Neil Peart was born on his family’s farm near Hagersville in Ontario, Canada on September 12, 1952. A few years later the family moved to St. Catherines, a middle-class Canadian suburban town 70 ...

Neil Peart, the drummer and lyricist for Canadian progressive-rock titans Rush, has died. He was 67. Rush announced on Twitter Friday that Peart died from brain cancer on Jan. 7 following a ...

Neil Peart, the virtuoso drummer and lyricist for Rush, died Tuesday, January 7th, in Santa Monica, California, at age 67, according to Elliot Mintz, a family spokesperson. The cause was brain ...

Neil Peart, long considered one of the greatest drummers in rock history, who powered the Canadian band Rush for more than four decades with a steady drive and polyrhythmic eruptions behind an ...

Neil Peart in 1979 sitting behind a flightcase, smiling at the camera You and Kevin go back years… He sent me his novel, Resurrection, Inc. , around the late 80s, and it sat around for years ...

"I like to look at pictures of Neil smiling," Lee wrote on Instagram on Peart's birthday, posting a backstage photo of the beaming drummer. "His smile was magnetic and lit up the room." Rush ...

In 2003, Neil Peart came face-to-face with one of his idols, the Rolling Stones’ Charlie Watts. At first, the Rush drummer didn’t realize who was approaching him. “A short, older man stepped ...

Alex Lifeson recalled that Rush had come close to extending their farewell tour, which had been limited on drummer Neil Peart’s insistence, in January 2025. Skip to main content Skip to site footer.

Four years after the death of Neil Peart, the Rush drummer’s final book is set for publication.. Silver Surfers, subtitled Sports Cars of the Sixties, documents Peart’s auto obsession.“For ...

After Neil passed, it didn’t take more than a few minutes before we started getting e-mails from all kinds of drummers who wanted to audition for the band, thinking that we were just gonna ...

One of the motorbikes the late Neil Peart famously rode between shows on Rush's R30 Tour is going to auction. The 1170cc BMW R1200GS is being sold by Mecum Auctions at this year's Vintage and ...

Alex Lifeson, left, Neil Peart, center, and Geddy Lee, right, of Rush perform as their band is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony ...