Neil Peart of Rush represents the “gear” end of the great spectrum of drummers. Love him or hate him, his drum kit is famous for having the most pieces of any major band. Peart’s drum kit is the arena rock drum kit par excellence.
 

 
Peart elicits strong feelings from music lovers. In Freaks and Geeks, Mr. Weir, played by Joe Flaherty, somewhat improbably blurts out to Rush fan Nick Andopolis (Jason Segel), “Neil Peart couldn’t drum his way out of a paper bag!”

The flip side of that finds Peart being voted “greatest drummer of all time” by the readers of Consequence of Sound earlier this year.
 

 
Either way, those with less skin in the game will appreciate CBC’s little presentation here of Peart explaining why he has so many goddamn drums. For what it’s worth, he seems like a super nice guy.
 

 
Thank you Roger Gibian!