Favorite Rock & Roll Drummer

[Masterlu]

Who is your favorite Rock & Roll drummer?



Mine is Carl Palmer

[crwilli]

+1 on Carl Palmer. Saw him live a year or so ago and he was incredible.

[Masterlu]

Slightly off topic, but interesting none the less;

The 30 Richest Drummers in the World

Ringo Starr – $300 Million (The Beatles)
Phil Collins – $250 Million (Solo, Genesis)
Dave Grohl – $225 Million (Nirvana, Foo Fighters)
Don Henley – $200 Million (The Eagles)
Lars Ulrich – $175 Million (Metallica)
Charlie Watts – $160 Million (The Rolling Stones)
Larry Mullen Jr – $150 Million (U2)
Roger Taylor – $105 Million (Queen)
Joey Kramer – $100 Million (Aerosmith)
Chad Smith – $90 Million (The Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Travis Barker – $85 Million (Blink 182, The Aquabats)
Stewart Copeland – $80 Million (The Police)
Alex Van Halen – $75 Million (Van Halen)
Nick Mason – $75 Million (Pink Floyd)
Tommy Lee – $70 Million (Motley Crue)
Bill Ward – $65 Million (Black Sabbath)
Jon Fishman – $60 Million (Phish)
Carter Beauford – $55 Million (Dave Matthews Band)
Rick Allen – $50 Million (Def Leppard)
Tre Cool – $45 Million (Green Day)
Danny Carey – $40 Million (Tool)
Tico Torres – $40 Million (Bon Jovi)
Max Weinberg – $35 Million (Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, Conan O’Brien)
Mickey Hart – $30 Million (The Grateful Dead)
Bill Kreutzmann – $25 Million (The Grateful Dead)
Neil Peart – $22 Million (Rush)
Taylor Hawkins – $20 Million (Foo Fighters)
Questlove – $16 Million (The Roots, Jimmy Fallon)
Steven Adler – $15 Million (Guns N’ Roses)
Mick Fleetwood – $8.5 Million (Fleetwood Mac)

[j3brow]

Neil Peart is my all time favorite rock n roll drummer.

Matt Cameron is a close second. Like all lists, hard to be considered completely inclusive. Google search has Cameron's wealth estimated at $70M. Dude plays 3+ hour shows night after night with Pearl Jam.

[audioguy3107]

Neil Peart, Rush

[Nacho]

John Bonham
Keith Moon
Matt Cameron

[2fastdriving]

How can questlove make double what mick fleetwood has? Maybe mick snorted all his...

[Mikado463]

Neil Peart
Carter Beauford

[Questortapes74]

Neil Peart --- An inspiration for myself. Intelligent lyricist and author. Versatile and adaptive style of performance. Willingness to learn and trained with Freddie Gruber in the 1990s. Most important is his resilience as he has managed to move forward in life following the death of his daughter and first wife in 1997 - 1998.

Regards

[Antonmb]

In no particular orde
Richie Hayward
Jim Keltner
Butch Trucks
Steve Gadd
Mitch Mitchell
Ringo
Charlie Watts

Reminds me of one of my favorite music jokes:

Why is a drum solo like a sneeze? You can tell it's coming but you can't do anything to stop it.