NEIL PEART's RUSH Drum Kit Used From 1974 Until 1977 Sells For $500,000

Blabbermouth ^ | December 11, 2020 | N/A

[jerod]

Two of the best concerts I ever went to in the 70s. The first concert Pert had a drum set... The second concert a couple of years later, the entire stage was a drum set with umpteen bells, whistles and gongs.

I know the acid likely helped the second time around, but this dude could really drum.

[max americana]

I saw Primus live around 5 times. They ARE a mosh pit band. When “Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver” came out and they came to our city, it was the 2nd song and Les said “we wrote this song a few minutes ago, hope you like it”.

I never saw this in more than a 500 shows I went to: people were actually JUMPING from the seating area to go into the floor / mosh pit. First and only time in my life I witnessed it. Funny part was how to get back to their seats haha

I’ll check out Oysterhead. If that’s the same Stewart Copeland from the Police, Im in..

[Gasshog]

Went to concerts often in the 1970s, saw all the greats that toured through Texas including Uriah Heep which I would say was a progressive rock band, though nothing like Rush..

Tickets were cheap then too, a concert with two front bands and the headliner was less than buying a new LP and a lot of were in the $4-5 range

[IDFbunny]

Needs more cow bell.

[BBB333]

RE:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFpZFnJ6ZT8

Odd that there were washing machines on stage doing loads of laundry...

[DoodleBob]

I saw Anthrax at Yankee Stadium as part of the "Big 4" concert series a few years ago. Sadly the stadium wasn't packed when the hometown boys opened the show around 4pm. But it was a healthy crowd and the band was in great form.

During "Indians," they stopped the song midway through, and told the crowd basically that they are in Yankee Stadium, and when they slow the song down in the middle section and scream "war dance!" they expect a Bronx mosh pit of ginormous proportions.

So, they started the middle section again, and sure enoug, their fans delivered a mosh pit like I've never seen before and - if we become a nation of permanent mask-wearing pantywaists - probably will never see again. There are some videos on YouTube but they don't convey the full effect.

[max americana]

I also saw the Big 4 in CA! Slayer’s set was the weakest and a letdown. If this were a single show, I would have demanded my $$ back. Reminded me of the White Zombie and Pantera show. HINT: Rob Zombie does NOT sing like how you hear on CD. videos, he has a sucky voice and the crowd threw stuff at him after 3rd song. Pantera saved the show and the last time I saw DimeBag alive.

[MarkL]

I believe that kit was retired around, or just before, the Hemispheres tour. This was around 3 or more years before “Spirit of Radio.”

I have to say that the 2 albums, “A Farewell to Kings” and “Hemispheres” have always felt like 2 sides to one album, or at least pt1 and pt2. They’re still my favorite Rush Albums.

Mark

[deadrock]

How about chicken instead?

[MarkL]

I’ve seen several of their live shows, and boy, are they fantastic.

Over the years, I saw Rush somewhere between 15 and 20 times (I've lost count.) My very first rock concert was seeing Rush on their "A Farewell to Kings" tour, in January, 1978. My last Rush concert was their R40 tour, on July 9, 2015.

I just did the math... From my first Rush concert to my last was nearly 37.5 years! I can't believe that it's been more than 5 years since I last saw them play. Wow, I must be getting old!

Thankfully, they did a great job of recording their concerts, on DVD and BluRay, though as good as they are, being in the arena with the fans was so much more exiting.

Mark

[MarkL]

If that’s the same Stewart Copeland from the Police, Im in..

If you're a Stewart Copeland fan, also be sure to checkout "Animal Logic" (Animal Logic 2.) It featured Stanley Clarke (the bass legend) and Deborah Holland on vocals. I always thought the first album was better than the second, but both are fantastic.

Mark

[MarkL]

Odd that there were washing machines on stage doing loads of laundry...

Over the years, Geddy on bass went from large stacks of Ampeg amplifiers to just using a bass preamp, then sent his signal through the PA system. But this meant that looking at the stage from left to right, you had several huge stacks of Alex's amplifiers, to a huge drum kit at center stage, and then nothing on stage behind Geddy. So he started putting things there. His had washer/dryers, vending machines (where road crew would come on on stage to buy snacks during the concert) and one tour, they actually had rotisserie poultry cookers!

In the case of the dryers, the laundry was special concert tour tee shirts, and during solos, band members would throw them into the audience. Those were very unusual shirts, and became very rare and valuable concert swag.

Mark

[BBB333]

Thanks for the explanation.

Funny!