Greatest Rock Drummers

There are plenty of great rock drummers out there.  But not Neil Peart or Carl Palmer.  Neil is the best Rush drummer ever, but as soon as he steps out of that context he's like a fish out of water.  Carl Palmer is unimaginative, boring and lacks any sense of time.  What he does have is squirrel muscles which give (or gave) him enormous speed.  I joked that with Emerson and Lake gone, there was no one left that thought he was a good drummer.

Truly great rock drummers, in my opinion, would be Barry Barlow, ex of Tull, and Simon Phillips, who does mostly jazz now.  Of course Clive Bunker gets an honorable mention too.  Outside of rock, Coliauta and Weckl lead the pack, but there are so many monsters out there nowadays.

There is a myth that states that when asked if Ringo was the best drummer in the world, John Lennon laughed and said he's not even the best drummer in the Beatles.

Portnoy is amazing - so much so that he's had a hard time landing a gig with other players of his caliber and has been doing some pretty mundane stuff.