Unknown Soldier

I love Steve Smith as a drummer to, I find his strange way of holding the drum sticks pretty amazing to.

takamine_x2

Well, out of the listed drummers I was torn between Bonham and Peart. I went with Peart and it looks like most agree. I love the who, but Moon as one of the best drummers of all time?! Certainly he was entertaining, and extremely famous for his antics on stage, but one of the worlds best at his craft? No sir (IMO)

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Surtr

Neil Peart is probably the best drummer ever. There are a few on my list but i'm willing to bet none of you would agree.

scottsy

Not being familiar enough with Rush's material, I really can't say I like or dislike Neil Peart's drumming... if anyone would care to educate me in the ways of Rush (They were never big in Australia where I grew up) I'd happily listen to any uploaded material!

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desylina

Neil Peart

scottsy

It's not entirely mandatory, but its often a little more interesting if you post a little description or reason why you have chosen a musician / artist.... then we, your fellow posters can better understand your point of view...

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crash_override

Let me get home and I'll up you some stuff. How much Rush do you want?

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chewy123450

Tony Williams!

scottsy

How about we begin with what you consider to be their best two or three albums... I'll trust your good judgement!

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Unknown Soldier

Rush are a group that can easily be classified into various phases and so it depends on your taste really.

Best place to start though, would probably be their epic mid 70's prog phase, with albums such as 2112 and A Farewell to Kings, the sound is complex and heavier than most of their prog counterparts (listen to this loud) the stuff before 2112 is probably just for fans and less focused.

Then there is their late 70`s phase where the songs in general are shorter and the band bring in the keyboards, here listen to Permanent Waves and then follow this up with the definitive Rush album in Moving Pictures and regardless of music style certainly one of the best albums of all time.

Then there is their Rock/Pop phase typical of most bands in the early to mid 80`s and is definate keyboard territory but Grace Under Pressure is the album to listen to here, also listen to Signals (really just for the excellent Subdivisions) and Power Windows also has some good songs.

After this and your probably into their worst period with the final album in their pop phase Hold Your Fire and the move back into rock territory with Presto and Roll the Bones, are all pretty bad albums in fact things don`t get much better until Counterparts. Their real return to to form though is probably with Vapour Trails their heaviest in some time even. Can`t comment on their most recent Snakes and Arrows as I`ve yet to hear it.

All in all they make one hell of an impact for three musicians as did Cream before them.

Also check out their live albums again impressive stuff and if you want to just be impressed by Neil Peart`s drumming then check out the Live in Rio dvd especially the song O Bateria (Drummer in english) impressive stuff from a veteran drummer.