Please post your answer to this question:
Who is or was the best rock and roll drummer of all time?
I’ll issue an Undisputed Certificate of Undisputed Praise to the first person to post the correct answer.
Dale
John “Stumpy” Pepys
John “Sib” Hashian of Boston. How can you not like the afro?
p3
John Bonham of Led Zeppelin - most creative, talented and intelligent.
The one and only Steve Gadd…Steely Dan etc.
Phil.
I’m with Lorenzo on this one, too bad he said it first, now I have no chance of getting that certificate.
No, no, no, Lorenzo… you’re describing Ginger Baker.
T
Teri:
OK, I’m confused now. John Bonham was the drummer for Led Zepplin and Ginger Baker was the drummer for Cream & Blind Faith, and many others.
Am I wrong, or did you simply mean that the description that Lorenzo gave fit Ginger Baker better than it fit John Bonham- I’m guessing that latter, but was wondering.
Personally, my nod does go to Ginger Baker.
All the Best, Tom
David Husvik…no, he’s a heavy-metal drummer 
Hmmmm…
Tom: You’re correct. I think our Lorenzo is confused - he was obviously crediting Baker’s brilliance to Bonham 
Ludwig Drums did a survey and the voters to their website had the top 10 most influential drummers (using Ludwig drums) as:
- Ringo Starr
- John Bonham
- Buddy Rich
- Joe Morello
- Ginger Baker
- Alex Han Halen
- Ian Paice
- Alan White
- Bun E. Carlos
- Frankie Banali
My personal ‘best rock & roll drummer’ is John Bonham.
Steve Gadd?! When did he start playing rock´n roll. One of the all time greatest? Yes. Rock´n Roll? Nope!
Bonham!
…but Ian Paise and Stewart Copeland (The Police) are also up there…
Obviously Keith Moon.
For those who admire Ginger Baker, I’d have thought Mitch Mitchell and Jon Hiseman have all the drive and much more skill and subtlety. But since rock drumming isn’t about skill or subtlety I submit …
Keith Moon.
ummm…Phil Collins?
But Ginger didn’t know when to stop.
BTW, Tony…I never really cared for Ringo’s drumming, but I liked the Beatles. But he was influential though.
The Undisputed Best Rock and Roll Drummer of All Time.
One of my all-time favorites. Most multi-talented I’d say.
Now that is funny.
I think this entry is a renegade from a thread I haven’t quite got around to starting: the top ten most tragic hairstyles.
(He won’t win there either.)
One of my favorites too, along with Mick Fleetwood.
As for most influential, name me a drummer (Amateur or Pro) who hasn’t learned the solo written by Ron Bushy. (Hint: he wrote the drum solo in In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida). A whole generation of kids grew up playing that solo on desktops, trash cans, construction helmets, what ever was available.
In July of 1968, Iron Butterfly released the monumental LP, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, featuring the 17:05 minute side-long track that shook the entire music industry with its phenomenal reception. 'Vida outsold every record in the history of recorded music within the first year of its release (over eight million copies sold) and therefore outgrew and outsold the standard of the music industry’s “Gold Album” award. For this achievment, Iron Butterfly was subsequently awarded: The Industry’s Very First “Platinum Album”! This historic award was created and presented by then-president of ATCO Records Ahmet Ertegun, who went on to become the current CEO of the WEA Group. Most recently, “Vida” received the Multi-Platinum award.
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, stayed on the charts for 140 weeks, with 81 weeks in the Top Ten. To date the album has sold in excess of 30 million copies and remains an undisputed classic in the archives of rock with DJ’s and audiophiles worldwide
True… Ginger didn’t know when to stop doing a lot of things.