Top Ten Most Underrated Drummers

These are the drummers of any genre that don't get the props they deserve.
The Top Ten
1 Mitch Mitchell John Graham "Mitch" Mitchell was an English drummer who was best known for his work in the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

Sucks big time?!

No, no, you don't know who you're talking about, he's one of the greatest drummers ever and he's the drummer for the legendary Jimi Hendrix, one of the greatest guitarists ever!

To the person who said "he sucks big time" I want to tell you something:
You just haven't heard of him

You're on drugs. Mitch Mitchell was one of the greatest

Amazing drummer. Very underrated.

2 Stewart Copeland Stewart Armstrong Copeland is an American musician, multi-instrumentalist and composer best known as the drummer for the English-American rock band The Police and for his film and video game soundtracks.

He is very underrated and played for one of the best bands...the Police!

Crazy off beat timing and creative fills

I love his style of drumming.

3 Phil Collins Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins is an English singer-songwriter and musician, who has also worked as a record producer and actor.

Listen to Brand X and you will see

4 Chad Smith Chadwick "Chad" Smith is an American musician and current drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, which he joined in 1988 and is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
5 Bill Ward William Thomas "Bill" Ward is an English musician and visual artist, best known as the original drummer for the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath.

Underrated on the underrated list

One of the best

6 Phil Seamen
7 Ginger Baker Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker (19 August 1939 – 6 October 2019) was an English drummer, best known as the founder of the rock band Cream. His work in the 1960s earned him the reputation of "rock's first superstar drummer," while his individual style melds a jazz background with African rhythms.

He's in almost every top 10 list I see. The man gets his due credit;.

Too crazy how did he get on the list

8 Dave Lombardo David "Dave" Lombardo is a Cuban American drummer, best known as a co-founding member of the American thrash metal band Slayer.

Not really underrated.

9 Jojo Mayer
10 Butch Trucks Claude Hudson "Butch" Trucks is an American drummer who is one of the founding members of The Allman Brothers Band. One of Trucks' first bands was local Jacksonville band The Vikings, who made one 7-inch record in 1964.
The Contenders
11 Ringo Starr Richard Starkey known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the Beatles.

He's underrated by the people who underrate him.

12 Nicko McBrain Michael Henry "Nicko" McBrain is an English musician, best known as the drummer of the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, which he joined in 1982.
13 Lee Kerslake
14 Mick Avory
15 Tommy Ramone Thomas Erdelyi, better known by his stage name Tommy Ramone, was a Hungarian American record producer, musician, and songwriter.
16 Philip Selway Philip James "Phil" Selway is an English musician, singer, and songwriter best known as the drummer of English rock group Radiohead.

Tight and solid drummer! Very handy drumming skills with different time signatures and moods of the songs. (like in Paranoid Android, Airbag, Pyramide Song, Everything In Its Right Place, Bloom, Reckoner)

Yep, very underrated drummer.

Go home get a life sucks

17 Sean Kinney
18 Roger Taylor Roger Meddows Taylor is an English musician , multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter born on July 26th, 1949 in Kings Lynn, Norfolk. He was the drummer of the band Queen and wrote few of many hits such as "Under Pressure", "A Kind Of Magic" and "Radio Ga Ga". Despite being well known in Queen he had a solo career that up to this date has 5 studio albums and a side-band/supergroup of his called "The Cross" that went from 1987 to 1993 and him being the lead vocalist, they've released 3 studio albums.

I mean drumming it self is already underrated and this guy had a pretty unique drumming style! And the fact was since people went to the concerts for only Freddie and he would be at the back kinda made people forget him

19 Carl Palmer Carl Frederick Kendall Palmer is an English drummer and percussionist most famed for playing with the progressive rock bands Emerson, Lake and Palmer and Asia.

Just listen to the man's work a top five let alone top 10. Genius

Should be in top 10 lists,

He's still the best!

Simply the greatest

20 Ian Paice Ian Anderson Paice (born 29 June 1948) is an English musician, best known as the drummer of the English rock band Deep Purple. He has been the band's only constant member since its foundation.
21 Taylor Hawkins Oliver Taylor Hawkins (February 17, 1972 - March 25, 2022) was an American musician, best known as the former drummer of the rock band Foo Fighters.
22 Bill Bruford William Scott "Bill" Bruford is an English retired drummer, percussionist, composer, producer, and record label owner.

I think every budding drummer could learn something from Bill Bruford. He's tight, can play songs in complex meters, and still doesn't let the drumming get in the way of the song.

23 Charlie Watts Charles Robert "Charlie" Watts was an English drummer, best known as a member of the Rolling Stones. Originally trained as a graphic artist, he started playing drums in London’s rhythm and blues clubs, where he met Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, and Keith Richards.

He's so under appreciated that people didn't even think about voting for him on this list

He is the most underrated.

24 Frank Beard
25 Matt Cameron Matt Cameron is an American composer, and musician. He is mostly famous for being the drummer of the three grunge bands Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, and Temple of the Dog.

Matt Cameron is a master of the odd time signature, especially in Soundgarden, and is the only Pearl Jam drummer to last more than 5 years so he must be doing something right.

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