Legendary Rush drummer Neil Peart died on January 7, 2020 and a few drummers clearly had no concept what the phrase “having an oz. of respect” means.
In an interview with Q104.3, Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson stated drummers started hitting up Rush about probably filling in for Peart inside minutes of the announcement of his loss of life. As a result of nothing says, “I am an enormous fan of your band,” fairly like asking, “hey, your finest pal of literal a long time died however can I fill his footwear instantly?” Idiots.
“Oh, effectively, yeah, after all, as a result of we’re bombarded by it on a regular basis. After Neil handed, it did not take various minutes earlier than we began getting e-mails from all types of drummers who needed to audition for the band, considering that we have been simply gonna exchange someone that we performed with for 40 years who wrote all of the lyrics for our music. I do not know what a few of these individuals have been considering.
Lifeson added: “So, yeah, we have had the dialog, as a result of we will not keep away from it. However actually, Ged is my finest pal. I discuss to him — I have to discuss to him day by day. We get collectively for dinner, we play tennis, we’re doing all this charity work collectively. He is my finest bud, so, yeah, I’m going over there. He performs bass, I play guitar — yeah, we’ll play slightly bit. I’m going over there ostensibly to play with him and we find yourself simply sitting and ingesting espresso and laughing the entire day.
“So it is not simply Rush, Rush, Rush, Rush, Rush. I’ve a deep loving relationship with this man, and it is not all about creating one thing that we did from the previous. You by no means know what life brings you. Proper now I am tremendous completely happy doing what I am doing. I am engaged with a number of musical stuff. I really like being a musician. I really like enjoying guitar. I really like enjoying guitar a lot. It isn’t only a car for making a residing. It is me. It is on the core of my essence. So it would not must be about Rush or Envy Of None. I imply, I do what I do.”
As for the way forward for Rush or Rush-related actions, it looks as if there’s a complete lotta nothing occurring. Although presumably one thing this summer time? Regardless that that looks like a protracted shot.
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