mr roger taylor of queen. not as technical as neil peart and co, but a grea drummer, and a great soloist. check out his timpani solo.

also, check out mike mangini. check you tube for him, the one with steve vai is frickin' awesome.

another drummer i came across on good old you tube is dylan elise. the video of him when he was only 16 just blows my mind!!!

ian paice with deep purple and the london philharmonic is another fine solo.

like others have said, too many to try and list. just watch as many as you can, it's great!! Clapping Happy2 D' Drummer

happy viewing!!!

One of my favourites is Simon Kirke from Free / Bad Company. He has that simple approach, but has great chops.

I also enjoy the sounds of Shannon Larkin of Godsmack... Live version of "Keep Away" ~ absolutely incredible.

These are only a couple.. I could go on, and on, and on.

Cheers

Shannon Larkin is one of my current rock favorites.

The "Changes" DVD is incredible.

Shannon larkin. Good shout. Great drummer. I got into his drumming when I got ugly kid joes second album, menace to sobriety. And then their third, motel california. I got to meet him in the early 90's, they played at the tivoli in buckley, north wales. My crowd surfing ended up with me on the stage, so I asked shannon for a stick, so he gave me one. Lovely. If you don't ask, you don't get. :-P. He also played the opening track on stone sours' second album, come whatever may.

I met Rob Merrill (4 string thing player) of Godsmack on the IV tour. I had just missed Shannon going into the venue.

Another couple of my favourite drummers would be Sean Kinney of AIC and Mr.Vinny Appice of Dio / Black Sabbath. These 2 fellows make heavy metal drumming look easy!

Cheers

Another big influence on me was michael lee. I saw little angels supporting marillion in 1988. Awesome drummer. He went on to play with page and plant, the cult, and the last thing he did was thin lizzy. He sadly passed away 2 years ago. Talking of heavy metal drummers, vinnie paul of pantera. And also brian tichy.

Love gingers Old Ludwig set in the video all decked out with rogers hardware and a stick tray as well Gingers Solo on Live "wheels of fire " Toad is one for the ages as is his solo on the blind faith LP but if you really want to hear him play listen to some of his Jazz stuff...

Yep one of the most rhythmic dudes I have ever had the privilege of watching .

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Pete York, Charlie Antonelli and Huub Janssen. Huub is incredible.

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Michael Shrieves old santana solo off soul sacrifice wood stock does not get much better then that.......old school joe morello ,,,old solo swing swing swing my mom use to play it off a 45 in the middle 50's thats when i got hooked and of course old overplayed iron butterfly on the lower end yes we all love toad

There is of course the fantastic Dutch drummer Han Bennink, here playing a set of cheeses!?

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