Neil Peart's home town of Hamilton, Ontario is hosting a petition to name a section of the new Red Hill Expressway in his honor. Since Rush is one of the best selling and most prolific bands to date, someone thought this petition was appropriate. And no, you don't have to live in Canada to sign the petition. The exact quote from the website:
"GIVEN THAT NEIL PEART WAS BORN IN HAMILTON, ONTARIO, IS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE BEST DRUMMERS IN THE WORLD, IS A BRILLIANT LYRICIST, PROLIFIC WRITER, PHILOSOPHER AND HUMANITARIAN AND A BELOVED MEMBER OF CANADAS MOST PROLIFIC ROCK EXPORT, RUSH; AND, GIVEN THE FACT HIS HOMETOWN HAS YET TO HONOUR NEIL IN ANY SIGNIFICANT WAY.WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP NEIL PEARTS LIVING LEGACY CLOSER TO THE HEART IN HAMLTON, PETITION THE CITY OF HAMILTON TO RENAME A SECTION OF THE NEW RED HILL EXPRESSWAY AFTER NEIL PEART OR, FAILING THAT, RENAMING A CITY STREET IN HIS HONOUR."
Aren't familiar with his work? Here's a video of his famous, "Der Trommler" solo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEVrN9SdRuk
Petition Link: http://www.petitiononline.com/CJXY/petition.html
"GIVEN THAT NEIL PEART WAS BORN IN HAMILTON, ONTARIO, IS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE BEST DRUMMERS IN THE WORLD, IS A BRILLIANT LYRICIST, PROLIFIC WRITER, PHILOSOPHER AND HUMANITARIAN AND A BELOVED MEMBER OF CANADAS MOST PROLIFIC ROCK EXPORT, RUSH; AND, GIVEN THE FACT HIS HOMETOWN HAS YET TO HONOUR NEIL IN ANY SIGNIFICANT WAY.WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP NEIL PEARTS LIVING LEGACY CLOSER TO THE HEART IN HAMLTON, PETITION THE CITY OF HAMILTON TO RENAME A SECTION OF THE NEW RED HILL EXPRESSWAY AFTER NEIL PEART OR, FAILING THAT, RENAMING A CITY STREET IN HIS HONOUR."
Aren't familiar with his work? Here's a video of his famous, "Der Trommler" solo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEVrN9SdRuk
Petition Link: http://www.petitiononline.com/CJXY/petition.html
