Transcript: "Exit Stage Left: A Rush Update By Rush Drummer Neil Peart" - Kerrang!, January 1982

Exit Stage Left was released 32 years ago today. To mark the occasion I have transcribed "Exit Stage Left: A Rush Update By Rush Drummer Neil Peart" from the UK's Kerrang! magazine, issue No. 7, January 1982. This is one of the first articles Neil penned for the press, and in it he talks about such things as which shows were recorded, the Glaswegian "choir" on Closer To The Heart, the added pressure of performing when you know you're recording a live album (and the subsequent need for overdubs), and the filming of the then as of yet unreleased Montreal concert (the Exit Stage Left video). He closes with the mention that during mixing of the live album the band had written and recorded a new song, "Subdivisions", and were apparently considering releasing it as a single!