Greatest Rock Drummers

Sorry to join the discussion late, and glad to see Richie Hayward, my all time favorite, receive some mention, along with Steve Gadd, and Jeff Porcaro.  Surprised to see zero mention of Rod Morgenstein (Dregs, etc.). Since there's also been discussion of Jazz players, I will also offer Joe Morello (Dave Brubeck, the Take Five solo), Alex Acuna (Weather Report, etc.), also Peter Erskine (also Wearher Report and many others).

I saw Buddy Rich a few times in the 70’s, Joe Morello, Peter Erskine.
As I stated earlier, these lists of Rock drummers invariably turn into a list of Jazz drummers. But the reason could be that many of those who make these lists are interested in musicians who have progressed in their craft, which ultimately is learning to play jazz.
When I started playing drums, I only wanted to play rock. After awhile, my instructor led me to jazz and I’m glad he did.

There are Rock drummers who are the best for the genre or a band’s style of music; e.g., Ringo. Then there are drummers who are highly skilled who move beyond a single genre. There’s no doubt that Carl Palmer, Neal Peart, Phil Collins, Bill Bruford, Mitch Mitchell have the chops to play jazz, but are in the Rock category. And then there’s Steve Gadd and Jim Keltner who decidedly play it all.

The following link was on another thread and is for the Neil Peart fans. This girl is amazing; she makes forget that I don’t like Rush...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C00BpiE52mM

Lots of great choices above! Has
 anyone ever heard of Mike Portnoy?
Not too shabby in my book😜

Some of you guys may enjoy the movie "Whiplash" showing today (Sunday) at 9:00am CDT on AXSTV.

Dave

Saw the movie, bought the soundtrack!