Transcript: "Lifeson Arrives Stage Center With Rush" - Circus, March 31, 1982

"Lifeson Arrives Stage Center With Rush", Circus, March 31, 1982, includes an interview with Alex where he discusses Exit Stage Left and compares it with the previous live album, All The World's A Stage.  This past Monday saw the 31st anniversary of the release of Exit...Stage Left!

Transcript: "Baroque Cosmologies In Their Past, The Boys Focus On 'The Perfect Song'" - Canadian Musician, December 1985

"Baroque Cosmologies In Their Past, The Boys Focus On 'The Perfect Song'", Canadian Musician, December 1985, is a cover feature interview with Geddy Lee where he discusses recording Power Windows with Peter Collins (released 28 years ago today), looks back on working with Peter Henderson, and looks toward the future. He also discusses each song from Power Windows in turn, including this statement regarding "Territories": "One thing particular to the drum part is that Neil used no snare. In the middle section we sampled my voice saying 'Round and round'". - Thanks to John Patuto for the transcript.

Transcript: "Track By Track: Rush Clockwork Angels" - Total Guitar, August 2012

"Track By Track: Rush Clockwork Angels" - Total Guitar, August 2012, is the merged and edited print edition of two separate interviews with Alex Lifeson and producer Nick Raskulinecz previously published online at MusicRadar.com this past spring. - Thanks to Heiko Klages for the original article!

Transcript: "Guitarmania 2: Return Of The Six-String Beast" - Canadian Musician, June 1995

"Guitarmania 2: Return Of The Six-String Beast" - Canadian Musician, June 1995, was published six months in advance of the release of Alex Lifeson's solo album "Victor". According to this article, the Victor album was born when Alex Lifeson and Bill Bell first got together to record a track for Guitar World's Guitars That Ruled The World compilation CD, and then continued writing. Their track, "Strip and Go Naked", was eventually released on the Guitars That Rule the World, Vol. 2: Smell the Fuzz: The Superstar Guitar Album released October 22, 1996. "...after a lengthy summer of just hanging around, I thought that I had to do something. I have a recording studio at home. Bill Bell, a guitarist who works with Tom Cochrane and a lot of other local people, is helping out...We had fun on Guitar World's Guitars That Ruled The World compilation CD, and just continued writing. I've been doing it since the end of October..." - Thanks to Mark Rosenthal for the original article!

Transcript: "RUSH: Feed Your Head" - RIP, April 1994

"RUSH: Feed Your Head", RIP, April 1994, includes an interview with Geddy Lee published shortly after the release of Counterparts (released 19 years ago today), where he looks back on the Rush catalog, the difficult albums to make (Hemispheres), his favorite album at that time (Moving Pictures), as well as his least favorite ("I can't listen to anything from 'Caress of Steel' without cringing...the only thing I still like is "I Think I'm Going Bald"). - Thanks to Dave Ward for the transcript.

Transcript: "Rush Tour Hit By Nationalist Backlash" - Record Week, October 25, 1976

Tonight Rush play their second of two shows in their hometown of Toronto. Let's hope they are receiving a better homecoming than they did 36 years ago this month as told in "Rush Tour Hit By Nationalist Backlash", Record Week, October 25, 1976.  This news report tells how after receiving the necessary approval to bring lighting and sound gear into Canada from the US, RUSH was hit with a $15,000 levy after a Canadian sound and light company applied pressure on the tax department.  How's that for a hometown welcome?. - Thanks to John Patuto for the transcript!

Transcript: "Rush To Judgement" - Creem, June 1977

"Rush To Judgement", Creem, June 1977, is an odd concert review and interview rolled into one. The first half is an uninitiated writer's introduction to Rush via the 2112 tour, and the second half is the same author's interview with the band six months later, where they discuss the music scene in Canada, making it in the US, already considering adding a fourth touring member, etc. Written 35 years ago, this is a blast from the past...

Transcript: "RUSH Fact Sheet" - Mercury Records, 1984

"RUSH Fact Sheet" 1984 is a simple three page type-written press kit covering RUSH highlights from 1980-1984. The original copy did not include specific source information; I have arbitrarily listed Mercury Records as the source although that may be incorrect.

Pop Culture Reference - "A Passage To Bangkok" Performed In "Hunky Dory"

Set in 1976, the British film Hunky Dory (October 25, 2011) stars Minnie Driver as a teacher who gets her students to do a musical version of The Tempest with pop music from the 60's and 70's.  Although not featured in the trailer, the film includes the students performing Rush's "A Passage To Bangkok" along with songs by Pink Floyd, ELO, Bowie, and more. - Thanks to Kevin McKeown for the headsup!

Transcript: "Bad To The Bones" - Hit Parader, March 1992

My latest transcript, "Bad To The Bones" is from the March 1992 issue of Hit Parader. Geddy talks about his aversion to reading reviews, spending less time on tour, and his thoughts on "Bravado". - Thanks to Monica Zimmerman for the original article!

Transcript: "'Roadshow: Landscape With Drums' Neil Peart Review" - Classic Rock, February 2007

Neil Peart's fourth book Roadshow: Landscape With Drums, A Concert Tour By Motorcycle, was officially released six years ago today. Here is a very brief review of 'Roadshow' from the February 2007 issue of Classic Rock magazine.

Transcript: "Making Memories" - Guitarist, January 2006

Eight years ago today Rush recorded their R30 concert film at the Festhalle in Frankfurt, Germany. Released in November 2005, the feature story "Making Memories" appeared in the January 2006 issue of Guitarist magazine. Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson look back on their first 30th years. - Thanks to Joe Sterle for the original article!

Transcript: "Prog Special: The Cult Is Alive" - Terrorizer, September 2007

Rush was featured on the cover of the September 2007 issue of Terrorizer magazine; the cover story "Prog Special: The Cult Is Alive" is an interview with Geddy and Alex where they look back on their history, what it means to be called a progressive rock band, staying relevant, and how Snakes & Arrows is a reflection of the world in 2007. - Thanks to John Patuto for the transcript!

2112 Sighting - Pop Culture Reference Addition

In the Sean Penn film This Must Be the Place which premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2011, at 8:40 into the film Sean Penn's character loses a game of handball by the score of 21-12. - Thanks to Grtz Ab Rooswinkel for the headsup!

Desktop Wallpaper Update: Clockwork Angels Tourbook Images

The Clockwork Angels tour kicked off last Friday in Manchester, New Hampshire. Here for your viewing pleasure are all of the Clockwork Angels tour book images modified for use as desktop wallpaper, reproduced faithfully to the original tour book layout except for a few minor exceptions where "creative license" was required. Thanks again to John at Cygnus-X1.net for providing many of the raw images!

Transcript: "Geddy: 'Touring Britain Is A Real Grind'" - Kerrang!, October 21, 1982

A few months ago I transcribed "New World Men", an interview with Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee from the October 7, 1982 issue of Kerrang! magazine. Here now, is "Geddy: 'Touring Britain Is A Real Grind'", part two of that conversation, from the October 21, 1982 issue of Kerrang!. For continuity, I've added this second half to the bottom of the previous transcription.

Transcript: "Alex Lifeson: The Making Of A Guitar Legend" - Guitar One, September/October 1996

Test For Echo was released 16 years ago today! The September/October 1996 issue of Guitar One magazine included the feature story "Alex Lifeson: The Making Of A Guitar Legend", were Alex discussed his guitar playing on Test For Echo, his signature riffs and sounds, and more. Included is the sidebar "Which artists and records would be on Alex Lifeson's essential listening list and why?". - Thanks to Joe Sterle for the original article!

Transcript: "Face To Face With Rush's Geddy Lee" - Circus, March 31, 1983

Signals was released 30 years ago today! The March 31, 1983 issue of Circus magazine included the feature interview "Face To Face With Rush's Geddy Lee", where Geddy talks about recording Signals, writing shorter songs, working on lyrics with Neil, the increased use of keyboards, and more.

Transcript: "Neil Peart: Mystic Rhythms" - Rhythm, August 1988

Celebrating the Silver Anniversary of the release of Hold Your Fire, here is a cover feature for your reading pleasure. In "Neil Peart: Mystic Rhythms", from the August, 1988 issue of Rhythm magazine, Neil discusses his past history in London, how he chose his pearlecent-pink Ludwig kit, creating the Hold Your Fire drum solo from scratch, playing odd time signatures and more. - Thanks to John Patuto for the transcript!

Desktop Wallpaper Update: Clockwork Angels - The Novel wallpapers

Clockwork Angels: The Novel, includes four additional images not found in the original album art, as well as a version of the "Seven Cities of Gold" image which is larger than what was included in the album's linernotes.  I have created wallpaper images for all four images and added them to the "Desktop Wallpaper: Album Art Images" page; click here to grab them.