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12-03-2008, 02:10 PM
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With all the great drummers out there now....who would be considered todays Buddy Rich? This vid has me asking... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfGd5...eature=related |
12-03-2008, 06:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: New Jersey | | | There are probably lots of guys out there playing at a similar level, but nobody who really dominates the instrument the way Rich did in his heyday. |
12-03-2008, 09:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Texas | | | Neil Peart and Mike Portnoy are the first ones to come to mind.
I always heard Buddy was a total douche, but I don't know. His hi-hat technique was to die for!
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12-03-2008, 10:06 PM
| | | | No one is comparable. Buddy was so naturally talented...it was amazing. |
12-03-2008, 11:53 PM
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12-04-2008, 12:37 AM
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12-04-2008, 02:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Spector_Ray  Neil Peart and Mike Portnoy are the first ones to come to mind.
I always heard Buddy was a total douche, but I don't know. His hi-hat technique was to die for! |
Yhea I heard the same thing about him. I remember back in the 70's I use to watch this talk show where he was a guest quite abit....It was either the Mike Douglas show or the Merv Griffin show...he always seemed to wear this Elvis type shirt with the hairy chest and huge Medallion around his neck and would not only play drums but would do karate too. During Pearts drum solo they showed vid of Buddy on the jumbotron. |
12-04-2008, 02:26 AM
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Originally Posted by lunarpollen Louie Bellson |
Great drummer but I would consider him around during the buddy rich era...I am wondering about todays drummers 40 and under......no disrespect to those over 40. |
12-04-2008, 03:46 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Manila, Philippines | | | Neil Peart's drum solos remind me of Buddy Rich a lot but I know he's still way different from the authentic Buddy Rich. IMO, I don't think anyone can be on parallel at him.
On a side note, my birthday's the same day Buddy Rich died. |
12-04-2008, 07:23 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: East Coast, USA | | | Obviously Neil Peart is better, I mean, look at how many drums he uses. |
12-04-2008, 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Planets Collide Obviously Neil Peart is better, I mean, look at how many drums he uses. | Neil Peart (IMO, the least swinging drummer of all time) and Buddy Rich in the same thread makes me shake my head.
For you Buddy fans, try to hunt down that old famous tape (that's how old it is, it was a tape!) of Buddy just screaming at his band on the bus. It is just classic (I'll stop this bus right now and you can walk back to LA... one more clam and your'e all fired... AND LOSE THE BEARD!).
Edit: Holy cow, I did a search, and it came up on youtube. I don't think I should post the link, since Buddy is cussing like a sailer. But it's really worth a listen. Buddy at his nasty, ugly finest!
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12-04-2008, 07:42 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Finland | | | Am I the only one who thought that drum solo was pretty boring? I mean, I have drummer friends playing more interesting solos than that, and that are on at least the same level technically. (They're pros obviously, just not world famous ones).
I've heard very little of Buddy Rich, but the few songs I've heard has featured some nice drumming. It's just this solo that didn't move me in any way.
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12-04-2008, 08:57 AM
| | Evil Alien | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sacramento, CA | | | Wow... hearing his egotistical immature abusive ranting on YouTube has merely reinforced my preference for Gene Krupa as all-time favorite drummer.
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12-04-2008, 09:40 AM
| | Pat's the best! | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Northern Virginia, USA | | | Shame on me but the rants are the first thing I think about when I think Buddy Rich. |
12-04-2008, 09:43 AM
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Shame on me but the rants are the first thing I think about when I think Buddy Rich.
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12-04-2008, 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Planets Collide Obviously Neil Peart is better, I mean, look at how many drums he uses. |
what does the number of drums have to do with any thing? I love neil and Rush but I am more impressed by a drummer that can get a loud loise out of a 5 piece kit then I am with double bass roto toms and what ever else!!!! |
12-04-2008, 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Deacon_Blues Am I the only one who thought that drum solo was pretty boring? I mean, I have drummer friends playing more interesting solos than that, and that are on at least the same level technically. (They're pros obviously, just not world famous ones).
I've heard very little of Buddy Rich, but the few songs I've heard has featured some nice drumming. It's just this solo that didn't move me in any way. |
that is what is known as hidden talent...my brother plays guitar comparable to jimmy page but nobody will ever know that. |
12-04-2008, 01:32 PM
|  | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | | It's rare in any category for one person to be so far ahead of anyone else that they're unapproachable. But drumming is one of those rarities, it seems.
Buddy was so far ahead of anyone else that it's highly improbable we'll see anybody like him for a long, long time, or perhaps ever. Nobody else has come anywhere near close. And that's from someone who likes, respects and envies the talent of LOTS of great drummers.
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12-04-2008, 02:02 PM
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12-04-2008, 02:25 PM
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