Neil Peart - RIP

IIRC he wrote the majority of Rush's lyrics.

I hope that before his cancer got advanced he had a lot of time to spend with his wife and young daughter, especially after what happened with his first daughter and common-law wife. Spending time with them was a major reason he wanted to stop touring (along with how tough his playing style was on his joints). I'm just wrecked over this.

An drummer of such almost unparalleled skill , in one of the best/classiest bands in Rock. I was always amazed at how effortless he made his displays of virtuosity appear. RIP.

Huge fan and he was one of the great drummers of all time. Caress of Steel is one of my all time favorite albums.

As with many of you, I am still really struggling with this one. I remember the first time I ever heard this band as a 10 year old. Moving Pictures right when it came out. My best friend's older brother had the album and it seemed so mysterious, unlike anything I had ever heard. A year later I was in band playing violin in elementary school but all I remember was the drummers talking about Neil doing 1/64ths on the snare in certain songs and they didn't get it. How did he make it seem so easy. All I knew was that it was fast, and seemed effortless. Then Signals, and that sounded so different but spoke to me in the same way. It was always Rush after that, no one ever held a candle to what they pulled off until I kind of lost it after Roll the Bones until Clockwork Angels. In 8th grade I took up bass and try to play it to this day, so Ged is my god, but Rush is such a freak accident of three virtuosos you have to laud all three. There won't be a band like this again, and I am so fortunate that I got to see them on so many tours when they were so different yet so mature as musicians. And I am so glad I spent money I didn't have to follow them around for the western US part of the last tour including the closest I ever got at the Forum (7th row!) for the last show ever. Thank you Professor for a lifetime of memories and music.