goose Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 (edited) Neil's got the Skill, but bohnhams got the originality and ability to changeJohn Bonham is dead.A big disadvantage as far as those longevity points. The ScoreFeel: Bonham 5, Peart 3Swing: Bonham 5, Peart 3Power: Bonham 5, Peart 5Foot Speed: Bonham 5, Peart 4Hand Speed: Bonham 4, Peart 5Technical: Bonham 4, Peart 5Influence: Bonham 5, Peart 5 Bonham 33, Peart 30 but Longevity: Bonham 11, Peart 41 Final Score: Bonham 44, Peart 71 Peart wins. Edited February 20, 2017 by goose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenJennings Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 From a technical standpoint, I don't think it's even close. Never really understood the appeal of Zep. Hell, I'd rank just about any prog drummer worth his salt ahead of Bonham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRogers Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Neil's got the Skill, but bohnhams got the originality and ability to changeJohn Bonham is dead.A big disadvantage as far as those longevity points. The ScoreFeel: Bonham 5, Peart 3Swing: Bonham 5, Peart 3Power: Bonham 5, Peart 5Foot Speed: Bonham 5, Peart 4Hand Speed: Bonham 4, Peart 5Technical: Bonham 4, Peart 5Influence: Bonham 5, Peart 5 Bonham 33, Peart 30 but Longevity: Bonham 11, Peart 41 Final Score: Bonham 44, Peart 71 Peart wins.Being dead also effects ones ability to change. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanadoood Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 From a technical standpoint, I don't think it's even close. Never really understood the appeal of Zep. Hell, I'd rank just about any prog drummer worth his salt ahead of Bonham. Drummers tend to judge other drummers on groove and feel within the context of the music. Someone like Mike Mangini runs circles around Bonham from a technical standpoint, but you'd be hard pressed to find more ROCK drummers that prefer him over Bonzo. Bonham had a certain power and groove in his playing that drummers love. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upstateNYfan Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 I know this is a Rush forum, but I don't think there's a comparison. Neil all the way. His willingness to work, evolve, explore and grow, and then there's his incredible longevity... Bonham had wonderful feel and was no doubt talented, perhaps even more so than Neil. But the difference is Neil planted an incredible garden and just kept feeding it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Neil's got the Skill, but bohnhams got the originality and ability to changeJohn Bonham is dead.A big disadvantage as far as those longevity points. The ScoreFeel: Bonham 5, Peart 3Swing: Bonham 5, Peart 3Power: Bonham 5, Peart 5Foot Speed: Bonham 5, Peart 4Hand Speed: Bonham 4, Peart 5Technical: Bonham 4, Peart 5Influence: Bonham 5, Peart 5 Bonham 33, Peart 30 but Longevity: Bonham 11, Peart 41 Final Score: Bonham 44, Peart 71 Peart wins.Being dead also effects ones ability to change.True. From 1980 on Bonham was pretty much stuck in a rut. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Permanent-Rush Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Sorry, any debate of "which drummer is better than which drummer" is a bogus argument, and is totally unfounded! Neil is an amazing drummer! Bonzo is an amazing drummer! ^ This 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 I know this is a Rush forum, but I don't think there's a comparison. Neil all the way. His willingness to work, evolve, explore and grow, and then there's his incredible longevity... Bonham had wonderful feel and was no doubt talented, perhaps even more so than Neil. But the difference is Neil planted an incredible garden and just kept feeding it.I disagree. For the past thirty seven years, Bonham did a much better job at feeding the garden. Literally. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New World Kid Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 We're standing in an art gallery talking about which painter had the better brush technique, and not noticing that there are actually images before us. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirteen Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Neil is the only 'fancy' drummer I like TBH. He will always sit at the top of my Drummers Everest. TBH, apart from Neil, I prefer more basic/rudimentary drumming styles. And they are much easier to jam with. However, I am only a mediocre guitarist so my opinion of drummers doesn't hold much weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfwayToGone Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 This is a little like comparing the one of the guys who invented the cigarette lighter to some other guy who later made it look and work slightly differently. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 :drool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mad Bowl Hoo Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Did I miss scenes in the video with Charlie Watts? Ringo? Hart/Kreutzman? Trucks/Johnson? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Did I miss scenes in the video with Charlie Watts? Ringo? Hart/Kreutzman? Trucks/Johnson?Didn't make the cut. Numbers 101-106, I guess. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctbadger Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 QUOTE (darrenhigh @ Feb 10 2007, 10:21 AM) these sorts of comparisons are pointless. might as well say carbon is a better element than hydrogen. they're both great drummers with unique styles and I love listening to each of them for different reasons. I think if you spend your time ranking musicians or bands, you're probably not really listening to them. F-ck that, Carbon kicks the crap out of Hydrogen! Cmon - polymorphs man, diamond, graphite, buckyballs, nanotubes.... CARBON RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But without hydrogen there would be no water. And if there's no water then there's no beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Slipperman Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Sure. Neil is technically more advanced than Bonzo.. but Bonzo had that groove, that feel... I love 'em both. Then again, I bet they'd both agree that Tony Williams was better than either of them ! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaminbenb Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 I'm more of a Vinnie Coliauta fan than anyone else....guy can do stuff no one else can (while eating!) Reading a book by Arthur Barrow, who was one of Zappa's bass players, and he said when they were learning Mo & Herb's Vacation (which is just 8-billion notes on a page) Vinnie was sight reading, pushing up his glasses, and picking on sushi, and played through perfectly! Besides crazy stuff like that...the dude has more groove and feel than any drummer I've ever heard! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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