3. Neil Peart
Stand Out Track: Tom Sawyer, the opening track from 1981s Moving Pictures album. Insanely skilled and technically astonishing, Neil Peart is the driving force behind Rush; the worlds biggest cult band. His meticulously composed, fiendishly complex arrangements and use of odd-time signatures has enabled him to carve out a reputation as one of the most unique and talented drummers of his generation. Peart is equally impressive when providing a punishing attack on Rushs earlier, classic rock sounding, albums as he is when the band were pushing boundaries on their later, more progressive, works. Still going strong to this day, Rushs latest album Clockwork Angels has been declared a real return to form for the band; it appears Peart has much yet to show us.