Liste von Schlagzeugern und Schlagwerkern
Jazz
- Charly Antolini
- Louie Bellson
- Han Bennink (Freejazz)
- Steve Berrios (bei Jerry Gonzalez u.a.)
- Art Blakey
- Big Sid Catlett
- Dennis Chambers (Jazz-Rock/P-Funk-Schlagzeuger)
- Kenny Clarke
- Billy Cobham (Jazz-Rock- bzw. Rock-Jazz-Schlagzeuger)
- Cozy Cole
- James Crawford
- Irv Cotler
- Jack DeJohnette
- Baby Dodds (bei Louis Armstrong u.a.)
- Peter Erskine
- Wolfgang Haffner
- Chico Hamilton
- Billy Hart
- Roy Haynes
- Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez
- Billy Higgins
- Elvin Jones
- Philly Joe Jones
- Gene Krupa
- Mel Lewis
- Harvey Mason
- Joe Morello (bei Dave Brubeck u.a.)
- Alphonse Mouzon
- Tony Oxley (Freejazz)
- Bernard "Pretty" Purdie (auch Soul, Funk, Rock)
- Wolfgang Reisinger
- Buddy Rich
- Max Roach
- Steve Smith
- Günter Sommer (Freejazz)
- Chick Webb
- George Wettling
- Lenny White
- Tony Williams
Rock und Soul
- Bela B. (Die Ärzte)
- Ginger Baker (u.a. Cream)
- Travis Barker (Blink 182)
- Peter Behrens
- Poogie Bell
- Brian Bennett (The Shadows)
- John Bonham (Led Zeppelin)
- Terry Bozzio (Frank Zappa, Fantômas)
- Mark Brzezicki (Big Country, Procol Harum)
- Chris Brien
- Gerry Brown
- Bill Bruford
- Tommy Caviezel (The Boss Martians)
- Budgie (Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Creatures)
- Don Ludger de la Cardeneo aka Caddy (The Wohlstandskinder)
- Danny Carey (Tool)
- Terry Lyne Carrington
- Ndugu Chancler
- Vinnie Colaiuta
- Phil Collins
- Tré Cool (Green Day)
- Jason Costa (Diecast)
- Curt Cress (u.a. Passport)
- Dale Crover (The Melvins, Nirvana)
- John Dolmayan (System Of A Down)
- Virgil Donati
- Aynsley Dunbar
- Sonny Emory
- Eroc
- Marc Niklas Fetzer
- Mick Fleetwood
- Tristan Fry (Sky)
- Steve Gadd
- Diego Galeri (Timoria, Miura)
- Eddy Garcia (u.a. The Pissing Razors)
- Bruce Gary
- Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Queens of the Stone Age)
- Aki Hakala
- Grant Hart (Hüsker Dü)
- Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters)
- Jon Hiseman
- Manu Katché
- Udo Lindenberg
- Dave Lombardo (Slayer, Fantômas, John Zorn)
- Nick Mason (Pink Floyd)
- Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden)
- Buddy Miles
- Marco Minnemann
- Mitch Mitchell (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
- Herwig Mitteregger (Lokomotive Kreuzberg, Nina Hagen Band, Spliff, solo)
- Keith Moon (The Who)
- Ian Paice (Deep Purple)
- Carl Palmer
- Simon Phillips
- Jeff Porcaro
- Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater)
- Cozy Powell
- Brett Reed (Rancid)
- Rachel Rep (Farin Urlaub)
- Vom Ritchie (Die Toten Hosen)
- Christoph Schneider (Rammstein)
- Michael Schwandt (Karat)
- Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth)
- Eric Singer
- Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- Steve Smith
- Ringo Starr (The Beatles)
- Clyde Stubblefield (Soul-Schlagzeuger, u.a. James Brown)
- Roger Taylor (Queen)
- Chester Thompson
- Tico Torres (Bon Jovi)
- Maureen Tucker (Velvet Underground)
- Ian Underwood
- Narada Michael Walden
- Charlie Watts (The Rolling Stones)
- Dave Weckl
- Chris Wilson
- Alexander Wolfart (Not The Same)
- Pete York
Metal
- Randy Castillo (u.a. Ozzy Osbourne)
- Dave Culross (u.a. Malevolent Creation, Suffocation)
- Nathan Jonas Jordison aka Joey Jordison (Slipknot)
- Wolfram Kellner (J.B.O.)
- Ted Kirkpatrick (Tourniquet)
- Tony Laureano (Dimmu Borgir)
- Dave Lombardo (Slayer)
- Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden)
- Matthew McDonough (Mudvayne)
- Flo Mounier (Cryptopsy)
- Jukka Nevalainen (Nightwish)
- Chris Reifert (u. a. Autopsy, Death, Abscess)
- Peter Schorowsky (Böhse Onkelz)
- Mike Smith (Suffocation)
- Lars Ulrich (Metallica)