The cartoon depicts a figure dressed in attire resembling the symbolic “Uncle Sam,” commonly used to represent the United States. He stands over a large drum labeled “WAR DRUM,” raising and striking ...

Opening track and lead single “Matches” concerns the witch trials, the hideous spellcraft of the male inquisitor’s gaze – “fingers point when hands are tied/sink or swim, the loaded die...”, delivered ...

According to Neil Peart, drum machines are for songwriters, “invaluable”, a necessity you can’t begrudge, as “they help the drummer out a lot by giving an accurate picture of what the songwriter ...