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The Most "Influential" Drummers - The ones who started it all

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Rated 0 points - posted 14 years ago by writershire in category Music.

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John Bonham

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Neil Peart

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Buddy Rich

Buddy Rich has been dubbed many things for nearly 70 years now. To name a few: Superman, a drumming god and the Mozart of the drums…

50 points - added 14 years ago by writershire -

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Keith Moon

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Ginger Baker

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Ian Paice

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Carmine Appice

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Elvin Jones

His polyrhythmic style not only influenced thousands of jazz drummers, he was a major inspiration for later influential rock drummers, Mitch Mitchell and John Densmore.

8 points - added 13 years ago by guest -

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Earl Palmer

This man just about invented modern rock drumming!

6 points - added 14 years ago by writershire - 1 comment

Comments:

Woops! You mean "C"arl Palmer... not "E"arl.

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Ringo Starr

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nelz ze ninja

This ninja helped children all over the world learn how to drum

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Philly Joe Jones

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chad smith

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Tony Meehan

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Sean Thomas Gill

Most amazing drummer ever!!!!!!! I dont need proof he is just that awsome

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Sean Gill

i dont need a reason he is awsome

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Warren 'Baby' Dodds

We already have Buddy Rich on our list…and who other than the great Warren "Baby" Dodds could be Rich's icon? He was the first important drummer of New Orleans Jazz. A master of percussion and effects.