Keith Moon vs. Neil Peart (bass, rock, history, Double Bass)

[Seltzer]

Originally Posted by boo boo

Again, just for the record.

Bruford > Both.

I have always enjoyed Carl Palmer and Alan Whites drumming a lot more than Pearts too.

Technically Peart is probably the best rock drummer though, well at least he's a good candidate.

Moon however, he's the candidate for greatest rock drummer. Only guy I can think of who could compete for that title is Bonham.

For me...

Bruford = Carey > Peart = Lopez


Bruford is the granddaddy of prog drummers.

[boo boo]

Yeah. He's played for Yes, King Crimson, Genesis, UK, National Health, Gong, etc and he's had various projects like Bruford Levin Upper Extremities with bassist Tony Levin, trumpeter Chris Botti and guitarist David Torn and his current jazz band Earthworks, he also played with Alan Holdsworth for a good while in the late 70s/early 80s. He's the hardest working man in prog business

[almauro]

Originally Posted by Seltzer

Bruford is the granddaddy of prog drummers.

Bruford should be treated like a god. Nobody laid a heavier groove than he.

[boo boo]

Oooh 29/29. We need a tiebreaker.

[Kurt_Cobain]

Keith Moon wins, woop woop!!

[Urban Hatemonger]

Originally Posted by Kurt_Cobain

Keith Moon wins, woop woop!!

Good idea i'll close the poll before we get some other dullard rush fan spoiling things.

[Moonismydaddy]

Originally Posted by boo boo

Since when has "charisma" been a valid criteria for good drumming?

Hiring a musician for his charisma rather than his actual talent would be like hiring a doctor with little medical experience to perform brain surgery on you simply because he has charisma... If i were to start a band, i would want a drummer with talent, not charisma.

Go buy a ****ing drum machine then. without moon there would be no peart

[Music Man]

Originally Posted by Moonismydaddy

Go buy a ****ing drum machine then. without moon there would be no peart

As to who's "better", it's a matter of opinion. So I'm not going to get in any arguments for or against either.

However, I definitely think it's a stretch to state that there would no Peart without Moon. That's an unprovable assumption.

Peart has been influenced by MANY drummers, in multiple genres of music. Moon was only one of quite a number who influenced him, and Peart still would've been a great rock drummer without him.

[TheBig3KilledMyRainDog]

Originally Posted by Music Man

As to who's "better", it's a matter of opinion. So I'm not going to get in any arguments for or against either.

/smashes head against desk

You're such a PC, sterilized, soulless, fence rider. The entire point of the post is to present your opinion as empirical fact, not waltz in like some high and mighty, pedantic, condescending encyclopedia. This site ain't big enough for two of us, and if I think you're bad...you're bad.

Moon.

Edit: While it could be said that Moon did amazing designes with red blue and yellow, he never touched green, black, and orange. While I do think its fair to say Moon did what he wanted, I don't think its fair to say he did it all. I don't even know that he could if he wanted to.

I'm taking that back. I've realized that green black and orange are boring.

[Seltzer]

Originally Posted by shiftael

Finally, a pole on here that it was genuinely hard to chose since I respect and admire both drummers greatly *votes Peart, then flees*

I choose the pole which has a naked lady swinging on it.