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Rush- Grace Under Pressure 40th Anniversary- Neil Peart
When revisiting the Rush April 1984 release "Grace Under Pressure", I had to double-check the math. Could "Grace Under Pressure", in my mind that mid-period transitional album for the Toronto-based trio, really have been their tenth studio album in as many years? The late Neil Peart of Rush discussed it all on opening night of the "Grace Under Pressure" 1984 tour.
Rush- Counterparts- Alex Lifeson
Rush "Counterparts" in October 1993 was a #2 Billboard magazine album sales debut, Rush's highest American appeal since "Moving Pictures" over a decade earlier. Rush guitarist/co-writer Alex Lifeson is In the Studio for "Counterparts".
Rush- Signals- Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, the late Neil Peart
Rush "Signals" interview with Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, the late Neil Peart In the Studio
Rush- New World Man- 1984
Rush "New Word Man" live 1984
Rush- 2112: Early Best 45th Anniversary- Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson
"2112" by Rush was an amalgam of hard rock, progressive rock, science-fiction and Ayn Rand socio-economics right about the same time that The Ramones, The Dead Boys, and Ian Dury and the Blockheads were singing "Sex and Drugs and Rock'n'Roll". So things were about to get interesting in 1976. Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson of Rush join me here In the Studio
Rush- Moving Pictures- Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, the late Neil Peart
"Music was changing," Rush lead singer/composer Geddy Lee tells us in this In the Studio episode, and without Lee, guitarist/composer Alex Lifeson, and drummer/lyricist the late Neil Peart embracing the fresh musical ideas in the crosswinds of the early Eighties on "Moving Pictures" with songs "Tom Sawyer","Red Barchetta","Limelight", "Vital Signs", and "Witch Hunt", it is doubtful that a path to mainstream success would have been cleared for later major bands...
Rush- Limelight- Dallas Soundcheck 11-28-12
Rush soundcheck Dallas November 2012 performing “Limelight”.
Rush- Power Windows- Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson
When observing potential song subjects for October 1985's "Power Windows", Rush lyricist/ drummer the late Neil Peart saw an uncanny number of socio-political issues which have become front page headlines again thirty-five years later.
Rush- Manhattan Project- Dallas 2012
Rush Manhattan Project
More Heavy Metal History- Black Sabbath, Metallica, Scorpions, Queensryche
The godfathers of hard rock Ozzy Osbourne, James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett of Metallica, Klaus Meine from Scorpions, David Coverdale from Deep Purple and Whitesnake, and Queensryche co-founders Geoff Tate and Chris Degarmo rip through some seminal hard rock including the late Ronnie James Dio fronting Black Sabbath all "In the Studio" for Heavy Metal History