Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Rush: The Unauthorized Illustrated History book coming this May
Author and music journalist Martin Popoff is following up his 2004 Rush biography Contents Under Pressure with a new illustrative history of the band titled Rush: The Unauthorized Illustrated History which is slated for release this coming May. From the book's description:
... for the first time, Rush is treated to the epic visual celebration they so richly deserve in a beautifully designed and profusely illustrated history following the band's entire career. A chronological overview history written by noted music scribe and Rush authority Martin Popoff spans the band's entire career from 1968 to today. A complete Rush discography chronicles all their albums, from the debut album to 2112, Moving Pictures, and Signals to Grace Under Pressure, Vapor Trails, and more. The authoritative text is complemented by album reviews written by well-known music journalists from around the globe, commentary from fellow musicians, a discography, tour dates, and hundreds of photographs and pieces of memorabilia, including picture sleeves, gig posters, rare vinyl, handbills, ticket stubs, and much more.
You can pre-order the book via Amazon at this location. Thanks to John at Cygnus-X1.net for the heads up.
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Archives- Thurs. May 31 2012. Popoff's review of ClockWork Angels. For those of you who didn't read it go back and try to read that sucker in full without getting a headache.Re-reading the comments is kind of funny also.
I would be surprised if 10% of the pictures in this book are things that we've never seen before. Seems that every book that comes out is filled with the same pics we've seen a million times, so unless I hear/see otherwise, I'll take a pass.
@ # 20, Great Post Man!
This should be pretty cool. What I find interesting is that 'Contents Under Pressure' was authorized by Rush, whereas the upcoming book from Popoff is "unauthorized".I wonder why? Perhaps the guys felt that one was more than enough. Anyway, despite his rather unorthodox writing style and very dry sense of humor, I consider Popoff along with 'Classic Rock' writer Malcolm Dome to arguably be the two best hard rock journalists out there today. They're both clearly fans yet remain very objective, or subjective, however you refer to it, to the bands they review. I always enjoy reading their critiques on Rush, whether I agree with them or not. I liked the approach with 'Contents..'so hopefully Popoff will do justice with ...'An Illustrated History'. Thanks RIAB.
Rush is down to less than 55% (54.98%)
Not good, Mav. Not good!
Keep voting!
In regards to the representative photos, I think an ideal for me would be to have two photos: the double neck and a current image. For many people, the double-neck/kimono image is the symbolic image of Rush. At least probably for the casual fans from that era that didn't continue to follow them. If all you had was a current picture, they might not associate the image with the band they know. Heck, they might not even identify it as being Rush. (Though Geddy, of course, would give it away.)
And the opposite could be said for new fans. A casual fan who knows them only for their modern work might not identify them in the double-neck/kimono era.
So I think having a past and current photo would best serve the band and all aspects of their fan base (new, old, diehard, casual).
And similar to #20 Diego, I, too, am struck by the difference in production output (of any band) from back in the day compared to today. Back then bands were expected to put out an album a year. Nowadays it's probably more like every two years. But back then an album was only forty minutes of music since that's all an LP could hold, compared to 60-70 minutes for today's CDs.
It definitely is mind boggling how quickly they made those first 6 albums...
I think #8 and #14 make good points. Rush are still making good music and playing it on tour. They are not living in the past. They did make a lot of music in the early period though. If you break it down, 6 of their 19 albums were released in the first 4 years (Feb 74 - Oct 78). That is about a third (32%)of their original material. I think the time between the Caravan release and the CA tour was the same time between the Rush release and the ATWAS tour.
What the hey, here's another--the trailer for the new movie _Downloaded_ about Napster,mp3, etc. link
Guardedly optimistic about the latest Pop-off-tart...
#8,10, 14. Yeah, double-necks are the prog-rock journalist's analogue of the mainstream media motto "if it bleeds, it leads." Something like "shoot/print double-necks first, think later."
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