Rush.

[Misdee]

27 minutes ago, prowla said:

 

Was it me saying "I really don't think the drummer's gender is at all relevant" that made you think what I meant was that I "don't feel the drummers gender is relevant"?

Regarding evidence/facts, what evidence/facts do you have that it was a factor, that they deliberately chose a woman so that any criticisms could be dismissed as mysogyny, and that they've prepared a narrative for that?

That contrivance is baloney and insinuating reverse-mysogyny.

As for forbidding anything - I'm not a mod.

 Again,  stillI don't really know what reverse  misogyny is or how I would be involved. 

 

I never said it was a fact that they had chosen a female drummer to divert comparisons with Peart, I  explicitly said I didn't know. I just said it was very significant that they had, and that would be the effect.

 

They have created a narrative of how and why they chose her. I was reading it this afternoon. And as with any narrative, what's left out can be as important as what's included.

[Dad3353]

[prowla]

41 minutes ago, Misdee said:

 Again,  stillI don't really know what reverse  misogyny is or how I would be involved. 

 

I never said it was a fact that they had chosen a female drummer to divert comparisons with Peart, I  explicitly said I didn't know. I just said it was very significant that they had, and that would be the effect.

 

They have created a narrative of how and why they chose her. I was reading it this afternoon. And as with any narrative, what's left out can be as important as what's included.

“They” 🙂

[Misdee]

5 minutes ago, prowla said:

“They” 🙂

Your right, it's a conspiracy.

[dmccombe7]

TBH i'd never heard of her but watching some youtube clips i can see why Geddy and Alex picked her. She has a wonderfully accurate style of playing. Not pure power but precise and just some really nice playing. 

I guess they had their choice of many many drummers out there but they need to feel comfortable with whoever fills that spot and i reckon she will do a brilliant job. I've always been a huge fan of Neil's playing since first hearing them in 76 with 2112 but Neil changed his technique and for me Anika sounds very like him.

This should be a great tour. I probably wont go as i just hate concerts these days with people yapping all around me to the point you can't hear the band. Bring back the days when people at concerts were there to see and hear the band and not the latest gossip from their pals.

Thats my hissy fit for tonight. 😂

Dave 

[Woodinblack]

I think it is a good choice, she was recommended to them by someone they trusted, she can clearly do the job and more importantly, although she is known, she isn't a 'name' like Portnoy or Grohl that everyone already has fixed ideas on.