52. Steven Adler
An American drummer, Adler is best known for his role as drummer and co-songwriter of the famous hard rock band, Guns N’ Roses. Together with the band they achieved global success at the back end of the 1908s. However, Adler was ejected from the band in 1990 as a result of his drug issues. Adler had a stunning, unique style that couldn’t quite be replicated. “He had an inimitable style of drumming that couldn’t really be replaced, an almost adolescent levity that gave the band its spark”, Slash wrote in his autobiography. Adler was replaced by a few drummers, but none of them truly captured his wild, talented and youthful essence.
52. Steven Adler
51. Larry Mullen Jr.
Lawrence Joseph is an Irish musician who is most well-known for his role as drummer and co-founder of the rock band U2. His distinctive, strict and disciplined style, developed from his marching band experience during his youth. He is the only U2 member that actually looks like a rock star! He was even almost kicked out of the band, due to his poor time keeping which annoyed his bandmates. A tech savvy individual, he had a surprisingly funky rhythm. He once disputed to producer Brian Eno that a click track was a fraction of a beat off of the band — after the drummer left the studio, Eno discovered it was out by six milliseconds. “The thing is,” Eno told The New Yorker, “when we were adjusting it I once had it two milliseconds to the wrong side of the beat, and he said, ‘No, you’ve got to come back a bit.’ Which I think is absolutely staggering.”
51. Larry Mullen Jr.