Clem Burke (Blondie)
Emerging from the CBGB scene in the 80s, following new wave and punk legends with vigor. Burke has been described as “the happiest drummer who ever lived,” evidently when he hit the stage, he couldn’t shake the smile from his face, good or bad playing. Burke kind of stood apart from the "angry and misdirected" attitude that used to be present at CBGB, he was really just a happy-go-lucky guy.
Dale Crover (the Melvins)
Crover had a brief stint in Nirvana, you can hear his drums on nine tracks off of Bleach and its B-Sides. Crover helped innovate the sludge-metal/shoegaze genre from a percussive standpoint, and the Melvins were able to become famous due to his creative drumming style.
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