Best Drummer ever, RIP Neil, you are missed by many....

The Master of the ghost notes. The Professor squeezed more music out of his kit than anyone even imagined. God rest your soul, long live the King.

@82mangini

4 ай бұрын

Jason Rullo >>>>>>>>>>>>> Peart

The US Naval Observatory calibrated their clock to Neil.

@viewfromthehighchair9391

5 ай бұрын

"Most drummers use metronomes to keep time; metronomes, on the other hand, use Neil Peart to keep time." LOL The other favourite quote about Neil: "Your favourite drummer's favourite drummer is Neil Peart." Nothing could be truer.

@user-px4hp2tc9o

5 ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more.

This is why in the end, when he knew he couldn't perform at this level anymore, he bowed out gracefully. GOAT.

@shaunsteele6926

Жыл бұрын

he was 40 years old in this clip... what's impressive is that he still had another 20+ years in him lol

@andrewlindenfeld6222

7 ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more my friend. He went out as you would expect an amazing human like him to go out. Just a shame he died so young... he deserved many years to enjoy life and the amazing accomplishments he made. Unfortunately, that part of it was cut short, and that's what really gets to me, because he deserved to enjoy the fruits of his labour, for a couple decades anyway.

@82mangini

4 ай бұрын

Jason Rullo >>>>>>>>>>>>> Peart

Precision, brutal power, musicality, versatility, technicality...a beast behind the drums...a legend and a wonderful and amazing human being. Neil, You will always be an inspiration and always be remembered. Love from Sweden!

@skyrocketautomotive

Жыл бұрын

Amen, still missed. An endless source of inspiration.

@82mangini

4 ай бұрын

Jason Rullo >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Peart

That's awesome but WHAT IS GREATER is that Neil keep going song after song after that. Salute

@pete4531

Ай бұрын

I was spent just watching lol

Never had such a great overall view of Neil drumming, see the bass pedal, the hi hat and the kit overall, a clear view of each limb doing it's thing. Amazing!

@stevedriscoll2539

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Awesome...I'm the el stupido above who didn't recognize him in this scenario and this abbreviated clip, but went back and saw the clinic on an extended clip and once I heard the voice still behind the dark glasses, I knew it was our beloved Professor

@merrywissemes

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. Never really got to see his feet work like this. Man, he beats the snot out of those drums…. Miss him…….

@jeffreybennett8893

2 жыл бұрын

You still haven't! Not him.

@gavinvalentino6002

Жыл бұрын

What the fuck are you talking about, Jeff? If you truly think that isn't Neil, you need to stop embarassing yourself and just sit quietly behind your keyboard without your fingers moving. Don't publicly profess your measurable ignorance for all to see.

R.IP. Neil . I’m a Ohio older guy . Saw Them .many many many time’s. From the coliseum in Richfield Ohio to California. There was no one better than the Professor.

@stevedriscoll2539

12 күн бұрын

@@justme44601 me too. Saw them first in a huge collesium in San Diego...they were unbelievable. Ron Morgenstein and Steve Morse were amazing too.

Man, the pre-chorus "experience slips away" groove is so deep. Its easy to think Neil went soft during the 80's period or got carried away with electronics, but watching them live erases any doubt you might have had about how skillful and powerful these guys really are.

Best percussionist of all time.

@82mangini

4 ай бұрын

Jason Rullo >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Peart

Fuck man, Neil was KILLIN’ it! God I never realized he hit that hard.

@scalegunreplicas2487

7 ай бұрын

I'm really surprised at how hard he hits the drums.

Makes you realize how hard he hits! Love Neil!

RIP Professor. What a beast.

I saw Rush from 87 to the end, and this is always the way Neil played live, confident, exacting, perfectionist. Truly one of the best.

@kingkillah101

11 ай бұрын

Any rock drummer like myself would watch this and say the same thing: absolute beast!

@andrewlindenfeld6222

7 ай бұрын

Agreed! This is absolutely gold!

This was done as part of a drum clinic. He still plays like he is in the studio or on stage at a concert. It was interesting to see him drum the whole time, you can see how his arms and legs are all separate pieces of the performance. I wish I had seen Rush play once in my lifetime. Either they didn't come to Denver on the tour, couldn't get tickets because they sold out (Denver and L.A.), or couldn't find the time (work got in the way while living L.A.). But I'm a life long fan, and this song in particular helped me through a very rough time in my life. It taught me to slow down and appreciate life, and that work is just work. Rest in Peace, Professor.

@lifeson8362

2 жыл бұрын

They played Red Rocks 5 times between 2004-2010. All phenomenal shows, I saw 4 out of 5. Also saw the Pepsi center show in 2013. In 70-80s they played Mcnichols or Fiddlers Green 🥂

@AnOkayPerson

Жыл бұрын

Same here, wanted to see them play in 2015 in Denver, but had personal issues in the way. Regret not seeing them at least once. Hope to at least see Geddy and Alex play something somewhere, they've been popping up lately having some fun.

And that's one of the reasons why he was called The Professor: machine-like timing precision, flawless execution, powerful playing, and a knowledgable man and lyricist. He is truly missed. RIP Neil Peart.

"THE ONE AND ONLY "

*_Locking_* that ride groove with the bass the way he does is a Peart hallmark... it's so precise, powerful, and pocket-filled that it's *astounding* to know it could be played with human hands and feet at all

@kingkillah101

11 ай бұрын

it's really a fundamental crusher! he's the boss.

@82mangini

4 ай бұрын

Jason Rullo >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Peart

Old camcorder footage! I love it

Man we lost a great one!👋😢👍Rip Neil Pert🙏

such a raw sound of the professor beating his drums like a God!.

Ladies and gentlemen behold the MASTER !!

In the mid seventies my wife and me with another couple saw a triple billing in Springfield Il. It had Mac Webster, Cheap Trick and Rush. What a concert! General seating (or standing) and we were 2 rows back from Geddy Lee. If I knew then what I know now.....

The man just - never. stopped. moving. I sure do miss him......

Never has been a drummer with such limb independence and power. Holy moly.

@w4tkn

Жыл бұрын

Not sure 4 way independence was Neil's strong point. Check out Barriemore Barlow for that. Neil was a great drummer don't get me wrong.

@25newrush

Жыл бұрын

@@w4tkn you’re kidding right? He was the master of 4 way independence.

@wildmike951

6 ай бұрын

​@25newrush sorry but he was still working on 4 way independence. Check out Akira Jimbo and Horacio Hernandez. But Neil is my all time favorite drummer

@82mangini

4 ай бұрын

Jason Rullo >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Peart

Neil is not just playing the drums here he also wrote & writes all the lyrics to these incredible songs. This is a heavy duty presentation here!

@jeffreybennett8893

2 жыл бұрын

NO! This is NOT Neil! You guys....

@gavinvalentino6002

Жыл бұрын

Jeffrey Bennett takes every opportunity he can to exclaim loudly to the world that he is an ignorant dumbass.

God I love and miss him.

Best drummer ever to have lived! Amazing! RIP

@82mangini

4 ай бұрын

Jason Rullo >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Peart

Incredible vantage point !

Thank you for this, just blew my mind...

Will always class your drumming as the best miss you Neil 👏

So cool this video, it shows that Neil always play de drums in a so high level and very creative.

His power is on full display here. 110% all the time.

Of all of Neil’s kits, that Ludwig from the Roll the Bones era was my favorite. Gorgeous drums. I was lucky enough to see and hear these live in Pittsburgh in ‘92. They opened with Force Ten. Man, what a great band they were.

@stevedriscoll2539

3 жыл бұрын

I guess I'm partial to the kit he played in the early MTV video of "Distant Early Warning". Was that the moving pictures album?

@michaelandcolinspop

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevedriscoll2539 Those were beautiful, too, and are probably his most recognizable drums. They were Tama Artstar prototypes and the album was Grace Under Pressure. That was an underrated, and very dark, album, IMO.

@stevedriscoll2539

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelandcolinspop thanks for the reply Mike. I have actually liked all his sets, but I wasn't to enamored with the electronic set behind him when "Power Windows" came out. Although, I still loved "The Big Money" and came to absolutely love all the songs on that album despite the electronics. I think Neil and Geddy were able to use the electronics in a very deep way and not a superficial "pop music" way. My buddy, Jeff W., who got me into playing drums, and Peart was his guy (Jeff had the poster of Neil playing on a raft going down some river...I wonder what set that was?) wasn't super thrilled when "Power Windows" came out, but he later came to love it. I used to cruise out in the "sticks" (hwy. 33 north of Ojai in California) on weekends just listening to all the albums up to Power Windows...the best times of my life.

@michaelandcolinspop

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevedriscoll2539 Cruising to Rush is always a good time, right? When I was just starting out in the military, I’d make a 12-hr drive home every few months to see my mom, and I’d take my whole collection of Rush CDs with me all the way. Those were some of the best drives ever. I got into them back in ‘81 as a little kid listening to my neighbors’ copy of Moving Pictures. Then I bought my first album, Hemispheres, in ‘87. Trying to figure out what Neil was doing on La Villa Strangiato as a young drummer was mind-blowing. Then Presto came out with that crystal-clear sound and all those incredible songs, especially The Pass. Even my parents liked that album, LOL! And I totally agree with you about Power Windows - that was a hard album to get into, but I love it now, especially The Manhattan Project. Man, I miss Neil. BTW, I know that poster you’re talking about and I’m pretty sure those drums on the raft were that same red Tama, IIRC. That was a great picture.

@stevedriscoll2539

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelandcolinspop Agree with everything you just said, and thanks! And glad you are still here and thanks for your service soldier! Take Care

He was and always will be the best ever RIP my dear late distant friend from the 1987 HYF world tour

love that ride groove he plays...it's a feature in several Rush songs.....plays on the bell of the cymbal....

@carlosalomar2211

3 жыл бұрын

It was Neil trademark.....

@jochenroeder669

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, very beautiful part in this song. Overall, his drumming on Hold your Fire was very captivating.

@casanovafrankenstein8538

2 жыл бұрын

@@jochenroeder669 my favorite Rush album

@ruthylopez

13 күн бұрын

@@carlosalomar2211 100%. There's SO MANY things I love about Neil's drumming, but that ride groove gets me EACH AND EVERY TIME.

I miss him ....

Loved that he used to play with the butt end of the sticks out, even after having his own signature pro mark 747 for years he still played that way til Fred Gruber talked him into playing them tips out.

THE POWER OF HIS STRIKES!!!!

The GOAT..lucky enough to see him Live several times. R.I.P. Neil.

Incredible precision!

Just wow.

He made it look so easy!

Damn- Neil absolutely beat the shit out of that kit- cymbals, heads, everything. Ludwig must have built that kit like a damn Sherman tank to take that beating night in and night out.

@georgedavis2293

2 жыл бұрын

I hope he apologized to the kit.

@m118lr

Жыл бұрын

As far as I know, he played a TAMA kit iright up until swapping over to DW’s..mid to later ‘90’s

@mindcrime828

Жыл бұрын

​@m118lr2 Neil switched to Ludwig in the late 80s for the Hold Your Fire tour. Ludwig Super Classic in white opalescent finish with a hint of pink with "Vibra-Fibing". The same kit was re-painted for Presto. He then got new kits for both Roll the Bones and Counterparts, but still using Ludwig Super Classics, before switching to DW for T4E. The same time he went to DW, he also switched from Zildjian to Sabian cymbals.

Fun fact. In a prior life, Neil Peart was an octopus.

The claves sound with the left foot, then back to the hi-hat

so much power

@gavinvalentino6002

Жыл бұрын

How would you know "power'? *ohnevermindjustsawthescreenname!*

Impressionante a pressão das baquetadas em cada nota. Parece um motor ..insano demais. 🤔👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

The most amazing thing I found about watching this is something that is such a tiny part of the song. Of the electronic sounds there is this little 'blip' sound that watching this I know now he triggers with his left foot. But in all the bombast of the rest of the track every hit of that little 'blip' is in exactly the right place like moving his left foot from hi-ht to trigger it was the easiest thing in the world. even though that left foot is pretty well occupied doing hi-hat duties and occassional doube bass drum.

Very cool

My god Neil hit ‘em so damn hard!

Absolute genius, we miss you 😢

The best drumer in the world

Rush was the last band that I loved

10/10.

great footage!!

Excellent raw footage

Appreciate his kick pedal work

The 🐐

although not known as a drummer that could groove, i thought this song and neil's playing grooved some--a soulful performance as well as precise......great drumming

@ruthylopez

13 күн бұрын

errr, ummmm, YES he could groove!!!!!!!!!

The man pounded those drums like they owed him money.

jeepers xmas trees this guy is good

Did not realize the audience was that close😐

Essa banda faz parte da minha vida pessoal... saudades Neill

Я барабанщик,и мой любимый барабанщик Нил Пирт❤❤❤

good

Impressive to say the least!

I seen Rush every time they came to Indianapolis, starting in 1979 (except for Presto tour dammit. went to Sturgis instead)

que musical es este gran baterista..

Neat perspective !

My brother “he’s so much better than the other covers” me “that’s because he made it”

Never fails to impress.

Beats the ever living bag out of that kit and makes it look easy at the same time. Not even breaking a sweat.

Came here for 4:38 I don't know why but this fill has always just owned my soul.

@jpow73

2 жыл бұрын

For me, the fill at 4:47 does it for me. Just recently discovered I’d been playing it wrong for years. So brief but so perfect.

@ruthylopez

13 күн бұрын

Neil has so many fills that ROCK me, but that one that you mention at 4:38 gets me every time. Rest assured YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

This is really awesome footage of The Professor!

We are all going to die. At least he got to live. I didn't.

This was when Neil's kit still looked playable to me...lol. Shortly after, when he went over to the DW kits those little concert toms got stuck WAY up in the air and like 9 feet away. Only the professor himself could master a set up that ergonomically challenging.

@ARod-br2ui

3 жыл бұрын

His tama kits were my favorites in terms of appearance and sound. Nothing else he used after never measured up IMHO.

@snapascrew

2 жыл бұрын

@@ARod-br2ui his obsession with resonance was an odd one when he went to dw. I heard his time machine kit a few times and the toms just rang for ever lol. Ive heard that sound a few times since and it’s always the dw kits

@landonpeckham7752

2 жыл бұрын

@@snapascrew the thing with DW is that John Good has made the toms miraculously NEVER stop resonating. It's cool and all but not great when you need quick articulate patterns like Neil played in his earlier days. And also with the exception of Snakes and Arrows and Time Machine kits, none of the DW kits sounded good

I guess the flying white double bass kit wouldn’t fit in the trailer. 😬looks like my first kit.

Strange mix

@gavinvalentino6002

Жыл бұрын

Because it's not a "mix." It's simply Neil playing over the previous show's recorded song, as an example tp the small crowd in attendance of the drum clinic.

Neil bringing the thunder. Classic Rush.

Badass, thanks for sharing. This from a tv show or something?? The polite applause at the end was unexpected.

@jeffreybennett8893

2 жыл бұрын

Not him. Not Real. This is too funny.

@gavinvalentino6002

Жыл бұрын

113% percent "real," despite what the king wearing his nude clothes is professing to everyone in desperate need for approval. Read the other comments by plenty of people like me who know FIRST HAND it's footage from one of the drum clinics he gave while on the Presto-era tour.

@mindcrime828

Жыл бұрын

Was a clinic prior to a show during the Roll the Bones tour.

🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦😎

Surprised to see him play heel way up the entire song for what is such a laid back bass drum pattern most of the time. This was before he studied with Gruber. Wonder if that changed afterwards.

@jacobromero972

3 жыл бұрын

He continued to play that way always :)

@stevedriscoll2539

3 жыл бұрын

Do you mean as opposed to keeping his heel all the way down or just lower. I'm asking because I've wondered if some guys play with the heel all the way down.

@mattrussell8654

3 жыл бұрын

Laid back? Umm, you must be thinking of some other drummer

@steinbergerworld9049

3 жыл бұрын

Peart's not laid back, but this bass drum pattern isn't complicated and mostly rides in the pocket. Watch this video with Peter Erskine whom Peart studied with after Freddy Gruber. Even when he plays heel up it's not that high up. Peart keeping his foot that high seems inefficient and tiring. kzread.info/dash/bejne/npd5t6-YqqzcisY.html

@casanovafrankenstein8538

2 жыл бұрын

@@steinbergerworld9049 watch closer, he's using a slide technique

Those Ludwigs sound much better than his DW’s. More punch and clarity. His DW’s have a softer sound. In the end he can make pots and pans sound amazing.

@mattrussell8654

3 жыл бұрын

Well, he was aging also. So there's that...

@snapascrew

2 жыл бұрын

@@mattrussell8654 had the privilege of hearing Neil hit his DWs and regardless of age Ive pretty much never seen a drummer hit as hard as Neil did even when he was in his 60s. He hit INCREDIBLY hard.

@shaunsteele6926

Жыл бұрын

when he switched to those DW's he also completely revamped his playing style, he started playing with traditional grip. Personally I preferred his old style, this was his peak playing

What did those drums do to him?

0:47 hardest part in the song for me to play😂

@robertsharpe8663

2 жыл бұрын

Independence is tough to play.

Has anyone ever actually counted his limbs?

@stevedriscoll2539

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😉

@johncushman7458

3 жыл бұрын

I often wondered if His Arms were made of Rubber!!!! Neil Peart was the Fastest Drummer that I have seen and with total Amazing Precise Precision!!!! He was The True Percussion Professor!!!!! Sadly Missed 😥but not ever forgotten 😥R.I.P. FOREVER NEIL. In 2020 a 🎶We lost several Amazing Musicians, each of them stemming from Vocalist, Lead , Rythm and Bass Guitar, Keyboards and of course 🎵 the Greatest Drummer In The World. Heaven was Surely Rock'n in 2020

@stevedriscoll2539

3 жыл бұрын

@@johncushman7458 me too john 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@moosecat

2 жыл бұрын

I think he was the inspiration for Goro from "Mortal Combat" because I swear he has to have at least four arms to pull that off!!!

Neils style is the kit is there to serve you. No hesitant or half assed hits of a drum head or cymbal. Full commitment and hit it with authority.

Who needs an extra percussionist in your band when you can trigger a Clave with your left food and Castanets with your left hand all while playing an already complicated drum pattern?

Is that Neil Peart?

@mindcrime828

11 ай бұрын

Yes that is Neil

An octopus couldn't do better....

Woah that was him playing to a track in front of an audience?

@jeffreybennett8893

2 жыл бұрын

Nope.

@gavinvalentino6002

Жыл бұрын

It was him playing over a loose soundboard mix of the previous night's recorded show, played at very moderate volume through monitors for the benefit of the attendees of this particular drum clinic. There were always limited amounts of people allowed to attend these, often chosen lottery-style in the cities the clinics were performed on that tour. The big-crowd noise is simply part of the recording of the previous show, and the smaller polite applause at the end is from the drum clinic attendees.

Nothin amateur about Neil

Que mal amplificacion de la bateria

Other drummers use Peart instead of a metronome.

Neil had an ak-47 shooting from his foot

Man, the audio really sucks- why even post this?🤷‍♂️

@ruthylopez

13 күн бұрын

Agree that the audio is shitty quality, but a video of Neil, that is FULL time 100% focused on Neil, up close, is worth Gold to a rush freak like me. (even though the video is also crappy quality)

Who would have predicted in 2 short years, Neil would be introduced to the man who single-handedly destroyed his skills as a rock drummer and led him on a path of pain and misery. That man was Freddie Gruber. Rue the day he ever met him.

@ruthylopez

13 күн бұрын

It's considered HERESY to say it out loud, but like you, I actually liked Neil's style BEFORE whatever Gruber did with him. I am NOT a drummer, so I'm talking ONLY as a lifelong dedicated RUSH freak fanatic. I don't know the technical side. I just know that Neil sounded and looked "cooler" BEFORE Gruber.

@DrumminDoc

13 күн бұрын

@@ruthylopez yep, RIP Neil

elton john with a rug

It's not even Rush

@stevedriscoll2539

3 жыл бұрын

That's what I thought. That certainly doesn't look like Neil playing, never mind the disguise...the guy moves different

@Beefnhammer

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevedriscoll2539 Dude what? It is clearly Neil (maybe clearly isn't the best word considering the video quality) but it's obviously him. This is from a clinic he did while on the Counterparts tour, which predates when he jazzed up his playing style and loosened his posture. This was his playing style up to around 1996: stiffer movement with harder more precise hits. His kit was also configured differently back then.

@Beefnhammer

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it is, it's from a clinic he did in 1992. The whole clinic video is on youtube.

@stevedriscoll2539

3 жыл бұрын

@@Beefnhammer oh sorry, yeah I went back and saw parts of that whole clinic. It's just I never actually saw him in a situation like that. I saw him in San Diego live in the mid-eighties, and my buddy to, whom Peart was God, is and played drums since he was 5, and got me into playing because of Neil. I think I got thrown off by the black plastic thing on his head, and the sunglasses (never saw Neil in dark glasses before). And I guess I never saw his legs that clearly before...Sorry, Neil..Love you and Rest in Peace.

@Beefnhammer

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevedriscoll2539 Yeah he wasn't known to do clinics like this. Interacting directly with an audience is about as anti-Neil Peart as you can get lol. And I think this is right around the time he started wearing those weird caps while performing, not sure what they're called but I think they help keep sweat out of your eyes.