I don't like lyrics that are just thrown together, that were obviously written as you went along, or the song was already written and the guy made up the lyrics in five minutes.

After a discouraging stint in England to concentrate on his music Peart returned home where he joined a local Toronto band Rush in the summer of 1974. At this show he performed his first solo.

Gruber was also responsible for introducing him to the products of Drum Workshop the company whose products Peart currently endorses. After a discouraging stint in England to concentrate on his music Peart returned home where he joined a local Toronto band Rush in the summer of 1974. In 1994 Peart became a friend and pupil of jazz instructor Freddie Gruber.