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RUSH Drummer Neil Peart has Died at the age of 67
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Legend! Listened to Tom Sawyer as it was the fastest thing I could play on Spotify.
Any recommendations to really absorb Neal's best?
Any recommendations to really absorb Neal's best?
Try their first live album All the World's a Stage. I'm partial to their old stuff though
A massive, massive loss. Likely the greatest rock drummer in history. At the very least, the most influential. I listen to mainly punk and metal and the drummers of all my favourite bands list Neil as their biggest influence.
Yep Bowie kicked off the 2016 death wave so in March it'll be Prince's 4 years too.
Edit: April is when Prince died
RIP to an influential musician, certainly one of the best modern drummer ever. I know so many people who were inspired by his music.
2112 is a hell of an album, you ought to listen to it once in your lifetime.
2112 is a hell of an album, you ought to listen to it once in your lifetime.
A fucking legend in every right.
I'm glad I got to see them on the Snakes and Arrows tour in VA Beach. It was a hell of a show, and Peart's insane solos were the highlight. I've played every Rush song added to Rock Band on drums dozens of times, and still find myself tapping out his beats when they come on a playlist in the car. I'm not a drummer even as a hobby, but his beats are part of me and always will be.
He will be missed. Music lost one of their greatest artists today. Hope his family is doing well.
I'm glad I got to see them on the Snakes and Arrows tour in VA Beach. It was a hell of a show, and Peart's insane solos were the highlight. I've played every Rush song added to Rock Band on drums dozens of times, and still find myself tapping out his beats when they come on a playlist in the car. I'm not a drummer even as a hobby, but his beats are part of me and always will be.
He will be missed. Music lost one of their greatest artists today. Hope his family is doing well.
One of the greatest of all time. He was more than just a drummer but an actual writer, too. His lyrics were unrivaled. They were sophisticated, cool, and interesting in every Rush song.
Was going to see them on their last tour but my father didn't want to go. Ouch.
What the fuck?! This is shit news. Quite simply one of the greatest drummers of all time. He was a huge influence on me picking up the sticks. RIP.
Just heard the news.... I'm in total disbelief...
I had no idea he had cancer...
R. I. P Neil... You will be missed.
I'm gonna have to watch their latest doc tonight in memory.
I had no idea he had cancer...
R. I. P Neil... You will be missed.
I'm gonna have to watch their latest doc tonight in memory.
I'm shattered. :(
Neil Peart is only the second celebrity death to really affect me. The first one was Jim Henson.
I saw Rush in 1993 on the Counterparts tour in Rochester, NY. I went with a few buddies from college. They blew our ears out with an absolutely incredible show. They had a massive array of surround speakers hanging from the center of the venue that were there seemingly solely to eliminate any shred of hearing we had left with a piercing Aimee Mann singing three words, "Time Stand Still." It was awesome. I saw two inflatable rabbits have a gunfight. I heard incredibly technically complex and melodic music played flawlessly. And I saw three of the best musicians in the known universe, in their prime (which lasted for 40+ years), absolutely killing it.
When we left, I backed into a car in the parking garage that was also backing out. It broke my tail light. Neither of us cared, we just saw Rush! We didn't want to head back to the dorm yet. Too much energy! So much air drumming in the car! At the behest of my friend Doug's older brother, our group of engineering geek Rush fans ended up sitting awkwardly at a strip club.
It was a good night.
Thank you, Neil.
Neil Peart is only the second celebrity death to really affect me. The first one was Jim Henson.
I saw Rush in 1993 on the Counterparts tour in Rochester, NY. I went with a few buddies from college. They blew our ears out with an absolutely incredible show. They had a massive array of surround speakers hanging from the center of the venue that were there seemingly solely to eliminate any shred of hearing we had left with a piercing Aimee Mann singing three words, "Time Stand Still." It was awesome. I saw two inflatable rabbits have a gunfight. I heard incredibly technically complex and melodic music played flawlessly. And I saw three of the best musicians in the known universe, in their prime (which lasted for 40+ years), absolutely killing it.
When we left, I backed into a car in the parking garage that was also backing out. It broke my tail light. Neither of us cared, we just saw Rush! We didn't want to head back to the dorm yet. Too much energy! So much air drumming in the car! At the behest of my friend Doug's older brother, our group of engineering geek Rush fans ended up sitting awkwardly at a strip club.
It was a good night.
Thank you, Neil.
I am crushed over this. Crushed! He was the single biggest influence of my life. I would not be drumming. I would never joined a band. I simply would not have the love affair I have with music had it not been from him.
I remember way back when I barely knew anything about the band and Tom Sawyer was getting a lot of airplay. One day I decided to pick up Moving Pictures since my friends would not shut up about it. Then it played. The song that would forever change my life and inspire me to pick up an instrument. That song was Red Barchetta. The drumming moved me so much that I went the next day and bought a 5 piece along with everything Rush had put out to that point. The rest is history and I give credit to the greatest drummer to ever pick up the sticks for pointing me the right direction.
RIP Neil. You were, you are, and always will be legend.
I remember way back when I barely knew anything about the band and Tom Sawyer was getting a lot of airplay. One day I decided to pick up Moving Pictures since my friends would not shut up about it. Then it played. The song that would forever change my life and inspire me to pick up an instrument. That song was Red Barchetta. The drumming moved me so much that I went the next day and bought a 5 piece along with everything Rush had put out to that point. The rest is history and I give credit to the greatest drummer to ever pick up the sticks for pointing me the right direction.
RIP Neil. You were, you are, and always will be legend.
Well, there goes my mood for the next few months. I am speechless, this will be a lot to process.
Neil Peart leaves a huge, irreplaceable hole in music. I loved so many bands since I started to listen to music seriously more than 20 years ago but Rush has always been there and no other band comes even close.
RIP Neil. Thank you so much.
Neil Peart leaves a huge, irreplaceable hole in music. I loved so many bands since I started to listen to music seriously more than 20 years ago but Rush has always been there and no other band comes even close.
RIP Neil. Thank you so much.
RIP
I don't really listen to Rush anymore but they were a huge part of my childhood. Thank you Neil.
I don't really listen to Rush anymore but they were a huge part of my childhood. Thank you Neil.
I am heartbroken. Aside from his sheer technical skill as a drummer, Neil's lyrics are second to none.
His death- and the various events of the last twenty or so years of his life- make his final contribution to Rush's lexicon (The Garden) all the more poignant.
"The future disappears into memory
With only a moment in between
Forever dwells in that moment
Hope is what remains to be seen"
Feels like Neil wrote his own epitaph...
His death- and the various events of the last twenty or so years of his life- make his final contribution to Rush's lexicon (The Garden) all the more poignant.
"The future disappears into memory
With only a moment in between
Forever dwells in that moment
Hope is what remains to be seen"
Feels like Neil wrote his own epitaph...
Even though I'm not a big RUSH fan (far from it) it's impossible to ignore this man's talent and inspiration on all musicians alike for these past several decades. RIP to a legend.
