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Neil Peart - Drumming Legend - Dead at 67
Posted: January 10 20, 3:57 pm
by GeddyWrox
Brain tumor.
Dammit.
Re: Neil Peart - Drumming Legend - Dead at 67
Posted: January 10 20, 3:58 pm
by GeddyWrox
Re: Neil Peart - Drumming Legend - Dead at 67
Posted: January 10 20, 4:01 pm
by Radbird
Just saw the headline come through - [expletive].
Re: Neil Peart - Drumming Legend - Dead at 67
Posted: January 10 20, 4:12 pm
by GeddyWrox
Re: Neil Peart - Drumming Legend - Dead at 67
Posted: January 10 20, 4:18 pm
by GeddyWrox
Re: Neil Peart - Drumming Legend - Dead at 67
Posted: January 10 20, 4:28 pm
by Smith Corks One
Just [expletive] awful. Of course, selfish as I am, one of my first thoughts was that I wish I had gotten to see them just one last time. But few bands have given me as much joy throughout the entirety of my life. Godspeed, my man.
Re: Neil Peart - Drumming Legend - Dead at 67
Posted: January 10 20, 4:31 pm
by GeddyWrox
Yeah, I hear ya. I had similar thoughts go through my head too. They were pretty clear they weren't going to tour anymore after the last one. I was holding out hope they'd change their minds. I had no idea he even had cancer. I just thought his body couldn't handle the rigors of playing/touring anymore.
Re: Neil Peart - Drumming Legend - Dead at 67
Posted: January 10 20, 6:21 pm
by mikechamp
Sad, sad day. I too was holding out hope they'd tour again someday. I'm very glad I got to see them perform live (Snakes & Arrows tour). It was a treat.
The R40 tour, which they had hinted would be their last, ran from May 8, 2015 – Aug 1, 2015. That concluded before Neil found out he had brain cancer. I wonder what they were all planning to do in retirement.
Re: Neil Peart - Drumming Legend - Dead at 67
Posted: January 10 20, 6:35 pm
by Joe Shlabotnik
I remember my girlfriend talking about her sister raving about this band 'Rush' she'd seen playing a bar in her college town. Wasn't long before we started hearing Fly By Night and Working Man on the radio.
Re: Neil Peart - Drumming Legend - Dead at 67
Posted: January 11 20, 12:06 am
by IMADreamer
Greatest of all time.