Pick a drummer. Any Drummer.(Top 5)

This time, we will discuss probably one of the most important parts of any band, the drummer.

I'll list my top 5 favorite drummers from the past and the present. You'll see drummers from as early as the 1960's to current drummers. Dead, Alive, irrelevant, they'll be mentioned in some way.

5) Ringo Starr from The Beatles. Yes, Ringo is number 5. His drum beats were pretty simple yet memorable, and combined with him being a partial singer behind John and Paul, would give him merit to be higher on the list, but he's well past his Beatles days and he's embarking on that Solo career that really isn't working out too great, it's probably best for him to just play for fun, not for money now-a-days. Songs of note: Octopuses Garden, Boys, Yellow Submarine.

4)Andrew Hurley from Fall Out Boy. Coming from doing literally all punk bands in his early days, Andy has been the drummer who likes to play fast and uses double bass when needed. It makes "poppy" sounding music more hard sounding when using two pedals instead of one and even if he is using one pedal, his feet are 'well trained' to make the hits sound like he's using more than one pedal when he's only got one. His fills are kind of unique but make the song he's preforming a whole lot better and less bland by changing the fill from what the CD song offered. He's a good drummer, and now he's in a metal super group back to playingthat fast paced type music. Songs of Note: Thriller, Dead on Arrival.

3) Bob Bryar from My Chemical Romance. He's probably one of the better unknown drummers out there(Not saying that MCR is an unknown band, just he wasn't known too well when he was with the band). His style is bordering on the fast paced Punk kind of deal probably crossing into some metal, but while with MCR it was sort of a Punk rock kind of deal, not too 'metal-ly' but not to 'punk-y'. Most of where his skill takes place is actually up-top, he's got probably some decent wrist control, making his rolls quite fast and he can be a little linear which is a downside. Songs of Note: Welcome to the Black Parade, Helena, I'm Not Ok(I Promise).

2) Shannon Lucas from The Black Dahlia Murder. This drummer probably is a perfect case of good musician, terrible band. His drumming skills are quite impressive for being in a terrible metalcore band. He also was in All That Remains, which again would have been a good example of Good musician, terrible band. His double bass skills make him sound like he's firing a machine gun instead of playing the drums, his rolls are lightning quick and i feel sometimes i have to have stop motion to view his ability. Though he comes with a downside, if you're not into that metalcore music, you probably will think he sucks, can't play or whatever, but his skill is rather impressive either way. Songs of Note: This Calling, What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse, Whispers(I Hear You).

1) Neil Peart from Rush. What else can be said? This guy is literally the benchmark for all drummers. His style is just so crisp, so clean, it's almost like you could write a few pages just on his drumming alone, than just his controbutions to Rush. You'll respect a musician with this type of talent after you hear any song by Rush. But if you're looking for particular songs: All of the Moving Pictures album, Der Trommler drum solo, Any Rush Album.

1) WHAT? A TIE FOR NUMBER 1? Yes. Buddy Rich. If you haven't heard of this guy, youtube him, wikipedia him, google him, do whatever you have to in order to know about GOD.

Honorable Mentions: Roger Taylor- amazing drummer from Queen. Brad Hargreaves from Third Eye Blind- underrated as hell, barely known for being pretty awesome.Keith Moon of the Who/Led Zepplin, probably one of the most amazing drummers ever. Any other drummers i'm missing, please comment, is this list accurate? Comment.