EVH

I don't know that they're underrated, but isolated tracks of Bill Bruford and Chris Squire are better than Yes -


Can't find it but a while back somebody played me a live recording of Cream with no Clapton in the mix, it was good.

Steve Harris and Nicko McBrain, love how those dudes play together.

PEPPER! wrote: Mon Jun 13, 2022 11:46 am I don't know that they're underrated, but isolated tracks of Bill Bruford and Chris Squire are better than Yes -

Came here to mention Squire/Bruford, and am excited to hear this. Not the greatest Yes albums, but their cohesion holds up Time and A Word in a way that I still find really captivating to listen to, and it felt like it took until Drama for Squire and White to find anything near that same anchored chemistry.

Either Bill was a very complimentary player, or I just really dig him, because I'd also make the case for Wetton/Bruford and Levin/Bruford from King Crimson.

Also have to mention Moulding/Chambers from early XTC.

elisha wiesner wrote: Sat Jun 11, 2022 2:58 pm They're often overshadowed by the guitar players and the great songs but Brian Downey and Phil Lynott are an absolutely killer rhythm section. Both really unique players and they had that thing that only happens when two people have been playing together since they were kids. On the early albums you can hear them finding their own voice on their instruments as well as coalescing as a unit. By Nightlife, they were really just completely locked in with each other and stayed that way for the rest of the band.

+1000

Koupal/Naish on Youth of America. I would've loved to be a fly on the wall for the band practice dynamics, because I know how MY friends have been as rhythm sections... Those guys deserve a chorus of applause for providing a perfect bedrock for Youth of America as a track alone. Maybe Sage's playing personality at that point was one where you had no option but to stay out of the way - but It drives how I want to be when in the rhythm section: unrelenting, dependable and playing the part for the betterment of the song... with little inflection or changes that can bring the mood up or down as required without stepping all over it.
God I love the simplicity of the wipers bass/drums but jesus try playing that for 10 minutes straight.

Talbot/Molina
They certainly aren't the best but they are my fave!

Another vote for Langston/Narcizo. What they did on the first album and Chains Changed e.p. is fantastic.

I'll going to also say Valentine and Schock from the Go-Go's. I never run across anyone talking about how really good they were (and they were).

Steve Garvey/John Maher

Rick James / Oscar Alston on bass and Lorenzo Shaw / Lanise Hughes on drums on the first handful of Rick James records.