Syrinx

I am a huge Neil Peart fan. He is an amazing and huge influence, but anyone who slags John Bonham's drumming, knows nothing about drumming!! A lot of noise!? John Bonham is one of the great rock drummers of all time. Powerful as anyone, but with great technique. Tasteful, swinging, awesome fills. His triplet fills with the bass drum on Good Times, Bad Times - wow! Try keeping up with him on Rock & Roll. If played correctly your left hand will be screaming, if you can play it at all. Again, to play like he did took superb technique. It's not all about how many notes you can cram into a song, or how many drums you have - its about playing for the song. No one did it better, in my opinion.

Usually they get on stage in the dark, and he can approach the set from behind. At Sarstock a couple of summers ago in Toronto, they played a huge stage in daylight, and he along with the other two, ran from side stage across to his set. You are right - now that you point it out, it occurs to me that that particular stage entry sticks in my mind because it was so unique from all of the other times I have seen Rush.

I picked those up over the years. They are all authentic Neil Peart bass drum heads. The vapour trails one was a spare (not stage used), but still the real thing. The difference on that one is the Remo logo was not blacked out yet - as on the ones Neil used on stage.

Here are a few for you to look at! Not for sale though!!

starman head

gup head

vapor trails head

Well I will be the first one to say Moving Pictures! I believe this was their biggest lp, but it should have been a lot bigger in my opinion. All us Rush fans love it, but it still doesn't get as much respect overall as many other lesser albums by other "bigger" bands. Greg

QUOTE (yyz @ Nov 21 2004, 02:25 PM)

QUOTE (Drumnut @ Nov 21 2004, 02:40 PM) You can find a good graphics shop to make one for you for around $50.00 plus the cost of the head. I'm a collector junkie but, $3300.01 is a lot of money for something like this. Exactly. You can also buy preprinted Beatles autographs, a fake Rolex, a Ludwig Bonham tribute set, a reprint Bobby Orr rookie card etc. etc., but they are not the real thing. Collectors want the real thing and are willing to pay for it. That is what drives Ebay, Sothebeys and all the other auction houses. Whether it was too much money is a personal opinion, but to say you can reproduce the head for $50 is irrelevant. Greg

I would have to go with 2112. Probably not their best, but the one that means the most to me. I was blown away by it when it came out - must have played that vinyl 100's of times. Greg