Albake21
Ibanez Nerd
I received the news about 30 minutes ago. I'm absolutely gutted... I sure as hell know what I'm doing this weekend. Already have Permanent Waves playing right now.
Neil Peart has passed away
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Ordacleaphobia
Shameless Contrarian
Same. As soon as I get home from work I'm climbing on the kit and not getting off for the rest of the night.
Albake21
Ibanez Nerd
That's awesome, wish I had a kit to do the same. I don't have a single guitar setup anywhere close to standard but I'm going to do so just to go play some Rush songs, especially ones that Neil wrote.
coreysMonster
Abrakadabro
Man, 67 is pretty young, too. RIP Neil.
metalstrike
I love signature guitars!
Always knew about and respected Rush as a band but I’ve only just started getting really into them a few months back. Neil was incredible and probably the biggest influence to many of my favorite drummers. Very sad news.
RIP
RIP
Oh my god! This is random and unexpected. I wonder what happened. Never heard he had any issues he was struggling with. I'm in total disbelief.
I'm going drinking tonight and loading the juke with Rush, and I've only had about a dozen drinks in the last 20 years since I quit.
RIP.
I'm going drinking tonight and loading the juke with Rush, and I've only had about a dozen drinks in the last 20 years since I quit.
RIP.
HeHasTheJazzHands
Well-Known Member
Brain cancer. Had it for about 4 years apparently.
Dude was notorious for being extremely private.
Señor Voorhees
Well-Known Member
Got to see him many years back. Such a shame. The world definitely lost an S tier musician. RIP.
Wow. I'm putting out all the best vibes, wishes and intentions I can for his family and freinds.
Sermo Lupi
Well-Known Member
I thought Mike Portnoy's tribute to Neal shed some light on how great a person he was in his private life. I'll post it below for others who are interested.
Apparently he battled brain cancer for 3 years, which I believe is roughly contemporaneous with his decision to step away from music and from Rush.
67 is young indeed. However, it is difficult to imagine someone who has had a greater impact on progressive rock, drumming, and the Canadian music scene. He lived a very full life in spite of its brevity.
He'll be missed.
Apparently he battled brain cancer for 3 years, which I believe is roughly contemporaneous with his decision to step away from music and from Rush.
67 is young indeed. However, it is difficult to imagine someone who has had a greater impact on progressive rock, drumming, and the Canadian music scene. He lived a very full life in spite of its brevity.
He'll be missed.
aesthyrian
Well-Known Member
It's beautiful how the band and many of his peers knew about his condition but all kept it quiet out of upmost respect to Neil and his family. He got to spend his last years at home with his family, hopefully in peace, without all of his fans knowing/worrying about his condition.
*** Caution to anyone who puts money in a juke box to hear some Rush to pay tribute. ***
I went to the bar as planned. Took a shot for Neil. Loaded Juke box with Rush and waited a long time. It never came on. I went to bar tender and asked why I'm not hearing my songs. It turns out on this juke box people can pay extra to skip ahead in line of your songs, so not only didn't I get to hear any Rush I had to hear country and hip hop all night and got ripped off my money too because the bar closed before my songs came up in line. Didn't even get a credit. Came home and have been listening to my Rush albums for the rest of the night. Should have stayed home to start with.
I went to the bar as planned. Took a shot for Neil. Loaded Juke box with Rush and waited a long time. It never came on. I went to bar tender and asked why I'm not hearing my songs. It turns out on this juke box people can pay extra to skip ahead in line of your songs, so not only didn't I get to hear any Rush I had to hear country and hip hop all night and got ripped off my money too because the bar closed before my songs came up in line. Didn't even get a credit. Came home and have been listening to my Rush albums for the rest of the night. Should have stayed home to start with.
The radio station I listened to in Detroit publicly announced Neil's death (erroneously) back in the mid-late 90's, and it hit me hard. That did not make taking this news in any easier.
Why does brain cancer take so many musicians?
My heart goes out to Neil's wife and young daughter.
Why does brain cancer take so many musicians?
My heart goes out to Neil's wife and young daughter.
littlebadboy
Well-Known Member
I shared this sad news with my wife. She didn't know Rush. Tonight, she asked me to play something while she was cooking. I played "Subdivision" on YouTube. She said she digs it. It brought me memories.
Thanks for the music Neil!
Thanks for the music Neil!
I was reading up on him and learned about how he lost his wife of 23 years to cancer back in the 90's and also lost his only child. He later apparently was married again and had another child from what I understand. Never really read up on him at all but always loved Rush's music. To bad he had to die for me to look further in to him.
Albake21
Ibanez Nerd
If you haven't already, I highly recommend watching the Rush documentary from 2010, not the one from 2017 though. The 2017 was not worth watching.
