80's band with the best drummer?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

Poll question: 80's band with the best drummer?

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. I am gonna have to go with Duran.

I worked for them. I saw Roger play every night. He was a friggin' machine. He was amazing.

So good to have the lads back in original nick. So good indeed.

[arcos]

2. Considering he lost one arm, Rick Allen from Def Leppard! n/t

[bigwillq]

29. That's who I voted for (nt)

[Bok_Tukalo]

3. The Police

Stewart Copeland defined The Police's sound when they were at their best. Rare for a drummer.

[ProfessorGAC]

15. He'd Be My Pick

If i went back a bit farther and included bands from the 70's who were still active in the 80's, i'd have to add Bill Bruford.

And, as someone else mentioned below, Terry Bozzio is awfully good!
The Professor

[benito]

4. Neal Peart anyone?

But I voted for Nicko!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

5. Mr McBrain was in a class all his own!

[chaska]

41. I was just thinking the same thing...

I hate Iron Maiden, so I can't comment on his work with them, but he was awesome with Pat Travers band.

[Drifter]

8. Clearly the best ...

Could be a nominee for each of the last 4 decades.

Cheers
Drifter

[mooky]

40. Neal Peart is the best of all time.

Why no Rush on this poll?

Tommy Lee from Motley Crue is a close second, and Alex Van Halen should be in there somewhere.

[scubadude]

6. Jon Luc Ponty's Steve Smith is in my mind the best drummer-

of the 80's. He's still being voted the best all around drummer by readers of modern drummer magazine every year. If you haven't seen him, your missing a great show. Steve Smith's Vital Information.

On edit he was also with Journey, I'm not sure he counts anymore...

Scuba

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

7. um - Terry Bozzio anybody?

:shrug:

[charlie]

9. Yeah, I had to set that straight

right quick. No votes for Mr B would be a travesty.

[NashVegas]

10. No One, But No One, Tops Stewart Copeland

No matter what decade. Godhead. Simply godhead.

[Beware the Beast Man]

11. Dave Lombardo- Slayer

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

13. NICE!!!!

:thumbsup:

[Beware the Beast Man]

14. I've said it before, but

"Reign in Blood" is THE greatest metal album of all-time!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

16. No doubt about it

Though Powerslave is my sentimental fav

[bbernardini]

12. Phil Collins and Chester Thompson are both great drummers!

Yeah, Genesis started to go downhill a bit in the 80s, but Phil and Chester are still both amazing drummers.

That being said, I can't vote, because I just can't decide between Copeland, Bozzio, Collins and Thompson. (Oddly enough, that's also the name of my law firm.)

[Wat_Tyler]

17. Someone out of Steve Morris, Stephen Perkins, Stewart Copeland or Reni.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

18. You say Copeland eh? - You hate the Police

[Wat_Tyler]

20. I hate the Police.

But I love Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

21. I feel ya

That makes perfect sense

[tigereye]

33. you hate the Police?

Now I am really confused. I guess I don't understand your taste. Maybe I need a breakdown. ;)

I could see hating Sting as a solo ( which I do not), but how can you hate one of the quintessential powerpop trios of the 80s and with all that great jazz and music skill? Or were they just too popular for ya?

[Wat_Tyler]

35. It's just a thing Chavez and I have.

I really don't like Sting, though.

[tigereye]

38. ah another private musical amusement

I should not really take any comment seriously around here. You would think that I would know that by now. ;)

How about Romeo Void? Their hit has been running through my head of late.

[Magrittes Pipe]

19. Perkins gets my vote.

[Tikki]

22. Cheap Trick.....

Bun E. Carlos is an amazing drummer.

Of course, I pick Don Bonebreak from X...my favorite live band.

[FunBobbyMucha]

23. Stewart Copeland.

Frustratingly, Gordon reeled him in too much. One of the reasons the band melted. Amazingly kinetic. Did some interesting soundtrack stuff (rumble fish, etc) since then.

Sorry, but when you drunk-drive and get your arm cut off, that's a little thing we call instokarma. There's a certain novelty act quality to Lefty's subsequent drumming, but it's like choosing Terry Fox over Edwin Moses.

All of the above, though, could not lick the ballsack of one Keith Moon.

[LeftHander]

24. MinuteMen (later Firehose), Husker Du (nt)

[Philostopher]

25. I gotta go with 'other'

and say 'pretty much any band Prairie Prince played with,' which is several, including the Tubes.

Although as much as I hate Missing Persons, their drummer played with Frank Zappa, so he had to be excellent. Zappa never hired any dead weight.

[Aiptasia]

26. Neil Pert

Yeah, Rush's Neil Pert is missing off of that list... So is Keith Moon but what the hey, most people think of him as a 1970's drummer.

[Wat_Tyler]

27. Who's Neil Pert?

Never heard of him.

[China_cat]

28. Probably also considered a 70's drummer

but there is nobody who can top Mickey Hart.

[Kierkegaard]

31. That's the only reason I went with Missing Persons.

Bozzio is really a 70's drummer, but being MP was an 80's creation, I thought he best fit the question. Neil Peart is the pioneer of prog rock drumming and set the standard by which all others must be measured.

[tigereye]

34. Keith Moon was amazing!

Since I have been taking drum lessons ( I was a self-taught drummer for many years), I have a whole new appreciation for him!

[muriel_volestrangler]

39. Well, Moon did die in 1978

so it's not surprising that not many think of his 80s work ...

[Kierkegaard]

30. Bozzio, no question.

None of the other's mentioned have his ability, pedigree and well, weirdness...

[redqueen]

32. Copeland, of course

[Phillycat]

36. Yeah. It's a "well, duh" question.

[tigereye]

37. no it's me! For weird drummer of the 80s award!

seriously I agree with Copeland. ALthough session drummers have some serious skills. But the best drummers in my book are jazz guys.

[Squeech]

42. Is this a trick question?

I vote for Stewart Copeland as the quintessential '80s drummer.

Arguably Phil Collins is a "better" drummer, but the work that by my lights proves he's "better" is his '70s work (with Brand X as well as classic Genesis).

My take on Neil Peart is, he's Keith Moon sober. If Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey wanted to do the Ninth Annual Who Farewell Tour, they could do a lot worse than to hire Neil and Geddy as this year's rhythm section. (Geddy would have to lose the Steinberger, however.)

[Hoosierdaddee]

43. Though not technically an 80's drummer

His career spanned nearly 3 decades (including the 80's) and he was the quintessential session drummer. At the height of his career he was dubbed the "perfect drummer". His discography includes the likes of Eric Clapton to Mel Torme, Frank Zappa to Thelma Houston, John Lennon to John Travolta, Steely Dan to Carol Bayer Sager, Alice Cooper to The Carpenters. He was not English but one of Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs. Unfortunately the madness that plagued him most of his life culminated in the murder of his mother and in 1993 he died of cancer in prison for the crime.

Jim Gordon