Ten WEAK Links in GREAT bands

A solid supporting musician who only plays what is necessary to serve the song is a huge asset rather than a weak link.

Ringo being on this list is particularly outrageous to me.

To call Ozzy the weak link is like calling the heart a residual organ.

Anyone calling Ringo's drumming "simplistic" really needs to step off at this point. There's nothing simplistic about tailoring distinctive, "not-what-you-would've-guessed" drum parts for every song, and every segment (intro, verse, chorus, fills, outro...) on such a wide range of songs, such that each one of them rockets to the top of the charts, delighting multiple generations ever since. Maybe the fact that the drums complement the music and lyrics so well, and are so "hand in glove" with them, it starts to make some people think it must've just been "obvious" or a "given", what needed to be played. Not so! That's Ringo's genius: starting from absolute scratch, yet making it seem like these melodies and rhythms were destined to be together since eternity. Cheers!

The Beatles Had NO weak link- that’s why they’re the Beatles.

Nick Mason on that Pompeii film was a beast. Echoes is one of my favourites, and Nick Mason and Roger Waters in that middle groove are sublime.

Mike Love. He wasn't so much a weak link as a guy with a sledgehammer trying, successfully, to smash the chain to bits.

Re: Linda McCartney in Wings. Denny Laine said, after the band had broken up, "Having a beginner in the band didn't work for me". Succinct.

How did Yoko Ono not make the list?

Ringo was the perfect drummer for the Beatles. AND Ringo had style

I worked (as a producer) with a lot different drummers in London for many years, some were in bands, others were session drummers. I noticed an interesting hierarchy of opinions regarding Ringo's abilities. The lower tier of drummers, the guys in bands, tended to rate Ringo if they were Beatles fans, but to express poor opinions of him if they weren't. The mid-tier session drummers tended to disparage Ringo's abilities. This was pretty much universal amongst those guys. However, the absolute top tier of session guys (and that is a small elite band) were, to a man, in awe of Ringo.

Insane that Ozzy and Roth were on this list. They were both perfect leads for the bands they were involved in.

In an interview with David Gilmour, a question came up in regards to Nick Mason’s drumming. David said that you can have the greatest drummer in the world play Comfortably Numb and it would sound great-but it wouldn’t sound quite right.

I just read her list. Neal Schon from Journey was their weakest link? Jim Morrison from the Doors? Paul Simonon from The Clash? OMG. She must be sniffing glue.

I hate it when people bash Ringo. He was empathetic to the songs not just bashing away he knew the value of space and accents he was the best drummer for the Beatles.

Anyone that refers to Ringo Starr has a weak link is completely clueless. John, Paul and George have all said that Ringo was the missing piece of the band. He brought a lot to the band in his own way

It's not just Michael Anthony's bass playing that made him unique, it was his backup vocal harmonies with Roth in their heyday years.

I'm sure Nick Mason is crying in his Ferrari, right now. 😂

Nick Mason is the only member of Pink Floyd to have played on all their albums, and is the longest serving member of the band.

Saying Ozzy is the weakest link in Black Sabbath, is like saying Alice Cooper is the weakest link in Alice Cooper.