Randy Myers
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Rush drummer Neil Peart has passed at only 67 
. He fought brain cancer.
. He fought brain cancer.
RIP Neil Peart
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rrwmd
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Sad day. I’ve followed and studied Neil’s lyrics and drumming sine the early ‘70’s. Saw Rush in concert many times.
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greystoke4
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[FONT="]shit, i am a massive rush fan,favorite band, and best live band ever, didn't know he was ill, first saw them at the 2112 tour leicester de montfort hall 1977, when i was 15 and still at school, changed my musical life, seen them at least 8 or more times he was the most technical drummer of all time, and will be in the top three drummers of all time,[/FONT]
[FONT="]what a shocker on the phone now to mates to tell the bad news, will be giving him and rush some welly tonight, he will be with his wife and daughter again,[/FONT]
[FONT="]it looks like brain cancer, and 67 years young,[/FONT]
[FONT="]bugger me, such a loss,[/FONT]
[FONT="]also my hart goes out to Geddy and Alex, who have spent most of their lives with,[/FONT]
[FONT="]what a shocker on the phone now to mates to tell the bad news, will be giving him and rush some welly tonight, he will be with his wife and daughter again,[/FONT]
[FONT="]it looks like brain cancer, and 67 years young,[/FONT]
[FONT="]bugger me, such a loss,[/FONT]
[FONT="]also my hart goes out to Geddy and Alex, who have spent most of their lives with,[/FONT]
Very sad. One of the best.
rrwmd
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Neil was such a student of drumming (among other things), always trying to reinvent, deconstruct/reconstruct. Check out this performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0gYHLkY4qA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0gYHLkY4qA
CPP
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An awesome drummer, R.I.P.