Rock in the 80's (all gone wrong)

During the 1980's, we lost two of rock's finest drummers, Keith Moon and John Bonham. The rock scene in the 80's was that of selling out and unoriginality. Most popular 80's groups came from L.A.'s very own sunset strip, called the American Glam Movement. Motley Crue, Poison, and Ratt led the way in this glitter fest shamelessly called Rock Music, but the reason this blog sub title is "all gone wrong" is because the bands I just listed were the most popular at this time. That's not to say that there weren't any good drummers in the 1980's. In fact, one of the greatest in the world, Neil Peart, became popular with his band Rush in the early 80's. During the late 1970's Rush was an under the radar Progressive Rock band who couldn't get a break because of their unique, complex sound. Thanks to their one breakthrough album, Moving Pictures, Rush was finally able to break into the Rock mainstream, thanks to the gymnastic drumming of Neil Peart. Peart to this day is still considered to be the ultimate drum soloist, with solos that can last well over 15 minutes. He has influenced drummers in almost every genre of music and still continues to break boundaries with his work. As far as non-mainstream music goes in the 80's it was all up to the Metal crowd. In reaction to the glitter and glam of mainstream 80's Rock, underground Metal bands known as "thrash" bands took the intensity of John Bonham and Bill Ward to the next level. Lars Ulrich of Metallica made his impact by being one of the most diversified drummers in the genre. But when it comes to speed, Dave Lombardo of Thrash Metal masters Slayer has the fastest feet alive. Even though Slayer continues to not have have any mainstream success to this day, Lombardo has influenced a slew of young headbangers to pick up the drum sticks, grab two bass drums for their set, and play 1,000 miles an hour.