The Most Influential Drummers of All Time

George Hurley (Minutemen)

Another So-Cal punk band to hit the scene, with their jerky-folksy-Beatles-punky-violent sound (yeah it's a mouthful, just listen to Double Nickels on the Dime and you’ll understand), George Hurley contributed jazz-influenced stripped down drumming. Somehow he sounds clean and chaotic at the same time, he really is one of the drummers whose style makes no sense on paper but does well in application. He plays far differently from the standard punk drummer textbook, but by forging his own sound, he was able to turn himself into a legend. 

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