The Rhythm Best in drums 2017 polls have received over 137,000 votes, and we're ready to roll out the winners. The nominees were what we considered to be the drummers and gear that have excelled in 2017. Here, we present the best international rock drummers of 2017. First up we have Blondie’s Clem Burke...

2017 highlight: The Big Apple new wave legends showed no signs of slowing down this year with the release of return-to-form longplayer Pollinator, with the effortlessly cool Clem Burke making his mark from the off on opening track Doom or Destiny.

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