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Neil Peart Elected to Hall of Fame in 1983

Excerpted from the April/May 1980 issue How did you become involved with Rush? The usual chain of circumstances and accidents. I came from a city that’s about 60 or 70 miles from Toronto. A few musicians from my area had migrated to Toronto and were working with bands around there when they recommended me as someone of suitable style. I guess they tried a few drummers, but we just clicked on both sides. There was a strong musical empathy right away with new ideas they were working on and things I had as musical ideas. Also, outside of music we have a lot of things in common. When the members of Rush are composing a piece of music, is the structure determined by the feedback you receive from one another? Yes, to a large extent. It depends really on what we’re coming at it with. Oftentimes. Alex and Getty will […]
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