HomeGeddy Lee talks to the CBC about Toronto's Historic Massey Hall
Toronto's 124 year old Massey Hall is about to about to close for two years as it undergoes major renovations. Today the CBC published a collection of interviews with various artists including Geddy Lee and the Barenaked Ladies, with featured videos as well. Click here for more.
A Farewell to Kings 40th Anniversary Edition nominated for PROG's Reissue of the Year
Click here to vote now for RUSH's A Farewell to Kings 40th Anniversary Edition in PROG magazine's 2018 Progressive Music Awards! The event takes place at the Underglobe in London, on the site of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, on Thursday September 13. Click here for details. - Thanks to RushFanForever for the headsup!
Geddy Adds Pujols' Signature to his 3000-Club Baseball
Rush references on Billions' May 20th episode
Well this escalates quickly - during last night's episode of the Showtime series Billions (titled "Icebreaker", aired May 20), the following epic conversation takes place between Axe (Damian Lewis) and Taylor (Asia Kate Dillon):
- Thanks to Tod Odonnell and Ronney Monteith for the headsup!
- Businessmen "How soon do you want the money?"
- Axe "The Year 2112 we'll do the raise as a celebration of Rush's second best album, that's why we got you in here today."
- Taylor - "You mean Moving Pictures is #1. But I think it goes Hemispheres, then A Farewell to Kings, then 2112 then Pictures."
- Axe - "Well, you would...."
- Thanks to Tod Odonnell and Ronney Monteith for the headsup!
Alex Lifeson looks back on opening for The New York Dolls in 1973
Alex Lifeson appears in Bachman
As seen in the trailer, Alex Lifeson is interviewed in the new documentary Bachman set for screening May 2nd at the 2018 Hotdocs Film Festival in Toronto.
- Thanks to RushFanForever for the headsup!
"With 'American Woman' and 'You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet,' Canadian rock legend Randy Bachman achieved the rare status of reaching #1 in two separate bands. His story is one of chart-topping highs, crushing lows—and a single-minded passion for music."
- Thanks to RushFanForever for the headsup!
Costa Rica's President Elect is a (Huge) Rush Fan
As seen below, when Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau phoned Costa Rica's President Elect Carlos Alvarado to congratulate him on winning the recent election, after trading necessary pleasantries, Alvarado states "I'm a fan of...the best band in the world that I admire the most, comes from Canada, it's Rush." Check it out here, beginning shortly after the 3 minute mark. - Thank you for Raul Bonilla for the headsup.
Alex Lifeson's Top 5 Essential Albums - Guitar Tracks Insider
"Alex Lifeson is one mutt of a guitar player. He combines the blues intensity of John Mayall's early fire breathers Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor and Peter Green, with the architectural vision of progressive innovators, Steve Howe and Steve Hackett, and the fractured creative vision of modernists, like Jeff Beck and Trevor Rabin."The Top 5: "1. Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Hendrix Experience; 2. Blow by Blow - Jeff Beck; 3. Discipline - King Crimson; 4. Sounds Good To Me - Bill Bruford; 5. Voyage of the Acolyte - Steve Hackett.
Check out the feature here. - Thanks to RushIsABand for the headsup!
Edge Factor's "Masters of Resonance"
Geddy Lee inducts Barenaked Ladies into the Juno Awards Hall of Fame March 25th.
Billboard: "Geddy Lee is inducting you. How cool is that?"
Ed Robertson: "Oh man, for me that's like an actual dream come true. I reached out to Geddy and said, 'Hey, listen, this is an actual, literal teenage dream, but I am an adult now so I understand if you can't make this work.' And he's just been awesome. So he's going to do the induction, which is beyond a thrill to me. There's so much to look forward to -- we're gonna play, Geddy's doing the induction. It's a total dream weekend."
Alex Lifeson to appear in Randy Bachman Documentary "Bachman"
Ian Thornley of Big Wreck talks about covering "Closer To The Heart" on the A Farewell to Kings 40th Anniversary Edition
"I knew going in that I am probably going to piss off Rush fans because it’s not hard to do. Rush fans are some of the most rabid on the planet, as you know. And I get that because I am kind of the same way with certain bands too. The list pretty long of bands that I could pick that have iconic songs that I would probably get two bars into a cover and turn it off. At the same time, I wanted to keep it close enough to the original so that it’s recognizable. To me it sounds exactly like how I wanted it to and am happy because it sounds like Big Wreck covering a Rush song."For more, check out the full feature musiclifemagazine.net. - Thanks Darren for the headsup!
Anthrax's Scott Ian talks Rush in Prog issue #85
2112 Comic Series by Matan Kohn
Alex Lifeson performing at Phoenix Rising March 29
Fu Manchu: How SoCal Stoner Crew Enlisted Alex Lifeson for Epic Space Jam
"Our manager is friends with his manager, and they were talking. Without asking us, our manager was like, "Hey, would Alex want to play on their new record?" His manager asked him and got back to our manager, like, "Oh yeah, he totally will. Send him a song!" When he told us, we were all like, "Holy shit!" We immediately reverted back to the Rush fans we were in seventh grade! [Laughs] So we sent him the four-track, which was a little lower than normal demo quality and he was like, "This is great. What do you want me to do on it?" We were like, "Holy shit, he's asking us?!? Dude, do whatever you want, wherever you want! So we got in the studio and recorded the song, and then we sent it to him in Canada; he sent us back a bunch of stuff, and it all just sounded insane. He was like, "Use whatever you want," so we picked this one section of stuff that he did; it's in the first part where the band drops out — he's playing a really effected guitar riff along with the bass and drums, and then the bass and drums drop out. He's doing stuff with a bunch of different effects, all these sci-fi sounds and pick slides, and we were just flipping out listening to it. We still can't believe it! [Laughs]"Click here for the full story.
"Animate" covered by Allegaeon, featuring "Counterparts" inspired album art
"When we settled on Rush to cover during the 'Proponent' sessions, I simply couldn't pick which song to do. 'Subdivisions' or 'Animate.' Both were favorites for me personally, and both were sort of 'under the radar' eg. not 'Tom Sawyer' or 'Spirit Of Radio.' Where the original idea was to do a cover for a Japanese bonus track, we figured if we did both we could cover a special song for both the Japan AND Europe pressing. Then the powers that be decided to just include 'Subdivisions' on the album, and keep 'Animate' in reserve for something. Jan 6th, 2018 is the only occurrence of the golden ratio in date form that will occur during our life time. So 1.6.18 seemed like the perfect date to release it in Allegaeon fashion." Guitarist Greg Burgess, via Blabbermouth.net, January 5, 2018- Thanks to B-man for the headsup!
Rush Reference on "Kevin Can Wait"
Rush Reference on "Riverdale"
Riverdale is an American television series based on the characters of Archie Comics currently airing on Warner Bros CW network. During season 2, episode 10, aired January 17, 2018, titled "Chapter Twenty-Three: The Blackboard Jungle," when confronted with being transferred to a new High School, Jughead quotes "Subdivisions" and says: 'So our choices are conform or be cast out." - Thanks to Sebastian Seifert for the headsup and screencap!
Neil Peart reviews Bill Bruford's book "Uncharted"
“After forty years of creating professional music, pretty much all of it to his taste (passing rare), Bill Bruford has laid down the torches — and tried to capture their flame in words. Begin by running your eyes down the list of Bill’s collaborators. The expert performers and teachers will attract any reader with more than a passing affection for music. Simply put, it is a lights-out masterpiece of useful insight and passionate, reflective wisdom."- Thanks B-man for the headsup!
—Neil Peart, former drummer and lyricist, Rush
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