Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!auvm!SNYBUFVA!LIZAK98 From: LIZAK98@SNYBUFVA.BITNET (Bonus... Check Please!) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.allmusic Subject: Re: Peart and others Message-ID: Date: 8 Feb 90 13:23:00 GMT Sender: Discussions on all forms of Music Reply-To: Discussions on all forms of Music Lines: 38 Approved: NETNEWS@AUVM Gateway X-Organization: from SUNY College at Buffalo,NY SNYBUFVA.BITNET X-Envelope-to: ALLMUSIC@AUVM.BITNET X-VMS-To: BITNET%"ALLMUSIC@AUVM.BITNET" Drummer... thats false... there is no way I would (and I think its safe to say all the other Rush fanatics here would) want any other drummer besides Peart with Rush... The three work together as a perfect team... And your comment about (quoted) "The only reason that people think Neil is so great is because they can't grasp the technical density..." OK I am not saying Vinnie and Dave ARENT great as a matter of fact they are greats in drumming today, and I am sure once again the Modern Drummer readers poll will prove that.. but I also say you will see Neil in that poll as many also think he is a great.. Neil himself admits it has taken him 20 years to reach a point where he is comfortable... Do you think Pearts playing isnt very technical... Hmmm... interesting, but I suppose when a rock drummer leaves those basic beats behind and adds more flavor by introudcing more complex beats that must mean he is a bum because he "broke the rules"... now obviously that is a very ridiculous statement... For a rock drummer, Neil sets standards many drummers try to match... that never implies he is the best or he is perfect, it just implies that he is extermely good at what he does although there are drummers who play more on the technical side than Peart, but I dont think they would fit with Rush... And about my record contract statement... I didnt mean that in such a broad sense, although I suppose it ended up looking like that... but what I am saying is would Rush have made it so far, been around so long if people did not admire there work as a band (and I know many people who listen to Rush because of Peart)... I guess *you* are impling that we are all stupid because we dont understand other drummers techinical proficincy, therefore we all run out for Pearts beats... come on get real... As a closing (will this Peart bashing by drummer ever close?)... I can totally understand a person not liking an artist, for whatever reason... afterall, not everyone likes the same thing... however to say one of the late 70's, 80's and now 90's most respected drummer is a bum... thats a big statement... and your reasoning behind him being a bum goes way against what most people think... remember he is one of the most respected drummers within the pages of Modern Drummer... along with Vinnie, and Dave the score of others who any drummer without tunnel vision would also want to follow... --Rob.