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RIP Neal Peart

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  • #2
    dingdong1234567
    Registered Users Posts: 828 ✭✭✭dingdong1234567


    scudzilla wrote: »
    Shocked at this one 😭😭

    Rip

    https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/neil-peart-rush-obituary-936221/

    Ah no! Devastated. RIP Neil.


  • #3
    Mushy
    Registered Users Posts: 21,099 ✭✭✭✭Mushy


    That's gutting.

    Phenomenal talent, an absolute powerhouse.

    RIP to a hero


  • #4
    Giblet
    Registered Users Posts: 11,977 ✭✭✭✭Giblet


    RIP

    Wonder how Baggio is getting on


  • #5
    Elemonator
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,271 ✭✭✭Elemonator


    I was gobsmacked when I read this, literal jaw on the floor. I wouldn't have starting drums without him. The Tom Sawyer drum track played with my head for years. Limelight and The Spirit Of Radio even more so!

    I know the term is bandied around these days but R.I.P. to a legend.


  • #6
    galwayrush
    Registered Users Posts: 12,815 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    Suddenly you were gone
    From all of the life’s you left your Mark upon...
    Gutted 😢


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  • #7
    Arghus
    Registered Users Posts: 14,320 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    RIP.


  • #8
    peter1892
    Registered Users Posts: 1,144 ✭✭✭peter1892


    Awful news, just awful.

    RIP Neil and thank you for everything.


  • #9
    Ally Dick
    Registered Users Posts: 12,665 ✭✭✭✭Ally Dick


    RIP Professor


  • #10
    Passenger
    Registered Users Posts: 6,144 ✭✭✭Passenger


    In the pantheon of the greats, no doubt. Remember being front and center seeing them in The Point and was constantly reminded of an Octopus watching Neil perform. It's like he had more than two arms as he moved around the drumkit. RIP.


  • #11
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,199 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Devastated. Absolutely one of the best. Just glad I got to see him live.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



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  • #12
    05eaftqbrs9jlh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭05eaftqbrs9jlh


    Brain cancer, somebody told me earlier. I'll always fondly remember hearing Permanent Waves for the first time in my friend's house.

    I love this cover:
    https://open.spotify.com/track/6nipoAO0ZZHG6sguqcP8Yu?si=_6mRSsieQxWhWPRAslccyg

    I'll be very sad never to see them live, I'd imagine it is an experience.


  • #13
    LollipopJimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,429 ✭✭✭LollipopJimmy


    Farewell to the King.

    RIP


  • #14
    Ally Dick
    Registered Users Posts: 12,665 ✭✭✭✭Ally Dick


    Had a row about how good Neil was, with family members, years ago. I put on By-Tor And The Snowdog from the Exit Stage Left DVD, and that shut them up


  • #15
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,370 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Rush will always have a special place in my heart, my dad was a fanatical fan since the 70s and brought us up listening to them.

    We even went on a couple of family holidays to see them in London!

    Felt like they were our little secret band nobody else listened to. Was absolutely blown away to see the amount of Rush t-shirts around Dublin when they played here a few years ago.

    Absolutely gutted. :( Even though they stopped touring I'd fully expected the three of them to be around for many more years to come.


  • #16
    Doctor Jimbob
    Registered Users Posts: 7,631 ✭✭✭Doctor Jimbob


    Never nice to hear of a death but that's a particular sickener for me. Brilliant musician and sounds like he had a tough life. RIP.


  • #17
    Ally Dick
    Registered Users Posts: 12,665 ✭✭✭✭Ally Dick


    Scandalous. Has to play again in 15 hours. Wow. Ha ha


  • #18
    RayCon
    Registered Users Posts: 4,835 ✭✭✭RayCon


    Absolutely gutted. :(


  • #19
    PTH2009
    Registered Users Posts: 37,717 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Crazy news RIP

    Only really got into Rush after watching the movie 'I love you man' and saw them live in the o2 (3arena) in 2011 the first gig I went on my own (coming back from a a comedy night in the same venue now)

    Amazing drummer and music


  • #20
    Pete Moss
    Registered Users Posts: 605 ✭✭✭Pete Moss


    "Exit The Warrior"

    RIP Neil. Thanks for the music.


  • #21
    rushfan
    Registered Users Posts: 970 ✭✭✭rushfan


    A neighbour of mine texted last night, devastated is the word! Count myself as very fortunate to have seen them 5 times. It was a privilege to see/hear the band for, in my case, 37 years. Anthem was the very first Rush song I ever heard, I knew then that I was listening to greatness. I had always held out hope that they might at least record again but obviously touring was out. A very very sad day. RIP Neil.


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  • #22
    ShooterSF
    Registered Users Posts: 8,824 ✭✭✭ShooterSF


    Got introduced to them as late as that episode of Futurama where Fry is listening to Tom Sawyer whilst playing Space Invaders. It blew me away so hard that I can still say I know where I was when I first experienced Rush. Got to see them in the point. Still my favourite gig of all time. Hit me hard after getting back from work last night. Spirit of the Radio is the only song of theirs on the jukebox in work and it'll be getting some air time tonight.


  • #23
    bmmb88
    Registered Users Posts: 53 ✭✭bmmb88


    My favorite band, only got to see them twice, once in Newcastle and here. Great drummer and fantastic lyrics.
    Time Stand Still says it all. That song means so much I even got Time Stand Still tattooed on my arm. Funny how some songs affect you.( horrible video though)
    By all accounts he was a Gentleman


  • #24
    PTH2009
    Registered Users Posts: 37,717 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Didn't he do a tour of the coast here on his bike ?


  • #25
    peter1892
    Registered Users Posts: 1,144 ✭✭✭peter1892


    PTH2009 wrote: »
    Didn't he do a tour of the coast here on his bike ?

    He definitely took a ride through the Wicklow mountains, up past Luggala & Sally Gap. There was a blog post on his website about it, sadly the site just has a photo of him and nothing else at the moment.

    Amongst the many tributes online right now, Chris Jericho has a podcast where he's interviewing Mike Portnoy & Charlie Benante, both talking about Neil and their love for Rush. It's available on Spotify & other platforms.


  • #26
    camanstar
    Registered Users Posts: 40 ✭camanstar


    Shocking news, was listening to Radio Caroline at 21.10 last Friday when Jerry Wright broke the news. My favourite band since 1979. Saw them 10 times and they were always magic. Neil Peart was an amazing drummer and an even better lyricist. I had accepted that Rush would not tour again but was not prepared for this. The tributes have been incredible and it is a measure of the huge respect and recognition which people have for the man. He will be missed.


  • #27
    galwayrush
    Registered Users Posts: 12,815 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    One week on since the news broke although he had died in the 7th, still hurting bad. Reminiscing with friends over some wonderful memories . One friend saw them live 164 times 😱 my first gig was R30, saw them 18 times since.


  • #28
    Mushy
    Registered Users Posts: 21,099 ✭✭✭✭Mushy


    galwayrush wrote: »
    One week on since the news broke although he had died in the 7th, still hurting bad. Reminiscing with friends over some wonderful memories . One friend saw them live 164 times 😱 my first gig was R30, saw them 18 times since.

    Jesus that's some dedication, 164 times! Hell even 18 in 10 years is a lot.

    I'm just happy got to see them the once. In the presence of greatness is fine by me. Been listening to them all week, still not over the news at all. Yeah it was unlikely they'd tour, but to hear this. And every so often youd hear an update from Geddy or Alex saying no more touring due to health issues. Keeping the full extent of it private as Neil would have wished.


  • #29
    Mushy
    Registered Users Posts: 21,099 ✭✭✭✭Mushy


    Time Stand Still documentary on Sky Arts at 9pm tonight


  • #30
    PTH2009
    Registered Users Posts: 37,717 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    few beers and the Time Machine (Live in Cleveland 2011) blu ray on full blast

    Cant beat it


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  • #31
    newcavanman
    Registered Users Posts: 822 ✭✭✭newcavanman


    Two years gone, today. Never forgotten



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