Transcript: 'Dine With Rush Theme For Polydor's Radio Promotion' - RPM Weekly, March 6, 1976

My next transcript is a brief Rush mention in the March 6, 1976 issue of Canada's RPM Weekly; 'Dine With Rush Theme For Polydor's Radio Promotion' includes a photo of all three members of Rush (even Neil!) at dinner with two contest winners. - Thanks to Joe Pesch for the original article!

Transcript: "Rush Still On A Journey Of Discovery, 20 Albums On" - Total Guitar, January 2012

It's hard to believe that Clockwork Angels was released four years ago this month. My latest transcript is "Rush Still On A Journey Of Discovery, 20 Albums On" from the January 2012 issue of Total Guitar magazine.  Timed to promote the release of Time Machine Live In Cleveland, it was written in late 2011 while the band was in the studio recording the album, it includes one of the first confirmations that the album would be a concept album, and the prophetic statement regarding the upcoming tour that "Lifeson doesn't rule out playing [Clockwork Angels] in its entirety."

Transcript: 'Updating The Rush File - Rush Rolling Along On Low-Profile Fame' - Toronto Star, December 13, 1991

Today's transcript addition is 'Updating The Rush File - Rush Rolling Along On Low-Profile Fame', from the December 13, 1991 edition of the Toronto Star. Geddy and Neil are interviewed, and the writer notes how the mainstream press had continued to criticize Rush even though they had by then yielded 15 years of success, and how they were more popular in the United States than in Canada. Geddy notes "There's a friend of ours in New York who's in with a circle of critics. And for years he's told us how unpopular it is to like certain bands, and we're one of them."

Transcript: 'Rush Looks Back With Cold, Critical Eyes' - Toronto Star, May 11, 1990

I have transcribed 'Rush Looks Back With Cold, Critical Eyes', another long lost interview with Neil Peart from the May 11, 1990 issue of the Toronto Star. In this review, Neil famously compares earlier Rush songs to childhood drawings, explains the complexity of songs from Presto, and perhaps most importantly, the need to continue as a touring band.