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June 29, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Neil Peart Was The World’s Most Overrated Drummer

A few years back I reviewed a Kindle Single, a keen drummer’s list of his Top 30 Drummers. Keen drummers don’t always make the best writers and this book – well it’s a sliver of a book (as is the point of Kindle Singles – seems wrong in this instance to bestow a title like essay) – […]
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February 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 20 – Rush, “Roll The Bones”

Rush, Roll The Bones, 1991 You have to believe me that I was going to write about this album anyway. Then Neil Peart died (R.I.P.) and so I held off a few weeks because I didn’t want to look like I was timing a post for clicks. Also I fucking hate Rush – always have, […]
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May 16, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 61: Rush – “2112”

Whenever I start to think of the wrong-turns in my life, the bad decisions, the time wasted, I snap out of it with one satisfying thought: At least I’m not a Rush fan. You see, it can always be worse… And it was, maybe, a close call, by all rights I should be a Rush […]
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