The Most Influential 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 helped innovate the sludge-metal/shoegaze genre from a percussive standpoint, and the Melvins were able to become famous due to his creative drumming style. 

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The More You Know

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