There is likely a thread on this somewhere but I am not going to dig through 20 pages of posts.
Anyway, I was watching Conan this morning on my DVR and Blink 182 was the musical guest.
I couldn't take my eyes off of Travis Barker wailing on his drumset and spinning his sticks
occassionally. He just abuses his drum set. Is it widely accepted that he is one of the best
in the business if not the best? ( I don't care if you think he is a douche in real life )

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Tell him to stay out of hip hop though

Blasphemy

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And now to run this thread to 100 pages.....

I prefer this dapper gentleman.

I'm pretty sure that Mike Portnoy, Chris Adler, Danney Carey, Thomas Lang, Dave Lombardo, and Dave Mackintosh, would rate higher among the drummer crowd.

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Higher then Travis or my man Neil?

Shame he had to leave Dream Theater.

Yeah, I think the drummer crowd still holds Portnoy in higher regard than a Travis Barker type.
I think they also genuinely agree that Neil Peart is great as well...just not necessarily as talented as the guys that have followed in his footsteps.

IMO. Tommy Lee and Travis Barker are the same guy.

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Drummin' Don

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Excuse my ignorance but who do these guys play with?

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If he's so great, why does he need all those drums?

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dream theater and avenged sevenfold, lamb of god, tool, robert fripp (etc..), slayer, dragonforce.

not to mention Vinnie Paul (pantera).

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The answer, shockingly enough, IS Jesus.

The Jesus Drummer. He's good. He volunteers autographs in the bathroom. Who doen't dig that?

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Drummer

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• How do you tell if the stage is level?
The drummer is drooling from both sides of his mouth.

• How can you tell a drummer's at the door?
The knocking speeds up.

• What's the last thing a drummer says in a band?
"Hey guys, why don't we try one of my songs?

• What do you call a drummer that breaks up with his girlfriend?
Homeless.

• How can you tell when a drummer's at the door?
He doesn't know when to come in

• What do Ginger Baker and black coffee have in common?
They both suck without Cream.

• How many drummers does it take to change a light bulb?
Five: One to screw the bulb in, and four to talk about how much better
Neil Peart coulda done it.

• How many drummers does it take to change a light bulb?
None, they have a machine to do that now.

• How can you tell when the drum riser is level?
Drool comes out of both sides of the drummer's mouth.

• Why didn't the little drummer boy get into heaven?
Because he woke the baby for Christ's sake!

• What do you call a drummer with half a brain?
Gifted.

• What do you call a Drummer in a Volkswagen?
Farfromthinken.

• What does a drummer use for contraception?
His personality.

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Funny stuff, Doug. But my favorite Baker stuff is with Masters of Reality:

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Wasn't there a thread not too long ago about guns and roses and steven adler?

Dave Lombardo, Mike Portnoy, Charlie Benante, and this guy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItZyaOlrb7E

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Stevie Wonder

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBA4vWQRBA0

You'd probably like Jojo Mayer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTBccpkB ... re=related

To answer your question, I wouldn't say he's THE best, but he's pretty well regarded in musician circles.
He's also got that whole "I almost died in a plane crash" thing going for him.

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Dave Lombardo. Next question!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL_3P5Qm9Y8

For the first 30 seconds or so, this kid plays the xylophone. About a minute in, he gets behind the drums, and trust me. He kills.

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that kid will be sick good in 15 years.

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