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My brother says Neil Peart is the greatest rock drummer ever (1 Viewer)

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Canadian rock drummer Neil Peart dead at 67. Peart, primary lyricist for Rush, was known for his technical proficiency, and for weaving jazz and big band patterns with a hard rock style. Publicist says Peart died in California January 7.

 
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I've listened to this guy since the 70's but I never knew until now he was 6 foot 4.  I guess drummers can fool you on their size.

 
I’m a younger guy... was lucky enough to see them in the late 2000’s. Amazing show. Pearts drum solo especially. RIP. 

 
Now the whole stopping touring thing makes sense, man I'm so bummed out.  I had seen them in concert a number of times, I'm sure I'm forgetting but I recall Presto with Mr. Big, Roll the Bones a couple of times, Counterparts a few times, Test for Echo?, Vapor Trails?  God he was seriously gifted, self aware and just an amazingly talented lyricist and percussionist.  I know he was intensely private but man I wish I could have just met him once, not to get anything from him, not to even shake his hand or kiss his ### but I would have loved to have sat beside him in a bar and just had a beer with him and the guys, just one beer, no gushing or hero worshiping b.s., just 4 normal guys talking, no particular subject, just talking.  

 
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I normally dont get upset when celebrities pass....but this one is directly linked to my youth and some of the best years of my life. I have "Time Stand Still" playing in my wedding video. his passing gives me pause for where I am in life/age and really makes me reflect. 

 
glvsav37 said:
I normally dont get upset when celebrities pass....but this one is directly linked to my youth and some of the best years of my life. I have "Time Stand Still" playing in my wedding video. his passing gives me pause for where I am in life/age and really makes me reflect. 
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yep....drawing the rush star on notebooks in 5th grade....sigh...he was younger than my father is....make.you realize it can.all end anything

 
glvsav37 said:
I normally dont get upset when celebrities pass....but this one is directly linked to my youth and some of the best years of my life. I have "Time Stand Still" playing in my wedding video. his passing gives me pause for where I am in life/age and really makes me reflect. 
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I know how you feel b/c I feel exactly the same way.  And the lyrics to that song man are really deep like so many of his lyrics.  I remember, when I was in HS, we used to laugh and joke about getting old when we heard that song but it seemed so far away that we didn't take it seriously.  When you're 16-17-18 you're gonna live forever.  Damn.

 
just an all around sad awful day.  my favorite band, have seen them live around 10 times.  always thought i’d get one more.  

 
glvsav37 said:
I normally dont get upset when celebrities pass....but this one is directly linked to my youth and some of the best years of my life. I have "Time Stand Still" playing in my wedding video. his passing gives me pause for where I am in life/age and really makes me reflect. 
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I'm with you. This is one of my first childhood idols to die.

All other musicians I can think of who have died recently (except Prince and Michael Jackson) were more my parent's age and music. Hell, this dude is 10 years YOUNGER than my parents.

No one made me want to sit in my basement as a teen and practice my drums more than Neil did. RIP, professor.

 
A huge fan since my freshman year of HS, 1982. My music formative years, such a big part of my growing up. Still probably the band I've seen the most.

 
I've been fortunate enough to see many of my favorite bands live, but I never did see Rush. The closest I came was 1988 or thereabouts, but my parents wouldn't let me because I had finals the next day.  Thanks, mom.  

RIP Neil.  Greatest drummer I've ever heard.  I still crank Working Man as loud as I can whenever I am blessed with it.  

 
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General Malaise said:
I've been fortunate enough to see many of my favorite bands live, but I never did see Rush. The closest I came was 1988 or thereabouts, but my parents wouldn't let me because I had finals the next day.  Thanks, mom.  

RIP Neil.  Greatest drummer I've ever heard.  I still crank Working Man as loud as I can whenever I am blessed with it.  
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That was John Rutsey playing drums on the studio version.

But the live versions with Neil also rocked.

 
I was never a huge Rush fan, but was able to have one of my coolest concert experiences at their show on the Presto tour in Rochester NY. 

A friend of mine met one of Mr. Big' stage crew at a show in NYC. He gave her 2 backstage passes to the Rochester show, where they were just starting to open for Rush. She took me, and we got to hang out on the side of the stage while Rush played.

Watching Neil play up close like that was phenomenal. His hands and arms were literally just a blur at times. I was just in awe. 

Add in Alex Lifeson coming over and making faces at us while playing, and then mouthing "what's so funny" as we broke up laughing, it was just a great time. 

A buddy of mine who was a big Rush fan and was heavy into lighting design got down to the board where they run the lights and sound, and met their legendary lighting guy, Howard Ungerleider. Howard invited him to watch the show from the lighting board with him, and he got to see the show rocking out with Joey Belladonna, lead singer for Anthrax, who is from Rochester. 

We also got to hang backstage for a little while with Billy Sheehan and the guys from Mr. Big. 

Just an awesome, surreal night for all of us. 

RIP Neil. Thank you for the music and the memories. 

 
Saw them twice in early 1992 on the Roll the Bones tour, once in the Dean Dome (great floor seats) and once in Landover MD (crap seats but the music was still great).  I've never been much of a concert person, so for me to see a band twice on the same tour says something.  I was a college senior.

Wasn't a fan in HS because I wasn't exposed to them.  Was probably turned off by Geddy's voice on the odd occasion when I did hear them.  Anyway, in HS in the 80's I was more interested in the alternative stuff.  Rush was straightforward, and I was looking for more.  But a college buddy was a nut about Rush, and hooked me.

Not only was their music good, but I respected their professionalism and the fact that they were good people.  Neil was a beast and I'm both sorry that he's gone and sorry for the hole this creates for fans.

 
Skipdog77 said:
I was never a huge Rush fan, but was able to have one of my coolest concert experiences at their show on the Presto tour in Rochester NY. 

A friend of mine met one of Mr. Big' stage crew at a show in NYC. He gave her 2 backstage passes to the Rochester show, where they were just starting to open for Rush. She took me, and we got to hang out on the side of the stage while Rush played.

Watching Neil play up close like that was phenomenal. His hands and arms were literally just a blur at times. I was just in awe. 

Add in Alex Lifeson coming over and making faces at us while playing, and then mouthing "what's so funny" as we broke up laughing, it was just a great time. 

A buddy of mine who was a big Rush fan and was heavy into lighting design got down to the board where they run the lights and sound, and met their legendary lighting guy, Howard Ungerleider. Howard invited him to watch the show from the lighting board with him, and he got to see the show rocking out with Joey Belladonna, lead singer for Anthrax, who is from Rochester. 

We also got to hang backstage for a little while with Billy Sheehan and the guys from Mr. Big. 

Just an awesome, surreal night for all of us. 

RIP Neil. Thank you for the music and the memories. 
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Cool story. I’m not really a Rush fan either and I’ve never seen them live but hot damn if Tom Sawyer isn’t one of the best rock songs of all time!

 
This one hurts.  I've been a life-long fan since I was a teen and discovered 2112.  I've seen a bunch of their concerts and always came away amazed.  The one thing I am glad of is that my son became a fan as well.  He, being a percussionist in High School, took a particular liking to Neil.  I took him to see Rush on the Clockwork Angels tour and will never forget how his jaw just dropped during the drum solos.  RIP Neil.  You will be missed by millions.

 
This really hurts. I was driving home today from the office. Both my close friends and bandmates called me.....first my drummer got a hold of me and asked if I had heard. I was like “heard what?” Neil is gone.

I was like.....it has to be a hoax. He told me it is all over the news. I had to pull over. This is out of nowhere. 

I knew the band was done. Knew it for sure after seeing them on the R40 tour. But this.......this is tough.

Rush changed my life. Literally changed my life. So what was the first thing I did after I spoke to my two 25 year plus bandmates and then my 14 year old son who is a huge Neil fan and a heck of a drummer himself.......I cranked Red Barchetta and smiled. Lot’s of Rush being played over this weekend. 

Neil has left us with a wealth of incredible drumming and songs....but even more so his words. His lyrics went through many different phases. But his words and playing from Permanent Waves thru Roll The Bones really stand out for me personally. So many amazing lyrical compositions. His drumming also during that run of albums...just brilliant. 

RIP to a Titan. He was called The Professor for a reason. No Rock drummer has had a more profound influence on so many like Neil Peart. 

 
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Jedi Knight said:
This one hurts.  I've been a life-long fan since I was a teen and discovered 2112.  I've seen a bunch of their concerts and always came away amazed.  The one thing I am glad of is that my son became a fan as well.  He, being a percussionist in High School, took a particular liking to Neil.  I took him to see Rush on the Clockwork Angels tour and will never forget how his jaw just dropped during the drum solos.  RIP Neil.  You will be missed by millions.
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My son also is a ridiculously talented rock drummer and I was able to get him to 4 Rush shows. He is on his kit right now as I type this banging out some Rush songs......such a huge influence. 

 
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I was tracking through a bunch of Talking Heads most of the day until I got a text from daughter. First I heard about it. Immediately thought of The Necromancer and put it on (always a favorite of mine) then settled into Grace Under Pressure - my first Rush tour. So many memories.

 
Todem said:
My son also is a ridiculously talented rock drummer and I was able to get him to 4 Rush shows. He is on his kit right now as I type this banging out some Rush songs......such a huge influence. 
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Props to your son on his drumming!!  My son's first recital song that he played in front of an audience was Closer to the Heart.  He chose that song because he could play the bells as well as the drums in the same song.  He told me that he loved how Neil incorporated so many different percussion instruments in Rush's songs.

 
Asked a cow-orker if he was a Rush fan. He said yes.

Told him Neal Peart just died. He response was "Who"?  :loco:  

*blink* *blink* You don't know who Neal Peart is??

"I like the music dont know the names"

"I wasn't a fan but even I know he was the drummer"

 " Oh, OK, that's sad"

:whistle:

 
I am generally not someone who gets affected when a celebrity, musician, etc. (see: someone I don't actually know) dies, but there are about five musicians whose deaths will get to me and bum me out.  

Neil Peart is one of those five.  

The premise of this thread aside, Neil Peart is one of my favorite drummers AND lyricists ever, and the rock world just lost a legend.  R.I.P. 

 
glvsav37 said:
I always thought I would be able to see them at least 1 more time. F man
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The retirement seemed suspicious, considering how great they were playing. Obviously, this was the reason. Pretty impressive this was kept a secret for so long.

I was one of the obsessed nerds for the first 18 years of my life. Sad day.

 
Rhythmdoctor said:
Cool story. I’m not really a Rush fan either and I’ve never seen them live but hot damn if Tom Sawyer isn’t one of the best rock songs of all time!
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First video I ever saw on MTV when we first got cable back in '81. Was amazed by the drumming. Rush was huge during High School and while I really liked the music I just wasn't a fan of Geddy's voice. Luckily did see them live..

 
Almost done with my current book...think its time to break out Neil's "Roadshow: Landscape with Drums; A Concert Tour by Motorcycle" for a re-read. 

 
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