List of drummers

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This is a list of drummers, mostly in the fields of metal, rock, and jazz, for whom Wikipedia has a separate article or who are mentioned in articles on bands.

See also: List of jazz drummers, List of percussionists

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?uestlove (real name Ahmir Khalib Thompson) (The Roots)

A

Mark Abandon (real name Mark McGregor) (The Poisoning)
Alex Acuña (Weather Report)
Chris Adler (rock) (Lamb of God)
Steven Adler (Guns N' Roses, Adler's Appetite)
Rob Affuso (Skid Row)
Tommy Aldridge (Black Oak Arkansas, Ted Nugent,Motörhead)
Tim "Herb" Alexander (rock) (Primus)
Rashied Ali
Rick Allen (rock) (Def Leppard)
Barry Altschul (jazz)
Andy Anderson (rock) (The Cure)
Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge)
Vinny Appice (rock) (Black Sabbath)
Kenny Aronoff (John Mellencamp, (Smashing Pumpkins)
Mick Avory (The Kinks)
Vinnie Paul Abbott (Pantera)

B

Ginger Baker (rock) (Cream)
Paul Barbarin (jazz)
John Barbata (Jefferson Airplane)
Nicholas Barker (metal) (Cradle of Filth, (Dimmu Borgir)
Travis Barker (rock) blink-182, Transplants, (+44)
Lauren Barlow (CCM) BarlowGirl
Joey Baron (Laurie Anderson)
Carlton Barrett (Bob Marley & The Wailers)
Frank Beard (ZZ Top)
Carter Beauford (rock) (Dave Matthews Band)
Marty Beller (They Might Be Giants)
Louie Bellson
Taz Bentley (Reverend Horton Heat, Burden Brothers)
Bill Berry (R.E.M.)
Pete Best (the Beatles)
Gregg Bissonette
Curt Bisquera (Elton John and Mick Jagger)
Jason Bittner (Shadows Fall)
Jimmy Carl Black (The Mothers of Invention)
Cindy Blackman
Ed Blackwell
Brian Blade (Joni Mitchell)
Hal Blaine
Art Blakey (jazz)
Jan Axel Blomberg (also known as Hellhammer) (Mayhem, Arcturus, The Kovenant)
Bobby Blotzer (metal) (Ratt)
Jason Bonham (rock)
John Bonham (Led Zeppelin)
Mike Bordin
Paul Bostaph
Rob Bourdon (Linkin Park)
David Bowie
Terry Bozzio (Frank Zappa, Missing Persons)
Mike Braun (Hall & Oates)
Bill Bruford (Yes, King Crimson, Bruford, Bruford's Earthworks
Bob Bryar (My Chemical Romance)
Rick Buckler (The Jam)
Budgie (Pete Clarke) (Siouxsie & the Banshees)
Clem Burke (Blondie and The Romantics)
Dominik Burkhalter
Ron Bushy (rock) (Iron Butterfly)
Scott Byrne (rock) Instant Death
Jim Blackley (jazz)

C

Will Calhoun
Phill Calvert (rock) (The Birthday Party)
Matt Cameron (rock) (Soundgarden and Pearl Jam)
Gorden Campbell
Brendan Canty (Fugazi)
Jim Capaldi (rock) (Traffic)
Danny Carey (Tool)
Karen Carpenter (Carpenters)
Bun E. Carlos (Cheap Trick)
Eric Carr (Kiss)
Johnny Carson (former host of the Tonight Show)
Adam Carson (AFI)
Randy Castillo (rock) (Ozzy Osbourne, Lita Ford, Motley Crue)
Igor Cavalera (Sepultura)
Jimmy Chamberlain (Smashing Pumpkins)
Dennis Chambers
Martin Chambers (The Pretenders)
Will Champion (Coldplay)
Chad Channing (Nirvana)
Damon Che (Don Caballero)
Brian Chippendale (Lightning Bolt)
Dave Clark (The Dave Clark Five)
Kenny Clarke (Ann Ronell)
Jimmy Cobb
Billy Cobham
Vinnie Colaiuta
Richard Colburn (Belle & Sebastian)
Claude Coleman Jr. (Ween)
Phil Collins (rock) (Genesis)
Bobby Colomby (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
Tony Connor (Hot Chocolate and Audience)
Gerry Conway
Paul Cook (Sex Pistols)
Tré Cool (rock) (Green Day)
Jason Cooper
Judas Cooter (The Cooters)
Stewart Copeland (rock) (Curved Air, The Police)
Caroline Corr (Celtic rock-pop) (The Corrs)
Billy Cotton
Peter Criss (Kiss)
Dave Culross
Mickey Curry (rock) (Bryan Adams, Hall and Oates)
Chris Curtis (The Searchers)
Chris Cutler (Henry Cow)

D

Brann Dailor (Mastodon)
Michael D'Angelo (jazz; University of North Texas)
Joe D'Arcoe (ex-Godsmack)
Gabriel Da Silva (Alma Carmesi)
Adrienne Davies (Earth)
Dennis Davis (David Bowie)
Alan Dawson
John Densmore (The Doors)
Kevin Dean (Brand New Sin)
Mikkey Dee (King Diamond, Motörhead)
Jack DeJohnette (jazz)
Victor DeLorenzo (Violent Femmes)
Trav Demsey (The Living End)
Carl 'The Don' DeSouza (Daedelus Fall, Bleeding Madonna)
Liberty DeVitto (Billy Joel)
Baby Dodds (jazz)
Brian Doherty (They Might Be Giants, John Linnell)
Micky Dolenz (The Monkees)
John Dolmayan (System of a Down)
Virgil Donati
David Douglas (Relient K)
Gigi Drums
Max Duhamel (Kataklysm)
Aynsley Dunbar
Alex Duthart
Nick D'Virgilio (Genesis, Tears for Fears, Spock's Beard)
Orri Páll Dýrason (Sigur Rós)

E

Sheila E (Sheila Escovedo) (b. 1957) (Prince; & musical director)
Blas Elias (Slaughter)
Sonny Emory (R&B and funk)
Peter Erskine
Adrian Erlandsson
Daniel Erlandsson
Guy Evans (Van der Graaf Generator and Echo City)

F

Jon Farriss (The Farriss Brothers/INXS)
Fenriz (Darkthrone)
Rick Ferrusi (Dead on Arrival)
Billy Ficca (Television (band))
Anton Fig (Frehley's Comet, The Tonight Show band)
Vic Firth
Ginger Fish (Marilyn Manson)
John Fisher (Audience)
Jon Fishman
Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac)
Billy Flynn (Geggy Tah, OPM)
Justin Foley (Killswitch Engage)
D.J. Fontana (Elvis Presley)
Sam Fogarino (Interpol (band))
Al Foster
Lucas Fox (ex-Motörhead)
Christopher Franke (Tangerine Dream, Agitation Free)
Chris Frantz (Talking Heads)
John French
Matt Frenette (Loverboy)
Josh Freese (The Vandals, A Perfect Circle, Session, Guns N' Roses, New Radicals)
Frost (Satyricon, 1349)
Travis Fullerton
Maxx Furian

G

Steve Gadd
Rob Gardner (Guns N' Roses)
Carlos De La Garza (Suburban Rhythm, Reel Big Fish)
Josh Garza (The Secret Machines)
Jerry Gaskill (King's X)
Bud Gaugh (Sublime)
Mike Gibbins
Martin Gilks (The Wonder Stuff)
Pete Gill (Saxon, Motörhead)
Aaron Gillespie (UnderØath)
Paul Goldberg
Michel Gondry
Alex González (Maná)
Jose Gonzalez Jr. (Son By Four, Frankie Negron, Rachael Lampa)
Bobby Graham
Ed Graham (The Darkness)
Milford Graves
Jeremiah Green (Modest Mouse)
Rocky Gray (Evanescence)
Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters)
Trilok Gurtu

H

Tomas Haake (Meshuggah)
Rob Hague (S*M*A*S*H)
Tony Hajjar (At the Drive-In and Sparta)
Willie "Too Big" Hall (The Blues Brothers)
Omar Hakim (Sting), (Weather Report), (Dire Straits), (Madonna)
Tubby Hall
Jan Hammer
Zac Hanson
Beaver Harris
Mickey Hart
Ian Haugland (Europe)
Taylor Hawkins (Alanis Morissette, Foo Fighters, Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders)
Roy Haynes
Topper Headon (The Clash)
Charlie Heather (The Levellers)
Manic Hedgehog(Sonic Underground)
Matt Helders (Arctic Monkeys)
Levon Helm (The Band)
Gerry Hemingway) (Anthony Braxton)
David Henderson
Don Henley (The Eagles)
Bob Henrit (The Kinks)
Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez
Mark Heron (Oceansize)
Danny Herrera (Napalm Death)
Raymond Herrera (Fear Factory)
Larry Herweg (Pelican)
Paul Hester
Dan Hickey (formerly of They Might Be Giants)
Billy Higgins
Zach Hill (Hella)
Steve Hindalong
Guy Hoffman (BoDeans, Violent Femmes)
Gene Hoglan
Matt Horton
Dominic Howard (Muse)
Jeremy Hummel (Breaking Benjamin)
John Humphrey (Seether)
Craig Hunter (The Philosopher Kings)
Clint Hyndman (Something for Kate)

I

Tris Imboden (Chicago)
Jack Irons (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam)
Izumi (Kagrra)* Andy Hurley (Fall Out Boy)

J

Al Jackson, Jr. (Stax Records, Booker T. & The M.G.'s, Otis Redding)
Michael Jackson (The Jackson 5; solo Off The Wall, Invincible)
Steve Jansen
Steve Jocz (Sum 41)
Elvin Jones (jazz) (John Coltrane Quartet)
Philly Joe Jones
Matt Johnson
Ralph Johnson (Earth, Wind, & Fire)
Ben Johnston (Biffy Clyro)
Kenney Jones (Small Faces, The Who)
Steve Jordan
Joey Jordison (Slipknot)

K

Kami (Malice Mizer)
Keith McDonnell [(Resonant)]
Karsh Kale
Manu Katché
Martin Kearns
Johnny Kelly (Type O Negative)
Jim Keltner
Billy Kersands
Einollah Keyvanshokooh
Jim Kimball (Rock) (the Jesus Lizard, Firewater)
Sean Kinney ([Alice in Chains]])
Ted Kirkpatrick (Tourniquet)
Kitty (Mindless Self Indulgence)
Joey Kramer (Aerosmith)
Eric Kretz
Bill Kreutzmann (Grateful Dead)
Gene Krupa
Russ Kunkel (rock) (Jackson Browne, Carly Simon, James Taylor, David Crosby, and Graham Nash)
Kai (Gazette (band))

L

Abe Laboriel, Jr. (Paul McCartney)
Papa Jack Laine
Thomas Lang
Shannon Larkin (Godsmack)
Jon Lee
Tommy Lee (Mötley Crüe)
Shannon Leto (30 Seconds to Mars)
Roger Lewis (The Good Life, Neva Dinova)
Jaki Liebezeit (Can (band))
Yoseph "Joe" Levy
Zach Lind (Jimmy Eat World)
Pete Lockett
Dave Lombardo (Slayer)
Larrie Londin (Journey), (Steve Perry)
Eduardo Lopes
Martin Lopez
Gas Lipstick (H.I.M.)
Carlo Little (Rolling Stones, Cyril Davies All Stars, Screaming Lord Sutch's Savages)
Mike Luce (Drowning Pool)

M

Mike Mangini (Annihalator, Extreme, Steve Vai and others)
Mark Maher, also known as Kram (Spiderbait)
Brian Mantia (Primus, Guns N' Roses)
Jess Margera (CKY)
Jimmy Marinos (The Romantics)
Fred Marsden (Gerry and the Pacemakers)
Billy Martin
Anthony Martinez (Black Flag) (only played on live albums)
Nick Mason (Pink Floyd)
John Marshall
Pat Mastelotto
Dave Mattacks
Dave McClain (Machine Head)
Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden)
Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
Mark McGregor — see Mark Abandon
Ed McTaggart
Roy Mayorga
Jerry Mercer (April Wine)
Bruce Mitchell (The Durutti Column, Alberto Y Los Trios Paranoias)
Mitch Mitchell (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
Mollik (Poizon Green)
Mark Mondesir (Courtney Pine), (John McLaughlin, Jeff Beck), Brian Ferry)
Keith Moon (The Who)
Sean Moore (Manic Street Preachers)
Fabrizio Moretti (The Strokes)
Stephen Morris (Joy Division, New Order)
Paul Motian
Flo Mounier (Cryptopsy)
Larry Mullen, Jr. (U2)
Sunny Murray

N

Mike Namorato (The Cooters)
Jeff Nelson (Minor Threat)
Jukka Nevalainen (Nightwish, Sethian)
Jimmy Nicol (substituted for Ringo Starr on 1964 World Tour while Ringo had his tonsils out)
Nao (Alice Nine)

O

P

Neil Peart of Rush

Ian Paice (Deep Purple)
Carl Palmer
John Panozzo (Styx)
Melvin Parker
John Paris (Earth, Wind, & Fire)
Jose Pasillas (Incubus)
Vinnie Paul (Metal) (Pantera) Drummer.
Neil Peart (rock) (Rush)
Jan Pelan
Chris Pennie (metal/hardcore) (Dillinger Escape Plan}
Vicki Peterson (The Bangles)
Slim Jim Phantom (rockabilly) (The Stray Cats)
Duncan Phillips (Newsboys)
Scott Phillips (Creed, Alter Bridge)
Simon Phillips (The Orb, Prayerbox, Toto)
Simon Phillips
Tommy Portimo (power metal) (Sonata Arctica)
Mike Portnoy (progressive metal) (Dream Theater)
Cozy Powell
Jeff Porcaro (Toto)
Prince

Q

Charlie "Chalo" Quintana (Los Cruzados)

R

Tommy Ramone (Ramones
Björn Rapp (P.M.T)
Brett Reed (Rancid, Devils Brigade)
Sean Reinert
Reni
Tony Reno (Europe)
Buddy Rich (jazz)
Blake Richardson (Between the Buried and me)
Bill Rieflin (Ministry, R.E.M.)
Ben Riley
Herlin Riley
ROBO (Black Flag, The Misfits)
Max Roach (jazz)
Brad Roberts (Jizmak Da Gusha in GWAR)
Steve Rucker (Bee Gees)
Phil Rudd (hard rock) AC/DC
Tucker Rule (Thursday)
Yuri Ruley (MxPx)
John Rutsey
Kim Ruzz (Mercyful Fate)

S

sakura (L'Arc~en~Ciel, Zigzo, Sons of All Pussys)
Pete Sandoval (Morbid Angel)
Greg Saunier (Deerhoof)
Christoph Schneider (Rammstein)
Gina Schock (The Go-Go's)
Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz ("Weird Al" Yankovic)
Peter Sellers
Kevin Shea (Storm & Stress (band))
Shinya (Dir en grey)
David Silveria (KoЯn)
Phil Selway (Radiohead)
Danny Seraphine (rock) (Chicago)
Jim Shapiro (Veruca Salt)
Michael Shrieve (Santana)
Eric Singer
Skinny (Mushroomhead)
Chris Slade (AC/DC)
Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Jamie Smith (Syndicate)
Travis Smith (Trivium)
Ty Smith (Bullets and Octane, Guttermouth, TheVandals)
Mark "Wiff" Smith (Play Dead, The Beastmaster Generals)
Steve Smith
Matt Sorum (The Cult, Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver)
Henry Spinetti
Squarepusher
Zak Starkey (The Who, Oasis)
John "Jabo" Starks (James Brown)
Ringo Starr (real name Richard Starkey; The Beatles)
Thomas Stauch (Blind Guardian, Savage Circus)
John Steel (The Animals)
Bill Stewart
Tommy Stewart (ex-Godsmack,Lo-Pro)
Eddie Stratton (rock) (One Minute Silence)
Clyde Stubblefield (James Brown)
James Sullivan (Avenged Sevenfold)
Daniel Svensson (metal) (In Flames)
Andy Strachan (alternative rock) (Living End)

T

Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor (ex-Motörhead)
Roger Andrew Taylor (Duran Duran)
Roger Meddows Taylor (Queen)
Ted (ex-Dead Kennedys)
Shinya Terachi (Dir en Grey)
Jon Theodore (The Mars Volta)
Alex Thomas
Pete Thomas (The Attractions)
Chester Thompson (Phil Collins)
Paul Thompson (Roxy Music)
Paul Thomson (Franz Ferdinand)
Laurence Tolhurst
Matt Tong (Bloc Party)
Tico Torres (Bon Jovi)
Trym Torson (Emperor)
Jeff Tortora (Blue Man Group, Joey Belladonna, Joe Stump)
Nathaniel Townsley
Rachel Trachtenburg (rock) (Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players)
Sean Tracy (Orbin, Psyfer, Silk Addiction)
Scott Travis (Judas Priest, Racer X)
Maureen Tucker (rock) (The Velvet Underground)

U

Lars Ulrich (Metallica)

V

W

Brooks Wackerman (Suicidal Tendencies, Bad Religion)
Chad Wackerman
Bill Ward (Black Sabbath)
Joey Waronker (Beck, The Smashing Pumpkins, Elliott Smith, R.E.M.)
Rey Washam (rock) (Scratch Acid, Rapeman, Ministry)
Charlie Watts (The Rolling Stones)
Jeff 'Tain' Watts (jazz)
John Weathers (Gentle Giant)
Chick Webb (William Henry Webb) (swing music)
Dave Weckl
Max Weinberg (E Street Band, Max Weinberg Seven; originally with Bruce Springsteen)and later leader of the Late Night with Conan O'Brien Show Band)
Janet Weiss (Sleater-Kinney, Quasi)
Ron Welty (Offspring, Steady Ground)
Paul Wertico (jazz) (The Pat Metheny Group)
Andy Whale (Bolt Thrower)
Brad Wilk (Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave)
Matt Wilson (jazz)
Alan "Oasis" White (Oasis)
Alan White (Plastic Ono Band, Yes)
Andy White
Fred White (Earth, Wind, & Fire)
Lenny White
Maurice White (Ramsey Lewis, Earth, Wind, & Fire)
Meg White (White Stripes)
Steve White (Paul Weller)
Barry Whitwam (rock) Herman's Hermits
Gary Wiseman (Bowling for Soup)
Atom Willard (Offspring,Angels and Airwaves)
Terry Williams
Tony Williams
Boris Williams
Van Williams (Nevermore)
Dennis Wilson (The Beach Boys)
Patrick "Pat" Wilson (Weezer)
Pick Withers (Dire Straits)
Daniel Woodgate (Madness)
Jonny Wolf (The Young Werewolves)
Robert Wyatt
Jon Wysocki (Staind)

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Z

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