For those who asked my fave drummers of rock are.
1. Keith Moon (The Who)
2. Jerry Shirley (Humble Pie/Fastway/John Entwistle/Natural Gas)
3. Dave Mattacks (Richard Thompson, Fairport Convention)
4. John Bonham (Led Zeppelin)
5. Al Jackson Jr (Booker T and The MGs)
6. Ringo Starr (The Beatles)
7. Jerry Edmonton (Steppenwolf)
8. Charlie Watts (Rolling Stones)
9. Floyd Sneed (3 Dog Night)
10. Ansley Dunbar (Zappa/Journey/UFO/Jefferson Starship/John Mayall)
11. Levon Helm (The Band)
12. Ginger Baker (Cream, Hawkwind, Masters Of Reality)
13. Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac)
14. Steve Nicol (Eddie And The Hot Rods)
15. Jeff Porcaro (Toto, Steely Dan)
16. Ian Paice (Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Gary Moore)
17. Bill Bruford (Yes, King Crimson)
18. Albert Bouchard (Blue Oyster Cult)
19. Earl Palmer (Session extraordinaire)
20. Bill Ward (Black Sabbath)
21. Vinny Appice (Black Sabbath/Dio)
22. Hal Blaine (Session extraordinaire)
23. D J Fontana (Elvis Presley)
24. Clifford Hoad (Kings Of The Sun)
25. Michael Giles (King Crimson)
26. Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree, King Crimson)
27. Terry Williams (Rockpile)
28. Jerry Alison (The Crickets)
29. Kevin Valentine (Donnie Iris/The Godz)
30. Carl Palmer (ELP, Asia)
31. Sandy Nelson
32. Bobby Elliot (The Hollies)
33. Jim Gordon (Derek And The Dominoes, Session player)
34. Roger Hawkins (Muscle Shoals/Traffic/Delbert McClinton)
35. Ralph Molina (Crazy Horse)
36. Stan Lynch (Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers)
37. Barry Borden (Molly Hatchet, Mother's Finest, Marshall Tucker Band)
38. Cliff Davies (Ted Nugent)
39. Roger Earle (Foghat. Savoy Brown)
40. Stuart Copeland (Police)
41. Cozy Powell (Rainbow, Whitesnake, Jeff Beck Group)
42. Micky Waller (Rod Stewart, Jeff Beck Group)
43. Simon King (Hawkwind)
44. Mikkey Dee (Motorhead)
45. Phil Taylor (Motorhead)
46. Bruce Crump (Molly Hatchet)
47. Ziggy Modestse (The Meters)
48. Kenny Jones (Small Faces, The Who)
49. Tommy Farrell (Savoy Brown)
50. Earl Young (MFSB, The Trammps)
51. Kenny Arnnoff (Bo Deans, John Mellencamp)
52. Dale Griffin aka Buffin (Mott The Hoople)
53. Jon Brookes (The Charlatans UK)
54. Jim Fox (The James Gang)
55. Alan White (Yes)
56. Jim Keltner (Elephant's Memory)
57. Joe Vitale (Joe Walsh, CSN)
58. Bill Riflein (REM, Ministry, King Crimson)
59. Uriel Jones (Motown)
60. Paul Douglas (Toots And The Maytals)
61. Jamie Oldaker (The Tractors, Eric Clapton)
62. Clive Bunker (Jethro Tull)
63. Joey Kramer (Aerosmith)
64. Steve Smith (Journey)
65. Perry Baggs (Jason And The Scorchers)
66. Terry Chambers (XTC)
67. Bob Henrit (Argent, Russ Ballard, The Kinks)
68. Artimus Pyle (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
69. Jakson Spires (Blackfoot)
70. Ted McKenna (Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Rory Gallagher)
71. Nigel Olsson (Elton John)
72. Lee Kerslake (Uriah Heep, Ozzy Osbourne)
73. Zak Starkey (Oasis, The Who)
74. John Barbata (The Turtles, CSNY, Jefferson Starship)
75. Bill Berry (REM, Warren Zevon)
76. Bruce Halper (Sand Rubies, Sidewinders AZ)
77. Charles Connor (Little Richard, Fats Domino, James Brown)
78. Larry Lee (Ozark Mountain Daredevils)
79. Clem Burke (Blondie, Romantics, Empty Hearts)
80. Charles Wolff (The Brains, Delta Moon)
81. Chris Slade (Manfred Mann, The Firm, Ac Dc)
82. Jason Bonham (UFO, Foreigner, Led Zeppelin)
83. Paul Thompson (Roxy Music)
84. Enrique "Bugs" Gonzalez (Los Lobos)
85. Steven Joe Bladd (J. Geils Band)
86. Mick Avory (The Kinks)
87. Bobby Graham (UK Session drummer, Dave Clark Five)
88. Steve Gadd (Gadd Gang, Steely Dan)
89. Carlton Barrett (Bob Marley and The Wailers)
90. Al Cross (Big Sugar)
91. Dennis Thompson (MC5)
92. Bobby Caldwell (Captain Beyond, Johnny Winter And)
93. Simon Phillips (Big Country, 801, The Who, Toto)
94. Chris Leyton (Double Trouble, Kenny Wayne Shepherd)
95. Bill Lordan (Sly And The Family Stone, Robin Trower)
96. Ben Calvert (Killing Joke)
97. Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Killing Joke, QOTSA)
98. Peter Rivera (Rare Earth)
99. Paul Ferguson (Killing Joke)
100. Jerry Mercer (April Wine, Mashmikan)
I know I am missing many other drummers out there. I'm set with the first 12 drummers on the list but everybody from 13 on down to 100 is a blur and all can be interchangeable. I know I left out Greg Errico (Sly), Reg Isadore (Trower) due to limitations on the list. Next up, fave jazz drummers. Which will be as hard to compile too.
Untouchables
Neil Peart (Rush)
Buddy Rich (Legend)
Whoever was missed.
101) Tre Cool (Green Day)
102. Ronnie Tutt (Elvis Presley)
103. Nicko McBrain (Pat Travers, Iron Maiden)
104. Maureen Tucker (Velvet Underground)
105. Petti Glen (Lou Reed, Wagner/Hunger Band)
106. Reg Isadore (Robin Trower)
107. Mike Mangini (Dream Theater)
108. Alex Van Halen (Van Halen)
109. Viola Smith
110. Dennis Dunaway (Alice Cooper)
111. Charlie Bernanti (Anthrax)
112. Grahame Edge (Moody Blues)
113. Greg Errico (Sly And The Family Stone)
114. Jerome Brailey (Mutiny, Parlament/Funkadelic)
115 Mel Parker (James Brown)
116 Philip Paul (Session drummer for King Records in the 1950s)
117. Ahmir Questlove Thompson (The Roots)
