When I hear Deerhoof, I hear a drummer who's like Keith Moon on crack (the beat on Dummy Discards A Heart is so close to that beat in so many of The Who 's songs - Bargain, Won't Get Fooled Again) with lots of (insert word like brilliantly or wonderfully) off-regular timing (someone on wikipedia suggests something akin to rubato). Greg Saunier is most like the thing that grabs a lot of people first about Deerhoof - they've even been known to stick the 'lowly drummer' front anc center for shows.