History Main / AllDrummersAreAnimals

This is ''technically'' true (since humans are, by scientific definition, animals), but in the non-literal sense, this isn't always the case. RealLife instrumentalists can often pick their instrument in accordance with their personality. And regardless of any personality implications, drums sets require the largest and most muscular movements of any instrument in a modern/rock music repertoire, and therefore it really helps to be physically fit. In terms of intelligence, drummers are actually said to be among the most intelligent of musicians since most of their work is improvisational and more complex than traditional compositions. This is especially the case with jazz drummers like Buddy Rich and Max Roach. Yet Animal in fact was designed after Music/FleetwoodMac's drummer Mick Fleetwood, who is quite tall and slender. His personality, however, is rumored to have been based on Music/TheWho's Keith Moon.

* Interestingly, ACappella artist Music/SmoothMcGroove is normally a drummer, which explains the hair and beard, yet he averts the trope by having a large following who are fans of him specifically (1.3 million subscriptions for his solo work on Website/YouTube alone). On top of that, he further averts the "brutish neanderthal" portrayal by being a gracious, well-spoken person and KindHeartedCatLover who often cameos his cat in his videos.

* Music/{{Shellac}} drummer Todd Trainer. Additionally, he's pretty much a {{Main/Cloudcuckoolander}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZWrVQTlonc who has a strong bond to his dog,]] resulting in an even more [[NightmareFuel irritating presence]]. Despite that, or [[CrazyEnoughToWork maybe because of that]], he is [[EnsembleDarkhorse universally beloved by Shellac fans]], despite the fact that his bandmates Steve Albini and Bob Weston has been household names in the indie music world even since before Shellac was founded.

* Averted with Rina Suzuki of the all-girl Japanese band Music/{{SCANDAL|Band}} -- here's the most feminine and girliest drummer you'll probably ever see. (She has, however, named Keith Moon as one of her favourite drummers.)

* Averted with Rina Suzuki of the all-girl Japanese band Music/{{Scandal}} -- here's the most feminine and girliest drummer you'll probably ever see. (She has, however, named Keith Moon as one of her favourite drummers.)

* Subverted like hell in the ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'' episode "Battle of the Bandits", where the crew had to infiltrate a galactic rock show (it was TheEighties, that's the only excuse that can be given). It's [[TheStoic Zachary]] that gets shoved on drums.

* Music/PinkFloyd's Nick Mason has always been the quiet one of the group, but his drumming style could be considered wild at times, especially on rockers like "Interstellar Overdrive" and "One of These Days". Also, on the one song he "sang" on in the band's whole career, "[[http://www.videocure.com/video/150713.html One Of These Days]]", Mason had only one line, [[GutturalGrowler growled]] through a ring modulator: [[AxCrazy "One of these days, I'm going to cut you into little pieces!"]] Averted in "Learning to Fly". That very calm, methodical voice reading a pre-takeoff checklist during the bridge? That's Nick, and it was recorded straight off the comm radio in his airplane.

* Nishida, drummer of the eponymous ''Manga/DetroitMetalCity''. He isn't just an animal when drumming, his whole character is, um, well, only driven by basic needs.
* Veffidas, the Zentradi drummer of Fire Bomber in ''Anime/{{Macross 7}}''. On the other hand, despite being one of the main characters she has the least lines of dialogue in the entire series; not because she appears rarely but because she's TheStoic. While the others do the talking, she's practicing drum solos in the background on the nearest wall with her sticks.
* {{Downplayed|Trope}} with Ritsu from ''Manga/KOn'' She's the most extroverted girl in the band and will do things she wants to do (sometimes to the dismay of Mio), but she's nowhere close to other examples on this page.
* Completely inverted with Haruko from ''Rock it, [=GIRL=]!!'' She's very mellow and dresses in a hippie-inspired style.