Drummer and drum associations

[lordfinesse]

So recently I worked a show with the band Hellyeah, featuring Mr clicky kick drum himself, Vinnie Paul. Going into the show, all I could think was "geez, the kick drum is going to be the loudest thing in the room tonight" (it wasn't). I associate Mr Paul with a kick drum only, no other drums. It got me to thinking... what other drummers do I associate with just one part of a drum kit? Turns out there are several. I'd never thought about it before.

In my mind, I tend to associate these drummers with these drum things:

Vinnie Paul - Kick
Alex Van Halen - Snare
Stewart "hey check out this cool hi hat part" Copeland - HiHat
Neil Peart - Toms
Nick Mason - Ride cymbal and Rototoms
Dave Grohl - Crash cymbals

Does anyone else have weird associations like these?

[Submarine]

I always thought Bonham had a very distinctive hihat sound - but I associate him with the whole kit.

[Danny G]

I always associate Bonham with the drum sound on When The Levee Breaks, one of the greatest drums sounds in the history of recorded drum sounds \m/,

That and snare. The snare intro to the riff for Moby Dick. Which was also awesome, as one of the heaviest riffs Zeppelin ever devised was... the intro to the drum solo

[RAGER]

Every reggae drummer-timbale.

[Lumpy]

Tommy Ramone: crash cymbals. Marky Ramone: ride cymbal

[EddieMullet]

Mike Portnoy annoying click kick drum

[lordfinesse]

For me, Bonham = room mic. In a big room.

Edit: also for me, Portnoy = attitude. Not in a good way. The word "whatever" might have been created just to give me a convenient way to express how I feel about Mike Portnoy.

[mortlock]

drummers with annoying piccolo snare drums..not sure who im referring to  but you know them when you hear them..