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Classic Rock & Prog Present: Rush
Editor’s Note
The 1970s • Kings, hemispheres and 2112: how a bar band from Canada became prog rock royalty. Plus: an epic interview with Geddy Lee.
ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE • Toronto, Canada, the late 1960s: three kids are about to take their first steps on a path that would eventually lead to superstardom. This is the story of the birth of Rush, by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson.
WE HAVE ASSUMED CONTROL • 2112 turned Rush into superstars – but it could just have easily destroyed their career. Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart talk us through the creation of their first masterpiece.
“We were all up for the adventure…” • Rush’s fifth album A Farewell To Kings was the second in the trilogy of hardcore prog epics the band released in the late 70s. Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and producer Terry Brown recall recording al fresco, the literature and films that inspired the album’s creation, Minimoogs, double-neck guitars and the one-take wonder that is Xanadu.
KINGS QUESTIONS • Production maestro Terry Brown looks back at the creation of …Kings.
GEDDY LEE • For almost 50 years, all the world really was a stage for Geddy Lee. Away from the spotlight he’s a family man, a baseball fanatic, a wine connoisseur and an author. In 2019, Classic Rock caught up with Rush’s renaissance man.
An Exercise In Self-Indulgence… • Rush’s sixth album, Hemispheres, was notorious as the most challenging record the band ever made, but its stunning 36 minutes remain a clear indication of the band’s incredible chemistry. Geddy Lee remembers its creation, and ponders its legacy…
The 1980s • Prog epics out, keyboards and hit singles in. Diving into the most adventurous period of Rush’s career. Plus: Neil Peart speaks!
ON THE CREST OF A WAVE • After the “soul crushing” slog of making Hemispheres, the planets aligned for the follow-up. Permanent Waves found Rush at the top of their game and put them in a different league.
ROCK ON WITH OUR MUSIC BOOKAZINES • Discover the origins of legendary songs, relive iconic performances and meet the pioneers behind some of music’s greatest names
Living In The Limelight • Flush from the success of The Spirit Of Radio and Permanent Waves, Rush fully embraced the 80s with their next album, Moving Pictures. The result would be the highpoint of their entire career – but with it came unwanted attention.
Rush Tom Sawyer • How the band’s signature song was born from the unlikely coming together of a piece of classic American literature and a nutty Canadian poet.
New World Men • For the follow-up to Moving Pictures, Rush could have repeated the...