holdyoufire Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 Anyone know of any Rush tribute bands? I 'd love to find one that plays in the South Florida area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ffej Sector A Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 Try this link... http://dreamwater.org/art/gtr/tribalpha.htm Not sure if all of these bands are still together or not, but it was the first link to come up on Google. I've only ever seen one Rush tribute band... 2112, based out of NY or NJ. They were quite good, but they only played material up to and including Signals. This was back before T4E was released. They were also a 3-piece band, as opposed to some of the 4- and 5-piece Rush tribute bands out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drumnut Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 MovingPicturesBand is a group that mainly tours the south west but do tour nationwide as either MovingPicturesBand or The Atomic Punks. Some of the same guys play in both bands and one will open for the other. Makes for a long gig for the players, but they always put on a good show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperspace Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 Momos Dance Party are another one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ffej Sector A Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 (edited) Wow! I came across this 10-year-old post tonight. I replied to this back in 2005 and now I actually play in a Rush tribute band called Solar Federation. If anyone is around Central PA, come check us out! Edited October 20, 2015 by Ffej Sector A 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Signals Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Wow! I came across this 10-year-old post tonight. I replied to this back in 2005 and now I actually play in a Rush tribute band called Solar Federation. If anyone is around Central PA, come check us out! Or near Western PA, check out Distant Signals :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New_World_Man Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 There's a Rush tribute band, who I believe are still around, from the Philly area called Afterimage. I saw them several years ago and they were quite good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianice Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Killer Dwarfs :haz: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertrobyn Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Rash of Sacramento California just cancelled the show for 11-7-15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Signals Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 2 shows left for Distant Signals this year. 10/24/15 - Brunswick, OH at the 42Eighty Concert Club 11/14/15 - Pittsburgh, PA at The Hard Rock Café (featuring "The R40 Experience" with a song from every studio album and 1 song NEVER played live by Rush) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeaveMyThingAlone Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 I remember watching a good one called Caress of Steel in Southern California. They opened for a Van Halen tribute band called The Atomic Punks and the drummer played in both. The singer of the Atomic Punks was jealous or something and kept making fun of Rush directing it to the drummer. It was...odd. The Rush band was really impressive. If you play in a Rush tribute band and can nail La Villa Strangiato you have some chops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Signals Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Anyone interested in joining Distant Signals Rush tribute at this event entitled "The R40 Experience"?? Saturday Nov. 14th in Pittsburgh, PAhttps://www.facebook.com/events/1080201395326221/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 There's a Rush tribute band, who I believe are still around, from the Philly area called Afterimage. I saw them several years ago and they were quite good. They were the last Rush tribute I saw a few years back in Newtown. I liked them a lot but haven't heard from them since then. I'd go see them again for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyLee Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Ahem... shameless plug... cough.... krushtributeband.com We're playing in Delaware on December 5th! Full 3+ hour show. ;) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanadu Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Anyone in the Chicago area, come on out this weekend to see Animation! I'll be there. :) http://atributetorush.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket ignites Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Some band named "Spindrift" played the local Tribute Fest we have each year in northern, MN. I didn't get to go, but they seemed pretty good when I looked 'em up online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3strukt Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 LotusLand is the best Rush tribute band, Ever. Period. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Bay Rush Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Ahem... shameless plug... cough.... krushtributeband.com We're playing in Delaware on December 5th! Full 3+ hour show. ;) Kenny, it is not a "shameless" plug you made... it's a very worthy one. Your tribute band is excellent. There are two Rush tribute bands that stand out from the rest in my opinion - KRush (Kenny's band) and Lotus Land. Both of these bands are unreal. The amount of rehearsal, attention to detail and MONEY these bands spend must be insane. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jomboni Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Ahem... shameless plug... cough.... krushtributeband.com We're playing in Delaware on December 5th! Full 3+ hour show. ;) I may try and hit up the Tom & Jerry's show in January! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Look to Sirius Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Ahem... shameless plug... cough.... krushtributeband.com We're playing in Delaware on December 5th! Full 3+ hour show. ;) I may try and hit up the Tom & Jerry's show in January!That's exactly what I was thinking! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyLee Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Ahem... shameless plug... cough.... krushtributeband.com We're playing in Delaware on December 5th! Full 3+ hour show. ;) I may try and hit up the Tom & Jerry's show in January!That's exactly what I was thinking! That would be so cool! Thanks, guys! and... you ROCK TBR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del_Duio Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 A have a serious question for you guys in RUSH tribute bands, and this might come across kind of douchey but it's not meant that way: You obviously have the chops to play complex stuff, and are influenced by one of the world's greatest bands. To both points I gotta' tip my hat to you.But I mean doesn't it kind of suck to get famous (or semi famous, or whatever) emulating another band? I mean you could make up a ton of original music I'd bet, no doubt about it. And then possibly RUSH fans like myself could listen to you and be wowed that 'hey, this sort of sounds like RUSH cool!' without it actually being their songs. And BOOM there you go, fans that like you guys for the stuff you wrote yourself, for yourself. If you know what I mean. Again, not trying to crap on anybody parade I just don't get how all these awesome musicians aren't out there blazing their own trail instead of riding on the coattails of the mighty three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del_Duio Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 LotusLand is the best Rush tribute band, Ever. Period. For what they do, without a doubt. The singer is basically 70's era Geddy for both bass playing and vocals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 LotusLand is the best Rush tribute band, Ever. Period. For what they do, without a doubt. The singer is basically 70's era Geddy for both bass playing and vocals. Does that mean they don't touch anything after Moving Pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ffej Sector A Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 A have a serious question for you guys in RUSH tribute bands, and this might come across kind of douchey but it's not meant that way: You obviously have the chops to play complex stuff, and are influenced by one of the world's greatest bands. To both points I gotta' tip my hat to you.But I mean doesn't it kind of suck to get famous (or semi famous, or whatever) emulating another band? I mean you could make up a ton of original music I'd bet, no doubt about it. And then possibly RUSH fans like myself could listen to you and be wowed that 'hey, this sort of sounds like RUSH cool!' without it actually being their songs. And BOOM there you go, fans that like you guys for the stuff you wrote yourself, for yourself. If you know what I mean. Again, not trying to crap on anybody parade I just don't get how all these awesome musicians aren't out there blazing their own trail instead of riding on the coattails of the mighty three. Most (if not all) musicians playing in Rush tribute or cover bands play or have played in original bands, myself included. For me (age 41), it's not about gaining notoriety or getting famous or riding coattails, it's about the joy of performing Rush's music. Speaking for myself, I get great satisfaction writing, arranging and performing original material with my band; on the other hand, I love Rush's music so much (they are my favorite band of all time), that putting in the time to learn Neil's drum parts accurately is worthwhile to me. To be able to actually play Rush's music competently with other musicians (or along with my iPod) is just a rewarding to me as listening to Rush or seeing them in concert. Most musicians (if not all) who play Rush are incredibly passionate about music and just love playing... as long as the music is pure and meaningful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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