Neil Peart was as soon as requested by Godsmack singer Sully Erna if he would play on one of many band’s songs. He politely declined, however he had a good rationalization for it.
Speaking with Revolver, Erna recalled asking the Rush drummer, whose 2002 ebook Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road had instantly impressed Erma to put in writing a music known as “Serenity.” As luck would have it, Rush was enjoying in Miami across the identical time Godsmack was recording their third album, Faceless, at Criteria Studios. “Neil’s assistant reached out to my assistant at the time,” Erna recalled. “He’s like, ‘Hey, we’re in town. We know you guys are fans of the band, and Sully always talks about Neil and he’d love to have you guys at the show.”
When they met, Erna confirmed Peart the lyrics to “Serenity” and requested if he is likely to be serious about enjoying drums on the monitor. But Peart gently turned it down. “He said, ‘You’ll see one day when you’re well into your 50s that when you’re on break, you’re on break. And once this is done, I’m going to be taking some time off,'” Erna stated. “And now I get it because I’m in my 50s.”
The two musicians went on to keep up a friendship that lasted till Peart died in 2020.
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“When I got the call, it was like a big part of my life ended there, too, because, you know, he was a tremendous influence,” Erna stated on the time. “I can’t even articulate how much this guy meant to me, and how big of an inspiration he was and an influence on me being a musician. He was one of the everything people in my life.”
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