Could be on a recorded song or a live show...or whatever.
In no particular order:
John Bonham on "In the Light" Geez, Bonzo! I know some casual Zep fans might say "Moby Dick", but to me this was it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXFUnnoSphY

I know this guy gets a lot of shade thrown his way, but if you can find a way to hate on Lars Ulrich's drumming on "One"...do your thing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM8bTdBs-cw&ob=av2n

Finally...the one and only time I saw Tool perform live, Danny Carey DESTROYED shit all night. So in the pocket, so in tune with Maynard. When they played this, though...Goodnight!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCEeAn6_QJo

especially the intro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Mld7eSaydI

Prince, 'Ballad of Dorothy Parker'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6DmA5B-7ZA

(drum machine yeah, but Prince had to push the buttons)

Jeff Porcaro on Boz Scaggs's "Gimme The Goods" (check the end)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF4c4ezM-Z8

Billy Cobham on his own "Stratus": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aw2rM0w-pc

Harvey Mason on Herbie Hancock's "Shiftless Shuffle"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdZpkQKJiBg


was going to list up Steve Gadd's work on Steely Dan's "Aja" which is rightfully epic. Ditto for Bernard Purdie's ever-imitated "Home At Last" groove. I went with "Stratus" for the same reason I almost threw up another Jeff groove, "Your Gold Teeth II". Jazz chops swiftly transformed into some rock/type shit.

on a random note, I was ever impressed with George Duke's playing drums on his own "Mr. McFreeze", since I consider him a keyboardist first and foremost. he does have a bit of Stevie Wonder-ish "off-beatness" but that was actually cool. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LusqREGpQnQ)

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He was crucial to the early development of metal drumming, and his work on "One" introduced double-kick to MTV and the mainstream, but even by 1989 he'd stopped developing as a drummer and was quickly becoming a punchline in the metal drumming community.

Compare what Dave Lombardo was doing with Slayer at the time ('90): http://youtu.be/QiyBq_llIbM

And Vinnie Paul with Pantera ('92): http://youtu.be/Bp9yHjLAUfU

And within a couple of years you get Tomas Haake with Meshuggah ('95): http://youtu.be/FTF5uLZYfp0

And Martin Lopez with Opeth ('98): http://youtu.be/U3ZHajw3-3s

And Chris Adler with Lamb of God ('00): http://youtu.be/yz8wkh-uFlk

Meanwhile, Lars hasn't adapted at all, and in fact may have gotten worse, which is one the reasons Jason Newsted quit the band, commenting after he joined Voivod that "Lars stopped working on his art."

So yeah, Lars' drumming is easy to hate on. "One" is probably the peak of his recorded output, and in context, it really isn't that impressive.

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it was the same boring beat throughout the whole thing.

would not like it, lol.

I don't know if it was a health thing (I assume not everyone's body can take that abuse) or just a laziness thing (Why should I work this hard if I'm rich?) but right after And Justice For All... (Loved "Blackened" and "Dyers Eve") he fell off.

...was supposedly recorded 1-2 bars at a time and I think you can hear it; there's something EXTREMELY clinical and cold about that record. I guess that's what they were aiming for but I could never really fully like it. But yes, that record has his best drumming IMO but that's not saying much, I'm another one who thinks he was lame, even during Metallica's prime...

I mean, damn: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfoDh1XL2wo

They mixed Newsted out of the record because they were still butthurt that he wasn't Cliff.

Gavin Harrison drum clinic performance of Porcupine Tree's "The Sound of Muzak": http://youtu.be/PxqWiRCg4mM

Tomas Haake with Meshuggah from the brand new "Koloss": http://youtu.be/2B6xFu8v368

Gene Lake with Steve Coleman and Five Elements: http://youtu.be/3n-vKZEfRr4

>Gavin Harrison drum clinic performance of Porcupine Tree's
>"The Sound of Muzak": http://youtu.be/PxqWiRCg4mM
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>Tomas Haake with Meshuggah from the brand new "Koloss":
>http://youtu.be/2B6xFu8v368
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>Gene Lake with Steve Coleman and Five Elements:
>http://youtu.be/3n-vKZEfRr4

Dennis Chambers with Mike Stern (Richard Bona on bass): http://youtu.be/P1FuEapPSJY

Martin Axenrot with Opeth: http://youtu.be/qrWqkWmKoJY

Vinnie Colaitua with Herbie Hancock (Nathan East on bass): http://youtu.be/J1xmRQAUOr8

Bill Stewart doing "Big Brother" with Larry Goldings and Peter Bernstein: http://youtu.be/eQuDAhMXwQA

Cream's "Toad" no doubt in my mind is where Led Zeppelin got it from. Ginger Baker did his thing amazingly on this song (Still prefer "Moby Dick" though) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpGi8M44cP8

Mitch Mitchell in my mind is highly underrated as a drummer, doesn't get enough props. "Manic Depression" is blows me away every time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYdq0ABH3so

And lastly I'll go with Robo's intro on Black Flag's "No More". Probably not the hardest thing ever but always thought it was done so cool, would be a great song to start any show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsRRHnS4drM

but was about to put him in for that VERY song!! Hell, he showed his ass the entire "Are you Experienced" album.

I mean even though Hendrix subdued the rest of the band after the debut, Mitch still had some great work like "Bold As Love', "Spanish Castle Magic" "Long Hot Summer Night" and "Come On (Let The Good Times Roll". Both nothing compares to "Fire", "Third Stone From The Sun" and "I Don't Live Today"

I got a few...

"I Wanna Be Free" Ohio Players....the drum breakdown going into Sugarfoots vocals are insane...

"Hot For Teacher"--Van Halen...Man, the drum intro sounds like a million angry Hells Angels bikers coming to rape and pillage...Alex was on some other shit...and he's showing off some real jazz chops to...

"777 9311"...The Time...yeah, its a drum machine...But Prince was a beast on that shit...and he and Jellybean could do it live too...crazy...

>"777 9311"...The Time...yeah, its a drum machine...But Prince
>was a beast on that shit...and he and Jellybean could do it
>live too...crazy...

and props given to anyone who plays that one live.
I've never heard Prince do that one live himself (on the drums... does Prince play the drums at his shows?) though.

His bandmates, yeah.

Yeah...he's done it at a rehearsal....and I don't know if he still plays drums in his shows, but he used to...

i want to be free Ohio Players

sister cheryl Tony Williams

tighten up archie bell and the drells

brick house the commodores

sun goodess Ramsey Lewis and earth,wind and fire

got to give the people what they want the O'jays

dance to the music sly and the family stone

billie jean michael jackson

i missed again phil collins

low down boz scaggs

time outta mind steely dan

street life the crusaders

one nation under a groove Parliament funkadelic

pick up the pieces average white band

i'm black and proud james brown

can't you see tower of power

http://youtu.be/GHkucr1jJpQ

Not the craziest but for some reason I just like this performance. Especialy the break at around the 3 mnute mark.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbe9wKmggYM

I like it during the midtempo and slow sections and it's even groovy at times but it's WAY too robotic during the fast sections with barely a fill or accent anywhere. Add one of the worst snare-sounds ever and it gets a it annoying to listen to the fast sections when *that* sound is hitting you on the ehad constantly.

Anyway, the drumming as a whole on "Leprosy" works because it's a fairly raw and primitive old-school album but on the next album, "Spiritual healing", Billy Andrews drumming REALLY sounded passe. That album came out after Pete Sandoval (Morbid Angel, Terrorizer) had ripped everyones ass off in '89 so Death for once in their career sounded left behind, not just because of the drumming of course but it didn't help; I still find that album pretty weak. "Leprosy" fucking rips though...

This joint right here secured his place at the TOP of my list of all time drummers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzLgOrReMYw

For a more accessible Chris Dave performance, Help Somebody from the last Maxwell album:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvKARVeMJ7I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuqVBM_8Cl4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBkmwY4uOdY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgxy9lMbqJc&feature=relmfu