Winners of Modern Drummer Readers Poll 2008
March 21, 2008
It doesn’t look like MD has officially released the winning names yet, but since Sonor already posted them on its site, we’re just going to play follow the leader. No major surprises given the winners of previous years (though there is rather an oddity in the top spot of the Pop category), but we’ll leave that for you all to debate feverishly in the comments.
So here they are, the best drummers and drumming-related media according to MD readers:
HALL OF FAME
2008: GINGER BAKER
2007: Jack DeJohnette
2006: Charlie Watts
2005: Stewart Copeland
2004: Mike Portnoy
2003: Simon Phillips
2002: Steve Smith
2001: Dennis Chambers
2000: Dave Weckl
1999: Roy Haynes
1998: Ringo Starr
1997: Terry Bozzio
1996: Vinnie Colaiuta
1995: Elvin Jones
1994: Larrie Londin
1993: Jeff Porcaro
1992: Max Roach
1991: Art Blakey
1990: Bill Bruford
1989: Carl Palmer
1988: Joe Morello
1987: Billy Cobham
1986: Tony Williams
1985: Louie Bellson
1984: Steve Gadd
1983: Neil Peart
1982: Keith Moon
1981: John Bonham
1980: Buddy Rich
1979: Gene Krupa
ROCK
1. NEIL PEART
2. Chad Smith
3. Stewart Copeland
4. Alex Van Halen
5. Jason Bonham
METAL
1. TOMAS HAAKE
2. Jason Bittner
3. Chris Adler
4. Derek Roddy
5. Joey Jordison
PUNK
1. TRAVIS BARKER
2. Josh Freese
3. Tré Cool
4. Brooks Wackerman
5. Gil Sharone
PROG
1. GAVIN HARRISON
2. Virgil Donati
3. Mike Portnoy
4. Danny Carey
5. Neil Peart
R&B/HIP-HOP
1. AHMIR “?UESTLOVE” THOMPSON
2. Aaron Spears
3. John Blackwell
4. Teddy Campbell
5. Gerald Heyward
TRADITIONAL R&B / FUNK
1. STEVE JORDAN
2. David Garibaldi
3. Bernard Purdie
4. Stanton Moore
5. Zoro
POP
1. KEITH CARLOCK
2. John Blackwell
3. Kenny Aronoff
4. Stewart Copeland
5. Teddy Campbell
JAM BAND
1. CARTER BEAUFORD
2. Stanton Moore
3. Billy Martin
4. Kris Myers
5. Joe Russo
TRADITIONAL JAZZ
1. PETER ERSKINE
2. Roy Haynes
3. Lewis Nash
4. Jeff Hamilton
5. Carl Allen
CONTEMPORARY JAZZ
1. BRIAN BLADE
2. Jeff “Tain” Watts
3. Bill Stewart
4. Antonio Sanchez
5. Billy Kilson
FUSION
1. DAVE WECKL
2. Jojo Mayer
3. Dennis Chambers
4. Billy Cobham
5. Vinnie Colaiuta
STUDIO
1. VINNIE COLAIUTA
2. Josh Freese
3. Matt Chamberlain
4. Steve Gadd
5. Kenny Aronoff
COUNTRY
1. PAUL LEIM
2. Jim Riley
3. Dave McAfee
4. Chris McHugh
5. Eddie Bayers
WORLD MUSIC
1. HORACIO “EL NEGRO” HERNANDEZ
2. Dafnis Prieto
3. Airto
4. Antonio Sanchez
5. Trilok Gurtu
PERCUSSIONIST
1. ALEX ACUNA
2. Zakir Hussain
3. Luis Conte
4. Giovanni Hidalgo
5. Lenny Castro
UP & COMING
1. THOMAS PRIDGEN (The Mars Volta)
2. Gil Sharone (Dillinger Escape Plan)
3. Benny Greb
4. Dominic Howard (Muse)
5. Dan Weiss
ALL AROUND
1. VINNIE COLAIUTA
2. Steve Smith
3. Keith Carlock
4. Gregg Bissonette
5. Dennis Chambers
CLINICIAN
1. THOMAS LANG
2. Jojo Mayer
3. Dom Famularo
4. Virgil Donati
5. Billy Ward
EDUCATIONAL BOOK
1. RICH LACKOWSKI: ON THE BEATEN PATH (ALFRED)
2. Pat Petrillo: Hands, Grooves & Fills
3. Carmine Appice: The Ultimate Realistic Rock (35th anniversary edition)
4. Jim Payne: The Great Drummers Of R&B, Funk & Soul
5. Casey Scheuerell: Stickings And Orchestrations For Drumset
EDUCATIONAL DVD
1. JOJO MAYER: SECRET WEAPONS FOR THE MODERN DRUMMER
(Hudson Music)
2. Mike Portnoy: In Constant Motion
3. Marco Minnemann: The Marco Show
4. Billy Ward: Voices In My Head
5. Steve Smith/Adam Nussbaum: The Art Of Playing With Brushes
RECORDED PERFORMANCE
1. NEIL PEART (Rush): Snakes & Arrows
2. Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree): Fear Of A Blank Planet
3. Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater): Systematic Chaos
4. Jack DeJohnette (Michael Brecker): Pilgrimage
5. Roy Haynes: A Life In Times
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You can’t judge p.s Derek Roddy rules