Rush drummer Neil Peart has announced his retirement. IMO he is one of rock music's best drummers. He has shared his awesome talent for 40 years.
Re: Neil Peart announces his retirement
By: Nightfox to All on Mon Dec 07 2015 07:20 pm
Rush drummer Neil Peart has announced his retirement. IMO he is one of rock music's best drummers. He has shared his awesome talent for 40 years.
Though he's definitely earned his retirement, it still sucks. I saw Rush on all their tours since 2002 EXCEPT R40. (Ugh! Of course it's the last chance to see Peart in that context that I miss.)
I do have to agree on him being (easily) amongst the best in rock. He's one of the few who could do simply mind-blowing stuff, both technically and theatrically, and at the same time keep things musical, never becoming "clinical." That's something I'm sad I'll never get to see again.
I went over-budget on Rush tickets for R40 so I could see them "one last time" up close and personal and it was awesome (brought my oldest daughter, for her first concert). I'm prepared for the possibility that
I read the article (it's "gone viral" as they say) and it doesn't seem to amount to an official announcment of retirement. I know Geddy and Alex seem still up for doing more stuff and I think there's the definite possiblity that Neil will feel the need to do some drumming again in the future, though, possibly not at the same scale (e.g. world-touring) or possibly not with Rush (?!?) - but I remain hopeful there will be at least one more album from the 3 of them and perhaps a chance to see them play together live again.
For that matter, almost all the music I listen to now, including Rush, I started with in my teens and twenties. That was at least twenty years after most of the artists had started themselves. So, I've no room to go all elitist on "these kids today." ;-)
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