This is an old thread but I am just reading it so...
Neil never marched...and if you listen close with a good drum corps drummers ear...he does not posess that distinct attribute that comes from a drum corps drummer moving to mainstream. However a great drummer...
One who DID march, however, is Billy Cobham. And listening closely to him he totally posesses that distinct sound one would have coming from a drum corps background. I am not exactly sure which corps Billy played in but I want to say NY Skyliners....does anyone know for sure?...All I know for sure is he DEFINATELY marched!