Neil Peart

Ask just about any rock drummer who their influences are and chances are Rush's Neil Peart will be high on the list. With his technically demanding, precise, and deeply complex rhythmic style, few rock drummers scaled the heights that Peart did both on record and on-stage as part of the renowned Canadian prog rock trio Rush. Unlike many of his peers, Peart wrote a lot of his parts and solos, making him as much a musical architect as a drummer. In addition to being one of music's great drummers, Peart was also Rush's primary lyricist (and an author), whose topics included every...