"John Bonham is the best drummer" ever sez Stylus

Oh and Jimmy Chamberlin fucking sucks.

Saunier was one of the two founding members and plays a big role in Deerhoof songwriting/composition, iirc

John Maher

Elvis Telecom, I have to ask: was this an accidental transposition of John Mayer and Fred Maher? (If not, apologies; just the first thing that came to mind. Fred Maher's great.)

It’s helped make the Boredoms most intriguing rhythmic groups of the last twenty five years. "one of the most intriguing"? i can respect keith and bonham at 2-1, and everyone sticking up for n. peart, but where are john stanier, christian vander, tiki fulwood, jim white, mick fleetwood, john mcentire, scott hartley, and phil collins?

Oh and Jimmy Chamberlin fucking sucks.

uhhh, no

Watch Stop Making Sense, and Frantz is consistently the least interesting person on stage

Isn't this intentional?

You like snare fills, more snare fills, and only snare fills?

i had to look up who the hell jim eno was.

Jim Eno is probably a better producer than drummer. His sounds are the amazing part.

can't believe meg white isn't on that list.

"John Maher"

"Elvis Telecom, I have to ask: was this an accidental transposition of John Mayer and Fred Maher? (If not, apologies; just the first thing that came to mind. Fred Maher's great.)"

john maher would make a list of my favorite drummers. i like him more than any of the punkers on that list. love fred maher too.

oh and he was in the buzzcocks, matos.

my fave punk/indie man/machine drummers are john maher, stephen morris, and the dude from throwing muses.

oh and penny rimbaud too.

He was certainly one of the best recorded.

It was the Buzzcocks guy I was thinking of but yeah, Fred Maher is great too.

No one OTM'ing me on George Hurley? I'm sad...

Elvis T OTM

Meg White is actually a naturally gifted drummer who has been stunted by Jack White insistence that she not practice so that she can serve as his instrument or something.

White's

you meg white apologists are all the same. got boobs in yer eyes. i mean stars.

"Jason Bonham is the best drummer" ever sez Stylus

Boobs sadly less of an explanation for Moe Tucker.

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and the dude from throwing muses.

Oh, David Narcizo, shit yeah. He was a critical part of their sound, although I think roundabout Red Heaven he started to tend towards sameness on a lot of his parts.

god watching soul soldier on youtube now i'm reminded of why i have such high standards when it comes to amerindie rock. that song used to kill so hard live. i would have chills for days.

A third for Fred Maher too, and Steve Ferrone, for that matter.

i'm just glad chad smith and stephen perkins weren't on that list

You like snare fills, more snare fills, and only snare fills?

listen to more than the first 3 seconds of "Cherub Rock"

Dale Crover shut-out speaks volumes of the stylus brain trust deficiency

awesome

in my book it's Ward then Bonham and then everyone else (for rock anyway)

my obligatory "not found" entry: the amazing but under-recorded Bobby Caldwell

i hear ya brother.

Where Is The Love For Bobby Caldwell?? No, Not THAT Bobby Caldwell! Bobby Caldwell of Captain Beyond & Keith Relf's Armageddon & Johnny Winter And & Rick Derringer Fame!!

is Just Jack picking the photos used for Stylus articles?

http://www.richardandkarencarpenter.com/7-0-1%20Karen%201973.jpg

Why didn't Stylus put Meg White on the list just to piss everyone off?

And to get a bit of tit on the page, natch.

What about singing drummers like Don Henley and Phil Collins? Those guys put Neil Peart and John Bonham to shame, especially with their tremendous fashion sensibilities and such.

http://www.drummerworld.com/pics/drum43/john_bonham.jpg

http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/wallpaper/R30neil.jpg

That Neil Peart image almost broke my brower.

and the dude from throwing muses.

I was just coming here to give props to Dave Narcizo. He is *awesome*. His style is really unusual.

throwing muses 1987:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=aKgZCRCk-Pw

and 2006 (love this snippet. they have become jam band.)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ggGSbgZ_lAE

OF COURSE JOHN BONHAM IS THE "THE BEST DRUMMER EVER" THIS IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE

HOLY SHIT Skot thanks for those links!!!!

That first Muses clip from 87 is a perfect example of Narcizo's drumming style, thats awesome. Ive seen them live and he was captivating.

Well I've seen them more times than any other band, in the realm of 8 times.

I'm just trying to say I think this thread's purpose is ludicrous. But then everything is.

keith moon doesn't belong with all these "drummers" on this list. he wasn't a drummer at all; he was a lead percussionist. seems like he doesn't get talked about as much as, say, bonham because no one's really caught up to/caught on to the enormity of moon's innovations.

as for omissions, dennis thompson? dave mattacks? and how can such a list exist without benny benjamin, uriel jones, or pistol allen?

it's weird. this thread got me thinking about the muses and i went on youtube tonight and there is tons of great stuff and then this woman came over tonight who knows maria from way back and she told me she was from newport so i told her how i was reminiscing about the throwing muses and she told me all these great stories about hanging out at the hersh house growing up and seeing their first show at newport high school and how she was friends with the gorman (?) brothers and verbal assault and it was just very illuminating! they all went to high school together! so i had to tell her about meeting kristen and tanya and david and leslie for the first time in new york in 1987 and how petrified i was. boy o boy, memory lane! and if it wasn't for this thread today, i doubt i would have brought them up at all! so, this thread had a purpose, bimble, and it wasn't ludicrous at all.

Garoux Des Larmes, Jesus H. CHRIST.

I just got a song from that EP in my head this very WEEK at work, I swear...the one about the war...out of the blue, for no reason I heard it.

Skot them Muses stories of yours make me the happy.

"Cowboy hats are back in

This is the future
this is the future after the war
and I don't eat anymore"

maria's friend said that when they played at the high school the bell rang and everyone left the room except for a couple of people. how embarrassing! and the hersh house was big and rambling and weird. sounded very john irving.

"Have wine I can't drink it/the pianos I can't afford"

my brother was the one who bullied his way backstage at the new york show so that i could meet the band. i was terrified and could barely speak. honestly, i was scared to death. they did an ID for the radio show i had at school. they were very nice. i thought i was gonna die. the members of hugo largo were in the room too wondering why we were ignoring them. somewhere i have that show on tape too.

"Adolf Hitler is the best fascist dictator" ever sez Stylus