My 5 year old daughter (who is an up and coming drummer) recently asked me who, when growing up, my favourite drummers were? 'Easy' I replied, Eric Carr, Randy Castillo and Tommy Lee.
That got me spending a bit of time browsing the web remembering all those cool drum solos and rock videos. One in particular that inspired me back then was of Eric Carr on the Kiss 'Animalize' tour 1984 - 85. I remember borrowing a tape of the performance and rushing home from school to watch it! If you have a bit of time, check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UScz9fEWWU
Although these particular drummers played the same genre of music they had very different styles. I would watch drum solos with my late Father and although I think he secretly favoured Neil Peart he did say that no matter what Tommy Lee was playing he always looked like he was enjoying himself and was (still is) a very watchable drummer. Likewise, Randy Castillo who stepped into Motley Crue for a while put his thundering talent to many a band. So yes, basically it was an easy question to answer!
Out of interest I asked the same question back. The response I got was 'Sheila E, Meytal Cohen........ and you Daddy'.
