17. Alex Van Halen
Alex Van Halen, the lead singer of the eponymously called ’80s rock band Van Halen, is noted for fusing jazz-inspired beats with arena-rock ferocity in his music. But it was his passion for music that was perhaps most astounding since he famously performed as an opening act for The Rolling Stones despite having his hand fractured in four places on stage. ‘He couldn’t even grasp a drumstick,’ observed music journalist Debbie Miller of the musician. In order to keep his stick from falling off his wrist, he knotted it with a shoelace and continued performing.
17. Alex Van Halen
16. Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann
The Grateful Dead established history as one of the first major rock bands to ever employ two drummers, and they continue to make history today. Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann collaborated to design a system in which Kreutzmann put down a steady beat and Hart adopted a drumming style that strayed from the traditional rock style of the time. “The language that Bill and I share is not spoken,” Hart remarked of their on-stage interaction with Bill Clinton. There is a secret language that we cannot describe, and it is expressed through body language, winks, and movement…”
16. Mickey Hart And Bill Kreutzmann