Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Transcript: "How The New Rush Tour Film 'Time Stand Still' Came Together On Lake Muskoka" - MuskokaNewsWatch.com, November 19, 2016

Thanks to RushFanForever for providing this news story, "How The New Rush Tour Film 'Time Stand Still' Came Together On Lake Muskoka", about Bryan Gardner, editor of the documentary released eight years ago this month. It's an interesting story, as Gardner gives some of the behind the scenes details and points out "Rush really represents the end of an era - will there ever be a 41 year rock band again when there's so much 'one and done' stuff going on in the industry? We had to be willing to say it's the end and when you watch the film you know for sure it is."

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Transcript: "Rush Looks Back At Road To Stardom" - Calgary Herald, November 10, 1998

Today's transcript was published the day Different Stages was released (26 years ago this month!).  In "Rush Looks Back At Road To Stardom" from the November 10, 1998 edition of the Calgary Herald, Geddy looks back on the band's history and growth over the years, including vehicles the band traveled in back in the early days, among other things.

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Transcript: "Rush Show Their Hand" - Metal Hammer, February 6, 1989

Three weeks after the release of A Show of Hands, Neil Peart was interviewed in "Rush Show Their Hand" from the February 6, 1989 issue of Metal Hammer magazine. Neil discusses the process of recording big band sounds for his drum solo, and also succinctly explains why the tracks on the album version are cherry picked from multiple shows (comments which likely apply to Different Stages as well) while the video version is from a single show. - Thanks to Scott Hansen for providing the article!

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Transcript: "Rush Returns From Triumphant European Tour" - Toronto Globe And Mail, August 23, 1977

Published on the eve of the release of A Farewell to Kings, "Rush Returns From Triumphant European Tour" is a fairly straight-forward yet succinct history of the band up through the All The World's A Stage UK tour, published in Entertainment Weekly Toronto on August 26, 1977. This article concludes with a frequent comment from the era: "Is it not strange though, that Rush had to go to the States to achieve some kind of recognition? We should count ourselves lucky that Rush have decided to stay north of the border, thereby giving the Canadian music industry much prestige and putting Toronto on the map as a breeding ground for up and coming stars, instead of a barren ground upon which seeds of talent fall unnoticed…" - Thanks to Randy Jackson for providing the article!