Rush contacted “by every drummer” after the death of Neil Peart
Just a few minutes after the disappearance of Neil Peart, which took place in January 2020, the Rush did not have time to metabolize the incident that were overwhelmed by e-mails and messages of bad taste of people who wanted to make an audition as the new drummer of the band.
Subsequently, the disappearance of Peart, the two components still at the life of the historic Canadian formation, the singer and bassist Geddy Lee and the guitarist Alex Lifesto, returned to play together on a stage on the occasion of the tribute concerts to Taylor Hawkins of the Foo Fighters in London (here our story from Wembley) and Los Angeles. Although they have returned to perform together even last year for the tribute to Gordon Lightfoot, and having explained to find themselves every now and then to play, Lee and Lifeson have never considered a full -time substitute for the great Peart.
Recently a guest of the radio station Q104.3 New York, Alex Lifeson recalled that he was shocked by the messages received after the disappearance of the Rush drummer and – as taken from “Loudersound” – he said:
“We are bombed by this time all the time. After Neil’s death, no more than a few minutes have passed before we started receiving e-mails from all kinds of drummer who wanted to make an audition for the band, thinking that we would simply have replaced someone we played with for 40 years and that he wrote all the texts of our music. I don’t know what he passed through the head of these people”.
During the chat, the guitarist returned to tell that he and Lee often ask themselves about the idea of returning to making music together, but at the moment they enjoy more The mutual company: “We talked about it, because we cannot avoid it”, therefore said Lifeson:
“But, honestly, Ged is my best friend. I think I feel it every day. We have dinner together, we play tennis, we participate together with charity activities. He is my best friend. I go to his house. He sounds the bass, I play the guitar. But I end up going there with the idea of playing with him and instead we spend the day drinking coffee and laughing. It is not only ‘Rush, Rush, Rush. A profound and affectionate bond with this man, and it is not just to recreate something we have already done in the past.
