Best Rock Drummers


I've seen most of them and by far the two that stand out are Neil Peart of Rush and Ceasar Z. of Golden Earring. For non-rock I would say it's a no brainer with Buddy Rich.
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Keith Moon (how did he do it)

Billy Bonham (power to extreme)

Ginger Baker (superstar)

Buddy Rich (master in style)

Stewart Copland (beat)

Dave Growl (force)

Carl Palmer (technical)

Travis Barker (experiment)

Chad Smith (funky)

...Neil Peart, Phil Collins (had their great moments too)

"There were no great Rock drummers before Ringo Starr, Charlie Watts, and Keith Moon".

Wow, such unashamed ignorance. So no Earl Palmer (Little Richard)? D.J. Fontana (Elvis Presley)? Fred Below? Below was the house drummer at Chess Records, playing on the recordings of Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, etc. Is was he---as well as Palmer and Fontana---younger Rockers listened to to learn how to play Rock 'n' Roll. I could name a dozen more.