RUSH IS A BAND

#2 - Posted 8/1/08 @8:17AM by dssnhopper [contact]

Dangit . . . 2nd, just a minute late. Hey Kelly

#4 - Posted 8/1/08 @8:21AM by Zitro

3rd is the charm! Morning all

#6 - Posted 8/1/08 @8:37AM by LanceTheShred [contact]

Good Morning folks!

Interesting statement:
Whether we do an album or whether we just write songs over a period of time and release them as we go along. That's kind of attractive to me.

I honestly don't know what to think about that! So the option is to just dump one giant rat pellet on us or place a bunch of small ones in the automatic dispenser and let them trickle out as they come.

I think I would rather be a fat rat bastard then a skinny one!

#8 - Posted 8/1/08 @8:45AM by Kelly D [contact]

I'd much rather have a new album than a series of songs over time.

#10 - Posted 8/1/08 @9:12AM by unktehila [contact]

i can't believe they'd release a bunch of songs individually...
a great, artistic album (Rush, Floyd, PT, Tool, etc.) is special as one entity - the whole greater than the sum of it's parts. there's something so powerful about that, above and beyond 99% of typical music fodder. and Rush always fit into that category.

but, shit, i'd be incredibly grateful for any future new material from the boys.

#12 - Posted 8/1/08 @9:18AM by freewilly [contact]

I'd also rather have a new album than separate songs, any additional songs to an album through download would be great of course, I hope it comes down to something like that.

#14 - Posted 8/1/08 @9:24AM by freewilly [contact]

PS I love the statement on the cover (which you can't read here I think):

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RUSH
Surviving tragedy.
Defying fashion.
Rock's uncoolest band take on the world. Again.
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Well to me Rush is THE 'coolest' band ever (depends on definition of cool) but I understand what they mean, Rush is not about fashion and 'being cool' like a lot of sh*tty rock bands.

#16 - Posted 8/1/08 @9:30AM by Zitro

And while we wait, I'll just have fun playing "catch-up"... there are so many knowledgeable folks here, that I've been "studying" lyrics & such so I don't feel so ignorantly lost!

#18 - Posted 8/1/08 @9:50AM by ENTREWHO [contact]

GREAT ARTICLE--THANKS FOR POSTING

#20 - Posted 8/1/08 @10:01AM by Slash [contact]

"This tells me that they have fulfilled their obligations regarding their contract with Atlantic records"

NOT true. A very reliable source deep inside the Rush organization told me in July that they have one more album in their contract w/Atlantic. He expects them tour in support of it around 2010 or 2011.

#22 - Posted 8/1/08 @10:33AM by kiaroskuro [contact]

It's awesome that Rush is getting this attention, but dude, do these magazines have to continue labeling our boys as a dorky sci-fi/fantasy band? I mean, really. It's like these mags aren't even listening to the past 20 years of Rush's music.


...regardless, I'm totally going out and buying this month's issue of Classic Rock. Rush on!


KAROTRIM: A hare cut.

#24 - Posted 8/1/08 @10:46AM by Praetorian [contact]

ED deserves his own Bash. EDCON09. Wasn't that a topic a few hundred threads back? He's up for it, when I told him about it. Near OHIO would be the best place. I'm on the West Coast,
I'd take the ride. So would glortiz,ms, limlight,Pardus, and probably others.

#26 - Posted 8/1/08 @10:54AM by Ricbass4003 [contact]

Great article. Is that our own jillybean in the fourground with Alex. I sort of didn't like how the article stated that fans that have been around forever fireup for the old stuff and stuff our faces for the new stuff. that isn't true.

I think I could see RUSH doing and album but pre-releasing a single on Itunes before hand. Kind of like the build up with far cry. like a teaser.

This article answered one of my questions. How does geddy pick out his stage clothes, after all we know he has stage shoes from the rio doc.. but he performs in what he wore that day. Now that is just a regular guy. I like it! Something else to love about Ged!

#28 - Posted 8/1/08 @11:49AM by AFarCryfromFBN [contact]

HI SF....Long time no see! How ya been?

#30 - Posted 8/1/08 @12:00PM by Liverpool.78

Geddy also talked about putting out a dvd for every tour that they do form now on.

This also seems to imply long term forward thinking.

Liver.

#32 - Posted 8/1/08 @12:24PM by Praetorian [contact]

#29 HEY! UH, thanks (covers Attorney fees as well!

The already have L.A. Dodger caps for sale (with attached Dreadlocks) at the local am/pm.

I jinxed myself when I thought he was going to the Marlin's
Manny this......Many that.......Every channel!

He ought to Bench him just for Don Zimmer getting tossed by Pedro during his storming of the. Although Clemens it

#34 - Posted 8/1/08 @12:26PM by Praetorian [contact]

storming of the mound.

Clemens deserved it.


I can't even thinkin the morning, before I hear RUSH> It's time.

#36 - Posted 8/1/08 @12:43PM by crusher87 [contact]

I'm thrilled they are planning to keep writing new music! Awesome! Hurry up and get the Snakes and Arrows DVD out so you can hit the studio!!!

#38 - Posted 8/1/08 @12:56PM by grand design [contact]

GREAT! Anyone know where we can access this article online? Is this magazine available in the U.S.?

GD

#40 - Posted 8/1/08 @1:12PM by AFarCryfromFBN [contact]

exit... didn't I read somewhere on here that Red Rocks iw closing after this summer series?

Of course, I could be confused.

#42 - Posted 8/1/08 @1:52PM by bravado34 [contact]

Great for the guys and really, just what a banner year for some of this well deserved press...

Rock on, rock on my friends!

#44 - Posted 8/1/08 @2:36PM by TMMB [contact]

Great article. Thanks to Ed and "freewilly Niels" for posting it. As the tour is over and I'm going through the withdrawls it's nice to read something like this. We still have the live DVD coming out in the fall and hopefully the documentary later next year. Maybe by then Rush will be back in the studio and we'll be blessed to see them once again. I don't know what I'm gonna do when they call it quits but from the tone in this article I think that day may be later down the road than people think. They are just too damn creative to give it up. It's what drives them and they still have a lot of music to give back to us.

#46 - Posted 8/1/08 @3:14PM by Zitro

Wooo Hooo RIAB ..... Glortiz & I were informed today that we will be welcoming into the fold yet another Rushian in the form of a Grand Niece or Nephew to be born late Feb - early March 2009!!!!!

JAKOSTEV? Dunno, COULD be Jackie or Stephanie!!

#48 - Posted 8/1/08 @3:18PM by Wall05

I really hope they do a new album and not just release songs here and there. That wouldn't be as exciting at all.

#50 - Posted 8/1/08 @3:39PM by meuste [contact]

I think the anticipation of a new complete package is what the fans want. I should know I'm one of them.

#52 - Posted 8/1/08 @3:50PM by oddtimesarcasm [contact]

Lance,

Looks like we got at least one more pellet to puff with this nice little magazine article. It's not all that little really. I said it after the Colbert Report, and I'll say it again after reading this well-crafted piece - Neil has come home from his exile and it reminds a person how time does somehow manage to heal even the deepest cuts life can draw out.

Rush is a tradition. In a world where chaos always seems to have a two-step, false-start lead over control, perhaps nothing is more comforting than tradition.

Bear with me for a few moments while I tell you a story about tradition. On a crisp fall afternoon a few years ago I attending a college football game with my father. Not any college game mind you, because we are from Nebraska you see. Other states have breath-taking shore lines and sky-scrapping mountains. In Nebraska, we have the Huskers. On each and every Saturday for the best 50-odd years, Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska becomes the third-largest city in the state as 76,000 fans pack the bleachers. Many of the tickets are passed on for generation to generation, so its not uncommon to sit with the same group of folks for decades.

We love the game - just as we love the music of Rush - no doubt about it. But thats not what its about. It's about the precious moments leading up to kick off as the National anthem plays and the fall sun makes the whole world looks as if it had been momentarily painted with vanilla. In those short-lived seconds, a pleasant yet painful lump grows in your throat as your realize that despite everything chaos has throw at us, here we are all once again to celebrate something we love.

As the National Anthem draws to a close, a sudden explosion of sound pulls my eyes skyward as jet-black Stealth bomber buzzes the crowd with an unexpected surprise. As I pull my baseball cap back over my head I give a quick look to my left to share the excitement of the moment with my dad. His eyes are following the jets vapor trail traces into the horizon and I seen him swallow the lump from his throat. His eyes, now 20 years older than the first time we spent a Saturday afteroon such as this, shine with the suggestion of tears. So are mine.

Despite everything. Against the odds, against the grains of time - All of us are here once again to celebrate this thing we love. Sorry chaos. Looks like tradition wins again.

Thanks Rush. I appreciate it.

#54 - Posted 8/1/08 @4:23PM by AFarCryfromFBN [contact]

oddtimesarcasm, I don't think anyone could have conveyed more eloquently or with more genuine passion the story of your ball games. Had you been here when I read it, I would have had to turn my head to away to hid the moisture in my own eyes.

Very nicely written.

#56 - Posted 8/1/08 @4:43PM by LanceTheShred [contact]

oddtimes-I am doing the wave for you in my office right now...a step above a standing ovation. Reading that post was the first subtle moment I have had in my incredibly hectic day. What can one say except..thanks for that man

dinoman-a powerful addition to the icing:
"It is a way of coming back to something reliable, something that you don't have to fight against."
Money.

I just had the most bizarre, fuzzy little pride moment.
Thanks for bringing us all together Ed...Rush fans rock

#58 - Posted 8/1/08 @5:03PM by main monkey business [contact]

dinoman...I'm with you!(#53).....Even at my 40th Rush concert in Indy on July 24th....when Alex came out from behind the amps with the opening notes of "Limelight"...I still got a lump in my throat. And I just saw them a month before that in Cincy, and before that last year in Indy. I get a lump in my throat and a tear in my eye EVERY TIME they come onstage. I did at the first show, and I did at the 40th as well. It's like you said....it's like coming back to something reliable. People you can trust, people who have given you comfort and joy over the years that no one else but another rabid Rush fan could understand.

#60 - Posted 8/1/08 @5:22PM by Praetorian [contact]

unreleased song with Jack Secret on vocals.
Awesome Archival footage.

link

#62 - Posted 8/1/08 @5:31PM by dinoman [contact]

#59.
Uh...What the hell is that? It looks like it's just clips of a video game with Hemispheres playing as a "soundtrack".

#64 - Posted 8/1/08 @5:45PM by Praetorian [contact]

dm- that's pretty much what I said above the links. Wish I could give you your five minutes of computer time back. You are nice one moment and quite opposite the next.
if the links bother you, don't click on them.....they obviously weren't meant for you then. Animation is a very creative art. Probably took a team of two or three months to
do what you just scoffed at.

#66 - Posted 8/1/08 @6:16PM by oddtimesarcasm [contact]

To Lance, FarCryFrom, Dino and anyone I'm forgetting -

What internet blogging lacks in income, it more than makes up for in insta-satisfaction when I get feedback (I am the seeker anyone?) such as this for my touchy-feely tales of Rush love. When we were good, we actually did the wave all the time in Lincoln. God we are dorks. Imagine 80,000 blonde-haired, blue-eyed wasps waving around like a bunch of little french fries. It is a truly horrific and yet beautiful sight.

God I love RUSH! I love this website!!!! Life is good. You Canadians are about the best neighbors a bullying Super Power could ever ask for. Don't you hosers worry about wars and such, we are more than happy to invade and conquer in the name of the Western Hemisphere!!!!!!! (Circumstances anyone?)

#68 - Posted 8/1/08 @6:22PM by oddtimesarcasm [contact]

By the way I'm watching the Hemispheres-God of War thing-a-ma-bob and I would lying if I said I'm not enjoying it. You can have my five minutes of computer time and a hell of a lot more with media such as this. Wish I had a beer actually Cygnus is making me thirsty

#70 - Posted 8/1/08 @6:26PM by Kelly D [contact]

Oddtime, you're great. I'm agreeing with everything you're saying!

THUGADRI = the act of hanging out in dark alleys and wearing obscene amounts of bling

#72 - Posted 8/1/08 @7:12PM by PetieLee [contact]

What an excellent article...yes, this little rat pellet is fine. The boys deserve their break. We miss them but they sound like they're not gonna waste any time coming up with new and exciting stuff. I don't care how I get my RUSH but so long as I get it! I don't care if it's in an album or piecemeal. I'm fine with anything they offer!!! Just love it! Woo Hoo!

Love da Geddy!!!!

#74 - Posted 8/1/08 @9:53PM by Ricbass4003 [contact]

This article was much better than the Rolling Stone piece.

The current issue of RS has the Jonas Brothers on the cover. XD and an article of Guitar Hero Vs. Rock Band. How low is low for them. Not a real Rock Mag as it once was in its heyday.

Starting a vigil for the tour DVD...Encore!

#76 - Posted 8/1/08 @10:23PM by windycitygirl [contact]

#60 "bumma-ah" thats my favorite part!! :)
make me laugh everytime, although its really a non-laughing situation.

#78 - Posted 8/1/08 @11:53PM by ColdFire466 [contact]

This article was a nice breath of fresh air after the Rolling Stone article whick was OK at best when compared to the TRUTHs in this article! Take note ROLLING STONE!!@#$#@! RS finally does a story on Rush a few weeks ago and DOES NOT even put them on the cover. Then a week or so later they do a second report on their website trying to save face explaining how they have covered Rush positively over the years... What a farce! Trust me... in the end only RUSH and us fans will win by having class and tact. This new Rock Bank/Guitar Hero generation into RUSH is just as smart as the generation that grew up on them. You simply can not survive in this new economy allienating the whole world RS! You must grab the WHOLE market if you are to survive and profit. The Jonas brothers on the cover of RS but never RUSH... lol ha ha ha... to friggen funny.

I was semi going through PTRWD (Post Traumatic Rush Withdrawl Disorder) the past week but the stars have finally all come into alignement once again with the hope and exitement about what the future holds for us Rushians... my goal is to flourish in my life and career over the next 1-2 years having the amazing past 2 summers of Rush and it's memories in a row to fuel it (including al the memories from reading this blog daily) ....lite up with anticipation we arrive (at this magical turning point night)... alive for my future and OUR future and Rush's Future. Yes... it's a good time to be alive... Yes, it sure is!

#80 - Posted 8/2/08 @1:23AM by Dino [contact]

Releasing the songs "as we go along" also tells me they will be released solely (I believe) in digital format, for on-line purchase. This is obviously the most cost effective method of releasing material.

After that, a tour. Bands with extensive libraries could use this method to offset the losses suffered by illegal downloads.

IF this falls true to my interpretation, it's sad. Because I for one relish release day, and a multitudes (album) of songs at once. I miss the total experience of 'large' artwork on vinyl. I don't want to be tossed a bone occasionally. I would much rather hear the band deliver a full release of sessions obtained through a few weeks of writing.

I can NOT think of any other band that has been able to show 'where they are now' musically, like these guys. Observed, in each albums release.

Now, getting back to where I started. I know this method will be most cost effective, but damn...... I will miss those full releases. Thank GOD they may be done with Atlantic.


Would it not be sweet to resart the Moon label, and take full control of future FULL releases? Boys, talk to SIXX or Perry & Tyler. Get some enlightenment on obtaining library control.

#82 - Posted 8/2/08 @8:07AM by Praetorian [contact]

Canton, Ohio; not canyon. Practicing take-offs and landings/

#84 - Posted 8/2/08 @10:04AM by Michael Senyo [contact]

hello Prat, et al!

I hugely support an EDCon back East (note the capital E),
and there is no better place than Cleveland - not because of the dreaded hall of fame, but its just a cool town, and close to an even cooler town, Erie, PA. Lots of fine beer, and plenty of water front venues. What more could we want?

ms in goofy la

#86 - Posted 8/2/08 @12:04PM by africadrum2000 [contact]

Uk Rush fan here. Is it just me or was Classic Rock mag invented for Rush (not that there's anything wrong with that ) but I'm sure they've been mentioned in every single edition since the mag was born. Interesting to note that Rush don't seem to be cool enough for the Kerrangs of this world despite them rocking far harder than most of those awfully mean looking bands that seem to fill their pages. Wish we had a chance to see the 2nd leg of the tour as from the reviews it sounded great and makes the live DVD already somewhat dated even before its release.

#88 - Posted 8/2/08 @12:22PM by main monkey business [contact]

I think that's one of the special qualities about Rush. The media says their not "cool". Casual fans don't even know they're touring, much less have a cd out that has gone gold. The R&R Hall of Shame won't induct them. But yet these guys just go out and pack 10,000-12,000 in at their shows, sell cd', video's, etc, and still have rabid fans (me included). I like the fact the media doesn't think their "cool". They don't want to be classified with the top 40 bands of the world, and I like it that way myself!

#90 - Posted 8/2/08 @12:38PM by unktehila [contact]

but what about shrEDcon?

#92 - Posted 8/2/08 @2:38PM by main monkey business [contact]

Lance....I second that! That's why I like them. They ARE the underdog, but they don't care...and neither do I. They prove how good they are by being able to still sell new material, and not resorting to being classified as a "nostalgia band". I think the fans will help prove that point. That being said...I think the rock history books have no choice but to classify them as one of the greatest bands to ever assemble. It's not just Neil....all three of them are world-class musicians, and how often do you see one band have that many top notch musicians in it?? We are lucky enough to be able to witness and enjoy it...because it will never happen again.

#94 - Posted 8/2/08 @4:08PM by Zitro

#93 Tell you what, MMB, hold onto this thought: Remember my story about LilZitro & her cousin at age 11 @ Riverbend to see HANSON? So, Dear, it could be worse LOL!!

See, RIAB, parenting's a sacrifice, but everything's a trade-off because LilZitro's also been with us to see RUSH amongst others .............

I'll pray for you anyway MMB, and whatever you do (assuming they'll allow you to occupy their space tonight) do NOT let them put anything in your hair or on your face :-)

ENJOY!!

#96 - Posted 8/2/08 @4:17PM by Denny Crane [contact]

Gonna start with grubbing up some old Genesis and Marillion rat pellets. Chew on those for awhile and see what they taste like.

Any suggestions on "OTHER THEN RUSH MUSIC" ???

Denny Crane

#98 - Posted 8/2/08 @4:49PM by LanceTheShred [contact]

"but I gotta tell ya, after eatting Filet Mignon everyday for over a year, it will be nice to grub down a few hot dogs."

I am LMFAO!! So Denny, what your saying is that any other flavored music rat pellet tastes like an Oscar Meyer Weiner? Ladies and Gentlemen, thats a f!#king Rush fan!!

The Unk Man hit some killers-I add Yes and Kansas to that group.

#100 - Posted 8/2/08 @4:56PM by LanceTheShred [contact]

One hundred!!!!! Had to do it sorry

#102 - Posted 8/2/08 @5:14PM by main monkey business [contact]

Shredder!!! Thankfully my wife took them to the mall for awhile. Watched some of the R30 video, now I think I'll watch the Football Hall of Fame induction ceremonies in about an hour. It's great watching the NFL Network at this time of year....when the season is almost upon us!!! I have a sense of newness, hoping my team will do something positive this year......but it's the Bengals, and I won't let myself hope too much.....only to be disappointed! But they have a new defensive coordinator that is very good.....so one can hope I guess.

#104 - Posted 8/2/08 @7:38PM by Praetorian [contact]

Endeavor pics: link

#106 - Posted 8/2/08 @8:00PM by Rob

I havent taken a break from Rush since 1983!!


BTW.....MMB!..Crank up some Miley Cyrus and start dancing in front of them....they'll leave you alone!


Or do some Lance style air drumming to Rush! Ha! They'll be on the phone to their folks in no time!


MOM! get me out of here!

#108 - Posted 8/2/08 @8:30PM by GedHed [contact]

#93: Hahahaaa! Been there, Dude! With 2 daughters, I've been there more often than not! And yeah, it's a trip. But they're fun, too. Not to mention that i spite of all the chaos, it's *way* more comforting to me to know all the kids are at my house & I know what's happening! Don't think I've ever really stopped to count how many of my daughters' friends (guys *and* girls) have literally moved into this house with us over the past 18 years. I think the number is...ummm...lots! lol! But you're definitely in my thoughts tonight.

Psssst! I bet they all think you're cool (or whatever the word is for "cool" now days)! ;)

#110 - Posted 8/2/08 @8:51PM by Zitro

#108 - Valid points all GedHed. I'm glad those teenage years are behind us for sure..... The concensus amongst LilZitro's friends about me is that I'm cool, but I'm not THAT cool, and that Glortiz is not cool at all and must be feared. We like it like that too lol.

Dammit somebody suggest a song QUICK I cannot get MMMMMBop outta my head!

PHUPHEPI a young dog's liver disease (ewwww)

#112 - Posted 8/2/08 @9:24PM by GedHed [contact]

#110: I bet they think you're both cooler than you know. The minute I met you I just had a gut feeling that you were cool, and within about 30 seconds, I knew I was right!

And yeah...you need something to get that *noise* outa' your head! Mmmm-bop! Yikes! Here ya' go...

link

hehe! :::runs and hides:::

#114 - Posted 8/2/08 @10:56PM by GedHed [contact]

We were just outside. It's hot--evil-hot. It's 94 degrees at 10:00 at night. Ughhh...

#116 - Posted 8/2/08 @11:25PM by glortiz [contact]

Necro, where are you?

#118 - Posted 8/3/08 @12:40AM by glortiz [contact]

Time is a gypsy caravan
Steals away in the night

To leave you stranded in Dreamland

Distance is a long-range filter
Memory a flickering light
Left behind in the heartland

If only my daughter would understand...

#120 - Posted 8/3/08 @1:15AM by ColdFire466 [contact]

Good night Gloritz...ZZZZzzzzzZZZZZzzzzzzz.. sleep well.

#122 - Posted 8/3/08 @2:19AM by GedHed [contact]

#115: I hear ya', glortiz! I'll be into R30 here soon myself. It's on my brain now, between you & MMB!

Supposed to get hotter and hotter here in the next 2 days. Eeee...we had a heat index of 112 today. And they say it's going to get worse before it gets better? Hubby keeps saying...six weeks and it'll be feeling like fall. Can't come quickly enough for me. I despise Kansas summers. And I'm thankful for the A/C!!!

#124 - Posted 8/3/08 @9:02AM by Lerxster [contact]

Very good article. I think I enjoyed Chris Norris' RS piece slightly little more, but this one was very nicely done. Pound for pound, it probably had the most tidbits of hope for future Rush recording and touring of any recent article I've read.

As for EDCON09, great idea Praet! I'm down. At Cleveland's Hard Rock?? Yeah Tim, start working on that card. Now, how are we going to get eeeeee up there :)

#126 - Posted 8/3/08 @9:15PM by kiaroskuro [contact]

I'm having trouble finding this issue too. *grumps*

#128 - Posted 8/5/08 @12:35AM by Jillybean [contact]

Had to order THREE copies! One to frame, one to leaf through, and one to keep in a sealed bag!

WOW! Great article.

Honored to represent our female Rush fans!

Thanks for taking the time to scan it in and share!!!! How lucky we all are to be fans of this great band! I wish I spoke French! LOL!

#130 - Posted 8/7/08 @8:30AM by freewilly [contact]

Enjoy the magazine GedHed, I'm the (dutch) buyer and scanner of the posted scans here. There should come a quite nice CD with it too, with 12 songs from different new, or kind of new, 'prog' bands. Nothing as great as RUSH of course but still enjoyable!

#132 - Posted 8/7/08 @5:55PM by GedHed [contact]

#130: Well, thank you so much for scanning the article for us! Very, very cool of you. At least I got to read it! Now, actually *owning* a copy...that will be even better! :)