The ten most underrated drummers of all time

StefB · October 2014

1) Brian Downey

2) Brian Downey

3) Brian Downey

4) Brian Downey

5) Brian Downey

6) Brian Downey

7) Brian Downey

8) Brian Downey

9) Brian Downey

10) Brian Downey

It's true. Been listening to the remastered Live & Dangerous a lot recently and once you get over how great the guitars sound, by Christ the guy can play drums.

Blueingreen · October 2014

Charlie Watts

Ringo Starr

Neither of them remarkable technicians or metronomic timekeepers, which means many drummers dismiss them as mediocrities who were in the right place at the right time. But in their prime both were able to come up with a string of simple, inventive ideas that really enhanced the records they played on.

Phil_aka_Pip · October 2014

Andy Ward

axisus · October 2014

Wow, what are the chances of 10 guys with the same name, all being seriously good but underrated drummers!?!?!? Must be billions to one! Incredible fact. I'm gonna have that tattooed on my ass and show people when I'm drunk.

not_the_dj · October 2014

Roger Hawkins

Max Weinberg

IanSavage · October 2014

From having seen him up-close-and-personal in a drum clinic, Ritch Battersby (of The Wildhearts, as no-one who knows me will be surprised to learn). How anyone can hit so hard and yet stay so precise I don't know.

Bucket · October 2014

Steve Queralt (EDIT: Laurence Colbert) from Ride. Beast of a player and the drum sound on Going Blank Again is one of the best I've ever heard.

3:00 onwards. Magnificent.

I love it when he slips into double time every so often, only for a bar at a time (like at 3:27). Never heard anyone do that before.

GBA also has some wonderfully vicious guitar sounds and one of the best bass tones in recorded history. Painfully underappreciated.

DesVegas · October 2014

Bucket said:

Steve Queralt from Ride. Beast of a player and the drum sound on Going Blank Again is one of the best I've ever heard.

3:00 onwards. Magnificent.

GBA also has some wonderfully vicious guitar sounds and one of the best bass tones in recorded history. Painfully underappreciated.

@bucket steve was the bass player laurence colbert was the drummer, and well played young man.. this was going to be my suggestion.. dreams burn down drumming is great as is all of it

jimmyd · October 2014

Jimmy Chamberlin from the Smashing Pumpkins - awesome!

Gassage · October 2014

Jonathan Moffatt for me (again) Very visual too give it a little run to about 2 mins

thumpingrug · October 2014

Ian Mosley

Bucket · October 2014

DesVegas said: steve was the bass player laurence colbert was the drummer, and well played young man.. this was going to be my suggestion.. dreams burn down drumming is great as is all of it

Ah ok, on Wikipedia it just says the band members' names and not what they play - I could have sworn I read that Laurence Colbert was the bass player, and used my powers of deduction from there

Whatever their names, they're all awesome. Going Blank Again is one of my favourite albums.

Nunogilberto · October 2014

Mark Brzezicki (sp?) of Big Country - on the Final Fling DVD/Come Up Screaming CD, his sound and playing are superb.

Larry Mullen Jr - The drums on Pride still give me goosebumps...

Heartfeltdawn · October 2014

Matt Barrick from Jonathan Fire*Eater and the Walkmen. Not the best quality audio but you get the idea of the physical effort he puts in.

lasermonkey · October 2014

+1 on Loz Colbert. Also Budgie from the Banshees, John Lever from the Chameleons, Brian Young (Posies) and Bill Berry (REM).

Clarky · October 2014

Gassage said:

Jonathan Moffatt for me (again) Very visual too give it a little run to about 2 mins

superb player… I love the way he chokes the crashes behind him.. very cool..

freakboy1610 · October 2014

Morris Windsor - The Soft Boys/Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians. No really. He's a great singer too.

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joneve · October 2014

Any love for Simon Phillips? He's played drums for just about everyone, but the way in which he *physically* plays the drums is like no other drummer I've ever seen. He hits the skins SO DAMN HARD.

DesVegas · October 2014

Bucket said:

DesVegas said: steve was the bass player laurence colbert was the drummer, and well played young man.. this was going to be my suggestion.. dreams burn down drumming is great as is all of it

Ah ok, on Wikipedia it just says the band members' names and not what they play - I could have sworn I read that Laurence Colbert was the bass player, and used my powers of deduction from there

Whatever their names, they're all awesome. Going Blank Again is one of my favourite albums.

Good boy.. Ride was my first gig .. and will always be one of my favourite bands

holnrew · October 2014

Meg White

Lolz, not really.

Phil_aka_Pip · October 2014

holnrew said:

Meg White

Lolz, not really.

That Corr lass neither.

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