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This might actually be kind of difficult, because it's almost impossible to find shitty drummers in most major-label (or big-indie-label) bands. Out of all the world's shitty bands, the drummer is usually the most acceptable and competent one. Even bands that usually suck like KoRn and SlipKnot have AMAZING drummers.... Really, except for some old shittily-produced black metal tape from decades ago where the guy speeds up a bit every now and then... not to mention tons of shitty bands recording one time and putting their first demo on myspace (which they probably made before they wrote any songs)... it's probably going to be difficult to find drummers who, in all actuality, suck. If you can think of any, be my guest, because I want to hear shitty drummers!
But yeah, that probably wouldn't warrant many replies, let's also talk about drummers whose styles you just don't like.. drummers that clash with the bands they're in or just have a sound that irritates you or whatever... Also, if it's drummers who technically suck (like Ikue Mori when she was in DNA) but you like their style, you don't have to list them. Just drummers you think are particularly bad in one way or another.
Okay, I'll start..
[I didn't bother looking up names for anyone]
DRUMMERS WHO SUCK:
The guy who played drums in the Units - The Units were this awesome synth punk type band that formed around the time of the Screamers and some other duos, but their drummer is terrible! He does extremely inappropriate little rolls, barely even plays his kit (which is a pretty bad idea in this case since the two keyboard lines are always so busy), and he adds random off-time crash cymbal hits every now and then. On a few songs on their only full length album, he shows some real artful competence but on most songs he's just ... what's the opposite of "all over the place"? It's like he doesn't exist sometimes and when he does exist it doesn't fit at all.
DRUMMERS WHO I DON'T LIKE THE STYLE OF:
The dude from ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - The shit he plays usually just sounds ridiculous.
The guy from Electrocution 250 - Oh, he's actually amazing, but all he does is double bass pedals for 5 minutes at a time. That's pretty much ALL he does. Again, ridiculous.
Lars Ulrich - Don't get me wrong, he has tons of amazing and creative drum.. uh.. "riffs" (...And Justice For All title track comes to mind) but whenever the band speeds up he limps behind and sounds silly. He can barely keep up. He's not too noticeable on their older material... but when you look at something like St. Anger...
Joy Division drummer - Just sounds like a boring drum machine. Nothing interesting.
Brad Wilk of Rage Against the Machine - The least interesting rock drummer I can think of.
Of course, there's Meg White, but I'm sure someone else will talk about her.
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