Which drummer is best?

[Rich]

I play the drums and I love these badasses. They're all amazing. Which of them do you think is best?

We've Dafnis Prieto
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We've Virgil Donati
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We've Zach Hill
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And We've Thomas Pridgen
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What's your decision?

[Rich]

son of a bitch!!!! haha I'm gonna have to reply with the links or something. damn.

[Rich]

Dafnis Prieto:
http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/PSgroW6Pvww?fs=1&hl=en_US
http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/s_w-gX0Tozs?fs=1&hl=en_US

Virgil Donati:
http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/n--nDc_mb1Y?fs=1&hl=en_US
http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/h62F6vWgPu4?fs=1&hl=en_US

Zach Hill:
http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/kNEiKsxfBLU?fs=1&hl=en_US
http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/sP_g_lNYP3A?fs=1&hl=en_US

Thomas Pridgen:
http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/j_cnhaPgZ04?fs=1&hl=en_US
http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/XFx-tbaFf5E?fs=1&hl=en_US

[Rich]

Now I'm gonna try to embed them again. . . hope it works.

[Rich]

Ah. The links are pretty easy so I'll leave it as is.

[Rich]

OH MY GOD I CAN'T BELIEVE I LEFT OUT NEIL PEART haha. I love him. I saw Rush live not too long ago.

[Rich]

first of all, his name is cozy--awesome. second, I like the song quite a bit haha.

[Rich]

I'd also like to add that one of the related videos is the indian nipple song haha.

[Alex]

You left out George Kollias from Nile. He blisters past many of the drummers you have on this list.

[Rich]

you think so? what's your reasoning?

[The_Almighty_Stan]

Simply put, the man is a monster in extreme metal drumming.

[Rich]

Ah I remember this. This was the first vid that made me feel like I sucked haha.

[The_Almighty_Stan]

A few of my personal favs

Gene Hoglan

Mike Portnoy

Flo Mournier

Yanic Bercier

Buddy Rich & Animal