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Alex and Geddy are going back out with a new drummer (Anika Nilles, played with Jeff Beck) and adding a keyboard player. I suppose it was inevitable but how will it sound? I was never much of a fan, only giving them a proper go lately but Peart was truly irreplacable
Same here, not a huge fan, but I see no issue with it at all. Their hearts are very clearly in the right place, they're clearly excited about it from that video. She's a great drummer too.
The two of them have always said they would have been happy to tour longer but Peart was the one against it, so this was probably inevitable
Surprised by that but deadly. She's an unreal drummer. The gig here in whatever year it was was unbelievable.
Happy for them but Geddy's voice was shot on the last tour 10 years ago.
Yeah as a big fan I'm cool with them doing this, but I agree with ze Burggermeister about Geddy's voice.
If they land in Dublin I'd still go to it in fairness. Seeing them at the O2 in 2011 is one of my favourite gigs (Moving Pictures in its entirety!!!)
Was lucky to see Rush in 2011 with Peart on drums.
What a great honour for her,Hopefully some European dates.
Cool, I'd definitely go see them.
They played at some awards thingy last night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVw-4L59Tw0
Watched a few videos from the first show, fucking class. Geddy has been working with a vocal coach, allegedly, and his voice sounded a lot better than it has been in years.
The scrutiny on Anika is fucking mental, including one lad videoing just her for the whole show 😂 The Rushcon people did a live stream of the whole thing with several Lampards complaining the she didn't do x fill or y ride pattern exactly the same. She kicked ass and took names, to my ears, and started getting huge cheers later in the set when nailing some of the signature fills. Delighted.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tsAgGYM8_-A
That is indeed fucking class.
The chuds would never be happy with who they brought it, but she nailed it, so fuck those guys.
Rush are close to being my favourite band ever, and I will admit to being a wee bit sceptical of the whole thing at first. But it's those two lads' life's work, they've found someone highly capable to stand in for Peart, Geddy does sound better than he has in a very long time, their own playing is still top notch, and the tributes to Peart were touching.
It feels like a celebration of their music and his life, so power to all involved.
They sound class, Anika is an amazing drummer. Great to hear em' on top form.
Yeah! Big shoes to fill but she nailed it to my eyes and ears.
Yeah she feckin' killed it. 99% of the geebags in the comments would shite themselves the minute they say on the drumstool.
A band i have never heard a single note of, but i know are massively respected. Whats they're best album to check out?
Quote from: Floss on June 10, 2026, 03:05:06 PMA band i have never heard a single note of, but i know are massively respected. Whats they're best album to check out?
I'd say their two "big" ones are probably 2112 and Moving Pictures, probably the best ones to start off with
Farewell to King's and Hemispheres would be my favourites, they lean more heavily into the prog side of things
But there's something to enjoy in nearly everything they've released, could always start at the beginning and work your way through
Quote from: Floss on June 10, 2026, 03:05:06 PMA band i have never heard a single note of, but i know are massively respected. Whats they're best album to check out?
Personally started with Permanent Waves - Freewill from that hooked me and is still my favourite song of theirs.
Like Trev my two personal faves are A Farewell to Kings and Hemispheres. And agree that there's something worthwhile on all the albums (the run from 2112 to Signals is immense).
If you do start at the start, be aware that the debut is a grand blues rock album in the vein of Cream or Zeppelin, but fairly derivative and not indicative of what they became. It's also their only one not to have Neil Peart on drums (original lad John Rutsey was grand, but nothing amazing).
Their second album Fly By Night is more like it, though the second side is effectively an acoustic album and destroys the pacing. Third album Caress of Steel is a bit of a stinker and almost finished them, but opener Bastille Day is a banger.
Yeah Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures and 2112 be my picks to start with Hemispheres is class, I love Clock Work Angels which I must give a blast.
Moving Pictures was my intro but plenty of top tier albums. The gig here back whenever it was, playing Moving Pictures in full in the second half is still one of my top gigs. Unreal. Yer wan is an exceptional drummer.
I'm relatively new to them myself but so far Moving Pictures is the one. I can't take to 2112 at all. Tbe first three make a nice trilogy, more straightforward than what followed but good for what they are when you're in the mood. I haven't gone past Power Windows yet, I gather they hit a slump for a while from the mid '80s to the mid '90s.
Quote from: Carnage on June 10, 2026, 07:19:29 PMin the mood.
I see what you did there :abbath: :abbath: :abbath:
The only album that I can't listen to is Presto. The production is just too clean, and the songs were meh. Pretty sure they had Voivod (who were promoting Dimension Hatross at the time!) supporting them at some point on that tour.
Counterparts (from 1993) is a somewhat return to form as they went back to being a rock band and jettisoned the synths. Their three albums this century are bangers.
Quote from: open face surgery on June 10, 2026, 07:12:19 PMMoving Pictures was my intro but plenty of top tier albums. The gig here back whenever it was, playing Moving Pictures in full in the second half is still one of my top gigs. Unreal. Yer wan is an exceptional drummer.
That gig was such a treat. The lesser-know tunes on Moving Pictures (basically side b) are just as good as the famous ones, and hearing Witch Hunt followed by Vital Signs was the highlight of the gig.
That gig was incredible. I've been looking at trying to get tickets for somewhere on their European run, but to be honest if I don't I'd be just as happy having that show as my only experience of seeing them live
Quote from: Ducky on June 10, 2026, 07:40:26 PMTheir three albums this century are bangers.
Absolutely, can't really think of many other bands keeping the quality so high that late into their career. Although if you're just checking them out go for the remix version of Vapor Trails, the original is brickwalled to shit, remix fixes most of the problems and sounds much better
Quote from: Floss on June 10, 2026, 03:05:06 PMA band i have never heard a single note of, but i know are massively respected. Whats they're best album to check out?
And watch the documentary that Sam Dunn made a few years ago too. After you've checked out the albums.
Beyond The Lighted Stage. Pretty much sealed the deal for me with them.
Seconded, that was great:
There was another one around the same time about their farewell tour, that was also pretty good. Time Stand Still it was called:
Another good primer is Rush In Rio, I really enjoyed that and it covers a lot of ground:
Rush In Rio is what opened the door for me. I had been in several bands over the years with Peart-obsessed drummers and their insistence on overplaying every single bar really put me off giving Rush a fair chance. When that DVD came out, the scuzzier sound of it really clicked with me. It's a great overview of their material up to that point and I started picking up the albums based on my favourite songs from that set.
These days I love them all, there are no bad albums, and their continuous evolution makes them all interesting for their own merits. Right now, I'm really enjoying the 80's stuff in a big way. Savage stuff.
I was in Tower last weekend and saw they have a box set for very reasonable money. The CD in a slipcase type of thing. That's where I'd start.
Back in the CDR burning days I had Farewell To Kings and Hemispheres back to back on one 80 minute CD. Cygnus X-1 Book 1 straight into Book 2 was, and remains, the absolute business. The run of 2112 to Moving Pictures, at a minimum, is pure gold.
Power Windows was my introduction and remains the best to my ears.. Enjoy all the era's they did.. la villa strangiato is one of the greatest songs of all time
Thanks for the suggestions chaps
Quote from: Floss on June 11, 2026, 02:40:29 PMThanks for the suggestions chaps
And if you want get "Rushified" check out "I love you man", a comedy 8)
The episode of Trailer Park Boys where they "borrow" Alex Lifeson is mint.
Grace Under Pressure is the Rush album I've been listening to most often in recent years. A Farewell to Kings, 2112, Moving Pictures and Clockwork Angels all get regular listens.
Quote from: Ducky on June 12, 2026, 02:53:17 PMThe episode of Trailer Park Boys where they "borrow" Alex Lifeson is mint.
Closer to the Heart episode, it's class must rewatch actually.
Quote from: DaveG on June 11, 2026, 11:12:42 AMBack in the CDR burning days I had Farewell To Kings and Hemispheres back to back on one 80 minute CD. Cygnus X-1 Book 1 straight into Book 2 was, and remains, the absolute business.
I played them back to back earlier, they go well together alright.