# Neil Peart is dead

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-peart-is-dead/846249>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** celebrity-death\
**Created:** [January 10, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-peart-is-dead/846249 "2020-01-10T21:10:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-peart-is-dead/846249/81 "2020-06-08T01:38:30Z")

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Aw man. I saw the thread come back and thought maybe He had returned…

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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-peart-is-dead/846249/82 "2020-06-08T03:04:59Z")

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Had I not bumped it, I personally would have wondered if something had happened to Geddy or Alex.

Alex has, in the meantime, given this interview. TL : DR - he just doesn’t have it in him right now to play music at all.

> **[Rush's Alex Lifeson Isn't Motivated to Play Music After Neil Peart's Death](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rush-alex-lifeson-neil-peart-death-1008391/)**
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> “I don’t know if the motivation is there for us to really do anything now,” said the Rush guitarist

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**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-peart-is-dead/846249/83 "2020-06-11T03:26:44Z")

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It goes to show just how long this year has been psychologically (at least for me), that when I saw this thread bumped, I was like “wasn’t that years ago?” and I expected to find a 5-year-old thread, not a 6-month one.

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**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-peart-is-dead/846249/84 "2020-12-13T17:07:24Z")

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I know I’m late to the… er, funeral, but Rush is one of my favorite bands, and I guess I’m grieving now as opposed to when this news first broke.

I found this solo and it blew me away.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/LWRMOJQDiLU/maxresdefault.jpg "Neil Peart Drum Solo - Rush Live in Frankfurt") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWRMOJQDiLU)

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-peart-is-dead/846249/85 "2020-12-13T18:00:27Z")

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> [@nearwildheaven](#):
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> It’s “Closer to the Heart” performed on two harps by identical twins.

Well, okay, this was just about the most awesome video I’ve seen in EVERY way… right up till…

the old tire on the beach! Jeezus, people! Couldn’t you have moved the shot 20 feet to the right? I laughed so hard after than I missed the rest of the video.

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