"John Bonham is the best drummer" ever sez Stylus

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.

x-post

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

the members of hugo largo were in the room too wondering why we were ignoring them

"Don't you understand! One of us is going to sing for Moby and another one's going to sign Hootie and the Blowfish!"

I heart this thread right now. Early Throwing Muses makes me very happy also. Not sure if Narcizo is on that 7" EP of early stuff. I need to get that double CD, Doghouse or something?

Jim White not on that Stylus list? Yeah, the parameters seem too broad.

xpost is that really true about Hugo Largo?!?!

HUGO LARGO! Holy hell, Skott. What are you trying to do, make me feel 16 or 17 years old again? I tried to play one of their albums not too many months ago and it just didn't seem as great as it did to me at the time. Not that I was ever a huge fan, but I liked them enough to keep taped copies of their CD's.

xpost is that really true about Hugo Largo?!?!

Mimi Goese: sang on Everything is Wrong
Tim Sommer: hosts shows on MTV, goes to Atlantic, becomes A&R guy for Hootie and helps break 'em

But god, no, David Narcizo is not even a pimple on John Bonham's ass, let's just get that clear.

Jesus, Ned. Thanks, I guess.

I love that we are bringing Hugo Largo up in this thread about drummers (since they had none). I still kinda like 'em but not as much as the Muses. Hahn Rowe played with Swans!

Bimble u mad.

I love Hugo Largo.

I bet Matt Barrick belongs on this list (based on "The Rat"...i haven't heard much else).

Dude was only 32 when he died

that's amazing to me mostly in the sense that he was only 20 when he started recording those magnificent early tracks

I was only 32 when we in Stylus compiled these names.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGJpP7wVkVs

I'm feeling Kenny Buttrey today

Dude was only 32 when he died

So Prince Harry has two more years of partying left.

https://youtu.be/2-yQWPanTyw

Buddy Rich destroys inna Bonham style