Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!auvm!GENESEO!SEG92 From: SEG92@GENESEO.BITNET (the Talking Drum) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.allmusic Subject: Re: Rush... Message-ID: Date: 3 Feb 90 21:32:00 GMT Sender: Discussions on all forms of Music Reply-To: Discussions on all forms of Music Lines: 15 Approved: NETNEWS@AUVM Gateway X-Envelope-to: ALLMUSIC@AUVM.BITNET X-VMS-To: IN%"ALLMUSIC@AUVM.BITNET" Drummer-- Were we discussing Rush? Well, since you ask, I must defend Neal Peart (whose name I undoubtedly spelled wrong) because 1) he is good 2) everyone seems to hate him and I therefore MUST like him 3) he is a Slav (ONLY KIDDING!!!!) and most importantly (and now I'm serious) 4) hasn't he pioneered the use of alternative drum sounds and rhythms in modern Rock? He had a mixed electronic and acoustic set back in . . . oh, must have been 1984? That's pretty early on, and shows progressive thinking, an important asset in modern music (or it wouldn't be modern). I don't particularly care for his sound (I think it lacks oomph) but I still think he's a (dare I say genius? no.) an excellent drummer. :) --TD