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In my music, I kinda have to use a drum machine, because it's very very difficult to 1) find a drummer who can play what I want, 2) find a drummer who can play what I want LIVE, 3) record a good drum sound without it sounding muffled and ridiculous... However, I program drum machine beats in such a way that they don't sound like a boring ass drum machine. And really... I mean, look at the first Necrophagist record, which is all drum machine but sounds BETTER than a real drummer... In this day and age, no band should use a boring ass old drum machine, they should at least make it somewhat interesting... a drum machine can be fine in a band as long as the band doesn't want to do improvisations involving drums and stuff...
Still, the "human" element is what makes drumming interesting to me... drums are my favorite instrument, and occassionally I'll notice drummers who speed up just a tad or slow down just a tad, unintentionally.. it doesn't really matter, but that excitement of listening, of knowing they could miss a beat at any second makes the music constantly interesting to me.
Machines work fine, though, but most bands don't need them. And I really wish I didn't need one, but that's how the world works for me right now.
But yeah, Charles Gocher Jr.? Easily one of the best drummers ever and probably my favorite drum SOUND ever. Totally underrated...
I'd have to disagree about David Lovering, by the way. His drumming was actually pretty irregular in parts.. I liked that he always allowed plenty of space for the other instruments... good drummer.
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