Peart is a percussion legend, a rock behemoth whose impeccable skill influenced generations of drummers that studied every last bar of YYZ like Talmudic scholars. When drummer Neil Peart joined bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee and guitarist Alex Lifeson to replace previous drummer John Rutsy, the band's line-up cemented into one of the most celebrated collaborations in rock history. What is Rush's appeal? Certainly a three-piece band that debuted thirty years ago with a self-titled album of weak-sounding Zeppelin knock-offs didn't inspire confidence that the trio would emerge into one of the most successful and beloved progressive rock acts of our time. Even as a staple of classic rock playlists, Rush continues to impress new generations of fans. Today, while the sad state of popular music is awash with ultra-disposable and ponderously anemic pop, hip-hop and rock acts, Side 2 of A Farewell To Kings is sounding fresher than ever. On any pre-grunge rock channel - "classic" rock, "new" rock, "modern" rock, what have you - Rushwas always as prevalent as carbon molecules. Rush didn't just appeal to alienated guys who could work their way around both a graphing calculator and a gravity bong - pretty much all rock fans of all social strata listened to Rush.
That suspiciously fictitious anecdote aside, my original statement is not entirely true. I once described Rush as the type of music that guys in Honors Algebra smoked dope to, which got me quickly booted out of our 9th Grade Math Fair.
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