October 13, 2004     

The Top 8 Pet Peeves of Drummers

8> Everywhere you go, Ringo jokes.

7> EVERYBODY TALKS TOO SOFTLY, DUDE.

6> It’s bad enough you have to kiss the lead guitarist’s ring
before every concert — but all that bowing and scraping
is beginning to crease your leather chaps.

5> “For the last time, NO! Not all of us are ‘gifted’ like
Tommy Lee!”

4> You might occasionally like a wing or a breast of turkey,
but every Thanksgiving, it’s the same frigging thing!

3> The total lack of cupholders on even the most expensive drum
sets.

2> Never being able to live up to the impossibly high drumming
standards set by Bun E. Carlos of Cheap Trick.

and the Number 1 Pet Peeve of Drummers…

1> The rest of the band feels they can play your drums any time
they want, but oh, no, sleep with their wives just *once*…!

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Credits:

Selected from 40 submissions from 15 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Shawn McWhorter, St. Paul, MN — 1 (Woohoo! 1st #1!)
Curtis Stoddard, Milwaukie, OR — 2, 5
Janis Spidle, Kansas City, MO — 3
Bill Livingston, Decatur, AL — 4, 6
Jeff Conner, San Jose, CA — 5
Whit Watson, Winter Park, FL — 7
Matt Kall, Cleveland Heights, OH — 8
Slick Sharkey, Miami, FL — 8
Bill Martin, Los Angeles, CA — Topic
Gideon Griebenow, Potchefstroom, S. Africa — RU list name
Scott Bostick, Lake Ridge, VA — Banner tag
Jeffrey Anbinder, New York, NY — Maestro