Worst drummer of all time

Bev Bevan of ELO. No contest. Just plods along, thumps across the toms like a two year old, no pocket, and no sense of rhythm. Makes Brian Forster look like Neil Peart. Made a rhythm box sound like Vinnie Colaiuta. Saw him live, pathetically trying to do Sandy Nelson "Let There Be Drums". It was a sad joke.

 

I dunno about that....Black Sabbath picked Bev Bevan to replace Vinny Appice for one of their tours.....I think when Gillan was in Sabbath....his nickname in Birmingham was The Basher because he hit the drums so hard.
I think the problem might lie in the way Jeff Lynne records the drums than in Bevan's ability.

I pick John Densmore!

 

Hard to say, since you'd have to search and expose yourself to possibly the worst music ever recorded (and lord knows how much of that has since fallen into complete obscurity).

How about Michael Clarke of the Byrds or maybe Ken Coomer of Uncle Tupelo/Wilco? Coomer's actually not that bad, but on most of the records he was on, he seemed kind of boring.

 

Damn, I coulda played drums for ELO! Because I just plodded along thumping across the toms like a 2 year old with no sense of rhythm when I gave drumming a try 30 years ago. And I don't know what in the hell a pocket is.

 

I found that tape in Toronto at the Chalet. There was a tape in the vault labeled The Troggs so I put it on the machine. Sure enough, dubba dubba dubba chubb! It had the splices and everything in it. The guy that recorded that should have a special place in the R-N-R Hall Of Fame.

Oh yea, I made a DAT copy of it. How about that? A first generation copy of a bootleg!

 

And if ANYONE says Ringo....I will be on the first Air Canada flight (unless they go bankrupt) to YOUR home, where I will pull out every chest hair with a pair of tweezers!!!!!

 

Oh yea... worst drummer.

Mick Fleetwood, Carl (8th note fill) Palmer, Phil Ehart and finally, Mick Fleetwood (deserves two places here).

 

And I'll be right next to him pointing at your girly body and laughing at your funny clothes.

 

Eric Singer (Sabbath-Kiss)

 

Great singing voice though!

 

Re: Re: Worst drummer of all time

What's wrong with John Densmore???

Chris

 

I am

 

I guess I missed this story, what's on the tape Steve?

 

Oh yeah!

"We're not asking you to change it much. Split yer hands so's that one beat is just on that floor skin tom, and the bang wherever you want it"

I got that on the b-side of a DJM 12", with three Troggs hits on the a-side.
Gus Dudgeon's engineer during the late 70's, Stuart Epps, was apparently the engineer that night.

 

What song were thay recording?

 

I never cared for Carmine Appice...

 

Micky Dolenz had a strange technique on the video of Last Train to Clarksville

All the best - Andrew

 

He's not bad. He's a very solid drummer.

 

Youse guys don't like Mick Fleetwood? I won't even get started, cause then I won't stop...

 

My main complaint with Mick is he's just boring. Out of all the people in Fleetwood Mac he's the drummer. That's all I have to say about him.