What drummers/music inspires you most?

Travis Barker
 I’d say for probably the first 2 or 3 moths of my playing I played mostly Blink-182 songs.. Say what you will about Travis, in terms of musical accompaniment he is one of the most creative drummers on the scene today.
 

Mike Portnoy
Big influence of mine, I realised only in the later stages of my playing that even though I never deliberately tried copying him, I have a very similar style to Mike’s.

Tony Royster Jr.
What a drummer. I’ve been a big fan ever since I saw the famous 12-year old solo. He has unlimited amounts of style and when he grooves I can just feel him enjoying it.

Carter Beauford
Anybody that has listened to 30 seconds of Carter’s drumming knows what an immense drummer he is. I haven’t heard many drummers that can groove like Carter can, and the way he moves so seamlessly around the set; huge inspiration of mine.

 

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