I think he's a great drummer = really fits the band.

I like most of their stuff.

Quite often drummers in a great band arn't the most technical drummers but they fit the band = get on with the other bandmates (sometimes have some pretty good fights but always make up in the end), do some very creative drumming, play "for the song" etc. That's what I think makes a great drummer. The best example of this (and I'm a little biased here) is Charlie Watts. He even admits it himself. I love the guy. Look at his drumming on Paint It Black & Satisfaction - simple but very effective. A more technical drummer might have worked out something completely different.....and maybe with less results - who knows. My point being:

Roger does a fine Job with the band Queen, no question.

Roger is super underrated. His name just nearly never comes up.

Part of it is because often when you really lay down a good drum track you don't notice the drums. You only notice them when there's some flash or a goof.

The same thing for Hal Blaine, nobody talks much about him because his drum tracks were so good they didn't draw much attention. Kind of like a great paint job on a car, there's nothing to catch your attention as being wrong so the average person's impression is often "what?".

Roger has the added bonus of being a great vocalist and song writer.

If someone can explain to me just why he's underrated and any different from any other run of the mill 80s drummer then I'm listening.

Always loved the guy. Saw him back in the 70s and he blew me away. He's been a huge influence on me. The only bad thing associated with him was when I ordered a back issue of Modern Drummer because my issues had gone missing. I distinctly remembering how excited I was at the prospect of rereading an issue with Roger Taylor. Turned out to be the drummer for Duran Duran. That sucked.

yay!! it's great to see so many of you backing him!

he is the main influence on my drumming.(it was the drum fill on fat bottomed girls that did it for me!)

i sadly never got to see them with freddie, but i went to see rog on his '94 solo tour, and i went last year to see the queen paul rodgers thang.

talking of modern drummer magazine, mjcnic, i have a copy from the 80's with a big roger taylor interview in. its being lovingly kept in the attic.

i have nearly 2 year old twins you know!! i don't want it ending up like confetti!! LoLoLoLo

He plays what needs to be played and that fits my definition of a great drummer.

I play "Tie Your Mother Down" with my band and that's no walk in the park.

I've always thought roger is very underrated also! But Queen as a whole at first didn't do many Interviews! so not a lot was at first known about them or roger! and as previously mentioned, he's also a core member of the group, song writer, and management with queen!

I think he was better than most of the 80's guys strictly for his vocals. He was the high harmony on most of their songs, co-wrote a lot of their songs, played guitar and bass on his own solo stuff and sang lead vocals on a few Queen songs, including "I'm in love with my Car"

That's why I think he's underrated. Hate to say it, but most of us drummers don't have as much talent as he does, at least I know I don't

as a kid queen were my "favorite" band. roger taylor is a great drummer and was a big part of their rich decadent sounds. i feel that for a drummer to rise above the rest and go beyond just tasteful and talented they need to play something that defines them as there own. mr taylor i believe did this. his signature if you will was when he would play a something that most would have a closed hi hat he would play it open with a quick mute just after the beat making kind of a delayed sounding wash. it is something that very few if any drummers do. my 2 cents.