Neil Peart Archives - DRUM! Magazine

Who was the Drummer for Rush?

We don't think it's a stretch to say that drummers for Rush (Neil Peart, John Rutsey) are some of the most talented and influential musicians in rock history. ... Read More

10 Ways To Play Drums Like Rush’s Neil Peart

By David A. Brensilver | Photo by Chris Schwegler/Atlas Icons | From the June 2016 issue of Drum! magazine No serious fan was surprised when in early 2015 R... Read More

Remembering Neil Peart, 1952-2020

BY NICOLAS GRIZZLE Rush drummer Neil Peart has died at age 67. Reports are he passed away from brain cancer, and kept his illness secret from the public for thr... Read More

Yoda’s Drumming Secrets: Nine Questions With Bruce Becker

BY PHIL HOOD Freddie Gruber was a drum teaching legend. Over a career that spanned almost half a century, until his death in 2011, he became known in the drummi... Read More

Neil Peart In His Own Words: Four Decades In The Studio With Rush

BY NEIL PEART | PHOTOGRAPHY BY RONN DUNNETT My first experience in a recording studio was around the age of seventeen, when I had been playing for four or five ... Read More

Mean Mean Stride: The Drums Of Neil Peart

BY DON ZULAICA Flesh, blood, soul, and fire. All essential ingredients to music of significance, and drummers worthy of any enduring memory have it all. Insert ... Read More