what bands do you think give the most props to their drummers?

[mmelouve]

by that I mean allowing them to develop a style that creates a signature for the band, rather than just keeping time.

Iron Maiden would top my list. Nicko

 

[Simone R]

Tomas Haake of Meshuggah, Vitek of Decapitated, George Kollias of Nile, Mike Smith of Suffocation.

 

[CandiceC.]

Mastodon. Braan is fucking sick.

 

[Ryah H]

James King of Origin. Fastest drummer I have ever seen and makes it look so effortless.

 

[imani b]

Mike Portnoy for Dream Theater
Danny Carey for Tool

 

[cascade_boss_dogg]

yea, danny carey is awesome

but vinni paul kills all

 

[Anirban711]

Dirk Verbeuren of Soilwork.

Pete Sandoval of Morbid Angel.

Chris Adler of Lamb of God.

 

[Chris Brown]

Chris Pennie of The Dillinger Escape Plan

 

[wi_dennis]

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[**S**]

Derek Roddy

 

[mosha]

i'm probably gonna get bashed for this but i think stephen perkins does more for his banRAB sound then most, if not all

 

[x_fluffernutter_x]

Cowboy Mouth. The band is centered around the drummer. He develops the whole sound. When they're on stage, the place a singer would be, is taken by the drummer and his set-upfront and center.

 

[Karliest♥]

Both of mine have already been stated here. Dailor from Mastodon is brilliant, as is Lopez from Opeth (a shame he won't be playing with them anymore).

How about Jimmy Chamberlain from the Smashing Pumpkins? Go back and listen to their first 3 albums....fantastic drumming.

 

[Riss]

mike portnoy - dream theatre for sure

beleive it or not... joey jordison from slipknot is quite good

Lars from pre 1995 Metallica

 

[little_miss_sunshine_1234]

lars is a fuckin' horrible drummer

 

[ycantharrypotterb4ever]

Joey Jordison is a reallly good drummer, sadly hes in a gay band. He use to be in Anal Blast, I dont get how he went from a sweet grind band to a gay ass numetal band. I saw him play with Satyricon once, he did a good job.

 

[Guillermo L]

i agree 100% but his shit style of drumming is a big part of the metallica sound

 

[Stephanie Rothslisberger]

Bill Stevenson of ALL, Desendents and Black Flag.

 

[rogkas]

the guy from fear factory

 

[Rebecca A]

he is pretty sweet

but i still say vinnie paul is one of the greatest