Originally posted by: Pegun
Honestly, I worked a radio station and a sound studio and i hate conversations like these. Not because you all aren't coming up with great ideas, but because no one factors in the style and technical skills that were expected in each type of music and generation. If you're looking to compare Dream Theatre to anyone, you really need to compare them to same generation and genre musicians. For example, Dream Theatre really needs to be compared to Amon Amarth of MuDvAyNe, both with unbelievable drummers, and Ringo has to be compared to Led Zepplin or the drummer from, say, Lynyrd Skynyrd. Not to put anyone down, so don't get all offended and start the flames, but, in our own terms, its like comparing a Asus Motherboard to an Asus Graphics card, neither are on the same level.
yea, different drummers may be good in their respective genre's, but may not be as great in other areas... maybe the thread should say, "most well rounded, most technical, etc" people in the 70's don't play the way they do now... of course there is overlap, but you didnt really hear drumming like you find in lamb of god back in the 70's and 80's....
this is why in modern drummer, they have different divisions for drummers, like jazz, progressive, rock, country, hip hop, etc...