I answered on the other thread before reading this, but it was Bev Bevan for me.

Once I got going, I played along with many more Beatles records than Beach Boys records and I'm still learning stuff from Ringo to this day.

Neither. For me, it was Ron Wilson. The Surfari's Wipe Out inspired me (and about ten thousand other kids in that day) to pick up the sticks. Lots of other drummers influence my playing later, but the question was "Which drumer inspired you to play drums".

Mike

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Dennis WHO?!?!?

Ringo all the way...

Gene Krupa. I had been playing for about 5 years before Ringo was on the Ed Sullivan Show.

Mitch ,Mitchel and Joe Morello

I would imagine that Ringo had more of an impact on most of us then we truly imagine. The general impact of the Beatles on society was a benchmark moment that charted new territory for music and musicians. How many drummers that have influenced us over the years were influenced by the Beatles or by other artists that were influenced by them? Of course, then you can trace the Beatle's influences and that becomes the nature of music history.

Cool drums, girls, and guys my age with some chops.

Starts 1:42 if you have a short attention span.

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My earliest influences would be Buddy Harman & Jerry Allison (in no particular order). Being pre Beatles/ Beachboys era. Whilst names of Ringo & the other individuals of The Beatles were known worldwide, it was not so with the Beachboys, (at least in OZ).. I really never really thought of Dennis Wilson being a "supremo" drummer until his name kept popping up on this forum. Never a fan of the Beachboys as I did then and still do, find their nasally top falsetto aggravating.

I did see them perform live twice on shared billings and was not all that impressed with any aspect of the band..

Cheers

John

Neither for me as well. I listened to the Beatles all the time as a kid because my older brothers were into them but never thought twice about the drums. I still love the Beatles as a band. I never got into the Beach Boys at all and couldn't have told you the drummer until people started arguing about it here. Maybe if I was of the era I would think differently. I'm a child of the late 70's and 80's so the drummers that got me excited to learn to be better were guys like Vinnie Colaiuta, Neil Peart, and to a lesser degree Bonham and Mitch Mitchell.

Steve

Why do guitarist and bass players insist on putting their guitar stands right in front of the kit and then proceed to bang your cymbals when they put their guitar on the stand? I can't tell you how many times I've had to tell my bass player to put HIS bass in front of HIS amp. It boggles the mind.