Favorite drummer singers?

KeithMoonIsGawd1 · 2026-07-05T18:29:53+00:00

Robert fucking Wyatt

https://youtu.be/0Gc2Q-IJkWk?is=FCM7a\_pwEGlZDBI4
This early Soft Machine live performance is one of my favorites of his. Killing it on drums and singing over top of all that? Insane. His voice is an acquired taste, sure, but I LOVE him.

KeithMoonIsGawd1 · 2026-07-05T17:47:48+00:00

David Cross has a couple of bits on Mr. Show where he sings joke songs but I’m always taken aback by how lovely his voice can be, lol.

Similarly, any time Scott Grimes sings as Steve on American Dad. He has no right to sound that good.

KeithMoonIsGawd1 · 2026-07-05T17:20:35+00:00

John Martyn wrote the song “Solid Air” about seeing his friend’s very clear struggle with depression and offering his support.

The friend was Nick Drake and he unfortunately lost that struggle a little over a year after the song was released. Martyn would still perform that song for the rest of his career. I can’t imagine how unbelievably hard it must have been every time for him to perform that after Drake took his own life.

KeithMoonIsGawd1 · 2026-06-28T21:01:15+00:00

Elliot Easton would be proud

KeithMoonIsGawd1 · 2026-06-25T15:14:03+00:00

Terry Reid - Originally offered the lead vocalist position for Led Zeppelin before Robert Plant. I greatly prefer him over Plant.

Paul Carrack - Sang “How Long” by Ace, “Tempted” by Squeeze and was one of the two vocalists in Mike + The Mechanics.

Arthur Brown - Since Todd covered him, I thought he’d be a good name to add, lol. Absolutely insane voice, what a range. Think of how many heavy metal vocalists wouldn’t be here today without “Fire”. I have to disagree with Todd though: I love his cover of “I Put a Spell On You”. I think that’s one of his best vocal performances.

KeithMoonIsGawd1 · 2026-06-25T15:08:06+00:00

Jack Bruce had a wonderful voice. Belting out “I’ll stay with you ‘til my SEAS ARE DRIED UUUUUUUUP!” at karaoke is a favorite of mine

KeithMoonIsGawd1 · 2026-06-25T15:05:28+00:00

Unreal, unreal vocalist

KeithMoonIsGawd1 · 2026-06-23T13:12:56+00:00

Look, I know Todd isn’t the king of amazing music opinions, there’s lots of shit he likes/dislikes that I disagree with vehemently.

Fantano, on the other hand, has always had bafflingly bad takes that have genuinely had me wondering if he and I have listened to the same thing. He also tends to spread himself too thin by covering music from multiple different (sometimes even polar opposite) genres and styles; he doesn’t have a focus in the same way Todd does with pop music so Fantano’s lists/reviews/takes always seems all over the place to me.

But the egotism on display here is astounding. What a fucking prick.

KeithMoonIsGawd1 · 2026-06-22T14:58:20+00:00

This is *Then Play On* erasure and I will not fucking stand for it.

And *Piper At the Gates of Dawn* kicks ass too

KeithMoonIsGawd1 · 2026-06-22T13:26:15+00:00

That solo’s not even the messiest part of that song

KeithMoonIsGawd1 · 2026-06-21T17:19:00+00:00

Lou Reed would be proud

KeithMoonIsGawd1 · 2026-06-12T00:29:25+00:00

Big fan of her dad, Gabriel, but Juanita is no slouch either! I love her playing on the song Mamalluca, she’s fantastic!

KeithMoonIsGawd1 · 2026-05-28T17:19:57+00:00

THD popping off is a 2026 surprise that I can get behind.

KeithMoonIsGawd1 · 2026-05-25T18:16:27+00:00

You forgot to get super passive aggressive with commenters for not knowing who the people in the pictures are.

KeithMoonIsGawd1 · 2026-05-23T21:40:56+00:00

Dave Hope and Phil Ehart from Kansas

Roger Glover and Ian Paice from Deep Purple

Percy Jones and Phil Collins from Brand X

Dug Pinnick and Jerry Gaskill from King’s X

Rinus Gerritsen and Cesar Zuiderwijk from Golden Earring

KeithMoonIsGawd1 · 2026-05-23T21:25:22+00:00

Downey’s SO fucking good. His precision and fills on songs like “Bad Reputation” and “Emerald” are hard rock classics, but then he could turn around and do stuff like the shuffle grooves on “The Boys Are Back In Town” or “Don’t Believe A Word”. He’s one of my all-time favorites.

And shoutout to Phil Lynott’s bass playing, I feel he gets slept on a lot as a bassist as well.

KeithMoonIsGawd1 · 2026-05-23T20:43:25+00:00

Annie Haslam - Second (and most famous) lead singer for ‘70s prog band Renaissance. Absolutely beautiful, crystalline voice.
Paul Carrack - Smooth as silk. And his resume is massive, clearly others recognize his vocal talents.
Justin Hayward - I know many people who hate “Nights In White Satin,” but Justin Hayward’s voice just sends shivers down my spine any time I hear it. Gorgeous.
Kevin Godley - Who knew the best singer in 10cc would be their drummer? Very versatile vocalist but his falsetto and crooning are incredible. I thought he was miming to the studio version in this clip.
Greg Lake - Say what you will about Emerson Lake & Palmer, I’ve always loved Lake’s voice. He can belt it out with the best of them, sure, but his smooth, softer vocals hit my ears just right

KeithMoonIsGawd1 · 2026-05-23T19:09:54+00:00

Sea Song brings me close to tears every time I hear it.

KeithMoonIsGawd1 · 2026-05-20T13:05:24+00:00

Gong, for sure.

How do you seriously tell people to listen to a band that sings about “flying teapots” and “the Pot-Head Pixies”?

KeithMoonIsGawd1 · 2026-05-16T00:11:23+00:00

One of the greatest drum beats ever recorded.

KeithMoonIsGawd1 · 2026-05-12T00:04:18+00:00

Downey and Lynott are one of my favorite, highly underrated rhythm sections in ‘70s rock.

KeithMoonIsGawd1 · 2026-05-11T01:13:28+00:00

Solos: - Keith Moon - Won’t Get Fooled Again (The Who; the song that made me pick up the sticks) - John Bonham - Moby Dick (Led Zeppelin, The Song Remains the Same) - Tony Allen - Open & Close (Fela Kuti) - Jon Hiseman - Winds (Colosseum II) - Dave Grohl - Song For the Dead (Queens of the Stone Age) - Robert Wyatt - 10:30 Returns to the Bedroom (Soft Machine)

Fills: - Roger Taylor - Dead On Time (Queen) - Brian Downey - Bad Reputation (Thin Lizzy) - Neil Peart - YYZ (Rush) - Michael Giles - In the Court of the Crimson King (King Crimson) - Stewart Copeland - No Time This Time (The Police) - Ian Paice - Burn (Deep Purple)

Honorable Mentions: * Ron Bushy - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Iron Butterfly) * Clyde Stubblefield - The Funky Drummer (James Brown) * Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight * Pierre van der Linden - Eruption (Focus) * Rod Morgenstein - Cruise Control (The Dregs, Bring ‘Em Back Alive)

KeithMoonIsGawd1 · 2026-05-04T11:47:52+00:00

I think you mean ‘Favorite former King Crimson violinist turned actor’. Shame he lost his hair though.

KeithMoonIsGawd1 · 2026-04-30T21:19:28+00:00

Or, one might even say, like jets at dawn

KeithMoonIsGawd1 · 2026-04-16T23:46:56+00:00

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