They're from Toronto, where they are held in very high esteem. In 1979, the Canadian government named Rush "Official Ambassadors Of Music."
Peart's daughter Selena was killed in a car accident in 1997. Tragedy struck again when his wife, Jacqueline, died of cancer the following year. Peart remarried in 2000.
Peart wrote most of the lyrics. Their original drummer, John Rutsey, left the band due to creative differences and complications with his diabetes. He became a bodybuilder.
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