Legendary Rush drummer Neil Peart died on January 7, 2020 and a few drummers clearly had no thought 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 doubtlessly filling in for Peart inside minutes of the announcement of his dying. As a result of nothing says, “I am an enormous fan of your band,” fairly like asking, “hey, your greatest buddy of literal a long time died however can I fill his footwear instantly?” Idiots.
“Oh, nicely, 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, pondering that we have been simply gonna change any person 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 folks have been pondering.
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 greatest buddy. I discuss to him — I have to discuss to him each day. We get collectively for dinner, we play tennis, we’re doing all this charity work collectively. He is my greatest bud, so, yeah, I’m going over there. He performs bass, I play guitar — yeah, we’ll play a bit of 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 pleased doing what I am doing. I am engaged with a number of musical stuff. I really like being a musician. I really like taking part in guitar. I really like taking part in guitar a lot. It is not only a automobile for making a dwelling. 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 an entire lotta nothing occurring. Though possibly something this summer? Although that appears like a protracted shot.
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