Rush says group is ‘finished’ after Neil Peart’s death

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A year after virtuoso rock drummer Neil Peart died at the age of 67 from brain cancer, his bandmates Rush, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, gave their first interview about their mate’s loss. musical. Talk to Rolling stone For new coverage, the duo said they had known about Peart’s aggressive form of cancer for about three and a half years before his death, a diagnosis they had sworn to keep a secret. Lee and Lifeson also confirmed that Rush will never return, although it is possible that they will be inspired to work together on new music in the future. “It’s over, isn’t it? It’s over, ”Lee said of Rush. “I am always very proud of what we have done. I don’t know what I’ll do again in music. And i am sure [Lifeson] not, whether together, separately or otherwise. But Rush’s music is still a part of us. And I would never hesitate to play one of these songs in the right context. But at the same time, you have to respect what the three of us did with Neil.

Lifeson, like Lee, noted that he had not yet been inspired to pick up an instrument since Peart’s death became public last January. “I thought, you know, ‘One day when I’m just sitting around shitting my pants off, I still wanna play guitar. And it’s kind of gone now, ”he explained. Lee added, a little more optimistically, “For a very long time, I didn’t have the heart to play. I still feel that there is music in me and there is music [Lifeson], but nothing is in a hurry to do it all. If so, for our sake, hopefully it will be before the year 2112.