The Greatest Drummers of All Time

Dale Crover (the Melvins)

Crover had a brief stint in Nirvana, you can hear his drums on nine tracks off of Bleach and its B-Sides. Crover is best known for his work in the Melvins, one of the original sludge metal bands, and definitely an innovator of the genre.

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