Fare the Well, Neil Peart... Gone at 67

[hjmick]

One of the best drummers ever, a significant contributor to the soundtrack of my youth, dead at 67. He'd been battling brain cancer for the last three years...


Neil Peart, Rush Drummer Who Set a New Standard for Rock Virtuosity, Dead at 67 (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/neil-peart-rush-obituary-936221/)


Peart was widely considered one of the best drummers in rock history, with a flamboyant yet utterly precise style. He joined singer-bassist Geddy Lee and guitarist Alex Lifeson in Rush in 1974, and his virtuosic playing and literate lyrics – which drew on Ayn Rand and science fiction, among other influences – helped make the trio one of the key bands of the classic-rock era. A rigorous autodidact and a gifted writer, he was also the author of numerous books. He was fiercely principled, and never stopped believing in the possibilities of rock and despising what he saw as over-commercialization of the music industry. “It’s about being your own hero,” he told Rolling Stone in 2015. “I set out to never betray the values that 16-year-old had, to never sell out, to never bow to the man. A compromise is what I can never accept.”

“Neil is the most air-drummed-to drummer of all time,” former Police drummer Stewart Copeland said in 2015...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0gYHLkY4qA



Every year more and more of my youth dies...

[jimnyc]

He was THE best ever, IMO, at least as of the 80's where my musical brain resides still. :)

So may other greats, but through my childhood watching Peart hit his massive setups was special.

RIP Neil. :( :drums5:

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

He was THE best ever, IMO, at least as of the 80's where my musical brain resides still. :)

So may other greats, but through my childhood watching Peart hit his massive setups was special.

RIP Neil. :( :drums5:

Another rock n roll great gone.
He was a truly great talent and should be remembered as such..-Tyr