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Sad to hear. I played the drums, and he was my hero growing up. Modern Drummer magazine had a "drummer of the year" in different categories, and eventually th
by cschmidt 7y ago
Sad to hear. I played the drums, and he was my hero growing up. Modern Drummer magazine had a "drummer of the year" in different categories, and eventually they made a hall of fame, so it wouldn't just be Neil.
By their reckoning, the third best drummer ever:
https://www.moderndrummer.com/article/march-2014-50-greatest-drummers-time/ https://www.moderndrummer.com/article/march-2014-50-greatest...
- madengr 7y agoYep, same here. Had some pull-out posters from MD magazine of him hanging on my wall as a teenager.
- vanusa 7y agoBonham, Moon, Starr -- and Peart -- all above Max Roach? Umm, okay.
- microtherion 7y agoI was fearing the worst when I saw Buddy Rich at #1 — he's usually the token Jazz drummer on rock-oriented lists. But to my pleasant surprise, the list actually represented Jazz drummers fairly (disregarding the rankings, which are bound to be more subjective).