Winners of Modern Drummer Readers Poll 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