what about Don Bolles from the Germs?

alex maiolo wrote:Budgie.

He certainly fucking nailed "I Heard It Through the Grapevine".

Gary Numan's drummer was quite awesome too.

Perhaps he doesn't count.

Gary Numan's drummer was quite awesome too.

you don't mean his uncle (the first one), do you? yikes.

and Robo was lousy. cool name though.

andyman wrote:

tommydski wrote:Todd Trainer!

Hey, if he's allowed in, so is Mac McNeilly!

Todd was in Rifle Sport, who I think formed in 1980, which would make him a peer of the drummers mentioned in the poll.

The earliest I am aware of McNeilly is in TJL. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong. I usually am.

Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:Chuck Biscuits--DOA/Black Flag/Circle Jerks
Britt Walford--Maurice/Squirrel Bait
Erik Tunison--Die Kreuzen
Earl Hudson--Bad Brains

I know these. Seconded. Although isn't Britt a little young to be in the running?

tommydski wrote:
Todd was in Rifle Sport, who I think formed in 1980, which would make him a peer of the drummers mentioned in the poll.

1981, and Todd joined in 1984.

tommydski wrote:
The earliest I am aware of McNeilly is in TJL. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong. I usually am.

1988, Phantom 309, he played bass though.

mr.arrison wrote:

Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:Chuck Biscuits--DOA/Black Flag/Circle Jerks
Britt Walford--Maurice/Squirrel Bait
Erik Tunison--Die Kreuzen
Earl Hudson--Bad Brains

I know these. Seconded. Although isn't Britt a little young to be in the running?

I think Maurice formed in '82 or '83, and he'd been playing with Languid & Flaccid before that. He was definitely active at the same time as the others I listed--and he was an absolute beast as a hardcore drummer.

Eating Noddemix wrote:Gary Numan's drummer was quite awesome too.

the person that conceived the rock drum parts and mindblowing out-of-time hand claps on "Zero Bars" is worthy of this poll. Even if it was Numan's uncle. That song always trips me up.