Rush
Progressive, Hard Rock |
Originally formed in 1968 with Alex Lifeson, Jeff Jones and John Rutsey. Jeff Jones being replaced only a month or so later by Geddy Lee. The Trio started writing their first album and it was released in 1974. John Rutsey soon became ill shortly after the release of the album, just before the start of the tour he dropped out of the band. Neil Peart officially replaced him as the drummer in 1974 and also set upon himself the task of primary lyricist. With Peart's electric lyrical motifs of fantasy, science fiction and libertarian philosophy aswell as astounding musical virtuosity and complex rh ...read more
Originally formed in 1968 with Alex Lifeson, Jeff Jones and John Rutsey. Jeff Jones being replaced only a month or so later by Geddy Lee. The Trio started writing their first album and it was released in 1974. John Rutsey soon became ill shortly after the release of the album, just before the start of the tour he dropped out of the band. Neil Peart officially replaced him as the drummer in 1974 and also set upon himself the task of primary lyricist. With Peart's electric lyrical motifs of fantasy, science fiction and libertarian philosophy aswell as astounding musical virtuosity and complex rhythms. Rush make for an amazing ensemble. Each of their releases boasts a shattering classic, and over their Thirty year career, each member has proved himself to be a master of his respective instrument.
Rush’s history can be split into four phases, each with a distinct feel and style to their music, and containing four releases (three studio albums and a live album). Their first phase was during the mid-seventies, when the band began as a blues-rock outfit with a similar sound as Led Zeppelin. In this era the band would release their self-titled debut and follow up, Fly By Night. Peart's influence of more progressive rhythms took Rush down a new path into the progressive rock genre. This is where Rush made a name for themselves. They set upon writing their third album, Caress of Steel the album did not do as well as they hoped and put them under a lot of pressure from their record company. After Rush had finished promoting Caress of Steel they soon started work on their next album. 2112 turned everything around for Rush, and is now classed as one of the greatest Progressive Rock albums of all time. The second phase saw the group fully embracing the Progressive rock movement, with releases like Moving Pictures and Permanent Waves. The band began to make use of synthesizers, this is believed by many to be their most productive period, with these two albums regarded as their best and second best respectively. At the beginning of the eighties, Progressive music was at an end and Rush embarked down a new path with sounds of the new decade, releasing Signals. This had an increasingly heavy use of synthesizers and other keyboards, and increasing complexity of music continued to the point where playing the songs live were almost impossible. This keyboard based musical exploration reached its peak with Hold Your Fire. In the beginning of the 1990s, Rush changed to a new label, and also abandoned their synthesizer driven tracks in favour of the old bass-guitar-drums format, entering their fourth phase of a more pop-rockish sounding music with the album Presto. The seventeenth album and first released in six years was Vapor Trails which was released in 2002. At the Start of making the album the band decided to go on a totally different path. They chucked the synthesizers and dropped 5the solos and went for a more complex hard rock album. In 2007 Rush went back to their roots and brought back the synthesizers and their well known complex rhythms and released Snakes and Arrows. This was the first time since 1996, Rush had included an instrumental on their album. « hide |
