[main] Critiquing RollingStone.com's "Best Rock Drummers" List

My former employer just posted a crowd-sourced list of the best rock drummers. The most glaring omission is Bill Bruford (Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, U.K.).

As you would expect, I've got a whole bunch of quibbles -- although Bonham vs. Peart at the top of the list is largely a stylistic choice in my book, and I'll concede Ringo Starr and Keith Moon on their contribution to rock drumming as a whole. You can argue that Buddy Rich doesn't really count as a "rock" drummer, and/or that Tony Williams has more crossover potential. And Vinnie Colaiuta arguably belongs on the list, except that he doesn't have the name recognition as primarily a studio guy.

The three guys I would have liked to have seen included -- other than Bruford -- would be Matt Cameron (Soundgarden, Pearl Jam), Phil Selway (Radiohead) and ?uestlove (The Roots). I'd be willing to drop Ginger Baker, Mitch Mitchell and probably Alex Van Halen to make room for them. Probably the only other guy I've seen mentioned in the comments so far that I'd agree with is Josh Freese.

The question then is whether or not getting 10 or 11 good picks out of 15 makes for a good list. I'm not sure, but I seem to think so. I'm just happy that neither Mo Tucker (Velvet Underground) nor Meg White (White Stripes) snuck on to the list, because then there'd be hell to pay.

Incidentally, the web page won't let me post a comment on the site, which is irritating, especially since it's been at least eight years since I could just yell over a cubicle wall to complain about it.