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1. Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson's originally planned tribute to Peartย when Peart died on Jan. 7, 2020, Lee and Lifeson had planned a tribute for him. But in the ensuing months, COVID-19 forced most countries in the world to go into lockdown, making public and social gatherings near impossible.
"We never really were able to pay tribute to him in any gathering way," Lee said in the documentary, noting that the cancellation of the planned tribute weighed heavily on him. In the film, Lee and Lifeson find a new way to pay tribute to Peart by inviting four of Peart's closest friends and fellow musicians to perform live renditions of Rush songs.ย
2. Peart tried to be the drummer of Jethro Tullย
When Peart was 18, he briefly moved to London, England, in hopes of making it big as a musician. He copied down a list of record companies, booking agencies and management companies from the record jackets in his record collection, with the goal of visiting their offices and asking for work. One of those offices was that of British rock group Jethro Tull.
"That was the year when they were between drummers," Jethro Tull drummer Doane Perry recalled. "It was unlike Neil to do something as forthright as that, but he marched right in there and said, 'I'm ready to go,' and the lady said, 'That's not quite how it's done here.'"
Peart eventually settled for a job at a souvenir shop in Piccadilly Circus, where he ended up meeting some other musicians and landed some session work and auditions. But after a while, Peart decided to move back to Canada and pause his music career โ until he joined Rush.ย
3. This jazz musician helped Peart reinvent his drummingย Peart was inspired by many drummers, from Keith Moon to John Bonham, but no one was as influential to Peart's playing as jazz musician Freddie Gruber. In the '90s, Peart took part in three, six-month sessions with Gruber, completely reinventing the way he approached drumming: "The way I sat at the drums, the way I hit the drums, the way I held the sticks, the way I set up everything around me," he explained in an archival interview. "He got me into the idea of making things flow, the space between the beats is what counts."
4. The one-sided feud with the Policeย
While Peart noted that British rock group the Police were "hugely influential" to his band, apparently that admiration was not reciprocal. According to the Police's drummer Stewart Copeland, the band actually held a bit of a grudge against Rush.
"Without knowing their music at all, we took umbrage at them because they were still long-haired and this was an era of a whole different hairdo," Copeland admitted, "and they were diligently not up to date." He added: "I am ashamed to say that the Police used Rush, Foreigner and Fleetwood Mac to do battle with as if they could give a shit about us." As Copeland retells this to Lee in the film, Lee laughs and responds, "No offence taken."ย ย
5. Peart's discomfort with fameย
While it was well known that Peart struggled with the idea of fame, the film shed some more light on this aspect of his public life. Peart often felt extreme discomfort around fans and didn't want to be approached when he was out in public.
"It was funny, he had all kinds of time for people when they didn't know who he was," Lee noted. "He was happiest in those times," Lifeson added. Lee remembered a moment in Brazil when fans asked for an autograph at a restaurant and Peart immediately tensed up. Lee grabbed the papers and asked Peart to just sign them and they returned it to the fan; it was an example of one of the easier interactions. But as Lee explained: "You can't have it both ways; you live on the stage and you pay the price."ย
Creditโ๏ธ Melody Lau at CBC
Geddy and Alex talk about Neil๐ฅน
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