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VIDEO: B.C. drummer plays all 175 Rush songs in 24-minute video

Performance by Brandon Toews a tribute to late Rush drummer Neil Peart
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Chilliwack drummer Brandon Toews put together a 24-minute video where he plays every single Rush song released in chronological order. Here he is with his drum setup. (Laura Scotten/ Drumeo)

A video of a Chilliwack drummer playing all 175 songs by Canadian rock band Rush has gone viral.

Brandon Toews put together an epic 24-minute tribute performance honouring the bandB次元官网网址檚 late drummer Neil Peart and released it last week.

B次元官网网址淭oday marks two years since Neil PeartB次元官网网址檚 passing,B次元官网网址 Toews wrote on social media on Jan. 7. B次元官网网址淣eil was one of my biggest influences growing up B次元官网网址 I remember spending hours upon hours trying to learn Rush songs like B次元官网网址楾om SawyerB次元官网网址 and B次元官网网址楲a Villa Strangiato,B次元官网网址 and watching all of the Rush concert DVDs over and over to study NeilB次元官网网址檚 playing.B次元官网网址

In the 24-minute-33-second video, Toews pounds out a few seconds of every Rush song ever released in chronological order.

The YouTube video was published through Drumeo, a music school based in Abbotsford where Toews is a content project manager and a coach. As of Thursday, Jan. 13, the video had more than 198,000 views.

Toews plays B次元官网网址渢he best parts of every single Rush song,B次元官网网址 Drumeo stated.

Folks are calling his performance B次元官网网址渁mazing,B次元官网网址 B次元官网网址渟imply incredible,B次元官网网址 and B次元官网网址渋nsane.B次元官网网址

The story was picked up by Billboard, CBC, Metal Injection, ET Canada and more.

Toews said the response has been incredible.

B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 been so cool to see this video connecting with so many Rush fans around the world and I definitely didnB次元官网网址檛 expect it to get so much traction,B次元官网网址 he said. B次元官网网址淚t really goes to show how great of an impact Neil had on the drumming community worldwide. It was an absolute honour and privilege to put this project together as a tribute to Neil.B次元官网网址

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Chilliwack drummer Brandon Toews put together a 24-minute video where he plays every single Rush song released in chronological order. Here he is with his drum setup. (Laura Scotten/ Drumeo)
Chilliwack drummer Brandon Toews put together a 24-minute video where he plays every single Rush song released in chronological order. Here he is with his drum setup. (Laura Scotten/ Drumeo)


 

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Chilliwack drummer Brandon Toews put together a 24-minute video where he plays every single Rush song released in chronological order. Here he is with his drum setup. (Laura Scotten/ Drumeo)


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