Neal Pert is still alive?

And Worst Lyric-Writer. Congratulations!

/just kidding
//no, I'm not

Alex Major from Ellis Ashbrook

Oh God! There is no farking drummer better than Neil Peart!

/It ain't easy being cheesy.

Not to mention the most soulless and boring to listen to. He's what Kenny G. would sound like if he were a drummer.

Was the year 1978?

Screw your guys, Neil Peart rocks!

El Freak
Not to mention the most soulless

THIS

Sure, he has amazing technique and talent, but lets face it, he's a robot.

Bill Bruford (from 1971-1976) had more character in one snare hit than Neil Peart has in an entire drum solo.

/slight exaggeration.

Meg White was robbed!

Third_Uncle_Eno: Bill Bruford (from 1971-1976) had more character in one snare hit than Neil Peart has in an entire drum solo.

I'm afraid I have to respectfully disagree. Neil Peart has been a great innovator in the art for decades and remains someone that up-and-coming drummers look to emulate.

Third_Uncle_Eno:

Bill Bruford (from 1971-1976) had more character in one snare hit than Neil Peart has in an entire drum solo.

/slight exaggeration.

His 80s output with King Crimson wasn't so bad either - he was one of the first guys to really embrace electronic drums and do things with them you'd never hear on a Duran Duran record...

Neil Pert is a great drummer. Mechanical, yes. Still great. Catch him live if you can.

/Two of the greatest drummers of all time square off.

Is this one of those "sorry we snubbed you for so many years, here's a make-up award" awards, or are they actually serious?

'the Quaalude Thunder goes here'

rekoil
His 80s output with King Crimson wasn't so bad either - he was one of the first guys to really embrace electronic drums and do things with them you'd never hear on a Duran Duran record...

Blast! I (momentarily) forgot about the "Discipline" era!!
Thanks, Rekoil! :-)
[p.s. i like "Discipline" 5x better than "Beat" or "Three of A Perfect Pair".]

damianjames
I'm afraid I have to respectfully disagree. Neil Peart has been a great innovator in the art for decades and remains someone that up-and-coming drummers look to emulate.

I'm definately not doubting his innovativeness, techincal prowess and mad skillz. I'm just saying his drumming is cold and robotic. [like I said before, he's the Tony Banks (Genesis) of the drums].

...somewhere, Lars Ulrich is spinning in his grave.

Wait, who is this guy?

Once I achieve five limb independence I will destroy Neil in the drum-off of all time, space and eternity.

I am not a drummer, I don't know what is technically difficult or impressive, nor do I care. Brann Dailor of Mastodon is really fun to listen to though.

Mastodon - Sleeping Giant.

Must have been a slow year.

I'm a huge Peart fan, but his drumming on S&A was so non-descript that you forget about drums only a few minutes into it. That never happened on their older material.

YYZ (new window)

I picked up Neal jack and Me...the King Crimson concert on DVD, just the other day. Damn...my mouth is still open with astonishment.

First...I think Bill Brufford is a poet with drums. Hes so beyond mear drumming. Listening to earlier works with KC like fracture on Starless and Bible Black is a revelation to what drumming can be. That being said, the best drummer is something I think you really can;t put into one thing. Do you measure speed? Do you measure power? I think Steve Jansen is pretty smart on drums too, although he never tries for speed...he;'s all about the color.

Don;t know the drummer being voted on here. I'll have to give him a listen. Glad to see Bills name being brought up.....the man is a drumming god.

What gets drummers more wound up than the eternal Neil Peart good vs. bad argument?

as for Tony Banks.....Genesis was better with Peter Gabriel. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadways was pretty cool from Tony Banks also there.

I'm very disappointed there aren't more people here ripping on Peart and saying how overrated he is.

I'm a huge Peart fan. But I like to see the predictable backlash on these boards against anything that becomes popular. So the fact that Peart isn't getting chewed up here by a bunch of elitist, anti-social trend-haters means that he still isn't getting the public recognition that he actually deserves.

Just one year?

I thought he was the Professor...

El Freak: Not to mention the most soulless and boring to listen to. He's what Kenny G. would sound like if he were a drummer.

Winnar.

Olympus Mons: as for Tony Banks.....Genesis was better with Peter Gabriel.

I've heard a lot of people say this... it sounds more convincing when you know which one was the drummer.

There's nothing Neil Peart's ever done that this couldn't also do:



But there's plenty that drummers who understand feel CAN do that he can't.

Meg White

SALESMAN!

I wonder what Neil Peart would sound like playing goregrind. I think he could do decent gravity blasts.

Helen Wiggin- the best at playing off-time stuff. Way off.

He's a magnificent drummer and a huge musical influence to me and a myriad of other artists. One of the absolute best ever.

By the way, check out his lyrics on some his albums in the past 17 years. Phenomenal stuff, some amazing social commentary.

Seriously.

RUSH!!!!



serioulsy though, they kind of suck. Pert isn't half the drummer pinchface is.

kcrasras
I'm very disappointed there aren't more people here ripping on Peart and saying how overrated he is.

I'm a huge Peart fan. But I like to see the predictable backlash on these boards against anything that becomes popular. So the fact that Peart isn't getting chewed up here by a bunch of elitist, anti-social trend-haters means that he still isn't getting the public recognition that he actually deserves.

Maybe you're not seeing that because Rush isn't really getting MORE popular than they already are? When I think of trendy music, I do not think Rush, and when I think of a trendy drummer, Neil Peart isn't the first name that leaps to my mind. I don't love or hate Rush, but c'mon, they're not like The Arcade Fire (which has suffered the trend-hater backlash this year that you describe).

/Although Neil Peart WAS in the Broken Social Scene video for Fire Eye'd Boy...

These awards are meaningless. Karen Carpenter edged out John Bonham as drummer of the year back in the 70's sometime. That tells you a lot about these awards. I was reminded of that with all the Meg White comments.

/Neil Peart is the best, imho
//I actually like Meg White's drumming too

The lack of Nate Smith, Willie Jones III, or Clarence Penn anywhere on that page completely invalidates said poll. But have fun over there in 1992, gang.

Was the year 1978?


The thread was over right about here.

Yeah... here ya go:
"In 1975 Karen Carpenter was named the Best Drummer in the annual Playboy Music Poll. Second place drummer was John Bonham."

Link (new window)

I was kinda glad to see Gavin Harrison getting some runner-up love on that list. That guy is flat-out amazing.

/with porcupine tree, in case you didn't know him

Mr_Fabulous: I was kinda glad to see Gavin Harrison getting some runner-up love on that list. That guy is flat-out amazing.

/with porcupine tree, in case you didn't know him

You know he's with King Crimson now, right?

phygz: YYZ (new window)

I can't believe I've never seen that. That is amazing.



/I remember when Rush kicked ass

chuck biscuits anyone?
maybe nicko mcbrain?
/not a drummer.

Rock on.
And I see Jason Bittner also won in a couple categories, double rock on.

I CAN HAZ MOR DRUMZ PLZ?

There are still real person, human, made-out-of-meat drummers? Wow...who knew?

/not sure if Neal Peart qualifies as the above
//TTIUW Meg White rackage

GypsyJoker: Mr_Fabulous: I was kinda glad to see Gavin Harrison getting some runner-up love on that list. That guy is flat-out amazing.

/with porcupine tree, in case you didn't know him
---------------------------------------------------
You know he's with King Crimson now, right?

Well, I sure do now. Interesting. Very interesting indeed.

Thanks for the intel.

I know it's not the same genre as Rush/KC, but Stanton Moore of Galactic is probably the best drummer I have ever seen live. They guy can play everything from progressive rock to jazz, funk to hip hop and everything between. He's performed with Corrosion of Conformity, Rachid Taha, Garage a Trois, Irma Thomas... Really amazing stuff. He can do more with a regular-sized kit than most people can do surrounded by drums.

Travis Barker won not one but two awards?

Joey Castillo would like a word with this magazine

Hell, even Tre Cool with the release of Foxboro Hot Tubs must be pretty annoyed with this

AnArmyOfNuns:
//TTIUW Meg White rackage

YOU RANG?