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Great musicians who should have been famous except....

I'm throwing this out there as an example. My 16 yr old aspiring drummer son asked me if I had anything in the vinyl collection tonight... apparently the U Tube video tutorials finally got boring. He is really good and practices non stop but it was refreshing when he asked about ideas for sound. In a moment of 30 years past clarity I put on the B side of Van Halen 1984… Is Alex Van Halen the most under rated rock drummer of all time? And is there a better lead in to ANY rock vinyl side than that???
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racamuti
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How about B.J.Wilson from Procol Harem? Check out "Power Failure" from the "Broken Barricades" album.


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twoleftears
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Bring back Gene Krupa!
drmemory62
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B.J. Wilson seconded from me, also as an example of kick-ass drumming to start out a classic rock LP - mainly "A Salty Dog"

Ditto to Mickey Waller as well, particularly on "Every Picture Tells a Story" for Rod Stewart.

Best of all, IMHO, is Steve Gadd's drumming on Steely Dan's Aja, mind blowing, absolutely mind blowing.
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glennewdick
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Underrated drummers Vinnie Colaiuta. 
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John McGeoch, a brilliant guitarist who played with several bands of the post-punk era, including Siouxsie and the Banshees, Visage, Magazine, and Public Image Ltd.

From Wikipedia...
He has been described as one of the most influential guitarists of his generation, and was referred to in the music press as "the New Wave Jimmy Page"
   Signature characteristics of his playing style included inventive arpeggios, string harmonics, the uses of flanger and an occasional disregard for conventional scales.

Radiohead's Ed O'Brien cited him as a "big influence" as well as U2's The Edge, Johnny Marr, and Dave Navarro.

RIP

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