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Taken from wikipedia:
[quote]Rush is a Canadian rock band formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto. The band is composed of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. The band and its membership went through a number of re-configurations between 1968 and 1974, achieving their current form when Peart replaced original drummer John Rutsey in July 1974, two weeks before the group's first United States tour.
Since the release of the band's self-titled debut album in March 1974, Rush has become known for the musicianship of its members, complex compositions, and eclectic lyrical motifs drawing heavily on science fiction, fantasy, and philosophy, as well as addressing humanitarian, social, emotional, and environmental concerns.
Rush's music style has changed over the years, beginning with blues-inspired heavy metal on their first album, then encompassing hard rock, progressive rock, and a period with heavy use of synthesizers. They have been cited as an influence by various musical artists, including Metallica, Primus, and The Smashing Pumpkins as well as progressive metal bands such as Dream Theater, and Symphony X.
Rush has won a number of Juno Awards, and was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1994. Over their careers, the members of Rush have been acknowledged as some of the most proficient players on their respective instruments, with each band member winning numerous awards in magazine readers' polls. As a group, Rush possesses 24 gold records and 14 platinum (3 multi-platinum) records. Rush's sales statistics place them third behind The Beatles and The Rolling Stones for the most consecutive gold or platinum studio albums by a rock band. Rush also ranks 79th in U.S. album sales with 25 million units. Although total worldwide album sales are not calculated by any single entity, as of 2004 several industry sources estimated Rush's total worldwide album sales at over 40 million units.
The band just recently finished touring on the first leg of the Time Machine Tour, which ran through North and South America and finished October 17, 2010. The band is scheduled to expand the tour through Europe in the Spring of 2011 and is expected to continue writing and recording their next studio album, Clockwork Angels, for release some time in 2011.[/quote]
[B]Geddy Lee[/B]: Geddy Lee's high-register vocal style has always been a signature of the band — and sometimes a focal point for criticism, especially during the early years of Rush's career when Lee's vocals were high-pitched, with a strong likeness to other singers like Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin. Although his voice has softened over the years, it is often described as a "wail". His instrumental abilities, on the other hand, are rarely criticized. An award-winning musician, Lee's style, technique, and ability on the bass guitar have proven influential in the rock and heavy metal genres, inspiring such players as Steve Harris of Iron Maiden, John Myung of Dream Theater, Les Claypool of Primus, and Cliff Burton of Metallica among others. Lee is notable for his ability to operate various pieces of instrumentation simultaneously. This is most evident during live shows when Lee must play bass, supply lead vocals, manipulate keyboards, and trigger foot pedals during the course of a performance, as in the song "Tom Sawyer". Because of this, he is required to remain in one place during songs containing complex instrumentation. Lifeson and Peart are, to a lesser extent, responsible for similar actions during live shows.
[B]Neil Peart[/B]: Peart is commonly regarded by music fans, critics and fellow musicians as one of the greatest rock drummers of all time. He is also regarded as one of the finest practitioners of the in-concert drum solo. Initially inspired by Keith Moon, Peart absorbed the influence of other rock drummers from the 1960s and 1970s such as Ginger Baker, Carmine Appice, and John Bonham. Incorporation of unusual instruments (for rock drummers of the time) such as cowbells, glockenspiel, and tubular bells, along with several standard kit elements, helped create a highly varied setup. Continually modified to this day, Peart's drumkit offers an enormous array of percussion instruments for sonic diversity. For two decades Peart honed his technique; each new Rush album introduced an expanded percussive vocabulary. In the 1990s, he reinvented his style with the help of drum coach Freddie Gruber.
Peart is commonly regarded by music fans, critics and fellow musicians as one of the greatest rock drummers of all time.[95] He is also regarded as one of the finest practitioners of the in-concert drum solo.[96] Initially inspired by Keith Moon, Peart absorbed the influence of other rock drummers from the 1960s and 1970s such as Ginger Baker, Carmine Appice, and John Bonham.[97] Incorporation of unusual instruments (for rock drummers of the time) such as cowbells, glockenspiel, and tubular bells, along with several standard kit elements, helped create a highly varied setup. Continually modified to this day, Peart's drumkit offers an enormous array of percussion instruments for sonic diversity. For two decades Peart honed his technique; each new Rush album introduced an expanded percussive vocabulary. In the 1990s, he reinvented his style with the help of drum coach Freddie Gruber.
[B]Alex Lifeson[/B]: Instrumentally, Lifeson is regarded as a guitarist whose strengths and notability rely primarily on signature riffing, electronic effects and processing, unorthodox chord structures, and a copious arsenal of equipment used over the years. Despite his esteem, however, Lifeson is often regarded as being overshadowed by his bandmates because of Lee's on-stage multi-instrumental dexterity and Peart's status as a drummer.
During his adolescent years, he was influenced primarily by Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page. For versatility, Lifeson was known to incorporate touches of Spanish and classical music into Rush's guitar-driven sound during the 1970s. Taking a backseat to Lee's keyboards in the 1980s, Lifeson's guitar returned to the forefront in the 1990s, and especially on 2002's Vapor Trails. During live performances, he is still responsible for cuing various guitar effects, the use of bass-pedal synthesizers and backing vocals.
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In my opinion, Rush is probably the most talented rock band of all time, and one of the best live performers of all time (played more than 500 shows). From Neil's thoughtfully crafted lyrics and drum beats, to Geddy Lee's legendary bass and multitasking skills, and Alex's epic digitized riffing. This is the band to beat.
However, they lost my interest after Moving Pictures when they moved on into the synthesizer era, I don't know why they didn't keep to their Hard Rock roots.
One thing I noticed about Rush is their epics. Their 10-20 minute masterpieces of rock. 2112 being their most popular.
Here are all their epics:
[B]Fountain of Lamneth[/B] My favorite song of all time, you have to check this out if you are a fan of rock. The different parts of the song are based on the emotions of a man going through his life and it's certain stages of age, on his quest for the fountain of lamneth.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4UNIB0Ax8U[/media]
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[B]2112[/B] the sci-fi epic, this song basically makes up more than half of the album >_>
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYSW73GWRUw[/media]
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[B]Xanadu[/B] Very awesome, song about how being immortal eventually sucks.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAKglc2loK4[/media]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFZ5mCUxhMo&feature=related[/media]
[B]Cygnus X-1: Book 1 The Voyage[/B] extremely badass and very very heavy for it's time.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkIIlkyZ328[/media]
[B]Cygnus X-1: Book 2 Hemispheres[/B] very epic, a song about balance between love and civility. Also about gods.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNoR6VSP4wY&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL[/media]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmtcQIuwBNs&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL[/media]
[B]Natural Science[/B] A song about how insignificant we are compared to the universe. "living in the pool we soon forget about the sea."
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7W0Nm8iHwk[/media]
[B]The Camera Eye[/B] sorry couldn't find studio version, but I guess this live version is better.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yeq0-0APmk[/media]
The last show I saw there was a fucking BIG lighting storm behind them, they probably created it because they are gods.
Also sorry if this is a bland OP, I really suck at making big threads. If someone else wants to update it and make it good I would gladly edit it in.
Rush is the fucking best. Jamming to Late 80s rush while playing LoL is awesome.
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[b]Leave That Thing Alone[/b] (dat bass) watch in HD!
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaP4ksaVOzg[/media]
I got Exit Stage Left and Grace Under Pressure Tour on VHS :smile:
We Already have a Rush thread
We have many.
Says a lot about how kickass the band is, though.
A few years ago we had to read a book in school from a random selection of books the teacher had, and I decided to read this unknown book called "I Then Understood The Songs" (crudely translated from Nynorsk) where Caress of Steel, especially The Fountain Lamneth, was a central part of the story. After reading the book I decided to give Caress of Steel a listen, and was blown away. After that Rush has been my all time favourite band :D
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[url]http://www.barnebokkritikk.no/modules.php?id=191&name=Reviews&rop=showcontent[/url]
That's the book, but it's in Norwegian.
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