I choose Keith Moon

john bonham

Ginger Baker

Me too.

Technically speaking,,,,,

1. Terry Bozzio
2. Neal Peart
3. Mitch Mitchell
4. Nick Mason (I know he studied at some music school, but he's never done anything that impresses me technically)
5. Bonzo
6. Ginger Baker
7. Moonie

If I was going to have them in my band,,,,

1. Bonzo
2. Mitch Mitchell
3. Nick mason
4. Ginger Baker
5. Terry Bozzio
6. Neil Peart
7. Moonie

Strange,,,,,I love Moon, but he falls flat in this poll.

I think they're all equally great rock drummers but the late, great John Bonham defined the art of rock drumming in Zeppelin.

A couple pictures of Bozzios kits.

older one


new one


Ignorant!!!!

moon, bonham and mitchell are all perfect for their bands.  Can you imagine a Zeppelin with Moonie drumming?  Or Bonham with Jimi? 

But Stax legend Al Jackson Jr. gets my vote.  Session in, session out--with so many different artists.  Powerful but subtle.  Perfection every time. 

Actually, I can easily imagine Bonham with Hendrix. Its tough to think of another drummer that can groove as well as Bonzo and thats pretty much what Jimi required.

You're probably right.  Bonham just hits the drums so hard, Mitch had a lighter touch.  I tell you who I really love as a drummer.  Richard Manuel.  Levon said he was his favorite drummer.  He kicks as on "Rag Mama Rag." 

bloody hell , now thats a drum kit lol .

I've been told that each drum is tuned to a certain note also. Its a freaking sideshow. Nobody needs all of that.

Keith Moon.

well i couldnt vote, as it was to tough to do so. if i tried then i would still be here now deciding from when i made my last post lol

oh mess...i went for ginger baker accidentily....i ment to go for mitch mitchell

oh well lol

MOONIE!!! He rules.

Bonzo, because Im not familiar with the Bozzizio guy

i put nick mason because i love pink floyd... but for best drummer john bonham

That picture convinced me.  It's got to me Moon.

Moonie is amazing, i know hes not techincal or watever you guys say, but Moonie is amazing and yes hes a madman, and hes my favorite drummer of all-time

Ginger Baker.

I never really got Ginger Baker for some reason.  I just hear that clippity-cloppity beat to Sunshine of Your Love.  Maybe it's the way they were miked.  Bonham just sounds so much bigger.  BTW does Moon sound just a bit buried in some of the Who mixes--I'm thinking of Who's Next? 

well thats because you listened to Sunshine, Creams jaded song,

listen to "Toad" off Wheels Of Fire

listen to dazed and confused by led zeppelin, it has amazing drums

agree^.. and bass too...and the guitar is pretty awesome, the solo isnt very hard to play but Simplicity is Genius!

I'd like to know what Bonham does that is SO much greater than Moon. I just think he's often picked because of the band he was in. I KNOW he was great, but I don't think he was an innovater. Maybe he was, I don't know. I KNOW Moon was though for sure. His antics off stage are all people remember him for. Watch/listen to him at 18 drumming to their early stuff. It's amazing. Who else was doing that?? I just don't get it. I'm not putting Bonzo down, just wondering what is it that puts him above Moon. And yeah, he could groove and pound. Is that it? If anything, they are equal in greatness. Great at different things. But Keith was the innovator of the two.

Quoted from Maccalvr

I'd like to know what Bonham does that is SO much greater than Moon. I just think he's often picked because of the band he was in. I KNOW he was great, but I don't think he was an innovater. Maybe he was, I don't know. I KNOW Moon was though for sure. His antics off stage are all people remember him for. Watch/listen to him at 18 drumming to their early stuff. It's amazing. Who else was doing that?? I just don't get it. I'm not putting Bonzo down, just wondering what is it that puts him above Moon. And yeah, he could groove and pound. Is that it? If anything, they are equal in greatness. Great at different things. But Keith was the innovator of the two.

Four words.

When the Levee Breaks.

Simplicity may be genius, but so is being able to push the boundries of an instrument to places that no just any musician can do. There's also genius in using the instrument in ways that no one else thought to do. Creating sounds that are unique to their style. If anyone can pick up a guitar or drum and play it the way these guys did, then I would think, why didn't anyone else think to play it like that before? And why do these guys stand out?  It's not always simple. Like David Gilmour, Keith Moon, John Bonham, Jimi Hendrix. How easy are they to emmulate? I have no idea not being a musician.

Achillies Last Stand is better than when the levee breaks^

and 3 words:

Cobwebs And Strange

and Moon was amazing in almost evry Who song, and he is more fun to watch than Bonzo,, and evrything Sandra said I agree highly on

Kieth is better IMO

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Four words.

When the Levee Breaks.

Yeah, that doesn't help. I can list a bunch of Who songs to where Moon excells. That's not what I'm looking for. I'm curious as to a drummers opinion especially.

PS
I love that song. I know he grooves and pounds on it. That's his strength. Still, wondering why he's put above Moon as innovator. And you hate the Who so you're biased.

i said simplicity is genius in sarcasm cause I had an arguemnt over Page in another thread

haha- 5 words

A Day In The Life

I know. That's why I addressed it and mentioned Gilmour.

A Day in the Life what? Ringo's drumming? I LOVE his drumming in that. Ringo gets NO credit ever.

exactly. everyones naming songs that have great drumming, and I pciked 1 that kills them all:

A Day In The Life

terry bozzio's technical skills are probably the best out of the choices, but i was never the technical sort. i'm going with bonzo simply for the fact that he could really groove and played with so much power.

Technical smechnical! It's whatever moves you right?

To put my two cents worth in for Sandra's question as to why I would choose Bonham over Moon,,,,,

If I wanted a drummer who could play maybe some deep blues, a little light jazz, a studio piece that needs to be done the same time after time, a pocket thats a mile deep but still drives,,,,,,,,,,Moon loses. He cant do any of that. Moon was great for the Who, but I dont see him being able to drum for anybody else. Thats not so for Bonham.

But how do you know Moon couldn't do that since he never did it? And how do you know Bonham could since he never did either? I mean, maybe they tried or something and I just don't know about it.

Cool chapter from the book Rock and Roll: A Social History:

http://www.thewho.net/articles/townshen/friedlan.htm

Doesn't have that much to do with the topic at hand, other than the fact that you can see how Moon and the Who are vastly underrated in more than one way.

KEITH MOON OF COURSE!!!!! ! ILOVE HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!