Stunned. No words.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainmen...obit-1.5422806
Stunned. No words.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainmen...obit-1.5422806
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As am I.....brain cancer.....has had it for three years.Originally Posted by Progatron
Fuck no.
Wow....shocked.
Requiescat in pace, Neil.
Thank you for EVERYTHING.
Neil Peart, the drummer and lyricist for Rush, died Tuesday, January 7th, in Santa Monica, California at age 67. The cause was brain cancer, which he had been quietly battling for three years, according to Elliott Mintz, a spokesperson for the Peart family. A representative for the band confirmed the news to Rolling Stone.
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 Rush 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.
“Neil is the most air-drummed-to drummer of all time,” former Police drummer Stewart Copeland told Rolling Stone in 2015. “Neil pushes that band, which has a lot of musicality, a lot of ideas crammed into every eight bars — but he keeps the throb, which is the important thing. And he can do that while doing all kinds of cool shit.”
RIP
How completely like Peart and his bandmates to keep this under wraps for so long.
Class and brotherhood all the way.
RIP
David
Happy with what I have to be happy with.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/m...ituary-936221/
Holy shit....no words.
Greatness - drumming and lyrics
It's so sad that he didn't get many more years to spend with his family.
Last edited by yamishogun; 01-10-2020 at 04:41 PM.
RIP!
Shocked too!!
Descanse en paz uno de los grandes!!.
Damn
Ian
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I blame Wynton, what was the question?
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No words, indeed
Oh damn. A childhood hero gone.
Rip Neil
This is terrible.
I lost my wife to cancer in December 2018...The pain never goes away..RIP Neil...
Wow! How sad to hear this. Words fail me right now. RIP Neil
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Big point to the sky...
I'm completely gutted. RIP Neil.
devastating
I wish he had more time in his retirement with his second act and family
to a life well worthy the exploring interior and exterior
Thanks for everything Neil
omg NO
Very sadden by this.
Will listen to Rush on the way home.
Shocked. Kinda like when David Bowie passed. Had no idea he (David/Neil) was battling cancer. Shocked. RIP.
Both Rush drummers have left us. RIP.
Explains the retirement - hope he got to enjoy those years since the band ended with his family. RIP the professor.
absolutely gutted.
My hero.
Just for his words alone...
Wow, this one really hurts. Apparently, he kept his illness to himself, which was 100% in character.
RIP, man. You will be missed for a very long time.
FUCK!
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