Quote Originally Posted by Xtracheesed View Post
It's hard for any drummer not named Stewart Copeland to really hammer down with traditional.

I probably just started a drum nerd fight there.
Damn right you did!





Long live trad grip!

But seriously, some of the best ones shifted back and forth with ease depending upon what they were doing. Mitch Mitchell played most of this solo with Hendrix in trad, but switched over to match briefly when focusing on some tom action:



Art Blakey would do the same. This solo's about half trad, half match, but 100% kick-ass: