Best Rock Rhythm Section

[pringlw]

Bassist & Drummer as a system.

Personally I'll give a ton of credit to John Bonham & John Paul Jones but they don't win for me. I have to go with Neil Peart & Geddy Lee of Rush.

[Ezbass]

Ooh there's a huge selection out there and I'm assuming that we're not listing blues or funk rhythm sections. Here's some that spring instantly to mind;

Entwistle/Moon
Fraser/Kirke
Squire/Bruford
Levin/Bruford
Dirnt/Cool
Sting/Copeland (early years)
B Thomas/P Thomas
Butler/Ward

I could go on, but I'll let others have a shot too.

idk, its down to JPJ and Bonham, Geddy and Peart, or Moon and Entwistle. put a gun to my head and its zep. but i dont like zep as much as the other 2 bands.

[4bpauly]

Lessard/Beauford (Dave Matthews Band)
Flea/Smith (RHCP)
Reddding/Mitchell (Jimi hendrix Experience - rock/blues)

now move into funk r&b and that's a different story!

[debassr]

Deal/Lovering - Pixies
Vega/Cage - Quicksand
Cheng/Cunningham - Deftones
Greenwood/Selway - Radiohead
Bogdan/Stanier - Helmet
P-Nut/Sexton - 311

I like the above combos a lot - even if they never reached the same level of status as Zeppelin, Rush etc. All are great at locking in and making the overall sound better without getting in the way or playing all over each other.

[RCCollins]

Originally Posted by Ezbass

Dirnt/Cool

Nothing against these guys per se, but you've gotta be kidding me, best rhythm section?

Here's one for ya: Gradney/Hayward (& Clayton)

[Ezbass]

Originally Posted by RCCollins

Nothing against these guys per se, but you've gotta be kidding me, best rhythm section?

I think Tre Cool is an awesome drummer and Dirnt must be praised for keeping up and locking with him. These things are always going to be personal, as to the best, there's no such thing, it's just personal preference.

Here's another one for you

Rainey/Purdie (if you count Steely Dan as rock that is)

[PackardGoose]

+4789058904850940824850298530384803853893 for Entwistle/Moon

[Geddyfleaharris]

Lee/Peart - agreed

another -

Harris/McBrain

Flea/Smith are underrated as a team. Smith is an excellant drummer.

[ryco]

Entwistle/Moon
JPJ/Bonham
McCartney/ Starr
Jamerson/Benjamin
Dunn/Jackson
Kaye/Blaine
Cox/Mitchell

Blair/Lynch
Seigler/Ellman

[Ric5]

Geddy Lee + Neil Peart

[Toronto Bassist]

Weinberg/Tallent all the way!

[bggeezer]

waters/mason
butler/ward
butler/apice
dee dee/tommy
simonon/headon
burnel/black
squire/white
lemmy/philthy

[Stifflip]

Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk. Simple yet groovy as hell.

[mrhardy]

Originally Posted by Geddyfleaharris

Lee/Peart - agreed

another -

Harris/McBrain

Flea/Smith are underrated as a team. Smith is an excellant drummer.

Agreed! I'd go so far as to say he is a better drummer than flea is a bass player. I don't think Flea is a slouch by any means.

[XansNiceSweater]

Gould/Bordin.

Points if you know the band.

[MysticMichael]

John Deacon & Roger Taylor...

MM

[funkalicious101]

No Bruce and Baker mentioned in this thread yet?

[mythmaker]

Justin Chancellor/Danny Carey - TOOL
Les Claypool/Tim Alexander - Primus
Ryan Stasik/Chris Myers -Umphrey's McGee
Colin Edward/Gavin Harrison - Porcupine Tree
Tony Levin/Pat Mastelotto and Gavin Harrison - King Crimson

[MattMcCue]

Originally Posted by Stifflip

Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk. Simple yet groovy as hell.

+1

Exactly what I was thinking.