The Greatest Drummers Of All Time!

See who makes number one in our countdown...

May 29, 2008

Following in the hallowed footsteps of Jimi Hendrix and David Bowie – who were crowned the greatest guitarist and frontman respectively – Gigwise is now unveiling who we think is the Greatest Drummer of all time! Click through to find out who is number one…

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Brian Chase of Yeah Yeah Yeahs - With YYYs, raw, lo-fi punk and only Nick Zinner's thrash and Karen's caterwauling to accompany him musically, you'd expect Long Islander Brian to be pretty up on his game. Able to move swiftly from back to centre stage with his work- compare -Maps with Pi- Chase's pounding, emotive drumming is one of the founding characteristics of one of the greatest indie triumvirates.

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How come Ringo isn’t at number one?
~ by Andy 5/29/2008 Report
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Ginger should have been a HELL of a lot higher up on this list. But yay for Keith :)
~ by V 5/30/2008 Report
Although I’m a huge Beatles, Stones, Cream, etc. fan, I agree with alot of the picks but I think Charlie Watts should be in the top ten!! He’s not only one of the greatest ”Rock ’n’ roll” drummers (even though he is quoted as saying ”I hate Rock ’n’ roll”, but he is also one of the top Jazz drummers from his era. If you can tell me of another drummer who has sat through 30 hr. Rock sessions (In the Seventies) and is as steady as a drum
~ by Fan 5/30/2008 Report
remi, brendan canty should be on there
~ by the shiny phantom pearl 5/30/2008 Report
Jim Keltner, Jim Gordon, Hal Blaine, Trey Cool, Pat Wilson would all be in my personal top 10. Meg White and the one-armed guy? Ridiculous!
~ by Nimrod 5/30/2008 Report
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