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Old 07-23-2009, 10:48 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by crash_override View Post
But Peart has one of the best grooves, he's not doing blast beats or anything. He's not playing away from the rest of the band. He's just the best at what he does, tastefully playing progressive rock. You don't a lot of people doing that in the prog genre, so it's something to be admired. Chaulking Neil Peart up as just another technical prog drummer is foolish.
Oh yeah, he's great and everything, but I can't appreciate him as much as Keith Moon because he has no real raw energy, and it pisses me off when people value how many different drums you can hit in five seconds over Keith Moon's unique and frantic style of drumming.
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