IMO, judging the "best" drummer is just way too subjective! It all really just depends on what you like in ROCK drumming.

Intricate time signatures and fast fills - Neil Peart, Stewart Copeland, Carl Palmer etc...

Huge beat - John Bonham, Cozy Powell, Tommy Aldredge etc...

Now if you enter the world of Jazz Fusion... there are a ton of guys you've probably never heard of that kick total arse!

These 5 maybe aren't the "best" technically (except Peart and Phillips)... but I like 'em... and in a thread like this... that's all that REALLY matters!

Simon Phillips
Neil Peart
Aynsley Dunbar
Keith Moon
John Bonham
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