Ten years ago, Rush released a never before heard live album. It featured “new” songs for many and though it didn’t reach a fever pitch, ABC 1974 did move the needle quite a bit. Rush ABC 1974 recorded the band’s … Continue reading Album Review: Rush – ABC 1974
Across their 40 year career, Rush did pretty much everything right. Especially when it came to the multifarious approach to writing their music. Most bands generally do not partake in recording instrumentals. Those who do, like Joe Satriani, make instrumental … Continue reading Rush Instrumentals Ranked Worst to First
Neil Peart died. Thus for many, 2020 was already a year to forget less than two weeks in when on January 10 the announcement of Peart’s death three days earlier trickled out. It left a nation of Rush fans stunned. … Continue reading 2020: A Year in Music Review
Every Christmas season, I brush the dust off one album that gets spun in its entirety at least once. I have kept this tradition alive since Merry Axemas – A Guitar Christmas was released in 1997 an album featuring 11 … Continue reading Album Review: Merry Axemas
With Rush officially done and Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson seemingly uninterested or at least hesitant to move forward together after the death of Neil Peart, little remains as far as tantalizing fans with music-haves and other Rush memorabilia. Unlike … Continue reading Book Review: Rush – The Missing Tourbooks Collection
The Beatles have the White Album. Metallica has the Black Album. Rush has the Maligned Album. Test For Echo. Hardly a favorite among the Rush elite, Test for Echo, the band’s 16th studio album, was released earlier this month in … Continue reading Album Review: Rush – Test for Echo
September 3, 1991. I left 29 years ago today, far from home, with no way to get Rush’s new album Roll The Bones. Listening to local rock radio 95.5 KLOS throughout the previous month, DJs teased the new Rush song … Continue reading Album Review: Rush – Roll the Bones
Not all live albums are created equal. Even from the same band. And, with a bit of a heavy heart (and some procrastination) tackling all of the live Rush albums to determine the worst to first was a venture that … Continue reading Rush Live Albums Ranked Worst to First
Never turn down a free Rush album. Too many years ago, my fifth-grade classmate Keith told me he was at a swap meet the previous weekend and someone there was giving away Rush albums. Huh? So the story goes, as … Continue reading Album Review: Rush – Grace Under Pressure
I must confess. I passed on purchasing the 40th Anniversary release of Permanent Waves (released today – May 29). Filling my shelves with two-inch thick boxes I’ll open once and likely won’t ever open again has more or less run … Continue reading Album Review: Rush – Permanent Waves 40th Anniversary
