Great drummers on Great albums.

[crazymanwithaplunger]

Oh, And before Pearl Jam started their grand cycle of Drummers , Jack Iron's work on Ten was amazing, specifacally the live mix of Even Flow.

Agree 100% - great album and the drumming is perfect in every song - the Even Flow comment is spot on!


Not sure if anyone has said this yet - but:
Danny Carey - Aenima, and also Lateralus

[crazymanwithaplunger]

very cool subject, I'm having a huge brain fart because i can't remember Breaking Benjamin's drummer's name. But i love his style in their recordings i also like Lester Estelle Jr. from pillar in where do we go from here album. Basic but sooooo tasteful!

It depends - Breaking Benjamin have had two drummers, so this is a little bit hard to answer - name a song/album and we can let you know who it was. The current drummer (Chad Szeliga - thanks wikipedia) is fairly impressive though - he states he plays Diary of Jane pretty much with a single foot, which takes a good amount of control and coordination in my book - I believe there's clips of him showing how on Youtube. Anything that predates THAT album (EP actually) however is the previous drummer.

According to Wikipedia they had another guy on drums who did some live stuff for them too - but i doubt that's who you mean since he was live - not on any albums.


Another guy, now that you got me thinking about it, is Scott Phillips (also from Creed) on Alter Bridges album One Day Remains - especially the track Metalingus (any WWE fans will recognise this as Edge's theme music)


Lester from Pillar is also great, on all their albums IMO - always perfect for what they are doing at the time, which is an attribute I regard highly and more drummers need to have. The Reckoning is one of my favs though.

Another one is Jesse Sprinkle on Demon Hunters debut album - Demon Hunter, then later Timothy "Yogi" Watts on the more recent "Storm the Gates of Hell" - some awesome blasting and just magnificent kick work IMO - I know they're not up there with the absolute speed demons in metal, but at a certain speed it becomes just noise to me, and I can't appreciate what I'm hearing anyway - this stuff however is magnificent.

[198dsradio]

Very underrated, but Scotty Giffin's work on "Crime In Stereo Is Dead". Very effective and interesting hardcore drumming.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8yHne59zh0"]YouTube- Crime In Stereo "Orbiter" & "XXXX (The First Thousand Years of Solitude)" Live at Bottom of the Hill[/ame]

[ToolDrummer17]

Danny Carey on "Lateralus" (Tool)
Chris Adler on "Ashes of the Wake" (Lamb of God)
Matt McDonough on "The End of All Things To Come" (Mudvayne)

[VIbes]

Harvey Mason- Herbie Han****-Headhunters
All the guys on -Aja
All the Muscle Shoals Studio Drummers
Billy Cobham- Spectrum
Blue Note Jazz Drummers
Rich,Bellson, so many!

[Atomic]

I must be the only one that prefers Brad Wilk's drumming with Rage instead of Audioslave.

[tomtomkick]

Ken Mary - House of Lords / Sahara
Paul Geary - Extreme II / Pornografitti
Denny Carmasi - Heart / Brigade

[Mr. Tama]

I must be the only one that prefers Brad Wilk's drumming with Rage instead of Audioslave.

No, I LOVE his drumming with RATM!

[ScreaminSGs]

Billy Cobham-Spectrum (worth mentioning again)
Mike Portnoy-Bridge Across Forever-or most any TransAtlantic albums!

[MisterMixelpix]

Marco Pitruzella - Brain Drill's "Apocalyptic Feasting"
George Kollias - Nile's "Those Whom the Gods Detest"
Flo Mounier - Cryptopsy's "None So Vile" <- the best metal drumming you will ever hear
Gene Hoglan - Dethklok's "The Dethalbum II"
Chris Pennie - any Dillinger Escape Plan albums

[Anda One, Anda Two]

Often overlooked and rarely mentioned MR. Will Calhoun on Living Colour
Tim Alexander - My Name is Mud
Alex VAn Halen - For Unlawful Carnel Knowledge
Neil Peart - YYZ

Oh, And before Pearl Jam started their grand cycle of Drummers , Jack Iron's work on Ten was amazing, specifacally the live mix of Even Flow.

Also often overlooked, Steve Ferrone-Average White Band.

[Anda One, Anda Two]

So...how many times have we talked about great drummers but not also been able to associate them with recordings that have made a very significant, far-reaching musical impact? I'm talking music vs. drumming technique.

I thought it might be interesting to list great drummers that we also associate with great ALBUMS. For example:

Neil Peart - Moving Pictures
Bonham - Led Zeppelin 4 (or other)
Elvin Jones - A Love Supreme

I know this is all subjective, so use your own criteria and post a handful of your faves. Justify your choices if you want. Hopefully I was clear enough in describing the scenario. Have fun and feel free to disagree!

Bill Bruford = Earthworks.

[RickyT]

How about Jeff Becks album "Wired"
michael waldon jr...
Jan Hammer on the Blue wind tune.
Same guy who did the music for Miami vice.

There are a few other drummers on that album as well.

[saleenman607]

Also overlooked (imho) is Bartholemew Eugene Smith-Frost, aka "Frosty" who was the drummer for sweathog and also collaborated with Lee Michaels for some very memorable cuts, such as "Stormy Monday", "Tell me how do you feel" and the medely I can't seem to recall just now.
Some of my favorites of all time.

[saleenman607]

Harvey Mason- Herbie Han****-Headhunters
All the guys on -Aja
All the Muscle Shoals Studio Drummers
Billy Cobham- Spectrum
Blue Note Jazz Drummers
Rich,Bellson, so many!

Ahhh yes......Fourplay is AWESOME

[Atomic]

I just realized Taylor Hawkins hasn't been mentioned. I think his best work that I know of is on the echoes silence patience and grace album. That album has some awesome guitar work too.

[Tim21]

Chris Adler - As The Palaces Burn (Lamb of God)
Corey Pierce - lV - Constitution Of Treason, Earths Blood (God Forbid)
Joey Jordison - Iowa, All Hope Is Gone (Slipknot/Murderdolls)
Shannon Larkin - Awake, Good Times Bad Times, lV, The Other Side, (GodSmack)
Lars Ulrich - Load, Reload, Metallica, Justice For All, (Metallica)

[Russ]

Alan White, on every YES album he did.

[iceneweb]

My first post:

Swing and power, just listen to the way the hi-hat dances around:
Phil Taylor, Motorhead: 'The Ace of Spades'

Modern metal wonder:
Chris Hornbrook, Poison the Well: 'The Tropic Rot'

Pure, economical, precise groove:
Sly Dunbar, Black Uhuru: 'Red'

Inventive and unconventional:
Budgie, Suouxsie and the Banshees: 'A Kiss in the Dreamhouse'

Power and prcision defined:
John Bonham, Led Zeppelin: 'Presence'


Bill Ward, Black Sabbath: 'Sabotage'

To name a few . . .

[AlexGoodwin]

Welcome to the forum Iceneweb! glad to have you around!

Mine would have to be
. Jack bevan - Antidotes + Hummer and b sides
. Suresh da saram - I had the blues but I shook them loose
. Sam Doyle - Wall of arms

[Dustin]

[quote=iceneweb;290895]My first post:

Swing and power, just listen to the way the hi-hat dances around:
Phil Taylor, Motorhead: 'The Ace of Spades'

Very underated drummer with a unique style.

I will throw in John Bradbury, The Specials "The Specials"
Not sure how many of you have heard of him!

[armyoflarry]

Again, Jack Irons does not play on Ten. That is Dave Krusen. Give the man the credit he deserves! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Krusen

[Gretschhead]

Just picked up the Chick Corea Akoustic Band self titled album yesterday, recorded in '89 with Chick Corea on piano, John Patitucci on bass and Dave Weckl on drums. Some killer jazz drumming by Weckl! Extremely creative and super high energy! This is one of the best jazz albums I've purchased in a long time!

[oaktree137]

i've really been getting into John Densmore of the Doors lately- excellent drummer... adds really good feel and creativity to every song, and i love his ride/tom/cross stick work

[jordison515]

Joey Jordison, Slipknot-Slipknot, Iowa, Vol. 3, All Hope is Gone
Chris Adler, Lamb of God-Sacrament, Ashes of the Wake
Dave Lombardo, Slayer-Reign in Blood
Neil Peart, Rush- Really, do i have to say anything about this guy? NP is a GOD
John Bonham, Led Zeppelin- LEGEND, he can do anything that Jordison, Adler, and Lombardo do with one foot.