Neil Peart and the death of my musical youth

[cosmicevan]

It amazes me that I've become one of those people who is amazed that things of significance to me happened 20...25 years ago...even longer, but I guess aging is something that happens to all of us whether conscious or not. When I complain to my mother about how getting old sucks and she snickers telling me I have NO IDEA...maybe it's a coming to terms with mortality thing...but in any event, I cried when I heard the news of Neil Peart's passing. I knew Rush was done, but they were my first concert and were far and away my favorite band when I saw them. Their music played such an impactful role on what I thought a musician could and should be like in my formative years of exploring music. Anyone else moved by the news?

[coldbrightsunlight]

Yeah Rush are/were very inspirational to me particularly at the point where I really dived into their catalogue and got into them in a huge way.

It's a shame.

[Gone Fission]

They’re dead? Fuck, is it going to be one of those years again?

Rest In Peace!

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[dubkitty]

i've never been much on Rush, but having lived through losing Jerry Garcia, Daevid Allen (and Gilli Smyth and Pierre Moerlen), John Cipollina, and 3/5 of the classic Can lineup i feel great compassion for the folks who are broken up over Neil, which oddly enough include a number of the folks on my Grateful Dead forum.

[VREEEEVROOOOOW]

I find it hard to care about Neil Peart. I've always known Rush as one of those "prog rock that it's actually acceptable to like" bands, along with King Crimson. But I just don't care about their music. But another drummer that passed recently, which made me feel a lot like what you're describing, was Grant Hart.