not in any special order...but Smith, Porcaro, and Bonham are my top 3. I've never really been able to really dig into the jazz drummers.....not that I wasn't impressed with some of them....just never enjoyed that style of playing. I know...I suck!
1) Steve Smith (Journey/Jean Luc Ponty)
2) Jeff Porcaro (Boz Skaggs/Toto/Steely Dan)
3) Neil Peart (Rush/Jeff Berlin)
4) John Bonham (Zeppelin)
5) Tony Thompson (Chic, Bowie,Power Station, Robert Palmer, Rod Stewart)
6) Nicko McBrain ( Iron Maiden, Pat Travers)
7) Tommy Aldridge ( Black Oak Arkansas, Pat Travers, Ozzy)
Mike Portnoy
9) Alan White (Yes)
10) Buddy Rich (He's "Buddy")
11) Simon Phillips (Jeff Beck/Stanley Clarke/Jeff's replacement in Toto now)
12) Larrie Londin (Journey, Studio)
13) Sully Erna (Godsmack...great sense of "just a touch of odd time")
14) Phil Collins (Brand X/Genesis/Steve Hackett)
15) Mark Brzcicki (sp?) (Big Country, Studio)
16) Phil Ehart (Kansas)
17) Dennis Davis (David Bowie)
1 Steve Gadd (Steely Dan/Paul Simon/Al Dimeola)
19) Bernard Purdie (Steely Dan/Aretha Franklin/Hall & Oats-Early years/BB King)
20) Will Calhoun ( Living Colour)
21) Terry Bozzio
22) Ansley Dunbar (Journey/Zappa/Whitesnake)
23) Vinnie Colaiuta (Zappa/Sting/Steely Dan)
24) Rod Morganstein (The Dregs/Winger/Platypus)
25) Billy Cobham

And Gene Krupa, Charlie Watts and Ringo Starr ARE the reason I play... ';o]
And of coarse a few great teachers and players I feel blessed to have worked with...

How would you'ens answer this little ditty of a question?
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Duh...
I forgot about Billy (Cobham) and Alan White...
And Jack Dejohnette and Chester Thompson...
And Mark Craney...As well as the Marotta brothers...
And Gil Moore...
As well as Joe Morello...And Chic Webb...And "Uncle Freddy" (Gruber)...
But then there's Tommy Aldridge and Gregg Bissonette...Carl Palmer...
Tom Brechtlein as well as Stewart Copeland...Then there's Bun E. Carlos, "Ndugu" Chancler & Sly Dunbar...
But...Steve Ferrone, Peter "Heavy Weather" Erskine, Manu Katché, Al Foster, Russ McKinnon, Cozy Powell Lenny White...
But we can't forget Dennis Chambers & Clyde Stubblefield...Max Roach...And Weinberg...
And Dave Garbaldi, Ralph Humphrey and Omar Hakim in whom I pretty much worshipped for awhile...Duh...

Okay...I lied...I can't do it...
Dammit!...


ATB...Barrie









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Fleabear wrote:

15) Mark Brzcicki (sp?) (Big Country, Studio)

just thought I'd single out of one my all-time favs, who RARELY gets mentioned.
Nice pick!

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My favorite drummer-

The 8 year old kid who is just starting out. He's invincible in his own mind, he is both the world's greatest drummer and the world's worst drummer rolled into one and he knows it. It's with that mindset that he continues to motor on through hours of practice and getting his act together for the brass ring- A BAND.

I miss those days. Pablo Picasso once said "For years I have trained to paint as a master but for a lifetime I have striven to see art as through the eyes of a child".

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BillRayDrums wrote:

My favorite drummer-

The 8 year old kid who is just starting out. He's invincible in his own mind, he is both the world's greatest drummer and the world's worst drummer rolled into one and he knows it. It's with that mindset that he continues to motor on through hours of practice and getting his act together for the brass ring- A BAND.

I miss those days. Pablo Picasso once said "For years I have trained to paint as a master but for a lifetime I have striven to see art as through the eyes of a child".

I can relate......

LOL...
The exact same student once asked me, "Who do you think the greatest drummer ever is?"...
I looked up from writing for a moment and said, "You, if you play your cards correctly."
I remember answering that question a different time with, "Most likely some poor guy by the name of Joe working at a gas station in Arkansas. He's just getting off work about now to go home and practice."...(The Zappa "Joe's Garage" and "Wind Up Working At A Gas Station" came to mind that day)
Or one of my teachers answering a similar question from myself when I was a lad with, "Who cares Barrie!!! They're all good in one way or another!!! Just play the damn chart and watch your Moeller whips!!!!"...
Louie was a grouch...
But a "fluffy" grouch...lol
But I think his blood pressure killed him...
'tis true really...
The best players we may never hear...
All the best...Barrie









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1. Dave Grohl (His work on No One Knows inspired me to pick up the sticks)
2. Morgan Rose (Great drummer and does backing voacls at the same time, what more can he do?)
3. John Humphrey (Very cool fills with Seether)
4. Roy Mayorga (One of the few drummers that can make slow tempos so energetic)
5. Danny Carey (The best technical drummer of today)
6. Neil Peart (One of the first drummers to completely blow me away)
7. Derek Roddy (A metal drummer that can do a lot more than just blast)
8. John Bonham (A hard hitter and good groove maker)
9. Vinnie Paul (Chops can't get much more solid than his)
10. Matt McDonough (Very great odd time signature drummer and makes 4/4 much more complex than others can)
11. Jason Bittner (First time I realized how fast double bass can be)
12. Marco Minneman (Showed the world the power of 4-way independance)
13. Chris Pennie (His polyrhythms and ostinattos continue to blow me away)








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Eventual Acoustic/Ambient/Stuff band

Bill Bruford (for his innovation and eclecticism)
Gavin Harrison (for his technique and creativity)
Ed Blackwell (for his exceptional compositional skills)
Danny Carey (technical proficiency and tenacity for new things)
Jimmy Paxson, Nick Mason (for their reserved, yet powerful style)
Steve Gadd (for his innovation and diversity)
Harvey Mason (for his enormous contribution to funk)
Elvin Jones, Jimmy Cobb (for their legendary work with Miles and Coltrane)
Buddy Rich (for being THE jazz drummer)
Mike Portnoy (for becoming a great without a single lesson)
Billy Cobham (for his impeccable polyrhythms)
Chad Wackerman, Marco Minneman, Stewart Copeland, Virgil Donati (for their rhythmic competence)
Shannon Larkin (for his raw and primal skill)
Carl Palmer (for his distinct use of electro-acoustics)
Keith Moon, Ian Paice, John Bonham, Lenny White, Max Roach (for their legendary grooves)
John Densmore (for his rudimentary approach to blues)








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Pearls, Zildjians, Vics, Evans.

1. Buddy Rich
2. Neal Peart
3. John Bonham
4. Danney Carey
5. Steve Gadd
6. Terry Bozzio
7. Ian Paice
8. Chad Smith
9. Mike Portnoy
10. Phil Collins
11. Jason Bittner
12. Nicko McBrain
13. Tony Royster Jr.
14. Roger Taylor
15. Vinnie Paul








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Neil Peart
John Dolyman (system of a down)
John Bonham
Danny Carey
Chad Sexton (311)
Dennis Chambers
Steward Copeland
Sly Dunbar
Tim Alexander (primus sucks!!!)
Vinnie Paul
Lars Ulrich (come on just about everyone thought he was god at one point)
Mike Portnoy (just for the stacks he uses, thats the frist I ever heard them)
David Garbaldi
Matt McDonough
Dave Grohl

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I’m also not sure I can summarize my faves in 25, but I will try. I will start with those who directly influenced me to play:
1. Dave Lombardo: Slayer, Grip Inc, Fantomas
2. Tommy Lee: Motley Crue, Mayhem, Supernova
3. John Bonham
4. Buddy Rich
5. Dave “Crash” Glasgow: Rockin’ Chair, My Drum Teacher
6. Igor Cavalera: Sepultura, Nail Bomb
7. Jeff Porcaro: Boz Skaggs, Toto, Steely Dan
8. Nicko McBrain: Iron Maiden, Pat Travers
9. Vinnie Paul: Pantara, HellYeah
10. Gar Samuelson: Megadeth, Fatal Opera
11. Willie Hall: The Blues Brothers, The Bar-Kays, Isaac Hayes
12. Tony Thompson: Chic, Bowie, Power Station, Robert Palmer, Rod Stewart
13. Phil Rudd: AC/DC
14. Cozy Powell: Whitesnake, Jeff Beck, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Emerson, Lake & Powell, etc
15. Vinny Appice: Black Sabbath, Dio, WW3, etc.
16. Carmine Appice: Vanilla Fudge, Jeff Beck, Blue Murder, session drummer.
17. Nick Menza: Megadeth, Memorain, Orphaned To Hatred,
18. Rat Skates: Overkill
19. Bob "Sid" Falck: Overkill
20. Bill Ward: Black Sabbath
21. Greg Gall: Six Feet Under
22. Paul Bostaph: Forbidden, Slayer, Testament, Exodus, etc.
23. Gene Kurupa
24. Ian Paice: Deep Purple, Gary Moore
25. Tim Alexander: Primus, Laundry, A Perfect Circle, Fata Morgana








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In no particular order.....

1-Neil Peart
2-Gene Hoglund (Death, S.Y.L.)
3-Danny Carrey
4-Derrek Roddy
5-Igor Cavelerra
6-Charley Benante
7-Brett Batdorf
8-Ted Parsons (Prong)
9-Greg hall (Sacred Reich)
10-Shannon Larkin (more when he was in Wrathchild/Souls at zero)
11-John Bonham
12-Keith Moon
13-Mark Sayer (local guy and good friend of mine, in the band Vertigod, http://www.myspace.com/vertigod
14-Bruce O'Donal (my business partner, and a hell of a session drummer, good double-bass effect with one foot)
15-Nicko McBrain
16-Buddy Rich
17-Gene Krupa
18-Kris Ardolino (kid I grew up with in Maryland, he moved on to Texas, and has shared the stage with some pretty big names)
19-Chris Adler
20-Vinny Paul
21-Paul Bostaph
22-Nick Pierce
23-Ken Schalk (Candiria)
24-Anybody who really loves playing drums
25-And of course-ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!








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In no particular order.

01. Lars Ulrich (Metallica)
02. Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Probot, studio)
03. Josh Freese (various, studio)
04. Mike Johnston (Simon Says)
05. James Neil (Death Ray)
06. Creed Maggoria (The Mind Club)
07. Vinnie Paul (Pantera, DamagePlan, HellYeah)
08. Clyde Stubblefield (James Brown)
09. Zorro (various)
10. Danny Carey (Tool, Pigmy Love Circus)
11. Dave Lombardo (Slayer, Fantomas)
12. Igor Cavalera (Sepultura)
13. Buddy Rich (self)
14. Gene Krupa (Benny Goodman, self)
15. Steve Gadd (studio)
16. Taylor Hawkins (Alannis, Foo Fighters, The Coattail Riders)
17. Billy Ward (studio, not Bill Ward from Sabbath)
18. Paul Bostaph (Slayer)
19. Matt Glaze (The Martian Puppits)
20. Dennis Chambers (various)
21. Akira Jimbo (clinician)
22. Brain (various)
23. Tim Alexander (Primus)
24. Matt Sorum (The Cult, G 'n' R, Velvet Revolver)
25. Tom Frost (Luxt)








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AmnestysLowEnd wrote:

Tim Alexander (primus sucks!!!)

i see ur a real primus fan then lol








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