Rush’s Alex Lifeson says drummers pitched auditions “minutes” after Neil Peart’s death

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Rush‘s Alex Lifeson has revealed that numerous drummers pitched auditions just minutes after Neil Peart’s death – find out more below.The legendary drummer died in January 2020 after living with an aggressive form of brain cancer called glioblastoma for three-and-a-half years.

He was 67 years old. A tribute concert was held in Los Angeles, California the following September.Rush have not returned with new music or live performances since Peart’s passing, though guitarist Lifeson has now revealed that several drummers reached out to replace Peart.

Speaking to Q104.3, Lifeson was asked if he and bassist Geddy Lee have considered reforming the band with a new drummer.Lifeson responded: “Oh, well, yeah, of course, because we’re bombarded by it all the time.

After Neil passed, it didn’t take more than a few minutes before we started getting e-mails from all kinds of drummers who wanted to audition for the band, thinking that we were just gonna replace somebody that we played with for 40 years who wrote all the lyrics for our music.”He continued: “I don’t know what some of these people were thinking.