Is this the 50 greatest drummers of all time?

Led Zep's John Bonham takes the top spot

The MusicRadar Team, Fri 30 May 2008, 12:51 pm UTC

Is this the 50 greatest drummers of all time?

Phill Collins charts at 10

Another day, another list – this time it’s Gigwise.com’s 50 greatest drummers of all time. Apart from being ‘great’, it’s unclear what the criteria are. It’s no real surprise to see Bonham and Moon take the top spots but with Ringo Starr only just scraping in at number 43, you have to wonder…

Maybe they took John Lennon’s “he’s not even the best drummer in The Beatles” quip a bit too seriously. Anyway - horses, courses etc. Here’s the top ten…

10. Phil Collins – Genesis
9. Gene Krupa – Various jazz/big band
8. Carl Palmer – Emerson, Lake and Palmer/Asia
7. Rick Allen – Def Leppard
6. Buddy Rich – Various Jazz
5. Jimmy Chamberlin – The Smashing Pumpkins
4. Neil Peart – Rush
3. Danny Carey – Tool
2. Keith Moon – The Who
1. John Bonham – Led Zeppelin

By Tom Porter

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User comments (3)

BRICH79

38 weeks ago.

Rick Allen I think is great in that he learned to play with one arm and still keep a beat naturally sounding. Dave Grohl just sucks (sorry but just my opinion) I do take offensive though the fact that Buddy Rich was placed at number 6. Buddy should have been number 1 followed by Bonham, Palmer and then Moon. But this is only one mans opinion. LONG LIVE BUDDY!!!

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georgeguitars

Sun 1 Jun 2008, 1:32 pm UTC

What about Mitch Mitchell?????????

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ChrisVinnicombe

Fri 30 May 2008, 1:32 pm UTC

No Dave Grohl, but Rick Allen is included?

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