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The Rush FAQ (Part 1.)
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1:What albums has the band released? What are the catalog numbers for CD/LP/Cassette?LP CD Cassette 8-track
Rush
SRM-1-1011 822 541-2 M-1 MCR-4-1-1011 MC-8-1-1011 Mercury [AAD]
Fly By Night
SRM-1-1023 822 542-2 M-1 MCR-4-1-1023 MC-8-1-1023 Mercury [AAD]
Caress Of Steel
SRM-1-1046 822 543-2 M-1 MCR-4-1-1046 MC-8-1-1046 Mercury [AAD]
2112
SRM-1-1079 822 545-2 M-1 MCR-4-1-1079 MC-8-1-1079 Mercury [AAD]
All The World's A Stage
SRM-2-7508 822 552-2 M-1 MCT-4-2-7508 MCT8-2-7508 Mercury [AAD]
A Farewell To Kings
SRM-1-1184 822 546-2 M-1 MCR-4-1-1184 MC-8-1-1184 Mercury [AAD]
Hemispheres
SRM-1-3743 822 547-2 M-1 MCR-4-1-3743 MC-8-1-3743 Mercury [AAD]
Permanent Waves
SRM 1-4001 822 548-2 M-1 MCR4 1-4001 MC8 1-4001 Mercury [AAD]
Moving Pictures+
SRM-1-4013 800 048-2 MCR41 4013 Mercury [ADD]
Exit... Stage Left
SRM-2-7001 822 551-2 M-1 MCR-4-2-7001 MC-8-2-7001 Mercury*[AAD]
Signals
SRM-1-4063 810 002-2 MCR-4-1-4063 MC-8-1-4063 Mercury [ADD]
Grace Under Pressure
818 476-1 M-1 818 476-2 818 476-4 M-1 Mercury [AAD]
Power Windows
826 098-1 M-1 826 098-2 M-1 826 098-4 M-1 Mercury [DDD]
Hold Your Fire
832 464-1 Q-1 832 464-2 Q-1 ? Mercury [DDD]
A Show Of Hands
836 346-1 836 346-2 836 346-4 Mercury [ADD]
Presto
82040-1 7 82040-2 7 82040-4 Atlantic[DDD]
Chronicles
838 937-2 838 936-4 Mercury 838 938-2
Roll The Bones
7 82293-2 Atlantic[DDD]
Counterparts
7 82528-2 Atlantic[DDD]
Test for Echo
7 82925-2 Atlantic[DDD]
(Side note: I would appreciate someone who could give me the catalog numbers for the cassette versions of the last three albums)
+ There is now a gold CD of Moving Pictures available from Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs. This CD is made from the original master Moving Pictures tapes and includes the complete liner notes, which are much nicer than the booklet you get with the Mercury CD. To order this CD or get more info on MFSL, you can call them at 1-800-423-5759. The order number for MP is UDCD 569.Additionally, several collections are available:
Archives (includes Rush_, _Fly By Night_, and _Caress Of Steel) (Mercury SRM-3-9200 on LP)
Rush Through Time (Mercury 6337 171 on LP)
_Everything Your Listeners Ever Wanted To Hear By Rush But You Were Afraid To Play_ - this collection was targeted at radio stations. It was never officially released, and is extremely rare. It's a selection taken from FBN, COS and 2112.
Rush - Profiled! - This CD was released to radio stations and is rather rare. It contains recordings of quotes, like "Hi, this is Alex Lifeson of Rush, and you're listening to the magic of radio," that a DJ can put on as a promo between songs. It also contains quite a few tracks of band members answering questions. The questions are printed in the liner notes, so a DJ can ask a question and play the CD of the appropriate person answering that question. The questions are mostly about Presto, since this CD was released shortly after Presto.
Rush: The Roll The Bones Radio Special - Anthem, PF 10. Similar in concept to the "Profiled!" disk, for the album (I would've never guessed) Roll The Bones
There's also an interview CD called "Rush -- The Story of Kings" out there. This CD contains no music. It is an interview with Alex around the time of HYF. (BAKTABAK CBAK 4055 on CD)
* The Anthem release of ESL, available in Canada is [ADD], but the US CD is [AAD]. Some people have told me that their CD says [ADD] on the disc and [AAD] on the label.
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2:Has anybody noticed that there is now a gold Ultradisc II available for Moving Pictures?Yes.
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3:Are any other Rush albums available on Ultradisc?Yes. 2112 and Signals are also available.
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4:What are some titles of some good Rush bootlegs, and how might I go about finding some?The FAQ, TNMS and alt.music.rush do not encourage this illegal activity, but a list of titles is available by emailing meg@yyz.com and asking for information.
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5:What album is (song) on?Check the complete discography, available for FTP from ftp.uwp.edu for amazingly detailed information on this subject.
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6:When was (album) released?Rush - August 1974
Fly By Night - February 1975
Caress Of Steel - September 1975
2112 - April 1976
All The World A Stage - September 1976
A Farewell To Kings - September 1977
Archives - April 1978
Hemispheres - October 1978
Permanent Waves - January 1980
Moving Pictures - February 1981
Exit Stage Left - November 1981
Signals - September 1982
Grace Under Pressure - April 1984
Power Windows - October 1985
Hold Your Fire - September 1987
A Show Of Hands - January 1989
Presto - November 1989
Chronicles - September 1990
Roll The Bones - September 1991
Counterparts - October 1993
Test for Echo - September 1996
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7:How many copies did (album) sell?From Billboard's Book of Gold and Platinum Records (1990):
Release Date Cert. Date of Cert. Chart Peak Title
G/P Fly By Night
G Caress Of Steel
3/76 G 11/16/77 61 2112
P 2/25/81 2112 has gone multi-platinum.
10/76 G 11/16/77 40 All The World's A Stage
P 3/4/81 All The World's A Stage
8/77 G 11/16/77 33 A Farewell To Kings
P [don't know the date] A Farewell To Kings
10/78 G 12/14/78 47 Hemispheres
P [don't know the date] Hemispheres
1/80 G 3/17/80 4 Permanent Waves
P 11/9/87 Permanent Waves
1/81 G 4/13/81 3 Moving Pictures
P 4/27/81 Moving Pictures
2P 10/12/84 Moving Pictures
10/81 G 1/5/82 10 Exit...Stage Left
P 11/9/87 Exit...Stage Left
9/82 G 11/10/82 10 Signals
P 11/10/82 Signals
4/84 G 6/26/84 10 Grace Under Pressure
P 6/26/84 Grace Under Pressure
10/85 G 12/18/85 10 Power Windows
P 1/27/86 Power Windows
9/87 G 11/9/87 13 Hold Your Fire
1/89 G 3/9/89 21 A Show Of Hands
10/93 G CounterpartsAs of May 1992, Chronicles has been certified platinum, while RTB is still just at gold.
According to "Derek M. Rutherford" <dr43+@andrew.cmu.edu>, the Feb 11, 1995, issue of Billboard has just certified Moving Pictures with sales of an excess of 4,000,000 copies alone in the states.According to terrywo@microsoft.com, the following certifications occurred in Feb 1995:
Platinum Rush - Chronicles, their 13th
Gold Rush - Rush, their 19th
Multiplatinum Rush - Moving Pictures, 4 million
Gold Rush - Archives, their 20th
>From Billboard's Book of Top 40 Albums (1991):Date Peak Weeks Cert. Title
11/20/76 40 2 P All The World's A Stage
10/8/77 33 5 G A Farewell To Kings
2/9/80 4 15 P Permanent Waves
3/7/81 3 29 2P Moving Pictures
11/14/81 10 14 P Exit...Stage Left
10/2/82 10 11 P Signals
5/5/84 10 12 P Grace Under Pressure
11/2/85 10 14 P Power Windows
10/3/87 13 14 G Hold Your Fire
2/4/89 21 5 G A Show Of Hands
12/9/89 16 11 G Presto
Apparently, Roll The Bones reached number 10 in the UK album charts. This was in the first week it was released. It then dropped to number 18 the following week and then out of the chart altogether.
Assorted info about songs in charts:
- "New World Man" made it into the US Top 40.
- In the UK charts, Rush had the followingRel. Date Title Highest Weeks
11 Feb 78 Closer to the Heart 36 3
15 Mar 80 Spirit of Radio 13 7
28 Mar 81 Vital Signs/A Passage to Bangkok 41 4
31 Oct 81 Tom Sawyer 25 6
04 Sep 82 New World Man 42 3
30 Oct 82 Subdivisions 53 2
07 May 83 Countdown/New World Man 36 5
26 May 84 The Body Electric 56 3
12 Oct 85 The Big Money 46 3
Note that I would appreciate greatly someone giving me more current info that what I currently have.
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8:What are the <Columbia House|BMG> CD Club code numbers for Rush albums?I deleted the list here in favor of posting a URL which contains a way of getting catalog numbers for Columbia, BMG, and CDHQ for ALL things in their catalog. This is where you should point your Web Browser of choice:
http://www.cd-clubs.com/
If you don't have web access, you can reach each of these clubs via the following phone numbers:
BMG: 1-317-542-0414 CDHQ: 1-800-242-7096 Columbia House: 1-800-457-0500
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9:What awards has the band won?- Juno awards:
(1974) Most promising group of the year
(1977) Group of the year
(1978) Group of the year
(1991) Best Heavy Metal Album
(1991) Best album cover - "Presto"
(1992) Best Hard Rock Album
(1992) Best album cover - "Roll the Bones"
(1993) Hall of Fame- Grammy's:
(1982) Runner-up in Best Rock Instrumental
"YYZ" - beat by The Police's "Behind my Camel"
(1992) Runner-up in Best Rock Instrumental
"Where's my thing" - beat by Eric Johnson's "Cliffs of Dover"- Geddy is in the Bass Hall of Fame for Guitar Player Magazine (he's won Best Rock Bass more than 5 times).
- Geddy won "best Rock Bass player" in the 1993 "Bass Player" readers' poll.
- Alex won Best Rock Talent in 1983 (I assume that it's on the same mag), and he was inducted into the
Guitar for the Practicing Musician Hall of Fame in May of 1991.
- Neil has received the following awards in the Modern Drummer magazine reader's poll:
Hall of Fame: 1983
Best Rock Drummer: 1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985
Best Multi-Percussionist: 1983,1984,1985,1986
Best Percussion Instrumentalist: 1982
Most Promising New Drummer: 1980
Best All Around: 1986
Best Recorded Performance: 1981: Moving Pictures
1982: Exit... Stage Left
1983: Signals
1985: Grace Under Pressure
1986: Power Windows
1988: Hold Your Fire
1989: A Show of Hands
1990: Presto
1992: Roll The Bones
1994: Counterparts
1986 Honor Roll: Rock Drummer, Multi-Percussion
As a member of the Honor Roll in these categories, Neil is no longer eligible for votes in these categories.
The band received a "Lifetime Achievement" award from Musician's Institute in Hollywood, CA on January 23, 1992.
The band also received "The Seventh Annual Musicians of the Millenium Award" from the Harvard Lampoon.
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10:Has anybody ever noticed that the band has put out a live album after every 4 studio albums?Yes.
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11:Are any videotapes of the band available?
Polygram Music Video 60285 (1981) Exit...Stage Left Shot at The Forum, Montreal, Quebec March 27, 1981 Running time: approx. 60 minutes includes:
Limelight
Tom Sawyer
The Trees
Instrumental
Xanadu
Red Barchetta
Free Will
Closer To The Heart
YYZ (with voice over)
By-Tor and the Snow Dog/In The End/In The Mood/2112 FinalePMV 60607 (1986) Grace Under Pressure Tour Shot at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada September 21, 1984 Running time: approx. 69 minutes includes:
The Spirit Of Radio
The Enemy Within
The Weapon
Witch Hunt
New World Man
Distant Early Warning
Red Sector A
Closer To The Heart
YYZ/2112: Temples of Syrinx/Tom Sawyer
Vital Signs/Finding My Way/In The Mood
The Big Money {video}The video for "The Big Money" is omitted from the European release of this tape.
PMV 0741 760-3 (1989) A Show Of Hands Shot over a 3-night stand at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England April 21,23, and 24, 1988 Running time: approx. 90 minutes includes:
The Big Money
Marathon
Turn The Page
Prime Mover
Manhattan Project
Closer To The Heart
Red Sector A
Force Ten
Lock And Key (laserdisc only)
Mission
Territories
The Rhythm Method (drum solo)
The Spirit Of Radio
Tom Sawyer
2112/La Villa Strangiato/In The MoodPMV 60466 (1985) Through The Camera Eye (video compilation) Running time: approx. 44 minutes includes:
Vital Signs
Tom Sawyer [live, from Exit...Stage Left]
Subdivisions
Countdown
Distant Early Warning
Afterimage
The Enemy Within
The Body ElectricPMV 082 765-3 (1990) Chronicles (video compilation) Running time: approx. 63 minutes includes:
Closer To The Heart [live]
The Trees [live]
Limelight [studio]
Tom Sawyer [live, from ESL with some minor changes]
Red Barchetta [live, from ESL]
Subdivisions [from Through The Camera Eye]
Distant Early Warning [from Through The Camera Eye]
Red Sector A [live, from the p/g tour video]
The Big Money [the shortened MTV version, not the complete one from the GUP tour video]
Mystic Rhythms
Time Stand Still
Lock And Key
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12:Are these tapes available on laserdisc?According to the Barr Digital (a Seattle-based mail-order dealer in laserdiscs) database, available for FTP from cs.yale.edu in the pub/rec.video/BarrLDDB directory, there are laserdiscs for Through The Camera Eye_, _Exit...Stage Left_, Grace Under Pressure Tour, _A Show of Hands_, and the video single for _The Big Money. The database also says that Exit...Stage Left was "discontinued 8/91." This does not imply that Barr has them in stock; this database is not Barr's inventory. It is only a list of laserdiscs that have been made. The file that I FTP'd from cs.yale.edu had a Feb 26 1992 time/date stamp, so I assume that this information is accurate as of that date.
According to meg@yyz.com, Chronicles is available on laserdisc in the US. However, "Red Sector A" isn't on this laserdisc.
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13:What songs has the band made videos for?Anthem
Fly By Night
A Farewell To Kings
Closer To The Heart %
Xanadu
Circumstances
The Trees %
La Villa Strangiato
Tom Sawyer
Tom Sawyer [live, from ESL] %#
Red Barchetta [live, from ESL] %
Limelight %
Limelight [live, from ESL]
Vital Signs #
Subdivisions %#
Countdown #
Distant Early Warning %#
Afterimage #
The Enemy Within #
The Body Electric #
The Big Money %&
Mystic Rhythms %
Marathon [live, from ASOH]
Time Stand Still %
Lock And Key %
Show Don't Tell
The Pass
Superconductor
Roll The Bones
Stick It Out
Nobody's Hero% These videos appear on the Chronicles videotape.
# These videos appear on the Through The Camera Eye videotape.
& This video appears in its complete form on the end of the Grace Under Pressure Tour videotape. The shortened MTV version appears on the Chronicles videotape.
Videos with no punctuation symbol next to them are not available on any home video compilation. If you want to see these videos, you have to find somebody who taped them from TV or copied them from somebody else's tape.
Videos with the "live" comment are concert videos; all others have studio soundtracks. Some of these have minor edits to the soundtrack.
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14:Can anyone list everything else that the members of Rush have ever appeared on?This is not a complete list. Please send me your additions!
"Universal Juveniles" by Max Webster (Rush in "Battlescar")
1980 (ANR-1-1027 Anthem)"No Static" by Wireless (Lee produced)
1979/80?"Great White North" by Bob and Doug McKenzie (Geddy singing "Take Off")
1981 (ANR-1-1036 Anthem)"Vignettes" by Marie Lynn Hammond (Lee on 2 tracks)
1983 (BTR 1002 Black Tie Records)"Boys Brigade" by Boys Brigade (Lee produced)
1983 (ST 12278 Capitol)"We Are the World" by USA for Africa with Lee in Northern Lights singing
"Tears are Not Enough"
1985 (40043 Columbia)"Alien Shores" by Platinum Blonde (Alex on 2 tracks)
1985 (PCC-80105 Columbia)"Champion" by Jeff Berlin (Peart on 2 tracks)
1985 (Passport Jazz PJ 88004 A)Hear 'N Aid (1986 Polygram) <heavy metal famine relief thing>
Live version of Distant Early Warning"Beyond Borders" by Canadian Guitar Summit (with Alex)
July 1987 Guitar Player magazine (flexidisc)"Pieces of Eight" (Peart percussion compilation)
May 1987 Modern Drummer magazine (flexidisc)"Serious Business" by Greenway (Alex doing solo in "In the Danger Zone")
1988 (81827-1 Atlantic)"Clean Slate" by Clean Slate (Alex produced)
1988 (ANM-1 5002 Anthem) (5 song EP)"Dream on the Horizon: A Tribute to the Olympic Spirit" by
The Big Picture (Alex on 2 tracks)
1988 (WSC-331 Chartwell Records)"Smoke on the Water" (Mega-Rock Re-Mix)/Paranoid, by Rock Aid Armenia and
Black Sabbath (Alex on guitar)
1989 UK ARMENT 001, ARMENTR 002, ARMENT 002"Lost Brotherhood" by Larry Gowan (Alex on all tracks)
1990 (80160 Anthem)"Whale Music" by the Rheostatics (Neil on 3 tracks)
1992 (Intrepid Records, available in Canada)
Call 1-800-663-1616 for info."Burning For Buddy: A Tribute To The Music Of Buddy Rich"
(Neil on 2 tracks)
Produced by Neil Peart
1994
Atlantic Records 82699-2"Ragged Ass Road" by Tom Cochrane (Alex plays guitar on some tracks)
** more info about the record would be appreciated **CASSETTES:
"Star Jam Series: Neil Peart Style""Starlicks Guitar Lesson: Alex Lifeson Style"
In the January 1986 issue of Modern Drummer magazine, while discussing
his appearance on the Jeff Berlin album, Neil says that he "... did a
similar thing with a musician named Ken Ramm in Toronto. That record
was released in Canada."VIDEO:
"1991 Buddy Rich Memorial Scholarship Concert" (Neil on a few songs)
DCI Music Video
For more information contact:
DCI Music Video
541 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10011
Or call 212-691-1884
800-628-1528Geddy sang "Oh, Canada" at the 1993 MLB All-Star game. (Thanks to Joel Rondeau for pointing this one out.)
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15:Has Rush ever been on Saturday Night Live (SNL)?No.
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16:Rush seems to get mentioned a whole lot during Mystery Science Theater 3000. Which shows do they get mentioned it?From TNMS 1475, CNolen1004@aol.com, came up with four:
Time of the Apes: Tom Servo notices "Neil Peart on drums."
Secret Agent Super Dragon: A long-haired brunette spy-lady draws this riff from Joel Robinson: "In this light, she looks like Geddy Lee." (And she does.)
Operation Double 007: A dead body is wearing headphones. Tom: "He died listening to Rush." Joel: "2112."
San Francisco International: A shipping crate of vital serum is marked "rush." Crow T. Robot: "Hey, guys, it's a crate of Rush albums!" All: "Whooo!" Later, over another shot of the crate, Tom says: "Serum. The new CD from Rush."
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17:What was the first single released by the band?The A side was a cover of a Buddy Holly song called "Not Fade Away." The B side was a Lee/Rutsey song called "You Can't Fight It." These songs are not on any Rush albums. If you want to hear them, you have to track down a copy of the single, which is very rare, or find somebody who has the songs on tape. There is no collection for sale that contains these tracks.
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18:I just bought the CD of <Exit...Stage Left | All The World's A Stage> and it's missing a track! Is a complete version of this CD available?No. But if you absolutely have to have everything on CD, the 2 missing tracks are on Chronicles.
I've been pestered to death to put this up, so here it is. If you just bought them, go get your money back. The remastered versions of these albums contain the missing tracks.
From now on, if you want to correct me on the contents of albums when they get remastered, you must buy me a new copy of that album. :)
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19:Are there any extra Rush songs that have been recorded and not used on an album?"What we write is what you get on a Rush album. We don't.. we don't ever write extra songs. If a song isn't worthy to be on a record, we usually don't finish it, so it gets kinda tossed in the garbage. So, we may be the only band with a 20-year existence that has no material in the can, 'cause everything we've written has gone on record. So, you know, we're a great disappointment after.. if we all get killed in a car crash, or something like that, it would be a great disappointment to our record company." -- Geddy Lee, in the Counterparts era "Up Close" radio interview
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20:When the band plays live, do they use any additional musicians to play backup parts?No.
The following excerpt is from the Geddy Lee interview in the October 1991 issue of Canadian Musician magazine: ( CM = the Canadian Musician interviewer, GL = Geddy Lee )
CM: It seems like you're making it very difficult for yourselves when
it could be done a lot easier. You say it's an unwritten rule in the
band, but...
GL: Yeah. It could be a lot easier with another person. And I don't
know why... We talked... Before the last tour we had very serious
talks about adding another member.
CM: Just for the tour?
GL: Just for the tour, yeah - not in the band. But we came to the
conclusion that our fans would rather see us use technology to try to
pull it off than have somebody else on the stage. And I really think
that that was the main reason why we opted to try to do it ourselves.
We figured that people who have been coming to see us for 15 years
would rather see us up there fighting our way through the show
than hiring somebody else. We figured that technology was a more
acceptable answer than not being a three-piece.
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21:Has <song> ever been performed live?The 1st anniversary issue of TNMS contains song lists for each tour Rush has done up to Presto. This is issue 99.
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22:Does anybody know if <band> ever opened for Rush? When did Rush play in <city> last?Check the Rush Tour Dates listing, available via the web at: http://syrinx.yyz.com/HTML/tourdates.html
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23:What is "Battlescar"/Max Webster? Who plays on it? What is the label/catalogue number for the Universal Juveniles CD? Where can I write to get it?Max Webster is a Canadian band that used to open for Rush. "Battlescar" is a song from their Universal Juveniles CD that was done as a duet of the 2 bands.
Max Webster - Universal Juveniles 1980
Mercury SRM-1-3855 [6337 144]
Distributed by Polygram Distribution, Inc.
Polygram
810 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019Write:
The Anthem Entertainment Group Inc.
189 Carlton Street
Toronto, Canada
M5A 2K7
Tel: (416) 923-5855
Fax: (416) 923-1041
One more note: "Battlescar" has a subscript: "recorded live July 28th, 1980 Phase One Studios -Toronto-".
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24:Have any books been written about the band?Rush - Visions: The Official Biography (c) 1988
By Bill Banasiewicz (The B-Man)
ISBN: 0-7119-1162-2 94 pages
From: Omnibus Press
Distributor: Music Sales Corporation
Order number: 44387 (that's what my copy says, anyway)
Music Sales Corporation
PO Box 572
5 Bellvale Road
Chester, NY 10918
Telephone: (914)469-2271Thanks to Charles Estabrooks (cre@imagesys.com) for verifying that address. He also says that if anybody wants to contact them directly about the book, they should call that number and ask for Kim.
Success Under Pressure (c) 1984
By Steve Gett
ISBN: 0-89524-230-3 48 pages
From: Cherry Lane Books
110 Midland Avenue
Port Chester, NY 10573Rush (c)1982
By Brian Harrigan
ISBN: 0-86001-934-9 80 pages
The Putnam Publishing Group
200 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016Ethan Evan Prater wrote to the company about this book and was informed that the book is out of print, and there are no plans for a reprint.
People have sent me the names of books of Rush sheet music, but I'm not going to include those because there are too many of them and this file is getting far too large. Besides, they really aren't about the band.
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25:I heard that Neil Peart was going to publish some of his writings. Has this been done? Can I buy this book?David Goulden (dgoulden@interlog.com) sent me info about a book he read by Neil. Here's the info he sent me:
Title: Raindance Over the Rockies
Author: Neil Peart
Date: 1988
Publisher: The Cumberland Press (Toronto)
Apparently, The Cumberland Press only does the printing. Once they print the book, it is up to the author to distribute it. What this means is that Neil is the person to contact if you want to buy this book.
According to the TNMS web site (check at http://syrinx.yyz.com/HTML/rush.html for details): Neil has also written articles and editorials, and in 1994 coauthored a short story "Drumbeats" with Kevin J. Anderson for the horror anthology Shock Rock II.
Neil has also written a book about his travels in Africa, called The Masked Rider. Details are available elsewhere in the FAQ.
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26:I heard something about a Rush comic book. What comic book was it?That was Defenders #45. It was dedicated to Geddy, Alex, and Neil of Rush on the first page. The story has an anti-collectivist theme to it. Since it was printed March 77 it makes sense that it would draw from 2112 (however vaguely).
The villain (Red Rajah) says, at one point, "Truth is false and logic lost, seek the Rajah at all cost."
There is also a comic bio of the band from Rock & Roll Comics, issue #49. It basically tells the history of the band from its beginnings to "Roll The Bones."
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27:Somebody posted <item> in TNMS. I missed it - could somebody please send me a copy? Does anybody have the lyrics to <song>?An archive server is running at server@ingr.com.
The address of this archive file server is:
UUCP'ish: ...!uunet!ingr!server
ARPA'ish: server@ingr.com
In the interests of brevity, the help file for this server have been removed.
Remember, if you don't have FTP capabilities at your site, there is still the mail server at server@ingr.com.
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28:What issue of TNMS is <item> in?This list isn't complete, and it probably contains errors. Let me know, so I can fix them!
Item Issue
Neil's reaction to TNMS 5
Analysis of "The Pass" 21
Neil's editorial on Satanism 22
Explanation of the map in "Signals" 26
"A Nice Morning Drive" 34
Grace Under Pressure tour book 42
2112 tour book 47
Permanent Waves tour book 48
1978 article/story on Rush 59
Alex interview: Music Express #132, 1989 62
"Kubla Khan" 64
Modern Drummer interview with Neil (December 89) 68
HYF tour book 69
"Rockline" interview 4/30/90 72
Peart Q & A 74
Definition of "peart" 80
Chronicles essay 81
"Kubla Khan" 88
Rush special from "The Source" 91
Success Under Pressure (Part 1 of 4) 93
Success Under Pressure (Part 2 of 4) 94
Success Under Pressure (Part 3 of 4) 96
TNMS 1st anniversary issue (Part 1 of 2) 98
TNMS 1st anniversary issue (Part 2 of 2) 99
Success Under Pressure (Part 4 of 4) 101
Interview with Alex 11/20/90 107
Updated Rush tour dates listing 108
"In The Studio" interviews/MP era 110
Rolling Stone interviews: 5/15/80, 6/26/80, 5/28/81 114
Guitar World, March 1990 118
1978 Sounds article 121
Rolling Stone album reviews
(Hemispheres,PeW,ESL,Signals,GUP,PoW,ASOH,Presto) 123
12/18/83 Sounds article 125
"The Source" interview: 2/27/83 131
Modern Drummer interview with Neil (April '84) 134
Moving Pictures tour book 136
Neil Peart drumset giveaway from Modern Drummer 3/87 142
Neil Peart: "The Quest For New Drums" (5/87 MD) 145
Neil Peart: drumset giveaway results (10/87 MD) 145
Neil Peart: "Getting The Drum Part" (8/88 MD) 145
Neil Peart: "A Real Job" (2/87 MD) 151
Interview: Sounds, 4/5/80 206
Rush discography 209
Discussion of scissors/paper/stone symbols 212
Geddy Lee interview: Keyboard magazine, September '84 217
Geddy Lee interview: Keyboard magazine, March '89 220
Alex Lifeson interview: _Guitar for the Practicing
Musician_: July '84 220
Neil Peart interview: Metal Hammer, 4/25/88 227
Presto tour press release 229
Only Music article 229
Presto concert review: Kerrang #282: 3/24/90 234,262
Picture Disc interview with Alex: HYF era 238
PoW tour book transcription 250
Hemispheres tour book transcription 257
Signals tour book transcription 260
Geddy Lee interview: Bass Player mag - Nov/Dec 1988 264
Creem interview with Neil 274
Alex interview: 4/86 Guitar Player 277
Geddy Lee interview: 4/86 Guitar Player 285
Neil Peart interview: 1/27/88 Houston Post 287
Rush crossword puzzle 292
Neil Peart interview: April '86 Canadian Composer 294
March 1990 Guitar World article 297
Signals tour book crossword puzzle 302
Neil Peart interview: January '86 Modern Drummer 305
Neil Peart release: Roll The Bones 311
Neil Peart interview: Guitar: October '86 312
Geddy Lee interview: August 19, 1991: Frank Lancaster 320
Neil interview: 10/86 Guitar for Practicing Musician 325
Geddy interview: "In The Listening Room" - GFPM 6/87 325
Neil/Alex interview: February 1990 Music Express 342
TNMS 2nd anniversary issue 378
"Row the boats" article by Neil Peart 390
10/91 "Canadian Musician" interview: Geddy, Neil 392
November 1, 1991 Chicago Tribune article 406
"Gold Rush": Canadian Composer article 408
August 19, 1991 Geddy Lee interview 408
Neil Peart Rochester Times Union article: 10/24/91 408
RTB CD launch transcription 450
November 1991 Guitar Player interview: Geddy & Alex 452
ABC "In Concert" artist profile of Rush (RTB tour) 453
Results of "Favorite Rush Songs" poll 458
Lots of parodies of Rush lyrics 479
Bunch of assorted interviews: 481
"Adventures in Paradise" - Neil Peart (HYF era)
"Living in a big Rush" - Rochester Times October 24, 1991
(Coincidentally this is also in #408)
Orlando Sentinel Neil article
Music Express article: Neil/Alex (February 1990)
(Same as in #342)
TNMS Neil Peart interview 486
April 1992 Kerrang interview: Geddy/Alex 531
Alex Lifeson interview: _Guitar for the Practicing
Musician_, May 1991 534
Alex Lifeson interview: Guitar School, May 1990 534
Alex/Geddy article: Guitar World, April 1988 540
Updated tour dates listing 542
March 1992 RAG interview: Geddy 544
Andrew MacNaughtan interview: "The Spirit of Rush," Pt.1 549
Andrew MacNaughtan interview: "The Spirit of Rush," Pt.2 552
TNMS 3rd anniversary issue 556
Discussion of the origin of the "Cygnus X-1" title 567
"One on One" radio interview with Neil: RTB era 571
May 1992 Lighting Dimensions article 594
February 16 1992 Houston Chronicle interview with Neil 597
Tour Dates listing, version 3.6 627
RTB Radio Special transcription 656
1993 Musician "Whole Guitar Book" Alex Lifeson article 661
Neil Peart "for whom the bus rolls" article 686
from "The Spirit of Rush", number 10, winter '89-'90;
originally from Rush Backstage Club, March 31, 1982
Tour Dates listing, version 3.8: June 6 1993 revision 692
Rush Discography, version 2.0, September 7 1993 revision 747
Sept 9 1993 Toronto Star interview with Neil Peart 750
Atlantic press release for "Counterparts" 752
Lyrics for "Stick It Out" 756
Lyrics for Counterparts 759
Transcription of Counterparts world premiere 783
"Metalshop" interview with Alex Lifeson 801
BPI Communications "Counterparts" article 806
"Counterparts" bio, by Neil Peart 806
St. Louis Globe article,
On or before Monday, April 28, 1986 812
Rush Article in Raw magazine, No 135, Oct 27-Nov 9 1993 812
article from metal CD, Volume 2 No. 1 812
Geddy Lee Interview, Bass Player Dec. 93 812
1984 "Innerview" with Neil Peart 842
Rush: Off The Record (1984) 842
Neil Peart Int. Modern Drummer apr/may 80 844
Guitar World Feb 1994 interview, Geddy & Alex 849
"A Day in the Lifeson", Car Stereo Review, Jan/Feb 1994 849
Nov 1993 Network magazine article 849
Set list for "Counterparts" tour 857
Transcription of Jan 24 1994 Rockline interview 878
Bunch of stuff:
Advice for people who want to get on call-in
radio shows
Transcription: Goldmine Counterparts review
-- March 4, 1994
Transcription: "Request" article (Feb 94) 891
Summer 1994 Alex interview, Guitar Shop magazine 930
March 9, 1994 "Aquarian Weekly" interview with Neil 937
Bunch of CP concert reviews 942
Counterparts era "Up Close" radio interview 955
Rush: Art for Art's Sake - Int'l Musician magazine, 7/84 970
A Rush Fan's Guide to Toronto 970
Seconds magazine interview, issue 25, 1994 976
March 1994 Creem interview, Geddy Lee & Les Claypool 997
Neil Peart "A Port boy's story", June 24/25 1994
St. Catharines Standard 1007
Neil Peart Compuserve interview, Oct 5 1994 1014
Maclean's Sept 30 1991 article 1020
FACE 2 FACE with Alex Lifeson by Stewart Gilray 1032
of "Spirit of Rush"
Transcription of Neil's "Politically Incorrect" 1033
appearance
Rush 20th Anniversary Gift announcement 1041
Rush, by Brian Harrigan, part 1 of 3 1101
Rush, by Brian Harrigan, part 2 of 3 1102
Rush, by Brian Harrigan, part 3 of 3 1104
TCI Article on RUSH, 1994 1140
Neil Peart "Into Africa" article 1140
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29:I've been seeing <acronym> used in TNMS. What does it mean?FBN Fly By Night
COS Caress Of Steel
ATWAS All The World's A Stage
AFTK A Farewell To Kings
PeW Permanent Waves {PLEASE! NOT just PW!}
MP Moving Pictures
ESL Exit...Stage Left
GUP Grace Under Pressure
p/g Grace Under Pressure
PoW Power Windows {PLEASE! NOT just PW!}
HYF Hold Your Fire
ASOH A Show Of Hands
TTCE Through The Camera Eye {rare, but it shows up}
RTB Roll The Bones
CP Counterparts
TFE or T4E Test For EchoYKYA(A)RFW You Know (You're|You Are) A Rush Fan When
IMHO In My Humble/Honest Opinion
WRT With Respect To
ORQ Obligatory Rush Quote
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30:I've heard about the "Rush Backstage Club." What is it, and how do I join?It's an outfit that sells Rush souvenirs (T-shirts, posters, etc) and occasionally releases a newsletter. (I'm not a member, so I don't really know. Could a member send me some details?) To join the Backstage Club, just send $12.95 ($10 to join plus $2.95 shipping and handling) to:
Rush Backstage Club
2250 E. Tropicana Ave. #228
Las Vegas, NV 89119
(I got that address from FLETCHYYZ@delphi.com)
SnowDog265@aol.com provided this phone number: (702) 739-6440
Membership obligation is to purchase 1 item of merchandise each year to stay on the mailing list. Also, they will answer any inquiries if you include a self-addressed stamped envelope. For those international people, pay in US money (NO CASH!!!) and include postage coupons with information requests.
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31:What other Rush newsletters are there?The Spirit Of Rush Published 4 times a year. Subscription for the next 4 issues: UK: #6.80, Europe: #10.00, Australia/NZ: #12.00 US/Canada: $20.00 (# = Pounds Sterling. All prices include postage.) Back issues: UK: #1.50 each, Europe: #2.00, Australia/NZ: #3.00 US/Canada: $4.00 (all prices include postage) Address for back issues, and UK/Europe/Australia/NZ subscriptions:
23, Garden Close,
Chinbrook Road,
Grove Park,
London, SE12 9TG
EnglandAddress for US/Canada subscriptions:
A Show of Fans
c/o Steve Streeter
PO Box 292
Canton, CT 06019UK readers should pay by crossed cheque or postal order, NOT CASH. Overseas readers should pay by bank draft or International Money Order, in STERLING ONLY please. If these are unavailable, cash sterling or cash dollars only. Personal cheques in foreign currency cannot be accepted. Cheques/postal orders/I.M.O/B.D. payable to The Spirit Of Rush
US readers should pay by personal cheque payable to Ray Wawryzniak. A Show of Fans "A Rush Fanzine For and By Rush Fans" Steve Streeter: Publisher/Editor Send $3 for the most current issue.
PO Box 292
Canton, CT 06019
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32:Who says <phrase> in <song>?- Geddy says "One, two, buckle my shoe" in "In The End" on ATWAS.
- Neil does the narrative during "The Necromancer."
- I've never seen anything definitive saying who whispers in "The Twilight Zone."
- Neil does the "Attention all planets of the Solar Federation - we have assumed control" bit at the end of "2112."
- The deep voice at the beginning of "Cygnus X-1" is none other than Terry Brown.
- Neil says "Subdivisions" in the song of the same name, even though Alex is shown saying it in the video and does it live.
- Alex says "That's nice" at the end of "Chain Lightning."
- We don't know who says "I will be the judge" and "Give the jury direction." Yoav Gershon <ygershon@ucdavis.edu> has digitized those phrases and adjusted the pitch, and says that Neil Peart says those phrases.
- According to Neil on the December 2, 1991 "Rockline," Geddy does the RTB "chat" section.This is part 1 of 3 of the FAQ answers. Link to FAQ Part 2 Link to FAQ Part 3
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