BenjaminW

I used to always envision it happening in my head every once in a while, and I'd always picture myself having like some mental breakdown when I found out because he's my favorite drummer of all time and it's hard to imagine life without someone like him. But the funny thing is that when the day actually did happen, my mom had told me about it and I was obviously shocked, but also didn't really have any emotion. It doesn't even feel like he's actually gone or anything.

Neil Peart was the biggest influence on me as a drummer, and I can't believe that he's left this world. I knew that this day would come some day, but I never realized that it would be today. This one's gonna hurt. Rest in Peace Neil Peart.

Moving Pictures 2112 Permanent Waves A Farewell to Kings Hemispheres Signals Fly By Night Power Windows Roll the Bones Presto Rush Grace Under Pressure Counterparts Hold Your Fire Snakes and Arrows Clockwork Angels Vapor Trails Caress of Steel Test for Echo

*insert quote of any GVF trying to get you to like their music.*

Real Love is my favorite by far. Gives me a good wholesome vibe.

1. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath 2. Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare 3. Tom Waits - What's He Building? 4. Cheap Trick - Woke Up With a Monster 5. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Night Shift 6. Arthur Brown - Fire 7. The Cramps - I Was A Teenage Werewolf 8. Duran Duran - Night Boat 9. Rush - Witch Hunt (nothing scarier than a f***ing mob) 10. Oingo Boingo - When The Lights Go Out 11. Cooper - Years Ago / Steven / The Awakening 12. Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead 13. King Diamond - Halloween 14. The Cure - Lullaby 15. AC/DC- Hells Bells 16. John Carpenter- Halloween theme 1978 17. Type O Negative - Black No. 1 18. Nirvana - Something in the Way 19. Lacuna Coil- Delirium 20. Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon 21. R.E.M.-Wolves,Lower 22. Pink Floyd - Sheep 23. Celtic Frost - Procreation Of The Wicked 24. KISS - Almost Human 25. Pink Floyd - Don't Leave Me Now 26. Slayer - Dead Skin Mask 27. Metallica - Enter Sandman 28. Slayer - Black magic 29. Black Sabbath - N.I.B. 30. Iron Maiden - Number Of The Beast 31. Alice Cooper - Pick Up The Bones 32. 69 Eyes - Borderline 33. Everyday is Halloween - Ministry 34. Misfits - Halloween 35. Eagles - Witchy Woman 36. White Zombie - Electric Head Part 1 37. Monster Mash - Bobby Picket :P 38. Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper 39. Spooky - Classics IV 40. Ozzy Osbourne - Little Dolls 41. Alice Cooper - Hes Back (The Man Behind The Mask) 42. Rush - The Weapon 43. Dead Kennedys - Halloween 44. Helloween - Helloween 45. Alice Cooper - Please Mr Grave Digger 46. Alice Cooper - Years Ago 47. Experiment In Terror - Henry Mancini 48. Mind Playing Tricks On Me - Geto Boys 49. Little Demon - Screaming Jay Hawkins 50. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells 51. Dragula - Rob Zombie 52. Warren Zevon - Warewolves Of London 53. Frank Zappa - I Am The Slime 54. Alice Cooper - Black Juju 55. Nightmare On My Street - DJ Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince 56. Warren Zevon - Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner 57. Ramones - Makin' Monsters for My Friends 58. Ramones - Pet Sematery 59. Frank Zappa - Goblin Girl 60. Frank Zappa - Zombie Woof 61. Frank Zappa - Drowning Witch 62. Roky Erikson - Don't Shake Me Lucifer 63. Dokken - Dream Warriors 64. Ghost- Monstrance Clock 65. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Halloween soundtrack 66. Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy 67. Pink Floyd - Lucifer Sam 68. INXS - Devil Inside 69. R.E.M.-Stumble 70. Marvelous 3 - Vampires In Love 71. Michael Jackson - Thriller

But does it include a lack of guitar solos and a shitty snare sound?

I would've gone, but I have no interest in wine so I'd probably feel outta place.

Nah.

Has some picture of a road. Looks nicer than the one on my street.

I don't really get it either but I don't think Neil would be quite so much offended as he would be confused that someone called him a duffel bag? Duffel bag?!...I thought it meant dime bag! But then I thought 'surely he has enough money to buy more than that by now'. There can only be one good dime bag.

If Neil rides a motorcycle between shows, then does his bike turn into like a motorboat if Rush is playing in a different continent?

Last movie I remember seeing is Skyscraper. God damn it's a cheesy movie.

Has a lot of pictures of space in his signature.

That's a pretty shitty statement in all honesty.

Damn. I love those song vs song threads.

One of my favourite metal bands, for me their first three albums are classics. All the songs I have so far are Blood and Thunder as well as all the songs they played at my show. Sultan's Curse is probably my favorite one by them.

I think I could go through Mastodon. I saw them on Friday and are now a new favorite. I just need to check more of their stuff out to really get into em.

Just came back from Primus/Mastodon show at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley. Primus set got cut short by some noise curfew around 11:00 but kickass show nonetheless. Jello from Dead Kennedys made a special appearance with Primus and sung Holiday in Cambodia.

My RRHOF 'cold day in hell' statement is still valid. What happened there?

Finding My Way | Anthem | Subdivisions -> 2-way tie Need Some Love | Best I Can | The Analog Kid Take a Friend | Beneath, Between & Behind | Chemistry Here Again | By-Tor and the Snow Dog | Digital Man What You're Doing | Fly By Night | The Weapon In the Mood | Making Memories | New World Man Before And After | Rivendell | Losing It Working Man | In The End | Countdown -> 2-way tie

Show Don't Tell | Animate -> Tie Chain Lightning | Stick It Out The Pass | Cut to the Chase War Paint | Nobody's Hero Scars | Between Sun & Moon Presto | Alien Shore Superconductor | The Speed of Love Anagram (For Mongo) | Double Agent Red Tide | Leave That Thing Alone -> Tie Hand Over Fist | Cold Fire Available Light | Everyday Glory

That’s what I’d pick I think that's what everyone else is doing as well.

Here's another song by song battle for you guys. This time, we have 2112 up against A Farewell to Kings. My picks: 2112 | A Farewell to Kings A Passage to Bangkok | Xanadu The Twilight Zone | Closer to the Heart Lessons | Cinderella Man Tears | Madrigal Something For Nothing | Cygnus X-1

O Baterista.