Top five drummers I never get tired of

Not saying these are the only five that matter. Just the five I put on when I want the drums to shove the whole song forward.

1. John Bonham — The obvious answer because it is still the right one. Huge hands, huge pocket, never sounds like he is counting math in public.

2. Neil Peart — The dude built whole machines out of drum parts and somehow still made them feel like songs. You can hear the homework, but it rips.

3. Dave Grohl — Not the fanciest guy on the list, just a monster feel player. When those hits land, the room gets bigger.

4. Stewart Copeland — Jumpy, sharp, half-reggae, half-nervous breakdown. Nobody else makes the hi-hat sound that annoyed and that cool.

5. Bill Ward — Sabbath does not crawl right without him. Loose, heavy, weirdly jazzy in spots, like the whole kit is about to fall down the stairs but never does.

Honorable mention to Ginger Baker, because leaving him off feels like asking for a ghost to throw a cymbal at me.