Douchiest---love it! All those hair/metal band musician’s are like "Don’t look over there, look over here. Ain’t I great?!" The singer, the guitarist, and the drummer, all trying to steal the spotlight from each other. Embarrassing.
Drummers have all heard the stories about the sheet music Frank Zappa put in front of drummers for their auditions. Few could play it, Vinnie Colaiuta being one who could. He works with Jeff Beck now, and is scary good. Another musically great drummer with insane chops is Steve Gadd, one of the handful of the best drummers in the world.
It is assumed, and is largely true, that a technical guitar player wants a likewise technical drummer. One exception was Danny Gatton, who had this exchange with his new drummer during the break between sets in their first show together:
Gatton: "You know all that fancy sh*t you’re playing?"
Drummer: "Yeah."
Gatton: "Don’t."
