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Rush without Neil Peart

#28
Nino Valenti said:
IMO, Rush has so heavly influenced soooooo many musicians that if needed, I'm sure there are lots of top musicians that could fill their slots if needed. Mike Portnoy, Billy Sheehan, just a couple that I could think of. Claudio Sanchez on vocals. :)

I would never want to see that but I'm just saying.
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If Billy Sheehan replaced Geddy Lee... I don't want to even think of that nightmare! Totally different types of players!:bassist:
 
#29
Nino Valenti said:
IMO, Rush has so heavly influenced soooooo many musicians that if needed, I'm sure there are lots of top musicians that could fill their slots if needed. Mike Portnoy, Billy Sheehan, just a couple that I could think of. Claudio Sanchez on vocals. :)

I would never want to see that but I'm just saying.
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Hmmmm.
I'm firmly in the camp that the right 3 guys hooked up & made Rush happen.
No doubt, great players can be replaced with even "better" players...the chemistry would be different/lost. And what about the composing skills of the lost member?

Just sayin'...
;)
 
#37
Ripper said:
so i'm watching rush's r30 concert... and suddenly it occurs to me that the trick to their really full sound from 3 people comes from the fact that Neil is just randomly bashing insanely on the drums.

so i start wondering... what would rush sound like if you cut the percussion track from it?
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Oh boy, grasshopper you have much to learn. "randomly bashing insanely on the drums"... not quite.

Rush wouldn't be Rush if any member of that band wasn't in the band, though.
 
#38
Nino Valenti said:
I had/have a Rush Tribute CD w/Sheehan and other musicians on it and from what I remember, Sheehan kicked ass.

Not saying I'd want any member of Rush replaced but it can be done.
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Great album. Some tunes like "Analog kid" are equal or better than the original ones.

However, one thing is "copying" parts and another thing is "creating" parts. In that album you have players like Portnoy or Sheehan that incorporated things of Neil and Geddy and took to a higher technical level.

Although I enjoy hearing / watching those musicians they tend to overplay from time to time (sometimes quite frequently) and forget about fitting into a song context.

I admire the evolution of Rush members, since they put the technical aspects at the service of songs.

IMHO, they`re much better composers now than they were before and that`s fantastic.
 

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