In 1997, Rush were ready to break up, until Robert Plant helped change their mind

After the deaths of Neil Peart’s daughter and wife, the Rush drummer was overwhelmed by grief and did not want to make music again. Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson were reluctant to ask him to return, but Robert Plant encouraged Lee to reconnect with life and urged the band to reunite.

Plant’s advice drew on his own experience of losing his son. Lee passed the message to Lifeson, and the two went to see Plant and Jimmy Page perform. Rush eventually returned with *Vapor Trails*, an album that the article describes as part of Peart’s recovery and the band’s return to making music together.