A drummer is ESSENTIAL to having a good band. I've played with several drummers, each at different skill levels, and it's amazing how much of a difference it makes when you're playing with a drummer who keeps the beat AND shakes things up a bit. Without that, no matter how virtuosic you may be at your instrument, your band will sound like ****.

its definetley the guitar
probably more than half of people interested in playing music choose the guitar! IT SPEAKS TO US hahaha

a drummer IS NOT essential to playing a song.

the gee-tar

without it everything would be kinda boring

Nothing is essential to playing a song. But a good song...

Well a guitar may speak to a Person by providing an entertaining melody or good riff, but it doesn't necessarily speak to People, see?Plus, a guitar doesn't equal a band!!!No matter what style, a band needs more support than just one guitar player, such as drums, bass, violin, piano, sax, percussion, trumpets, whatever, ya know?:usehead:

Yeah, I love guitar solos but music also needs to have good rhythm, so the drums are very important. All instruments in a band are important though, and it also depends on the style of music.

the two guitarist in Judas Priest i've been noticing more and more.. a friend of mine keeps pointing out how amazing they are.. i'm bot sure ifs its been rubbing off on me, but i think i've been paying more and more attention to it, i think there amazing.. even in Priest new stuff, there amazing.

I don't think i'll lean from the guitar, i still think (and priest shows it more) that the guitar is the most important..

Drums and vocals

They all are, except keyboard...
But I chose drums, because those are the backbone of the song. Try and listen to anything, and imagine no drums. It'd be bad, bass, dosn't really matter, guitar while important, it's still not as important as the drums.

(I'm also a drummer so I'm a little biased but ehh)