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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 band含羞草研究社檚 late drummer Neil Peart and released it last week.

含羞草研究社淭oday marks two years since Neil Peart含羞草研究社檚 passing,含羞草研究社 Toews wrote on social media on Jan. 7. 含羞草研究社淣eil was one of my biggest influences growing up 含羞草研究社 I remember spending hours upon hours trying to learn Rush songs like 含羞草研究社楾om Sawyer含羞草研究社 and 含羞草研究社楲a Villa Strangiato,含羞草研究社 and watching all of the Rush concert DVDs over and over to study Neil含羞草研究社檚 playing.含羞草研究社

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 含羞草研究社渢he best parts of every single Rush song,含羞草研究社 Drumeo stated.

Folks are calling his performance 含羞草研究社渁mazing,含羞草研究社 含羞草研究社渟imply incredible,含羞草研究社 and 含羞草研究社渋nsane.含羞草研究社

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

Toews said the response has been incredible.

含羞草研究社淚t含羞草研究社檚 been so cool to see this video connecting with so many Rush fans around the world and I definitely didn含羞草研究社檛 expect it to get so much traction,含羞草研究社 he said. 含羞草研究社淚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.含羞草研究社

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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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