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Gene Kruppa

Chuck Biscuits; Brad Wilk; Dave Grohl; Phil Rudd; John Densmore

how could I miss this?!

My all time fav is Phil Rudd: yes, he plays 4/4; yes, he's never been eclectic. But try to play with THAT groove, intensity and precision and you'll soon know that "simple" is very different from "easy"!

Other I really look up to are Ian Paice, Barriemore Barlow, Mike Portnoy, Neil Peart, Mikkey Dee, Jorg Michael, Uli Kusch and many many others.

I'm going to go with these 5:

Keith Moon
Buddy Rich
John Bonham
Mighty Max Weinberg (of the E Street Band)
Charlie Watts

In no particular order:

Dallas 'Digger' Royall (Rose Tattoo)
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy)
Bill Ward (Black Sabbath)
Dave Abbruzzese (Pearl Jam)
Brad Wilk (Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave)

A lot of the above weren't necessarily technical wizzes, but play/played with a lot of feel.

Honorable mention:

Charlie Watts (Rolling Stones -- he more-or-less invented the rock drum riff)
Alex Van Halen
Keith Moon
Joey Jordison (Slipknot)
Craig Rosvear, Brad Heaney (Screaming Jets)
Matt Cameron (Soundgarden)
Mitch Mitchell

I've played the drums since the sixth grade and whenever someone asks me who my favorite drummer I always answer the same........

Sheila E.

She's a total badass!!!! If you ever get a chance check out the video of her on David Letterman. Plays it like she means it

So hard to name five. I like so many genres. I'll do two top 5s (being into thrash metal and metal in general) one overall and one metal.

Overall (in no particular order):

Buddy Rich
Neil Peart
John Bonham
Ian Paice
Gene Krupa

Metal (no particular order)

Dave Lombardo
Charlie Benante
Tom Hunting
Nick Menza
Nico McBrain

Nice list indeed. All of them gave something great to music. I maybe would have left Hunting out (sorry Tom!) and mentioned someone like Mikkey Dee.

Neil Peart they don't call him the professor of the drum kit for nothing...
Alex Van Halen
Tommy Lee
Keith Moon
Phil Collins

Pinch
Rat Scabies
Bam
Razzle
tbc

Yes, two in my list are from the same band, but for different reasons - one for his unique style, one for the unity he brought to the band.

No5 I'll have to think about, tempting to go for either Ringo Star or Tommy Ramone, both for the same reason - they played for the song.

Bonham
Neil Peart
Mike Portnoy
John Fred Young
Alex Van Halen

Stewart Copeland
Taylor Hawkins (rest in peace)
Neal Peart

George Kollias, Zbigniew Robert prominski, Mike Portnoy,mario Duplantier en dan weet ik t ni meer

Darkside -- Mgła
Antichristian -- Tsjuder/Nattverd
Horn -- Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult
Dominator -- Dark Funeral
Frost -- 1319
Dave Lombardo --Slayer