[RUSH: STILL IN THE LIMELIGHT]

This came out a few days ago but I didn't link to it originally because the Neil Peart interview was taken directly from the one released at Rush.com back in November. They also made it seem like they had conducted the interview themselves, which annoyed me a little. I figured the Geddy Lee interview was also taken from somewhere else. But upon further review, it looks original and is actually a pretty good interview. The R30 review is positive but much like all the other reviews that have come out; complaining about and praising all the same things. The Geddy interview is definitely worth a read though. When asked about hearing Rush influences in today's music he had this to say:

I don't hear our sound, but I get nuggets of some of our attitude from time to time. I was listening to Mars Volta the other day, and somebody told me they're big fans. There's times where the music is just really wild and they do rhythmic things that remind me of the way we used to think and still do from time to time about throwing riffs together. There's an adventurous spirit there that I would like to think was helped to grow through some stuff that we did at one point in our career.

Both Neil and Alex, and now Geddy, have talked about listening to The Mars Volta with Neil even including Frances the Mute on his "Recommended Listening" page at NeilPeart.net. I love TMV, so this is really cool for me to hear.

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