Musicradar's 12 greatest singing drummers ever

Norman86

Driving the band/selling the song multi-taskers...

It's one thing to be a good drummer. But to be a great drummer – one who keeps the beat, plays for the song, and who imbues his craft with a unique sense of personality – that's something else altogether.

Now, let's consider singers. Plenty of people can carry a tune. But how many of them can sell you a song with character and unfiltered emotion? Whether it's belting or crooning, capturing a feeling and putting it across to the listener is a mysterious talent that but a few truly possess.

All right, let’s combine the two and arrive at drummers who sing – not just ‘oohs’ and ‘ahhs,’ mind you, we’re talking lead vocals. Suddenly, all of those drummer jokes aren’t so funny anymore.

With all of this right side/left side brain stuff in mind, MusicRadar is banging a gong and letting the melismas fly as we salute the 12 greatest singing drummers ever, players who dispel the notion that you have to step up to the mic to make magic. Sitting down is perfectly fine.

http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/the-12-greatest-singing-drummers-ever-486045/1

So, you guys would have noticed i love music radar!!
Anywho, a nice little list again, and if i understand correctly, NOT a readers list!

Check who's number one though!!!!
Awesome ? ?

EDIT:
Sorry for not posting the link earlier :-[

Norman86

PS:

singemonkey wrote:

PeteM

Where's the link? ☹

Bob-Dubery

Sort of timely or serendipitous or something for me. I've been watching season 2 of Elvis Costello's spectacle, and there's an episode there in which he builds a band, and the drummer is Levon Helm who sang and played drums with The Band. Levon doesn't sing on this DVD actually because at the time the episode was filmed he had damage to his vocal chords and had to rest his voice. He hardly talks throughout the episode, but turns in a great drumming performance on Allen Toussaint's (keyboard player in Costello's band for the day) "A Certain Girl".

The Band actually had two singing drummers because on some tracks Levon would play mandolin or guitar (his first instrument) and Richard Manuel would take over the drum kit.

AlanRatcliffe

PeteM wrote: Where's the link? ☹

http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/the-12-greatest-singing-drummers-ever-486045

Norman86

Thanks Alan!

As i say, sorry for not posting the link earlier!!
I must of been really tired for not noticing that! My apologies!

giggsy

I can understand why he is not on that list, but my favourite singing drummer is Adam Lee from little known and underrated 90s rockers from Newcastle, China Drum

Riaan-Combrink

+1 on Levon Helm, Bob. Incredible drummer and singer. Watching all those great singers (Manuel, Helm, Danko, Hudson, Robertson) in main-era The Band trading verses on The Weight remains something I can watch a million times!