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!