Bonham is the GOAT for sure, I doubt too many would try to argue that. Just listen to any Led Zeppelin song live and pay attention to the drums. I love how he was making that shit sound like explosions in some of those songs. I remember reading something from John Paul Jones that he liked to stay in the back so he could focus on what Bonham was doing and go off of that or something like that. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bump:
Bonham is the GOAT for sure, I doubt too many would try to argue that. Just listen to any Led Zeppelin song live and pay attention to the drums. I love how he was making that shit sound like explosions in some of those songs. I remember reading something from John Paul Jones that he liked to stay in the back so he could focus on what Bonham was doing and go off of that or something like that.
The thing about Bonham is, his drum track is really the basis for every Zep song. As opposed to someone like Ringo Starr who literally was just whacking along in time and could've been any schmuck back there. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Great Expectations:
Neither can touch Bonzo. Typically the only people who disagree with that are fan bois
Amen.
I've always preferred the "groove drummers" like Bonzo/Fleetwood/Watts/Gorman/Ringo/Buddy Miles/Chad Smith/Tommy Lee et al to the "overplayers" like Peart/Carey/Mitch Mitchell/etc
A couple exceptions would be the total badasses like Jimmy Chamberlain and Keith Moon. [Reply]
Originally Posted by JD10367:
The thing about Bonham is, his drum track is really the basis for every Zep song. As opposed to someone like Ringo Starr who literally was just whacking along in time and could've been any schmuck back there.
DC is my favorite drummer of all time, and I'd definitely put him up there with the top 1-3 best drummers of all time (even though I'm a little biased).
Gavin Harrison is the truth, though. His work with Porcupine Tree, the newer formation of King Crimson, and most recently Pineapple Thief is stellar. I know it's long, but give this performance a listen - it's a flawless clinic on progressive drumming. The song happens to be kickass too!