Say it ain’t so. Rolling Stone magazine has posted its top 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time list. Its team has put together the magazine’s definitive list of the greatest stickmen in musical history.

Where as we agree with most of the magazine’s rankings, we have a few bones of contention such as Dave Grohl not being in the top 10, really? And with Larry Mullen Jr. just about squeezing in at Number 96, this is surely a crime?

In compiling the list, the magazine “valued nuance and musicality over chops and flash, celebrating players who knew the value of aiding a great song more than hogging up a show with a silly solo.” That said, Larry Mullen Jr. certainly knows how to hold a song together with impeccable timing and less flash than most, and he barely made it.

There is no dispute here with regards to the number one spot with Led Zeppelin’s late drummer John Bonham topping the list. And then there’s The Who’s Keith Moon and Cream’s Ginger Baker who were both phenomenal drummers, so if Dave Grohl could take one spot in the top 10, then we would suggest he take Rush drummer Neil Peart’s number 5 position. Peart is without doubt an amazing drummer but if there were anyone on the list that could be accused of “hogging up” a song it would be him.

Further, with Dave Grohl creeping in at a modest ranking of Number 27, and ultimate back beat drummer (no flash here) Ringo Starr getting a Number 14, here at Rock My World, we beg to disagree.

Grohl showed time and time again when holding down the explosive three-piece Nirvana that his timing and fills held up against any of rock’s greatest.

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Here is Rolling Stone’s top 25, and you can check out the full list by clicking here

25. Earl Palmer, Little Richard

24. Steve Gadd

23. Elvin Jones, John Coltrane Quartet

22. Levon Helm, The Band

21. Ian Paice, Deep Purple

20. Bernard Purdie

19. Tony Williams, Miles Davis

18. Joseph “Zigaboo” Modeliste, The Meters

17. Terry Bozzio, Frank Zappa

16. Bill Bruford, Yes and King Crimson

15. Buddy Rich

14. Ringo Starr, The Beatles

13. D.J. Fontana, Elvis Presley

12. Charlie Watts, The Rolling Stones

11. Benny Benjamin, The Funk Brothers

10. Stewart Copeland, The Police

09. Al Jackson Jr., Booker T. & the MG’s

08. Mitch Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix Experience

07. Gene Krupa

06. Clyde Stubblefield and John “Jabo” Starks

05. Hal Blaine

04. Neil Peart, RUSH

03. Ginger Baker, Cream

02. Keith Moon, The Who

01. John Bonham, Led Zeppelin

Photos: Dean Chalkley. Ed Miles/NME.

