Greatest Rock Drummers

Jon Hiseman can play anything from jazz to rock with breathtaking power and drive second to none, just listen the Colosseum albums and specially COLOSSEUM LIVE, 1971. His driving force as a band leader is something else.

Phil Collins plays just anything with great sense for nuances and rhythm, he´s technically brilliant as well, just listen to his work on early GENESIS albums. He is just sublime.

Carl Palmer is technically brilliant and very fast, he´s also very powerful and creative and never sloppy or dull. He´s still going strong, actually he is even better than in the early 70´s, as seen on many YT videos and some of those are just incredible. For example see this: https://youtu.be/VGz1yLeyS2M

And yes, Mitch Mitchell with Hendrix is magic, especially on "Ladyland"

William Bruford is the best of modern jazz/fusion drummers

Furio Chirico of Arti + Mestieri is another jazz virtuoso with huge power

And yes, Steve Gadd is brilliant indeed.

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Yes indeed... and B.J. Wilson has a style of his own, he is just something else. Thank you for the music RIP

I agree with those who seem to associate one drummer within one band, but that doesn’t showcase that drummer’s talent outside their particular band.

Having said this I think Jim Keltner should be considered as one of this generations unsung greats.

This thread has me putting on "Band of Gypsys"/Buddy Miles........as cycles2 posted.

Among the old guys, Charlie Watts deserves more attention.  The Stones secret ingredient was Charlie's rock-solid snare.  And one of the coolest dudes ever.

Among current drummers, one of the most interesting and imaginative is Bryan Devendorf with The National.  Often sounds like he's playing one song while the band is playing another.  Gives life to, and propels, the music, like a good drummer should.