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Sat, Jun 14, 2025

Attention All Planets of the Solar Federation ...

Rush: The Albums - 2002-2012 7-LP box set now available for purchase. Details here.
RIAB now has an official YouTube channel, full of videos of Rush references, old interviews and live clips. Check it out and SUBSCRIBE here
Magic Power: All Star Tribute to Triumph featuring Rush's Alex Lifeson and his Envy of None bandmates now available. Details here.
Geddy Lee IN-PERSON APPEARANCE at Dine Alone Store in Toronto for Record Store Day April 12th to promote The Lost Demos. Details, photos and more here.
Alex Lifeson's Envy of None project's new album Stygian Wavz now available for purchase. Details, available formats, videos, and more here.
Rush 50th anniversary compilation box set NOW AVAILABLE. Details, tracklist, photos, reviews and more here.
Geddy Lee speaking appearance at the Stan Greenspon Holocaust and Social Justice Education Center January 27th. Details, reviews, photos, videos and more here.
Neil Peart's Silver Surfers coffee table book now available for purchase. Details, cover and more here.
Rush reissues their first 4 Atantic-era albums on vinyl with The Albums: 1989-1996 box set. Details here.
New book Rush at 50 celebrating 50 years of Rush now available for purchase. Details here.
Alex Lifeson's Victor (order) and Geddy Lee's My Favorite Headache (order) vinyl reissues now available. Details here.
Fri, Jun 13, 2025@10:45AM | comments

Rush has followed up their November release of The Albums: 1989-1996 vinyl box set with a similar release covering the band's 2002-2012 period. Rush: The Albums 2002 To 2012 released this past Friday and is now available to order. The set contains Rush's 3 studio albums from that time period, each on 2 LPs, along with one LP containing their 2004 Feedback EP, for a total of 7 LPs. You can get all the details, and purchase one of the sets at this location.

Rush's Alex Lifeson and his Envy of None bandmates are a few of the many artists included on a star-studded tribute to Canadian rockers Triumph. Magic Power: All Star Tribute to Triumph officially released this past Friday and is now available to order via Amazon and other retailers. In addition to Alex Lifeson, some other artists performing on the album are Heart's Nancy Wilson, Slash, Sebastian Bach, Twisted Sister's Dee Snider, Anthrax's Joey Belladonna, Mickey Thomas of Starship, Styx keyboardist/singer Lawrence Gowan, Journey drummer/vocalist Deen Castronovo, Tesla's Jeff Keith, former Chicago bassist/singer Jason Scheff, Night Ranger's Jack Blades, and Bon Jovi guitarist Phil X. Alex Lifeson along with Envy of None's Andy Curran and Maiah Wynne contribute a rendition of Triumph's Blinding Light Show off Triumph's self-titled 1976 debut album, which you can listen to below or on YouTube and other streaming services. The album is available to purchase on CD, Double vinyl and on digital streaming.

This past Friday, June 6th, The Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec opened a new exhibit called Retro - Popular Music in Canada From the '60s, '70s, and '80s, the museum's first-ever exhibition about popular music. More than 100 Canadian artists are featured, including Neil Young, Robert Charlebois, Harmonium, BTO, Daniel Lanois, and Rush. The exhibit includes more than 160 objects, more than 100 song clips, a rich variety of photographs, 8 interactive elements, and nearly 40 audiovisual components, including multimedia productions. Among the Rush items are Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson's Xanadu-era doubleneck guitars as seen here. The exhibition will be open to the public through January 18, 2026.

Last year, a Rush tribute project album that had been in the works for several years called Rush for Cover was released. The album features nine interpretations of classic Rush songs by an international cast of independent, underground artists (none of whom are trios themselves), and is a tribute album created by Rush fans for Rush fans. The album was originally made available only on vinyl, but it's now also available on all streaming platforms and for download. To coincide with the digital release, Dichroma has created a video for their version of Red Sector A from the album which you can check out on YouTube here.

Detroit-based prog rockers Discipline will be releasing their latest album, Breadcrumbs on August 1st via their new label Progrock.com's Essentials. The five-track album was produced by former Rush producer Terry Brown and features cover art by Rush album artist Hugh Syme. "We are excited to partner with ProgRock.com's Essentials for this new release," says vocalist and keyboards Matthew Parmenter. "Breadcrumbs represents some of our most ambitious work to date, and we can't wait to share it with listeners old and new." The band will launch the new album with a live show in the US, at The Loving Touch in Fernadle, MI on August 16th. For all the details, and to pre-order the album, visit essentials.progrock.com.

Festivaltopia posted an article this past week on The 20 Musicians Who Said No to Fame, one of whom is Rush's Neil Peart:

Neil Peart, the renowned drummer and lyricist of Rush, famously declared, "I never wanted to be famous. I wanted to be good... I've always had a total problem with fame." This sentiment wasn't just a passing thought-it shaped his entire career. Peart wrote many of Rush's most beloved songs while steering clear of the spotlight, rarely giving interviews or attending celebrity events. He preferred the solitude of writing and drumming over the chaos of red carpets and paparazzi. Fans often noted that he would slip quietly out of venues while the crowd was still cheering. Even as Rush became one of the world's biggest rock bands, Peart held onto his privacy as tightly as his drumsticks. His resistance to fame became a badge of honor among fans, who admired his devotion to craft over celebrity.

American Songwriter posted an article this past week titled 4 Classic Rock Drum Solos That Still Blow My Mind Decades Later, one of which is Neil Peart's YYZ solo:

Neil Peart is another essential drummer who always makes it to lists like this, and for good reason. He was an absolute legend and an essential member of Rush. "YYZ" is a personal favorite of mine that really showcases the incredible skill that Peart had. The drum solo on "YYZ", as well as the whole of the song's drum track, seems effortless on Peart's part. But if you task even the best drummers with taking on this song, many of them struggle. Nobody was doing it like Peart.

11 years ago yesterday, on June 12, 2014, Rush received Honorary Doctorate of Music degrees from Nipissing University. Although Alex and Geddy had intended to accept the award in person, they missed the ceremony due to their plane being re-routed. They both instead recorded acceptance videos that were shown during the ceremony, which you can watch below or on YouTube:

That's all for this week. Happy early Father's Day to all of the Rush dads out ther. Have a great weekend!!

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Fri, Jun 6, 2025@11:16AM | comments
Rush: The Albums 2002-2012Friday Rush updates! "Rush: The Albums - 2002-2012" 7-LP box set released, Alex Lifeson talks "Envy of None" in new Guitarist magazine interview, "Magic Power: All Star Tribute to Triumph" featuring "Envy of None" released, Henderson's "Rush Day 2025" details, and more ...
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Fri, Jun 6, 2025@9:29AM | comments
Rush: The Albums 2002-2012Rush is following up their their November release of "The Albums: 1989-1996" vinyl box set, with a similar release covering the band's 2002-2012 period - "Rush: The Albums - 2002-2012" 7-LP box set ...
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Thu, Jun 5, 2025@6:48PM | comments
Magic Power all-star tribute to Triumph"Magic Power: All Star Tribute to Triumph" featuring Rush's Alex Lifeson and his "Envy of None" bandmates' version of Triumph's "Blinding Light Show" officially releases TOMORROW and is now available to order ...
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Tue, Jun 3, 2025@10:38AM | comments
Guitarist July 2025The July 2025 edition of Guitarist magazine includes a 3-page feature on "Envy of None" where they chat with Alex Lifeson about how the project came about, their new "Stygian Wavz" album, what gear he used, and what's next for the band ...
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Fri, May 30, 2025@10:08AM | comments
Magic Power all-star tribute to TriumphFriday Rush updates! Triumph tribute album featuring "Envy of None" due out next Friday, "Rush: The Albums: 2002-2012", Drumeo challenges Genesis drummer Nic Collins to learn Rush's 2112, "Rush 50" review, and more ...
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Wed, May 28, 2025@10:05AM | comments
Drumeo - Nic Collins learns 2112Watch Genesis drummer Nic Collins learn Rush's 2112 on the spot in new video from Drumeo ...
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Fri, May 23, 2025@10:02AM | comments
Primus hanging out with Geddy LeeFriday Rush updates! Primus and new drummer John Hoffman hang out with Geddy Lee in Toronto, Rheostatics' "Great Lakes Suite" featuring Alex Lifeson coming in November, Geddy Lee's "72 Stories" delayed until September, "Magic Power" All Star Tribute to Triumph featuring "Envy of None" coming June 6th, and more ...
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Thu, May 22, 2025@7:01PM | comments
Primus hanging out with Geddy LeePrimus' Les Claypool and Larry LaLonde along with their new drummer John Hoffman hung out with Geddy Lee in Toronto last night ...
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Thu, May 22, 2025@10:28AM | comments
The Great Lakes Suite by RheostaticsA mysterious new project spearheaded by the Rheostatics' Dave Bidini and involving Rush's Alex Lifeson called "The Great Lakes Suite" held a listening party in Toronto yesterday and teased a release this coming November ...
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