Towards the top of November, a drum package utilized by late Rush drummer Neil Peart within the studio and on tour from 1974 by means of 1977 was listed for public sale, with expectations of the package promoting for someplace between $80,000 and $120,000. That estimation has been shattered because the drummer’s {hardware} was bought for simply over half one million {dollars} — $500,312, to be actual.
The chrome Slingerland was first acquired by Peart someplace between late July and early August of 1974, earlier than his first present as a member of Rush on Aug. 14 of that yr. Peart was introduced in because the substitute for John Rutsey, who was the group’s unique drummer and starred on Rush’s eponymous debut, making it the one album to characteristic anybody outdoors of the enduring lineup of Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Peart.
Peart used the drum set on the studio albums Fly By Evening, Caress of Metal and 2112 in addition to the All The World’s a Stage reside document earlier than putting it in storage in 1977. A decade later, the Rush drummer donated the prized package for a Fashionable Drummer giveaway. Winner Mark Feldman later bought the package to the current proprietor, who put it up for public sale by means of the public sale website Bonhams.
On Jan. 10 earlier this yr, Peart, who additionally served as a chief lyricist in Rush, died at age 67 after quietly battling mind most cancers. In whole, he performed on 18 of Rush’s 19 studio albums, the final being 2012’s Clockwork Angels. Because the band launched into their ‘R40’ fortieth anniversary tour, it was rumored to be their final as Peart had expressed a need to retire, which he made good on in 2015, asserting, “There comes a time… to take your self out of the sport.”
