What drummer had the most affect on their bands sound / identity??

[cayjarlson]

Philip Selway & Radiohead
Glen Kotche & Wilco
Jim Eno & Spoon
Nate Wood & Kneebody
Christopher Bear & Grizzly Bear
Sean Carey & Bon Iver

 

[pgm554]

Dave Clark
Dave Clark 5

 

[Houndog]

Oh right! Bozzio replaced Buford, didn’t he?

And Allan Holdsworth left

 

[Steech]

And Allan Holdsworth left

Oh wow, bummer. I’ll need to check the lineup with Bozzio.

 

[Steech]

Oh wow, bummer. I’ll need to check the lineup with Bozzio.

Wow, they had all of the a-list prog drummers!

 

[jansara]

Levon Helm

 

[LRod1707]

My list goes along with who I grew up listening to. I think this plays a big role in who each person picks! In no particular order, I believe these guys were/are instrumental in the sound of their respective bands. Sorry for the long list:

Neil Peart (Rush)
Stewart Copeland (The Police)
Phil Collins (Genesis)
Bill Ward (Black Sabbath)
Alex Van Halen (Van Halen)
Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden)
Charlie Benante (Anthrax)
Brann Dailor (Mastodon)
Jean-Paul Gaster (Clutch)

 

[bassanddrum84]

Here is one I will throw out and not in a good way.

Jack Irons.

I hated Pearl Jam with him in the band. Matt Cameron brought them back to relevance with me but I still like Dave Abbruzzese the best.

Seems irons had a thing getting replaced didn’t he get replaced by chad smith in the peppers too?

 

[Jazzhead]

Most of them if not all…most of them had style and you can hear it in their songs. Ringo, Ginger, Mason, Clive Bunker, you name it.

 

[Jazzhead]

YES! Huge Densmore fan, and even though I like and respect Jim Keltner, he actually trashed him in a drum channel clip with Neil and a couple of other folks. I found that pretty uncool of him.

Can you find the clip please?
I like Densmore too. I have noticed he doesn’t hang with the drummers of his time, while everyone talks about drumming techniques they used 50 years ago and stuff, he’s very much into poetry.

 

[Morello Man]

Mel Lewis with Thad-Mel Orch.

 

[snappy]

I stopped paying attention after
Spring Session M
so I am only referring to that and the EP
-He wrote a lot of the lyrics (mostly ingenious).
-Key background singer.
-Force of nature
...Sounds to me like the second part to this was Bozzio playing a beat and they just played something appropriate

This one it's certainly the case that the band played music that fit...

 

[hsosdrum]

Winner of biggest effect on the band's sonic identity: Ginger Baker in CREAM.

First runner-up: Neil Peart in Rush

Honorable Mention: Stewart Copeland in The Police

 

[underratedcowbell]

Tony Allen…he invented a style! Without him there would be no Afrobeat!

 

[Pickinator]

I will make my pitch for Ian.
Correct me if i’m wrong but I believe he is the only member of Deep Purple on all of their Records. ?

 

[cruddola]

Ginger Baker
Lenny White
Carl Palmer
Bill Cobham
Stew Copeland
Ian Paice
Charlie Adams
Charlie Watts
Neil Peart
Alex Van Halen

 

[bigbonzo]

Come on...the OP said "discuss".

 

[Vistalite Black]

Sorry to depart from the established orthodoxy of drummers from the top-selling rock bands of 1968–1978, but Dave Lombardo didn’t only define Slayer’s sound — he established the path forward for Metal that others have applied and expanded upon for the succeeding three decades.

None of the supposed innovators mentioned thus far have changed their genres — classic rock or prog — to the same degree. Metal has two eras: Before Lombardo and After Lombardo.

That’s the definitive answer to What Drummer had the Biggest Affect on Their Band?

 

[Pickinator]

Did he change heavy metal to death metal?

 

[DB-66]

Here is one I will throw out and not in a good way.

Jack Irons.

I hated Pearl Jam with him in the band. Matt Cameron brought them back to relevance with me but I still like Dave Abbruzzese the best.

I’m the opposite. I hated PJ with Abbruzzese. He seemed to overplay and rush his fills. Jack Irons was solid and made the music feel right.