STEWART COPELAND

So I'm calling this my Mt. Rushmore summer of drummers. Stewart Copeland in Phoenix June 18th, Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater) July 25th, and Neil Peart (Rush) in Denver, August 8th. Unless Steve Smith takes Vital Information on tour of he reforms Journey it's doubtfull I'll see him this summer. So who would your Mt. Rushmore of drummers be? I know that this froum spans the globe, so if your not familliar with M.R. it is a national memorial in South Dakota that has four of our most historical U.S. presidents carved into the mountain. There is no criteria for who you pick but please keep it to four, well I guess that is a criteria, ok, so one criteria.

Obligatory Phatty response:

Oh for fu$*s sake!!!!!

With obvious reference to Wes Anderson....


Stewart. He is my Rushmore.

An impossible task. However, for sport and in no particular order:
Stewart, Buddy, Vinnie, and Keith Moon

Travis Barker JUST misses the mountain (just kidding)

In no particular order (and it's hard to pick just 4...): Elvin Jones, Buddy Rich, Keith Moon, Tie between Stewart Copeland and Jack DeJohnette. Also--I saw Billy Higgins one night at a little club in L.A., and he altered my whole musical philosophy. He WAS the music. I could go on and on, because I love drummers. Oops...one more: A percussionist, Luis Conte. Had the pleasure of filming him on a public-access TV show. His groove, commitment, and intensity brought tears to my eyes. I'll stop now......

Stewart, Neil Peart, Steve Smith, Terry Bozzio

OR,

Buddy Rich, Tony Williams, Jack DeJohnette, Mel Lewis

OR,

Mel Gaynor, Carter Beauford, Prarie Prince, Mark Brezezicki

OR,

Steve Gadd, Jeff Porcaro, Simon Phillips, Phil Gould

OR,...

Stewart Copeland

Bill Bruford

Vinnie Colauita

Neil Peart

Copeland

BONZO

Wildman Moon

Peart

.....yep....cast in stone.

Copeland; Moon; Peart; Bonham

Stewart, Mitch Mitchell, Ginger Baker, Phil Collins

Copeland, Bonham, Rich, Mitchell, with Densmore squeezed in there cuz he's tiny anyway.

Mr. Stewart Copeland, Mr. Bonzo Bonham, Mr. Keith Moon, & Mr. Joey Baron

Stewart Copeland,
Mitch Mitchell,
John Bonham,
David Garibaldi

(Buddy Rich gets his own mountain)

[quote="animal"] Phil Collins[/quote]

With all due respect, are you out of your F***ing MIND?

Distinguishing for genre:

Rock/world:Copeland
Classic rock: Copeland/Moon
Jazz:Rich/Dejohnette
ProgRock: Neil Peart

[quote="Kalypso"][quote="animal"] Phil Collins[/quote]

With all due respect, are you out of your F***ing MIND?[/quote]


I knew animal was gonna get ripped for that!

With all due respect, I'd also question John Densmore. Rushmore? Densmore? I don't think so......