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Why all the hate for Eddie? You do realize he's been in the biz for over 35 years....he was the first to play Metallica on the radio. The Metal Show? Geddy was a guest. He has a great show on Volume Sirius XM where he talks about Rock music for 2 hours...he's flying the Rock Flag high. Anyway, you don't have to agree with Ed's top 20, the idea is to spark conversation and maybe create your own list.

I was in 8th grade and playing bass in a high school talent show. We had two songs: Breaking the Law and an original tune. During the drum break down in breaking the law I managed to step on my cable and pull it out of the amp jack. Got it all fixed before the next song started but in the chaos, I must have hit the headstock on something and took my E string down a few steps. Started the next song out of tune. 2nd one was playing an acoustic thing with a friend at a bar and we started with Patience by GNR. I was supposed to do the whistling part but I was so nervous my mouth was dry and I couldn't whistle for shit.

I love them. I've honestly never heard anything past the Fish years and probably never will. Steve Rothery is just an amazing guitarist and plays with so much emotion. I would put him in my top 5 for sure.

One More! https://youtu.be/b57wAX3RGAk

And of course..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bMmnEcnSjQ

ANTHEM! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBP7DO-9nyg

Circumstances. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WszfIiyxSPc

Making Memories and Best I can. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUyzFFYAi9s

Losing it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyvm0JdU04Q

Been following these guys on FB for a while. Their commitment to Rush is very impressive. https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=yynot

In all the interviews I have read on the subject, he never mentions the model he uses. I am interested to know as well.

WOW. Never noticed that but totally got it. My son's asleep so I had to listen quietly but from your post, I knew what to listen for. Pretty cool to me. It's fun being a guitar geek!

I bet he can't play a single Rush song (he may only even have heard Tom Sawyer), but can play the last three Disturbed albums from beginning to end. Maybe in time he'll get turned on to Rush. Any serious drummer who's heard Rush would never say "alright". :P Agreed!

For me, it's always been about his bass sound (one of a kind) and the way he plays along with Neil's drum fills. If Neil plays a roll, Ged plays a melodic line to support the roll with the same rhythmic pattern. It makes the drum fill more pronounced and is cohesive to the song. There's also the fact that he's a busy bass player without being overly busy or showing off. Everything he plays supports the song but is also interesting to listen too. Think about most Rock bass players and how often you've been turned on by what the bass player is doing in the song...Geezer, Squire, Flea etc. but no one does it like Ged.

A young guy, 20 years old, just started at our office. Saw some drums in his car a struck up a conversation with him about drummers. When I asked about Neil his response was "he's alright".......So I would say no.