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Neil Peart

Canadian drummer and lyricist (1952–2020)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 22, 2026
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Neil Ellwood Peart was a Canadian musician, songwriter and author, who was the drummer, percussionist, and primary lyricist of the progressive rock band Rush. He was nicknamed "the Professor", after his resemblance to the Gilligan's Island character of the same name. His drumming was renowned for its technical proficiency and his live performances for their exacting nature and stamina. Peart earned numerous awards for his musical performances, including an induction into the Modern Drummer Readers Poll Hall of Fame in 1983 at age 30, making him the youngest person ever so honoured.

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The public source identifies “Neil Peart” as canadian drummer and lyricist (1952–2020). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Neil, Peart and Canadian.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1983—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Neil, Peart and Canadian providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Neil Peart” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.