{"id":974367,"date":"2020-01-10T13:58:05","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T20:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=936221"},"modified":"2020-01-10T13:58:05","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T20:58:05","slug":"neil-peart-rush-drummer-who-set-a-new-standard-for-rock-virtuosity-dead-at-67","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/music-news\/neil-peart-rush-drummer-who-set-a-new-standard-for-rock-virtuosity-dead-at-67\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Peart, Rush Drummer Who Set a New Standard for Rock Virtuosity, Dead at 67"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/neil-peart-obit.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/neil-peart\/\" id=\"auto-tag_neil-peart\" data-tag=\"neil-peart\">Neil Peart<\/a>, the drummer and lyricist for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/rush\/\" id=\"auto-tag_rush\" data-tag=\"rush\">Rush<\/a>, died Tuesday, January 7th, in Santa Monica, California at age 67. The cause was brain cancer, which he had been quietly battling for three years, according to Elliott Mintz, a spokesperson for the Peart family. A representative for the band confirmed the news to <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Peart was widely considered one of the best drummers in rock history, with a flamboyant yet utterly precise style. He joined singer-bassist Geddy Lee and guitarist Alex Lifeson in Rush in 1974, and his virtuosic playing and literate lyrics&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2013 which drew on Ayn Rand and science fiction, among other influences \u2013 helped make the trio one of the key bands of the classic-rock era. A rigorous autodidact and a gifted writer, he was also the author of numerous books. He was fiercely principled, and never stopped believing in the possibilities of rock and despising what he saw as over-commercialization of the music industry.&nbsp; \u201cIt\u2019s about being your own hero,\u201d he told Rolling Stone in 2015. \u201cI set out to never betray the values that 16-year-old had, to never sell out, to never bow to the man. A compromise is what I can never accept.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeil is the most air-drummed-to drummer of all time,\u201d former Police drummer Stewart Copeland said in 2015. \u201cNeil pushes that band, which has a lot of musicality, a lot of ideas crammed into every eight bars \u2014 but he keeps the throb, which is the important thing. And he can do that while doing all kinds of cool shit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rush finished their final tour in 2015; Peart was done with the road and eager to spend more time with his wife, Carrie Nuttal, and daughter Olivia.<\/p>\n<p><em>This story is developing<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/neil-peart-rush-obituary-936221\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neil Peart, the drummer and lyricist for Rush, died Tuesday, January 7th, in Santa Monica, California at age 67. The cause was brain cancer, which he had been quietly battling for three years, according to Elliott Mintz, a spokesperson for the Peart family. A representative for the band confirmed the news to Rolling Stone. 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