Best Drummer in todays age?
Jeff Burrows, former drummer for The Tea Party. His biggest influence was the drummer from Rush, Neil Peart.
A perfect example of "The Octopus's" expertise can be seen in the music video "Save Me" which was on The Tea Party's first official commercial album. A band which hasn't gotten much global notice compared to some other bands, but also seriously under rated. TTP were picked up exceptionally well in Australia where they are apparently as big as U2 there, while here in Canada, only made moderate sucesses.
Jeff Burrows is currently in the works with a new band which will consist of additional members as the following:
• former I Mother Earth frontman Edwin
• former Our Lady Peace guitarist Mike Turner
• and Zygote bassist Amir Epstein.
I imagine this new band will be quite the eye opener based on the available talents which are coming together.
Top 5? Just Jeff Burrows and Neil Peart come to mind.