George Hurley, a bit obscure but his style always inspired me.

George Hurley is awesome. minutemen in general are pretty inspirational.

oh yes!  
George Hurley - and fIREHOSE!  :-D
I recently bought lowFLOWs: The Columbia Anthology (?91-?93) - re-mastered nicely and a few added bonus live and instrumental tracks. Good stuff.

Matt Abts!
Gov't Mule

oops - double post :-`
 
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David Grohl, and Johnny Vatos Hernandez.As for Percussionists.....Rodney Winston, better known as Burning Spear,just for the pure fun of it