I would rather watch Keith Moon play drums than Jimi Hendrix play guitar.

That's a pretty good list . I approve . Maybe some love for Jeff Porcaro?

I would rather watch Keith Moon play drums than Jimi Hendrix play guitar.

Good call on Clem Burke

Ginger Baker (probably the most underrated rock drummer ever)

How could I forgot John Densmore in the End?

I would put him into my five and drop Ginger Backer in the H.M.

The Pumpkins original drummer was damn good, Jimmy Chamberlain.

Tonight, Tonight has to be one of the all-time greats. Or Disarm with the bells.

I don't think you can call him underrated. He's always been a star. They let him jerk off on "Toad" for an entire album side for God's sake. Here's a great performance when he was in his 50s:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beyj3BE7RPY

The movie "Beware Mr. Baker" is fascinating, illuminating and disturbing all at once. Well worth seeking out for those interested in rock history and drummers in particular.

John Bonham
Ginger Baker (probably the most underrated rock drummer ever)
Steve Gadd
Gene Krupa
Keith Moon

It's become comical how many times Jimmy Page has remastered the Zep catalog. But he really did a good job on "the Mothership". Bonham on Whole Lotta Love on that one is just crushing.

Why Ringo is better than Bonham is because Bonham could never play the drums how Ringo did on "Don't Let Me Down". He wasn't subtle enough. Keith Richards was right when he said of "Bonham" that he was a little "heavy-handed."

Page has remastered them twice. Once in the early 90s, and then again recently given the technology advances. "Whole Lotta Love" isn't even Bonham's best performance on that album, let alone one of his best overall.

You could give Ringo two sets of arms and legs, and still wouldn't be able to what Bonham did on "Achilles Last Stand" and "Fool in the Rain." Those songs should always be #1 and #2 when talking about Bonham's best performances.

What song on Zeppelin II did he play better drums on than Whole Lotta Love? I'm not buying it.

Moby Dick
Ramble On
Heartbreaker

How about by track?

1. Ringo - It Don't Come Easy

2. John Bonham - Whole Lotta Love

3. Keith Moon - Love Reign Over Me

4. Stewart Copeland - Don't Stand So Close To Me

5. Ginger Baker - White Room

H.M.

Bill Ward - Children of the Grave

Neil Peart - Tom Sawyer


All Geniuses

Moby Dick

I give most underrated to Bill Ward, if that's possible.

Sometimes I like him better than Bonham. Like on "the Wizard", "Planet Caravan" and "Never Say Die".

It's become comical how many times Jimmy Page has remastered the Zep catalog. But he really did a good job on "the Mothership". Bonham on Whole Lotta Love on that one is just crushing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaSk5vnAVJ8

Why Ringo is better than Bonham is because Bonham could never play the drums how Ringo did on "Don't Let Me Down". He wasn't subtle enough. Keith Richards was right when he said of "Bonham" that he was a little "heavy-handed."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCtzkaL2t_Y

Great video on Ringo's drum kit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJTjjAXDZSY

I liked Copeland's work in Driven to Tears.

I've played since I was 5, so I'm going to base this off of who I enjoy playing along to.

1. Bonham
2. Mitch Mitchell
3. Beauford
4. Moon
5. I am having trouble deciding between Peart and Carey

Travis Barker, Ginger Baker, and Matt Cameron are all deserving of mention, too.

I liked Copeland's work in Driven to Tears.

i will always be a mike portnoy guy. i saw dream theater twice and he was just fucking amazing.

I don't know about greatest, but my favs go something like this:

30 years ago? Easy.

Peart, Copeland, Moon, Bonham and Mitch Mitchell.

Peart is the reason I play drums.

Bonham drove a band like few can. I have come to appreciate his unique talent ever more now. Killer mix of power, grace and restraint.

Copeland is another hard hitter with a style like no other.

Moon and Mitchell were great drummers to play along to as a kid.

Today? That is incredibly tough.

More interested in groove these days, so guys like Simon Phillips, Matt Chamberlain, Stephen Perkins, Jeff Porcaro and Clyde Stubblefield really speak to me.

Great mentions in Clem Burke and Marco Minnemann. Burke in another guy who knows how to drive a band, even to this day. Minnemann is one of the few shred-type drummers that I really dig.

Grew up with Alex Van Halen, but appreciate his style even more today.

Honorable mentions to guys like Louie Bellson Jean-Paul Gaster, Steve Gadd, Benny Greb, Manu Katche', Terry Bozzio, Tony Thompson, Bill Bruford and Roger Taylor from Queen.

And It's Jimmy Chamberlin, not Chamberlain.

Page remastered the catalog in the 90s for cds, did it again for "Early Days, Later Days", and then on "Mothership". I thought he also remastered the albums again recently, accompanied by previously unreleased material of different takes.

What song on Zeppelin II did he play better drums on than Whole Lotta Love? I'm not buying it.

I'm not a fan of either Achilles Last Stand or Fool in the Rain. They are both sub-par Zeppelin songs. That was the era of Plant's irritating screechy vocals after he blew his voice out. I guess you could make a case for Bonham's drumming being good on those, but I just don't care for the songs. In my view, his other best performances were on Dazed and Confused, How Many More Times and When the Levee Breaks.

Ringo on "I Want You/She's So Heavy" off Abbey Road stands up to any of the heavier stuff Bonham did.