Greatest rock drummers
of all time

TM, ®, Copyright © 1999 Piero Scaruffi
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  1. Jaki Liebezeit (Can)
  2. Maureen Tucker (Velvet Underground)
  3. Charlie Watts (Rolling Stones)
  4. Yoshimi Yokota (Boredoms)
  5. Klaus Dinger (Neu)
  6. Glenn Kotche (Wilco, Loose Fur)
  7. Bill Bruford (Yes)
  8. Tony Allen (Fela Kuti)
  9. Stomu Yamashta
  10. Zig Modeliste (Meters)
  11. Keith Moon (Who)
  12. Tim Alexander (Primus)
  13. Damon Che Fitzgerald (Don Caballero)
  14. Anton Fier (Golden Palominos)
  15. William Calhoun (Living Colour)
  16. Mike Shrieve (Santana)
  17. Neil Peart (Rush)
  18. Stanley Demeski (Feelies)
  19. Yuval Gabay (Soul Coughing)
  20. Doug Scharin (Codeine)
  21. Charlie Ondras (Unsane)
  22. Charles Hayward (This Heat)
  23. Ginger Baker (Cream)
  24. Dave Kerman (5UU's)
  25. Vincent Signorelli (Swans)
  26. Jon Hiseman (Colosseum)
  27. Ted Epstein (Blind Idiot God)
  28. Martin Atkins (Killing Joke, Public Image Ltd, Pigface)
  29. Fred Maher (Material)
  30. Jim Sclavunos (Lydia Lunch, Sonic Youth)
  31. Toby Dammit