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 mentioned drummers started hitting up Rush about probably filling in for Peart inside minutes of the announcement of his demise. 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 sneakers instantly?” Idiots.
“Oh, properly, yeah, after all, as a result of we’re bombarded by it on a regular basis. After Neil handed, it did not take quite a lot of minutes earlier than we began getting e-mails from every kind of drummers who wished to audition for the band, considering that we have been simply gonna change anyone 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 won’t keep away from it. However actually, Ged is my finest pal. I discuss to him — I have to discuss to him on daily basis. We get collectively for dinner, we play tennis, we’re doing all this charity work collectively. He is my finest bud, so, yeah, I am going over there. He performs bass, I play guitar — yeah, we’ll play just a little bit. I am going over there ostensibly to play with him and we find yourself simply sitting and ingesting espresso and laughing the entire day.
“So it isn’t simply Rush, Rush, Rush, Rush, Rush. I’ve a deep loving relationship with this man, and it isn’t 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 like being a musician. I like enjoying guitar. I like enjoying guitar a lot. It is not only a car for making a dwelling. It is me. It is on the core of my essence. So it does not need to 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 like there’s an entire lotta nothing occurring. Although presumably one thing this summer time? Although that looks like an extended shot.
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