Transcript: "Geddy Lee On The Art Of Being Rush - Hijinx, January 1992"

In "Geddy Lee On The Art Of Being Rush", Hijinx, January 1992, Geddy looks back on the "greatly over-magnified" Ayn Rand influence on the band fifteen years after 2112, and also discusses the relationship between he and Neil Peart in regards to lyrics. - Thanks to John Patuto for the transcript!

Transcript: "My Passion For Wine: Geddy Lee - Decanter, March 2012"

Back in February, I posted on my news page that the March issue of UK's Decanter magazine includes an interview with Geddy Lee. I have now transcribed the full article "My Passion For Wine: Geddy Lee", where Geddy talks about how he first became a collector and what his current preferences are. - Thanks to Douglas Wilson for the article!

Transcript: "Interview: Neil Peart - Freetime Rochester, April 27, 1994"

Rush was featured on the April 27, 1994, issue of Rochester, New York's "Freetime" Magazine. The magazine includes an interview with Neil Peart discussing "Counterparts" in advance of the band's appearance there the following week. - Thanks to Heiko Klages for the article!

Transcript: "Rush Hour: Geddy Lee & Alex Lifeson - Guitarist, May 1992"

Twenty years ago this month, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson appeared on the cover of the May 1992 issue of Britain's "Guitarist" magazine. The extensive "Rush Hour: Geddy Lee & Alex Lifeson" includes separate interviews with both Geddy and Alex, topics include staying active on the road, the decreased use of keyboards, deciding not to add additional touring musicians, and Alex gives a good distillation of his choice of guitars over the years from the Gibson, through the Fender, Signature and finally PRS brands. - Thanks to Erwin De Lathouwer for the article!

Transcript: "Mountain Haven Inspires Rush To Reach New Peak - Daily Oklahoman, April 25, 2008"

Here's something I recently came across, published on this day in 2008, an interview with Alex Lifeson from the second leg of the Snakes & Arrows tour. In "Mountain Haven Inspires Rush To Reach New Peak - Daily Oklahoman, April 25, 2008", Alex discusses recording Snakes & Arrows at the now closed Allaire Studios, and also Malignant Narcissism losing the Best Rock Instrumental Grammy to Springsteen: "No, are you kidding? We were up against, well, Bruce Springsteen. He was up for an instrumental, WHICH HE HADN'T WRITTEN OR ANYTHING ("Once Upon a Time in the West" by Ennio Morricone). I think it's the third time we've been nominated in this category [note, actually it was their 5th nomination in this category], and I don't know how to take that anyway. I am almost relieved that we don't win it. It's nice to get the nomination, and it's amazing how excited friends get. 'Oh, you got a Grammy nomination!' But I don't know about all that Grammy bull----."

Transcript: "Out Of The Box, The History Of Rushmovies - Toronto Star, April 28, 2010"

"Out Of The Box, The History Of Rushmovies - Toronto Star, April 28, 2010" appeared the week the documentary "Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage" opened at the Hot Docs Film Festival in April 2010. The article includes a brief interview with Samm Dunn where among other things he tells of how the footage with John Rutsey was found in the basement of Anthem's office.

Transcript: "King Canucks - Kerrang!, May 1, 1988"

"King Canucks - Kerrang!, May 1, 1988" is a concert review from Rush's three night (sold out) stand at the Birmingham NEC on the "Hold Your Fire" tour, the shows which were filmed for the "A Show of Hands" video 24 years ago this week. What is laughable, is how the reviewer comments on how the band is "growing old with grace"...and they still are, 24 years later! Any Rush fan who has seen the band live will agree with this comment, however: "...they offer their audience something that's way above the simple 'hey rock 'n' roll', How can I explain? Aw shucks, you just have to see them to really understand." - Thanks to Erwin De Lathouwer for the article!

Web Scheme Update: "Headlong Flight"

"I stoke the fire on the big steel wheels, steer the airship right across the stars..."  Power Windows has gone "Headlong Flight"!

Transcript: "Rush's Music Of The Spheres - Circus, December 5th, 1978"

"Rush's Music Of The Spheres: Geddy Lee Lashes Out At Critics In Both 'Hemispheres'" - Circus, December 5th, 1978, is an interview of Geddy Lee by David Fricke, given shortly after the release of Hemispheres. Geddy discusses the album, including the full story behind how many takes were needed to record "La Villa Strangiato". - Thanks to John Patuto for the transcript!

Wallpaper Update: R30 Tourbook Images

I've finished the last of my updates to the tour books "back catalog", with a revamp of the R30 Tour Book collection on the Desktop Wallpaper "Tour Books" Page. With this update, all images from R30 the tour book have been added, reproduced faithfully to the original tour book layout except for a few minor exceptions where "creative license" was required.  The next update to this Wallpaper page will be to accommodate the Clockwork Angels tour book images. Thanks again to John at Cygnus-X1.net for providing the raw scans!

Transcript: "Grace Under Fire - Music Express, June 1984"

Neil Peart appeared on the cover of the June 1984 issue of "Music Express" magazine. The cover feature, "Grace Under Fire", is an in-depth interview with Neil discussing the band's growth both lyrically and musically, the influences on "Grace", politics, religion and more. - Originally transcribed by Dave Ward - thanks Dave, wherever you are...

Transcript: "Pane And Pleasure - Kerrang!, November 1985"

An extensive interview with Alex Lifeson for the release of 'Power Windows', "Pane And Pleasure - Kerrang!, November 1985" has Alex running through all the songs on the album and discussing each song's form of "Power". He also talks about recording the album, laughing in hysterics at the choir singing to their music, and touches on other points including his belieff that with Power Windows the band had found the perfect balance between keyboards and guitar... - Thanks to both Monica Zimmerman and Erwin De Lathouwer for providing scans of this article!

Transcript: "Caught In The Act: Wembley Arena, London - Music Express, July 1983"

With the rumor that Rush may be playing all or much of Signals on the upcoming tour, here is an interesting read, "Caught In The Act: Wembley Arena, London - Music Express, July 1983" a concert review of Rush's performance at Wembley Arena, London, on the Signals tour. Some interesting notes are included, and this comment showed foresight: "the strength of the new numbers is such that they will surely be regarded as classics a few years hence." - Thanks to Heiko Klages for the article!

Transcript: "Pirate Cd, Video Haul More Trash Than Treasure - Toronto Star, July 9, 2004"

"Pirate Cd, Video Haul More Trash Than Treasure - Toronto Star, July 9, 2004" tells of a raid by the Canadian mounties on a record show where they seized over 3,000 bootlegs and arrested a 43-year old Hamilton man on five counts of copyright infringement charges. Included in the story is the discussion of an 85 minute hand held video bootleg of a Rush rehearsal, with a brief statement by Ray Daniels.

Transcript: "RUSH: A Chronology - Mercury Records, 1989"

This press kit containing a five page type-written chronology and essay, "RUSH: A Chronology - Mercury Records, 1989", was found in a case of notch-cut copies of the A Show of Hands vinyl promotional album shipped from Polygram in 1989. It includes an essay by Neil Peart which was previously published in the 1988 Backstage Club Newsletter as "The Drummer Sounds Off". - Thanks to Greg Nosek for providing the originals.

Transcript: "Q&A: Geddy Lee Of Rush - Rolling Stone, December 12, 1996"

Here's a rare Rolling Stone appearance - "Q&A: Geddy Lee Of Rush - Rolling Stone, December 12, 1996", was published after the first leg of the Test For Echo tour, and includes Geddy talking about spending time off the road with his family, tribute bands, rabid fans, and using the internet in 1996 primarily for fantasy baseball!

Transcript: "Rock Forecast Calendar 1983: Rush - Circus, January 31, 1983"

"Rock Forecast Calendar 1983: Rush - Circus, January 31, 1983", a brief update for Circus' readers of Rush's plans for 1983, included a two page poster of Geddy and Alex, included here for your pleasure. This is the first of a batch of stories provided by Erwin De Lathouwer of Belgium. Check out Erwin's Rush collector's site "Earthshine", which includes a detailed listing and scans of many rare Rush releases, photographs, and more.

Transcript: "Rush Hour: Celebrating 30 Years In The Biz - Birmingham Evening Mail, August 28-September 10, 2004"

In 2004 as Rush prepared for their first visit to the UK in 12 years, the UK press ran many interviews to promote the tour. "Rush Hour: Celebrating 30 Years In The Biz" is an interview with Alex Lifeson that appeared in the "What's On" supplement to the Birmingham Evening Mail, August 28-September 10, 2004. At the time, the band was unsure they had any fanbase left in the UK, and this article is a brief review on what the band had been doing for the past 10 years... - Thanks to Heiko Klages for the original article!

Transcript: "Sports Talk With Geddy Lee - Sporting News, April 30, 2007"

Baseball Season is here, and One Likes To Believe In The Spirit of Baseball!! Woot woot! To celebrate I transcribed this short Q&A from five years ago, "Sports Talk With Geddy Lee - Sporting News, April 30, 2007". Geddy discusses fantasy baseball, MST3K and fashion mistakes from the 70's.

Transcript: "10 Things You Gotta Do To Play Like Alex Lifeson - Guitar Player, January 2011"

Published just over a year ago and written by a true fan, "10 Things You Gotta Do To Play Like Alex Lifeson - Guitar Player, January 2011" is a very detailed breakdown of some of Alex's greatest riffs, and is sure to delight all levels of guitarists. All fans, be sure to read the two closing paragraphs, beginning with "I'm writing this on a day that Rush have again been snubbed by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's nominating committee. While accolades and awards aren't really what music's all about, it's still surprising the Hall has yet to officially recognize them as one of the all-time greats. Their 30-plus years of sustained success, legions of fans, sold-out arena tours, 24 gold, 14 platinum, and three multi-platinum albums, and hordes of professional musicians who regularly cite them as an influence and inspiration certainly suggests otherwise..." - Thanks to Ed Stenger for the original article!

Transcript: "Alex Lifeson - Free Music, June 1984"

Back before landing the job as Rush's photographer, Andrew MacNaughtan briefly published Free Music magazine, distributed through Toronto music stores. "Alex Lifeson - Free Music, June 1984" is an interview he conducted with Alex Lifeson opening day of the p/g tour. - Thanks to John Patuto for the transcript!

Transcript: "Best Bassist: Geddy Lee; Best Drummer: Neil Peart - International Musician and Recording World, February 1985"

Geddy and Neil were the winners in their respective category in the first ever IM&RW Music Awards Poll. "Best Bassist: Geddy Lee; Best Drummer: Neil Peart - International Musician and Recording World, February 1985" includes interviews with both, plus a breakdown of their respective gear. One note: included in the article is the statement that Alex Lifeson first saw Neil playing in a local bar, and apparently remembered him when Rutsey left. - Thanks to Monica Davidson for providing the original article!