So does this mean (as every drummer I've ever met likes Rush) that all drummers are gadget freakes?

Wow. Almost every drummer I know hates* Rush because of the soul-less-ness of the drumming. They all admit that Neil Peart is a phenomenal technician, but his drumming is nothing more than that. All the drummers I know are in love with Stewart Copeland.

* Okay, not ``hates'', but there's a certain backlash against the exalted position Neil Peart has been given by who they consider to be the unknowledgeable.