me and my friend were discussing this the other day. we all know that buddy rich was the god of drums. but who takes the throne now? i was saying i like neil peart, mike portnoy, stewart copeland, and tony royster jr. but he said what about the metal drummers now a days? you have people like jason bittner and james sullivan. so any suggestions guys?








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back in the day of buddy, jazz and swing were the big styles of music that ruled the era. now with all the genres and sub genre's its impossible to pick whos the best. maybe pick out a genre and see who the favorite drummers are. but with the hundreds of little genres you cant say someone is better at everything than anyone else.

and bitter and the rev are great but far far from being conidered "top throne "drummers. theres a lot of great metal drummers out there, but it seems like for every one drummer who really works a lot more abroad than metal, theres 3 or 4 drummers that thing speed is what makes them good.

well, i have to dissagree SLIGHTLY! right now the genres that are getting popular are always the most complex stuff like meshuggah for example. Now who's the best at keeping odd times stacked on times, crazy limb coordination and the whole packadge of control...

... id have to say it's Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez (that's his name, im not racist) man, he's freakishly good. His tapes are BADDD man, he's got worshipers from almost every genre from gospel to crazy.








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Jason Bittner is pretty great, but there really is no best anymore since there are so many different styles.

Probably you could pick the best of each sub genre, but not the best drummer.








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George Kollias and Derek Roddy are up there. They can play just about everything out there. People complain they don't have the "feel," but thats just a bunch of bullshit because they are attempting to save there drummers which only play that one style that Derek and George end up destroying. Of course there are exceptions, but I would say they are definitely some of the best all around drummers.








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simon phillips hands down

Vinnie Colaiuta. There's nothing the man cannot do or has not done. He's got my vote.








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Vinnie Colaiuta. There's nothing the man cannot do or has not done. He's got my vote.

Vinnies one of the greats, that's true, but i dont really think he's the best, Dave Weckl is better to me because he's got a looser grip when he plays. When vinnie plays, it kinda looks like he's choking his sticks still a bit too much, you can hear it a bit when he plays too...

How he hits, like his motion is alright i guess, but what happends to the stick after the hit isn't really, he should be more concerned with that too i think.

is that enought detail for you?








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I'm sorry but there is no best drummer. There is no drummer who is the master of all styles or genres of drumming.

The best drummer is merely your opinion.








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demonicAngel wrote:

BillRayDrums wrote:

Vinnie Colaiuta. There's nothing the man cannot do or has not done. He's got my vote.

Vinnies one of the greats, that's true, but i dont really think he's the best, Dave Weckl is better to me because he's got a looser grip when he plays. When vinnie plays, it kinda looks like he's choking his sticks still a bit too much, you can hear it a bit when he plays too...

How he hits, like his motion is alright i guess, but what happends to the stick after the hit isn't really, he should be more concerned with that too i think.

is that enought detail for you?

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Vinnie Colaiuta. There's nothing the man cannot do or has not done. He's got my vote.

Great choice... but my vote goes to Steve Gadd.








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Vinnie Colaiuta is definately impressive. I was most impressed by him when after YEARS of playing pop rock, he recorded an album with Megadeth. You'd never know that that was his first metal album.








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hahaha, then we can all enjoy the video featuring all 3 drumming at the same time on drummer world! Vinnie, Steve, and Dave.








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demonicAngel wrote:

well, i have to dissagree SLIGHTLY! right now the genres that are getting popular are always the most complex stuff like meshuggah for example. Now who's the best at keeping odd times stacked on times, crazy limb coordination and the whole packadge of control...

... id have to say it's Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez (that's his name, im not racist) man, he's freakishly good. His tapes are BADDD man, he's got worshipers from almost every genre from gospel to crazy.

Haracio is the man thats for sure ima big fan of his. But i also agree with the second comment with all the genres these days its impossible to say one drummer is the best, instead you have stand out drummers from every genre. Instead if one guy its basicly a small group.








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