List of drummers and percussionists

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This is a list of known drummer and percussionist , grouped by musical style .

Classical (drummers, percussionists)

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A.

Ossi Aalto (1910-2009)
Kush Abadey (* 1991)
Nasar Abadey (* ≈ around 1950)
Brian Abrahams (* 1947)
Daniel Aebi (* 1973)
Pheeroan akLaff (* 1955)
Mousie Alexander (1922–1988)
Taru Alexander (* 1967)
Philippe Allaert (* 1961)
Muhammad Ali (* 1936)
Rashied Ali (1933-2009)
Don Alias (1939-2006)
Barry Altschul (* 1943)
Cesarius Alvim (* 1950)
Robby Ameen (* 1960)
Ursula Anders (* 1938)
Max Andrzejewski (* 1986)
Nicola Angelucci (* 1979)
Charly Antolini (* 1937)
Peter Appleyard (1928-2013)
Florian Arbenz (* 1975)
Fabian Arends (* 1990)
Steve Argüelles (* 1963)
Felix Astor (* 1968)
Cuba Austin (1906–1961)

B.

C.

Gene Calderazzo (* 1961)
Rafael Calman (* 1982)
Christophe Calpini (* 1969)
Frank Capp (1931-2017)
Rune Carlsson (1940-2013)
Terri Lyne Carrington (born 1965)
Big Sid Catlett (1910-1951)
Leon Ndugu Chancler (1952-2018)
Dennis Chambers (* 1959)
Jim Chapin (1919-2009)
Tommy Chase (born 1947)
Kevin Chesham (* 1987)
Jon Christensen (1943-2020)
Kenny Clarke (1914–1985)
Hannes Clauss (* 1949)
Olivier Clerc (born 1950)
Billy Cobham (born 1944)
Cozy Cole (1906-1981)
Denardo Coleman (born 1956)
Keith Copeland (1946-2015)
Mário Costa (* 1986)
Pierre Courbois (* 1940)
Terry Cox (born 1937)
Curt Cress (born 1952)
Charles Crosby (born 1931)

D.

Sylvain Darrifourcq (* 1979)
Chris Dave (* 1973)
Jack DeJohnette (born 1942)
Kenwood Dennard (born 1956)
Buddy Deppenschmidt (* 1936)
Clem DeRosa (1925-2011)
Richard DeRosa (born 1955)
Corrie Dick (* 1990)
Deric Dickens (* 1973)
Jacques Di Donato (* 1942)
Yorgos Dimitriadis (* 1964)
Michael Di Pasqua (1953-2016)
Bruce Ditmas (* 1946)
Wolfram Dix (* 1957)
Marcio Doctor (* 1965)
Baby Dodds (1898-1959)
Arnaud Dolmen (* 1985)
Daniel Dor (* 1986)
Hamid Drake (* 1955)
Martin Drew (1944-2010)
Billy Drummond (born 1959)
Tim Dudek (* 1980)
Joris Dudli (* 1957)
Antoine Duijkers (* 1987)
Sjahin During (* 1972)
Joe Dyson (* 1990)

E.

Vince Ector (born 1965)
Anton Eger (* 1980)
Dominic Egli (* 1976)
Michael Ehret (* 1969)
Peter Eisheuer (* 1957)
Bill Elgart (* 1942)
David Elias (* 1956)
Ray Ellington (1916–1985)
Jørn Elniff (1938–1991)
Kahil El'Zabar (* 1953)
Stephan Emig (* 1976)
John Engels (* 1935)
Peter Erskine (* 1954)
Sticks Evans (1923-1994)
Sangoma Everett (born 1952)

F.

Kenneth Fagerlund (1927-1997)
Peter Fairclough (born 1956)
Jon Fält (* 1979)
Shayan Fathi (* 1985)
Nick Fatool (1915-2000)
Pierre Favre (* 1937)
Victor Feldman (1934-1987)
Sherman Ferguson (1944-2006)
Anton Fig (* 1952)
Jörg Fischer (* 1971)
Hardy Fischötter (* 1961)
Fips Fleischer (1923-2002)
Leopoldo Fleming (* 1939)
Brian Floody (born 1971)
Panama Francis (1918-2001)
Nick Fraser (born 1976)
Cie Frazier (1904–1985)
Elmar Frey (* 1964)
Tobias Friedli (* 1978)
Lou Fromm (born 1919)
Thomas Froschauer (* 1979)
Joachim Fuchs-Charrier (* 1954)
Shinya Fukumori (* 1984)

G

Steve Gadd (* 1945)
Frank Gagliardi (1931-2011)
Drago Gajo (* 1950)
Stéphane Galland (* 1969)
Joe Gallivan (born 1937)
Gerry Gibbs (born 1964)
Peter Giger (* 1939)
Tim Giles (* 1980)
Charles K. Goold (* ≈1990)
Gordon Gottlieb (* 1948)
Scotty Gottwald (* ≈1960)
Wieland Götze (* ≈1979)
Rodney Green (born 1979)
Anthony Greminger (* 1994)
Carola Gray (* 1968)
Christian Grobauer (* 1975)
Walther Großrubatscher (1957-2019)
Lennart Gruvstedt (* 1955)

H

Wolfgang Haffner (* 1965)
Chico Hamilton (1921-2013)
Michael Hammer (* 1982)
Ole Jacob Hansen (1940-2000)
Billy Hart (* 1940)
Roy Haynes (born 1925)
Øyvind Hegg-Lunde (* 1982)
Jakob Hegner (* ≈1996)
Horacio "El Negro" Hernández (* 1963)
Chris Higginbottom (* 1977)
Billy Higgins (1936-2001)
Arthur Hnatek (* 1990)
Reuben Hoch (born 1959)
Dávid Hodek (* 1997)
Ralf Huebner (* 1939)
McClenty Hunter (* ≈1985)

I.

Susie Ibarra (* 1970)
Wessel Ilcken (1923–1957)
Tony Inzalaco (* 1938)
Akira Ishikawa (1934-2002)
Yoron Israel (* 1963)

J

Duffy Jackson (born 1953)
Karl Jannuska (* 1975)
Huub Janssen (1937-2008)
Meinhard Obi Jenne (* 1970)
Elvin Jones (1927-2004)
Papa Jo Jones (1911–1985)
Philly Joe Jones (1923–1985)

K

Bobby Kapp (born 1942)
Sperie Karas (* 1930)
Senri Kawaguchi (* 1997)
Wim Kegel (* 1967)
Willy Ketzer (* 1951)
Günter Kiesant (* 1932)
Basil Kirchin (1927-2005)
Snorre Kirk (born 1981)
Billy Kilson (born 1962)
Eva Klesse (* 1986)
Lukas Knöfler (* 1972)
Sarathy Korwar (* ≈1991)
Willy Kotoun (* 1953)
Jackson Krall (* 1949)
Oliver Krammer (* 1966)
Emil Krištof (* 1957)
Peter Kronreif (* 1982)
Gene Krupa (1909-1973)
Julian Külpmann (* 1989)
Fabian Kuratli (1970-2008)

L.

François Laizeau (* 1955)
Michel Lambert (* 1959)
Francis Lassus (born 1961)
Rudy Lawless (1932 / 33-2017)
Rollo Laylan (1907-1996)
Lawrence Leathers (1981-2019)
Christian Lettner (* 1974)
Krunoslav Levačić (* 1957)
Mel Lewis (1929-1990)
Udo Lindenberg (* 1946) ( Passport )
Julien Loutelier (* 1987)
Björn Lücker (* 1967)

M.

N

Kesivan Naidoo (* 1979)
Tatsuya Nakamura (* 1945)
Mark Nauseef (* 1953)
Xavier Desandre Navarre (born 1961)
Joe Nay (1934-1990)
Zé Eduardo Nazário (* 1952)
Jason Nazary (* 1984)
Ofri Nehemya (* 1994)
Holger Nell (* 1966)
Mani Neumeier (* 1940)
Helge Norbakken (* 1965)
Svend-Erik Nørregaard (1941-2002)
Per Nyhaug (1926-2009)

O

Bernd Oezsevim (* 1980)
Michael Olivera (* ≈1984)
Ichirō Onoe (* 1957)
Hans van Oosterhout (* 1965)
Nathan Ott (* 1989)
Tony Oxley (born 1938)
Fritz Ozmec (* 1948)

P

Anne Paceo (* 1984)
Gilbert Paeffgen (* 1958)
Balázs Pándi (* 1983)
Dion Parson (* 1967)
Julius Pastorius (* 1982)
Jim Payne (born 1943)
Jamie Peet (born 1991)
Micheline Pelzer (1950–2014)
Peter Perfido (* 1956)
Walter Perkins (1932-2004)
Ben Perowsky (* 1966)
Frank Perry (* 1948) (also meditation music)
Charlie Persip (born 1929)
Norbert Pfammatter (* 1959)
Andreas Pichler (* 1981)
Dorota Piotrowska (* 1984)
Herbert Pirker (* 1981)
Jonas Pirzer (* 1985)
Vinsent Planjer (* 1972)
Simon Popp (* 1990)
Joe Porcaro (1930-2020)
Mariá Portugal (* 1984)
Sunk Pöschl (* 1955)
Bobby Previte (born 1951)
Dan Pugach (* 1983)
Jim Pugliese (* 1952)
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie (* 1939) (also soul, funk, rock)

Q

Alvin Queen (born 1950)
Joe Quitzke (* 1969)

R.

Avreeayl Ra (* 1947)
Michele Rabbia (* 1965)
Abbey Rader (born 1943)
Tom Rainey (born 1957)
Kaspar Rast (* 1972)
Dietrich Rauschtenberger (* 1939)
Ziv Ravitz (* 1976)
Cyril Régamey (* 1977)
Oliver Rehmann (* 1982)
Damion Reid (* 1979)
Herbert Reisinger (* 1961)
Wolfgang Reisinger (* 1955)
Bernd Reiter (* 1982)
Bertrand Renaudin (* 1955)
Charlie Rice (1920-2018)
Buddy Rich (1917-1987)
Ben Riley (1933-2017)
Max Roach (1924-2007)
Cornell Rochester (born 1957)
Sebastian Rochford (* 1973)
Aldo Romano (* 1941)
Fabian Rösch (* 1994)
Matthias Rosenbauer (* 1970)
Bjarne Rostvold (1934–1989)
Rudolf Roth (* 1951)
Steffen Roth (* 1989)
Charles Rumback (* 1980)
Rüdiger Ruppert (* 1970)
Mathias Ruppnig (* 1986)

S.

T

Pierre Tanguay (* 1956)
Grady Tate (1932-2017)
Bubbha Thomas (1937-2020)
Robert Thomas, Jr. (* around 1956)
Pål Thowsen (* 1955)
Jason Tiemann (* 1973)
Paul Togawa (1932-2018)
Curt Treier (born 1944)
Jean-My Truong (* 1950)

U

Peeter Uuskyla (* 1951)

V

Martin Valihora (* 1976)
Eddy Veldman (born 1951)
Teun Verbruggen (* 1975)
Rob Verdurmen (* 1953)
Rémi Vignolo (* 1972)
Paolo Vinaccia (1954-2019)

W.

Chick Webb (1905-1939)
Monty Weber (1941–1999)
Tilo Weber (* 1990)
Klaus Weiss (1942-2008)
Andreas Werliin (* 1982)
George Wettling (1907–1968)
Chip White (1946-2020)
Lenny White (born 1949)
Alice Whyte (1922-2015)
Mareike Wiening (* 1987)
Vincent Wilburn (* 1958)
Steve Williams (* 1956)
Tony Williams (1945-1997)
Paul Wiltgen (* 1982)
Andreas Witte (* 1961)
Fritz Wittek (* 1961)
Roland Wittich (* 1942)
Sam Woodyard (1925-1988)
Tony Wren (born 1947)

Y

Yūsuke Yamamoto (* ≈1970)
Pete York (born 1942)

Z

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Daniel Adair ( Nickelback )
Philippe Allaert ( Viktor Lazlo , Vaya Con Dios )
Kenny Aronoff
Ginger Baker † (including Cream )
Barriemore Barlow ( Jethro Tull )
Frank Beard ( ZZ Top )
Carter Beauford ( Dave Matthews Band )
Peter Behrens † ( Trio )
Brian Bennett ( The Shadows )
Pete Best ( The Beatles )
Gregg Bissonette
Jason Bonham ( Foreigner )
John Bonham † ( Led Zeppelin )
Mike Bordin ( Faith No More )
Rob Bourdon ( Linkin Park )
Terry Bozzio ( Frank Zappa , Fantômas )
Mark Brzezicki ( Big Country , Procol Harum )
Chris Brien
Bill Bruford (including Yes , King Crimson )
Clive Bunker ( Jethro Tull )
Ron Bushy ( Iron Butterfly )
Matt Cameron ( Soundgarden , Pearl Jam )
Joey Castillo ( Queens of the Stone Age )
Matt Chamberlain
Brian Chase ( Yeah Yeah Yeahs )
Doug Clifford ( Creedence Clearwater Revival )
John Coghlan ( Status Quo )
Vinnie Colaiuta
Phil Collins (including Genesis )
Jason Costa ( Diecast )
Stewart Copeland ( The Police )
Dale Crover ( The Melvins , Nirvana )
Chris Dave ( Mint Condition )
John Densmore ( The Doors )
Virgil Donati
Aynsley Dunbar
Roy Dyke
Graeme Edge ( The Moody Blues )
Sheila E.
Phillip Ehart ( Kansas )
Stephan Emig ( Klaus Lage , Triosense )
Sonny Emory
Bertram Engel ( Udo Lindenberg , Peter Maffay )
Eroc ( rough cut )
Greg Errico ( Sly & the Family Stone , Weather Report , Santana , Grateful Dead )
Mick Fleetwood
Evert Fraterman
Josh Freese
Tristan Fry ( Sky )
Steve Gadd
Diego Galeri ( Timoria )
Eddy Garcia (including Pissing Razors )
David Garibaldi ( Tower of Power )
Bruce Gary †
Wolfgang Glum ( Rainbirds , Rocko Schamoni )
Mike "Gomezz" Gommeringer ( Reamonn )
Christian Grobauer ( Schmieds Puls )
Aki Hakala
Fabian Halbig ( killer mushrooms )
Gavin Harrison ( Porcupine Tree )
Charles Hayward
Richie Hayward † ( Little Feat )
Don Henley ( Eagles )
Alfredo Hernandez ( Kyuss , Queens of the Stone Age )
Jon Hiseman †
Tris Imboden (including Chicago )
Jack Irons ( Red Hot Chili Peppers )
Manu Katché
Jim Keltner ( Joe Cocker , Ry Cooder , Little Village and others)
Stefan Krachten † ( dark figure , Fred Banana Combo , Trance Groove , Goldman)
Joey Kramer ( Aerosmith )
Russ Kunkel ( Jackson Browne , Dan Fogelberg , The Section and others)
Shannon Leto ( 30 Seconds to Mars )
Jaki Liebezeit † ( Can )
Bill Lynn † ( Elvis Presley )
Rick Marotta
Nick Mason ( Pink Floyd )
Ted McKenna † (Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Rory Gallagher , Gillan , Michael Schenker )
Buddy Miles †
Marco Minnemann
Mitch Mitchell † ( The Jimi Hendrix Experience )
Herwig Mitteregger ( Lokomotive Kreuzberg , Nina Hagen Band , Spliff , solo )
Pierre Moerlen † ( gong )
Keith Moon † ( The Who )
Reiner Morgenroth (with In Extremo until 2010 )
Ian Mosley ( Marillion )
Larry Mullen ( U2 )
Tatsuya Nakamura (The Stalin, Blankey Jet City , Bill Laswell )
Mark Nauseef ( Elf , Velvet Underground , Jack Bruce , Ian Gillan , Jon Lord , Thin Lizzy )
Mani Neumeier ( Guru Guru )
Sami Osala ( Sunrise Avenue )
Carl Palmer
Fito de la Parra ( Canned Heat )
Jim Payne
Neil Peart † ( Rush )
Simon Phillips
Nils Plum ( Kasalla )
Simon Popp ( Hello Gravity )
Jeff Porcaro †
Steff Porzel ( The Spencer Davis Group , CHP)
Mel Pritchard † ( Barclay James Harvest )
Brett Reed ( Rancid )
Rachel Rep ( Farin Urlaub , Glow )
Armin Rühl ( Herbert Grönemeyer )
Kirt Rust ( Weidorje , Chris Rea )
Michael Schwandt ( carat )
Wolfgang Seidel
Steve Shelley ( Sonic Youth )
Michael Shrieve (including Santana )
Chad Smith ( Red Hot Chili Peppers )
Steve Smith ( Journey )
Gerwin Spalink ( The House of Usher )
Pete Spencer ( Smokie )
Zak Starkey (including The Who )
Ringo Starr ( The Beatles )
Clyde Stubblefield † (soul drummer, including James Brown )
Roger Taylor ( Queen )
Chester Thompson
Tico Torres ( Bon Jovi )
Linda-Philomène Tsoungui ( Mine , Fatoni )
Gene Trautmann ( Queens of the Stone Age )
Maureen Tucker ( The Velvet Underground )
Mick Tucker † ( The Sweet )
Kamimura Ukyō † ( Malice Mizer )
Ruth Underwood
David Uosikkinen ( The Hooters )
Ryan Vikedal ( Nickelback )
Chad Wackerman
Narada Michael Walden
Charlie Watts ( The Rolling Stones )
Florian Weber ( Sportfreunde Stiller )
Dave Weckl
Maurice White † ( Earth, Wind and Fire )
Meg White ( The White Stripes )
Brad Wilk ( Audioslave , Rage Against the Machine )
Terry Williams (including Man , Rockpile , Dire Straits )
Pick Withers (including Dire Straits )
Robert Wyatt ( Soft Machine , Matching Mole )
Stomu Yamashta ( Red Budda Theater , Go )
Pete York ( Spencer Davis Group , Hardin & York )
Arne Zank ( Tocotronic )

Hard rock

Steven Adler ( Guns N 'Roses )
Eric Carr † ( Kiss )
Curt Cress ( Scorpions )
Peter Criss ( Kiss )
Rudy Lenners ( Scorpions )
Bryan Mantia ( Guns N 'Roses )
Ian Paice ( Deep Purple )
Cozy Powell †
Don Powell ( Slade )
Phil Rudd ( AC / DC )
Herman Rarebell ( Scorpions )
Matt Sorum ( Guns N 'Roses )
Eric Singer
Danny Young ( Gluecifer , Los Helmstedt , Smoke Mohawk )

Punk or punk rock / grunge

Dave Abbruzzese ( Pearl Jam )
Travis Barker ( blink-182 , +44 , Aquabats , Transplants )
Bob Bryar ( My Chemical Romance )
Budgie ( The Slits , Siouxsie and the Banshees )
Chad Channing ( Nirvana )
Tré Cool ( Green Day )
Bela B ( Soilent Grün , The Doctors )
Josh Freese ( The Offspring , The Vandals )
Paul Hanley ( The Fall , The Lovers )
Grant Hart † ( Hüsker Dü )
Taylor Hawkins ( Foo Fighters )
Topper Headon ( The Clash )
Dave Grohl ( Nirvana , Queens of the Stone Age )
Derrick Plourde † ( Bad Astronaut , The Ataris , Lagwagon )
Vom Ritchie ( The Dead Pants )
Wolfgang Rohde † ( The Dead Pants )
Erik Sandin ( NOFX )
Brooks Wackerman ( Bad Religion , Suicidal Tendencies , The Vandals )
Atom Willard ( The Offspring , Angels & Airwaves )

Metal

Chris Adler ( Lamb of God )
Charlie Benante ( Anthrax )
Randy Black ( Primal Fear )
Dave Buckner ( Papa Roach )
Danny Carey ( Tool )
Randy Castillo † (including Ozzy Osbourne )
Scott Columbus † ( Manowar )
Mark Cross ( Firewind )
Mikkey Dee ( Motorhead )
Damjan Deurić ( Divlje Jagode )
John Dolmayan ( System of a Down , Scars on Broadway )
Frank Fontsere ( Stuck Mojo , Fozzy )
Kai Hahto ( Rotten Sound , Wintersun )
Yoshiki Hayashi ( X Japan )
Joey Jordison ( Slipknot )
Wolfram Kellner ( JBO )
Ted Kirkpatrick ( Tourniquet )
Day care center ( Lordi )
James Kottak ( Scorpions )
Thomas Lang (including Asia )
Tommy Lee ( Mötley Crüe )
Tonmi Lillman † ( Lordi )
Dave Lombardo ( Slayer , Fantômas , John Zorn )
Ray Luzier ( KoЯn )
Dave Mackintosh ( DragonForce )
Roy Mayorga (among others Stone Sour , Soulfly )
Nicko McBrain ( Iron Maiden )
Dave McClain ( Machine Head )
Matthew McDonough ( Mudvayne )
Jukka Nevalainen ( Nightwish )
John Otto ( Limp Bizkit )
Balázs Pándi ( Metallic Taste of Blood , The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble )
Vinnie Paul † (including Pantera )
Mike Portnoy ( Dream Theater )
Herman Rarebell ( Scorpions )
The Rev † ( Avenged Sevenfold )
David Silveria (ex-KoЯn)
Christoph Schneider ( Rammstein )
Peter Schorowsky ( Böhse Onkelz )
Travis Smith ( Trivium )
Specki TD ( In Extremo )
Thomen Stauch ( Blind Guardian , Savage Circus , Coldseed )
Shinya Terachi ( Dir En Gray )
Mike Terrana ( Rage , Masterplan , Savage Circus , Axel Rudi Pell )
Michael 'Moose' Thomas ( Bullet for My Valentine )
Scott Travis ( Judas Priest , Racer X )
Lars Ulrich ( Metallica )
Bill Ward ( Black Sabbath )
Simon Wright (Ex- AC / DC , Dio )

Death Metal and Subgenres / Dark Metal

Dave Culross (including Malevolent Creation , Suffocation )
Kjetil Haraldstad aka Frost ( Satyricon , 1349 )
George Kollias (Extremity Obsession, Nile , Sickening Horror , Nightfall )
Tony Laureano ( Dimmu Borgir )
Flo Mounier ( Cryptopsy )
Jaska Raatikainen ( Children of Bodom )
Chris Reifert (among others Autopsy , Death , Abscess )
Derek Roddy (including Hate Eternal , Malevolent Creation , Nile , Divine Empire )
Mike Smith ( suffocation )
Daniel Svensson ( In Flames )

Web links

Drummerworld - Around 300 drummers are presented, with descriptions, a photo gallery, the most important playing partners, audio samples and often Quicktime movies
List of well-known drummers in the musikerwiki