100 GREATEST DRUMERS OF ROCK 1. Neil Peart (Rush) 2. John Bonham* (Led Zeppelin) 3. Keith Moon* (The Who) 4. Carl Palmer (ELP) 5. Ginger Baker (Cream) 6. Terry Bozzio (Frank Zappa) 7. Bill Bruford (Yes, King Crimson) 8. Hal Blaine (Session man) 9. Ian Paice (Deep Purple) 10. Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater) 11. Dave Lombardo (Slayer) 12. Danny Carey (Tool) 13. Ringo Starr (The Beatles) 14. Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge) 15. Earl Palmer (Session man) 16. Benny Benjamin* (Funk Brothers) 17. Jeff Porcaro* (Toto) 18. Stewart Copeland (The Police) 19. Tommy Aldridge (Ozzy Osbourne) 20. Bernard Purdie (Session) 21. Bill Ward (Black Sabbath) 22. Steve Smith (Journey) 23. Mitch Mitchell (Jimi Hendrix) 24. David Garabaldi (Tower Of Power) 25. Mike Shrieve (Santana) 26. Ainsley Dunbar (Jeff Beck) 27. Cozy Powell* (Rainbow) 28. Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden) 29. Carter Beauford (Dave Matthews) 30. Tim Alexander (Primus) 31. Roger Taylor (Queen) 32. Matt Cameron (Soundgarden, Pearl Jam) 33. Zigaboo Modeliste (The Meters) 34. Phil Collins (Genesis) 35. Al Jackson* (The MGs) 36. Vinnie Paul (Pantera) 37. Topper Headon (The Clash) 38. Lars Ulrich (Metallica) 39. Jimmy Chamberlain (Smashing Pumpkins) 40. Bobby Jarzombeck (Rob Halford, Iced Earth) 41. Rod Morgenstein (Dixie Dregs, Winger) 42. Gene Holgan (Death, Strapping Young Lad) 43. Martin Lopez (Opeth) 44. Simon Phillips (Toto) 45. Mike Giles (King Crimson, Giles, Giles & Fripp ) 46. Max Weinberg (Springsteen) 47. Alex Van Halen (Van Halen) 48. Jon Theodore (Mars Volta, One Day As A Lion) 49. Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy) 50. Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree, session man) 51. Alan White (Yes) 52. Nick Menza (Megadeth) 53. Phil Ehart (Kansas) 54. Mark Zonder (Fate's Warning) 55. Nick Mason (Pink Floyd) 56. Jaki Liebezeit (CAN) 57. Scott Travis (Judas Priest) 58. Virgil Donati (Planet X) 59. Jim Gordon (Derek And The Dominoes) 60. Ron Bushy (Iron Butterfly) 61. Richard Allen (Funk Brothers) 62. BJ Wilson* Procul Harum) 63. Chad Wackerman (Zappa) 64. Ralph Humphrey (Mothers Of Invention) 65. Josh Freese (A Perfect Circle, Desert Sessions) 66. Jojo Mayer (Nerve, session man) 67. Brann Dailor (Mastodon) 68. Clive Burr (Iron Maiden) 69. Christian Vander (Magma) 70. Dennis Thompson (MC5) 71. John French (Captain Beefheart) 72. John Weathers (Gentle Giant) 73. Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) 74. Pat Mastelotto (King Crimson) 75. Greg Bissonette (David Lee Roth, session man) 76. Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac) 77. Mike Mangini (Extreme) 78. Larry Mullen Jr. (U2) 79. Clive Bunker (Jethro Tull) 80. Tomas Haake (Meshuggah) 81. Jabo Starks (James Brown, session man) 82. Brian Mantia (Primus) 83. Scott Rockenfield (Queensryche) 84. Phil Taylor (Motörhead) 85. Vinnie Appice (Dio, session man) 86. Fred Coury (Cinderella) 87. Travis Barker (Blink 182) 88. Phil Selway (Radiohead) 89. Randy Castillo (Ozzy Osbourne) 90. Zak Starkey (The Who, Oasis) 91. Charlie Watts (Rolling Stones) 92. Dave Grohl (Nirvana) 93. Tommy Lee (Motley Crue) 94. Jose Pasillas (Incubus) 95. Ron Wilson* (Surfaris) 96. John Densmore (The Doors) 97. Chester Thompson (Santana) 98. Matt Johnson (Jeff Buckley) 99. Van Romaine (Steve Morse) 100. Sandy Nelson (solo) Neil Peart John Bonham Keith Moon Carl Palmer 101. Steven Adler (Guns N' Roses) 102. Butch Trucks (Allman Brothers Band) 103. Jon Hiseman (Colosseum) 104. Robert Wyatt (Soft Machine) 105. Jay Lane (Colonel Claypool's Frog Brigade) 106. Mickey Hart (Grateful Dead) 107. Bill Kreutzmann (Grateful Dead) 108. Pierre Moerlen (Gong) 109. Derek Roddy (Hate Eternal) 110. Charlie Benante (Anthrax) 111. Thomas Pridgen (The Mars Volta) 112. Chris Pennie (Dillinger Escape Plan) 113. Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters) 114. Dominic Howard (Muse) 115. Sean Kinney (Alice In Chains) 116. Pick Withers (Dire Straits) 117. Lee Kerslake (Uriah Heep) 118. Sib Hashian (Boston) 119. Richard Christy (Death, Iced Earth) 120. Kris Myers (Umphrey's McGee) 121. Pat Torpey (Mr Big) 122. Leonard Haze (Y&T) 123. Hellhammer (Mayhem) 124. Jon Fishman (Phish) 125. Allan Aucoin (Disco Biscuits) 126. Dave Abbruzesse (Pearl Jam) 127. Jason Rullo (Symphony X) 128. Morgan Carlson (Protest The Hero) 129. Jeff Campitelli (Joe Satriani) 130. Nick Barker (Dimmu Borgir) 131. Ray Herrera (Fear Factory) 132. Flo Mounier (Cryptopsy) 133. Igor Cavalera (Sepultura) 134. Jack Irons (Pearl Jam) 135. Paul Bostaph (Slayer) 136. Dean Castronovo (Journey) 137. Stanton Moore (Galactic) 138. Blake Richardson (Between the Buried and Me) 139. Jason Bonham (UFO) 140. Chad Smith (Red Hot Chilli Peppers) 141. Kenny Aronoff (Session man) 142. David Silveria (Korn) 143. Bobby Elliot (The Hollies) 144. Roger Hawkins (Arethra Franklin) 145. Greg Errico (Sly And The Family Stone) 146. Stephen Perkins (Jane's Addiction) 147. Jim Keltner (Session man) 148. Nick D'Virgilio (Spock's Beard) 149. Phil Rudd (AC/DC) 150. Brad Wilk (Rage Against The Machine) 1. Jimi Hendrix* (Jimi Hendrix Experence, Band of Gypsys, session work) 2. Jeff Beck (The Yardbirds, Jeff Beck Group, session work, solo) 3. Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen) 4. Eric Clapton (The Yardbirds, Cream, Blind Faith, Derek & The Dominos, session work, solo) 5. Jimmy Page (The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, The Firm, session work) 6. Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmore's Night) 7. Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath, solo) 8. Chuck Berry (solo) 9. Scotty Moore (Elvis Presley) 10. Duane Allman* (Allman Brothers Band, Derek & The Dominos, session work) 11. Robert Fripp (King Crimson, session work, solo) 12. Steve Howe (Yes, Asia, the Syndicats, solo) 13. Brian May (Queen, solo) 14. David Gilmour (Pink Floyd, solo) 15. Carlos Santana (Santana, solo) 16. Pete Townshend (The Who, solo) 17. Steve Cropper (Booker T & the MG's, Mar-Keys, Blues Brothers Band, sesion work) 18. Steve Vai (Frank Zappa, Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth, Whitesnake, solo) 19. Yngwie Malmsteen (Steeler, Alcatrazz, solo) 20. Steve Morse (Dixie Dregs, Deep Purple, solo) 21. Eric Johnson (The Electromagnets, solo) 22. Joe Satriani (solo, Chickenfoot) 23. Danny Gatton* (solo, session work, Redneck Jazz Explosion) 24. Roy Buchanan* (solo, session work) 25. Steve Hackett (Genesis, solo) 26. Phil Keaggy (Glass Harp, solo) 27. Jan Akkerman (Focus, solo) 28. Alex Lifeson (Rush) 29. Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits, solo) 30. Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones, solo) 31. George Harrison* (The Beatles, solo) 32. Randy Rhoads* (Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne) 33. Uli Jon Roth (Scorpions, solo) 34. Michael Schenker (Scorpions, UFO, MSG) 35. Gary Moore* (Thin Lizzy, Colosseum II, solo) 36, 37, & 38. Joe Messina/Robert White*/Eddie Willis (The Funk Brothers) 39. James Burton (Ricky Nelson, Elvis Presley, session work) 40. Link Wray* (solo) 41. Jimmy Nolen* (The J.B.'s, Johnny Otis Band, Maceo & All the King's Men) 42. Lonnie Mack (solo, session work) 43. Dick Dale (solo) 44. Jerry Garcia* (Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia Band, solo, session work) 45. Marty Friedman (Cacophony, Megadeth, solo) 46. Cliff Gallup* (Gene Vincent's Blue Caps) 47. Dickey Betts (Allman Brothers Band, Dickey Betts Band) 48. Shawn Lane* (Black Oak Arkansas, The Willys, HLS, solo) 49. Hank Marvin (The Shadows) 50. Bo Diddley* (solo) 51. Curtis Mayfield* (Impressions, solo) 52. Frank Zappa* (Mothers Of Invention, solo) 53 & 54. Thurston Moore / Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) 55. Terry Kath* (Chicago) 56. Eddie Hazel* (Funkadelic, solo) 57. Rory Gallagher* (solo) 58. Tommy Bolin* (Deep Purple, session work, solo) 59. Slash (Guns N' Roses, Slash's Snakepit, Velvet Revolver, session work) 60. Warren Haynes (Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule) 61. Andy Summers (The Police, session work, solo) 62. Mick Ronson* (The Spiders From Mars, session work, solo) 63 & 64. Glenn Tipton/K.K. Downing (Judas Priest) 65. Steve Lukather (Toto, session work) 66. Neal Schon (Santana, Journey) 67. John Petrucci (Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment, solo) 68 & 69. Dave Murray/Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden) 70 & 71. James Hetfield/Kirk Hammett (Metallica) 72. Johnny Marr (The Smiths) 73. The Edge (U2) 74. Alvin Lee (Ten Years After) 75. Leslie West (Mountain) 76. Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) 77. Paul Gilbert (Mr. Big, Racer X, solo) 78. Buckethead (solo, Praxis, Guns N' Roses) 79. Vinnie Moore (UFO, Alice Cooper, solo) 80. Tony MacAlpine (M.A.R.S., Planet X, Ring Of Fire, CAB, solo) 81 & 82. Angus Young/Malcolm Young (AC/DC) 83. Ray Gomez (session work, solo, Los Pop Tops, Stanley Clarke) 84. Michael Landau (session work, Raging Honkies, Michael Landau Group) 85. Carl Verheyen (session work, Supertramp, Carl Verheyen Band) 86. Adrian Belew (King Crimson, solo) 87. Martin Barre (Jethro Tull) 88. Mick Taylor (Rolling Stones, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, solo) 89 & 90. Dave Davies/Ray Davies (The Kinks) 91. Neil Young (Buffalo Springfield, CSNY, solo) 92 & 93. Scott Gorham/Brian Robertson (Thin Lizzy) 94. Dimebag Darrell* (Pantera) 95. Guthrie Govan (Asia, Erotic Cakes, The Fellowship, solo) 96. Derek Trucks (The Allman Brothers Band, Frogwings, Derek Trucks Band) 97. Big Jim Sullivan (session work) 98. Mickey Baker (session work, Mickey & Sylvia) 99. Robin Trower (Procol Harum, solo) 100. Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna) 2. 3. 101. Johnny Ramone* (The Ramones) 102. Frank Marino (Mahogany Rush) 103. Duane Eddy (solo) 104. Ronnie Montrose (Montrose) 105. Andrew Latimer (Camel) 106. Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave) 107. Carl Perkins (solo) 108 & 109. Allen Collins*/Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd) 110. Paul Kossoff* (Free) 111. John Cipollina* (Quicksilver Messenger Service) 112. Andy Timmons (Danger Danger, solo) 113. Joe Walsh (The Eagles, The James Gang, solo) 114. Ted Nugent (The Amboy Dukes, Damn Yankees, solo) 115. John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival, solo) 116. Chuck Schuldiner* (Death) 117. Bill Nelson (Be Bop Deluxe, solo) 118. Richie Kotzen (Poison, Mr. Big, solo) 119. Alex Skolnick (Testament, Savatage, solo) 120. Rick Derringer (McCoys, Edgar Winter, solo, session work) 121. Kerry Livgren (Kansas) 122. George Lynch (Dokken, Lynch Mob) 123. John Sykes (Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy) 124 & 125. Tom Verlaine/Richard Lloyd (Television) 126. Steve Hillage (Gong, solo) 127. Randy Bachman (The Guess Who, Bachman-Turner Overdrive) 128.