Are you guys ready for it? I'm going to disagree with Mattman's comment about Phil Selway from Radiohead... Ready? Sitting down? Bracing yourselves?
John Bonham from Led Zeppelin, by far and large, is my favorite drummer. He's followed somewhat closely by Keith Moon from The Who. Phil Selway is good, great in fact, but he's a bit of a machine, sort of a human metronome, and while I guess that's what every good drummer should aspire to be, Bonham had soul and Moon had style and in my humble opinion, those qualities haven't been matched by any other drummer I've ever heard. And Bonham could slap a single bass drum pedal faster and more accurately than most drummers can do with two pedals (or a double pedal). And the titan-like beats he forged were as good as they get, imo, especially in songs like The Immigrant Song and When the Levee Breaks. Moon wasn't as great technically, but he was outrageously fast and his style is legendary. Throwing a stick 20+ feet into the air and catching it behind his back, all while rolling with the other hand, and completing the rest of the roll while it was happening... that's just too cool for words
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