Mykonos

Mostly some old rock 'n' roll drummers like Keith Moon, Stewart Copeland and Moe Tucker. Reggae and Dub drummer Sly Dunbar is pretty amazing, and Reni from The Stone Roses made most of their tracks sound 'real', if that makes sense. Even though I think that their music is an absolute pile of intolerable crap, I can't deny that Joey Jordison of Slipknot is pretty darn incredible.

The Virgin

rob bourdon from Linkin Park is pretty decent in drumming. I think he'll be my number 1 drummer.

Necromancer

There are just so many great drummers to choose, Neal Peart and the list just goes on. But one drummer that stands out more than all the others to me is, Keith Moon. He was just absolutely phenomenal on the drums. The Who was one of the first "Hard Rocking" bands of their era, and Keith Moon was the soul of it all (Opera Rock, etc) you name it, the Who has done it musically.

Mykonos

Yeah, Keith Moon's way up there. I'd say he was probably the first man to really make drummers noticeable and exciting, rather than the steady guy sitting at the back. There are way more skilled drummers around nowadays, but I think the pioneers are the real heroes, which is probably why I also included Moe Tucker up there. First female Rock drummer? Yes please!

Farfisa

The chick from Autolux is a pretty good drummer too. I also like the chick from The Black Angels who drums. There is no doubt that Tucker has influenced this generation of female drummers in revivalist psychedelia.

musakjunkie

Danny Carey!

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Syrith

Agree 100%, Keith is the greatest, and Neil is awesome too

Some of my other favorites are Ginger Baker, Stewart Copeland, Bernard Purdie, Bill Ward, Matt Cameron and John Bonham.

Freebase Dali

Man, no offense, but I don't know why people call drummers "good" like all you have to do is be able to stay on time with a pretty simple beat that people happen to like. And I wouldn't be that guy to say "well... for a chick... she's pretty good."

I mean.. look at someone like JoJo Mayer...



While I, in no way, am stating that "good" drummers need to be able to do fancy tricks and crazy ass drum solos, it's usually the case that those that are capable of skillfully going beyond the standard deviations in drumming are the same that have long ago mastered the simple beat you happen to like.
But, ultimately, I think a "good" drummer is a drummer that knows exactly what a song needs, when it needs it, and is able to do it unscripted, at any time, regardless of preparation, and with feeling. And that's relatively hard to really pinpoint in a drummer outside of free jams. It certainly can't be pinpointed in a studio recording. In a studio recording, all you're really left with is the drummer's choice of beats to judge, which have been worked on and whittled away at like an ate up drumstick wounded from practice after practice, show after show.

I'm not really trying to pass any judgments here. I'm just giving my opinion on the matter, and, as a drummer myself, I feel pretty strongly about it.

Howard the Duck

no order:-

John Bonham
Keith Moon
Drumbo (Captain Beefheart)
Jaki Liebezeit
Neil Peart
Bill Bruford
Jack DeJohnette
Billy Cobham
Ginger Baker
Gene Krupa

and special mention goes to Linus D-7 (drum machine)

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TockTockTock

Jaki Liebezeit and Damon Che as far as rock goes...

Most jazz drummers are fantastic (Liebezeit was one before he joined Can), but I can't really name any off the top of my head