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That's just Eddie Trunk 😂

Overall thoughts outside of Ozzy/Sabbath sets which were great: Good: Metallica Tool Alice in Chains Steven Tyler sounded unbelievable, especially given recent vocal issues Anthrax Rival Sons Corgan doing Priest, surprisingly Slayer Bad: Hagar David Draiman Halestorm Pantera The Fred Durst solo acoustic "Changes" they showed via prerecorded video Somewhere in between: Guns N' Roses (the Sabbath stuff was great but Axl sounded rough on the two GNR songs they played) Mastodon Lamb of God (not my thing but they sounded fine for what they do) Gojira (same)

I watched most of the live stream. Genuinely shocked by how good Ozzy was given everything he's dealing with health-wise. Glad he got a proper final show.

I was a kid posting on Rush forums 20 years ago under a different name but I vividly remember Doug Maher's "exclusive" interviews being pretty widely debunked as totally made up. Weird guy.

I saw them twice on R40 (Chicago and Portland) and thought he sounded great both nights. The Toronto show they released was by far the worst I heard him sound on any recording from that tour. Which is another reason why I'd love to see another show from the tour given an official release -- particularly the final show.

I got it and I'm not mad that I got it. (Just the CD version, the price for the super deluxe was outrageous.) I'm glad to officially own the debut single and the packaging/artwork is nice. They obviously recorded and shot the entire final performance at the Forum since there's footage from it in the Time Stand Still doc. I really hope the next thing they put out is a standalone CD/Bluray release of that entire show. One of my biggest gripes about the R40 Toronto release is that they caught Geddy on a rough night vocally. I hate that that's the standing document of that tour.

Nothing close to me. Too bad.

Open Secrets is one of my favorite Rush "deep cuts."

I'll get the CD version I guess. The price on the super deluxe is outrageous. That's more than the Moving Pictures super deluxe which was actually worth the money with how much extra stuff is in it.

I've taken every non-answer about Geddy and Alex making new music together as "it's not happening but they don't want to outright say that so as not to disappoint the fans." Alex has been very open about not wanting to tour anymore. I could see Geddy doing something on his own in the future, be it an album or live shows, but the two of them together, I'm not holding my breath at all.

CDs are so much less expensive to produce than vinyl, it makes no sense why they wouldn't make a CD version for those that want it.

Assuming they filmed all of it and not just the final songs, I would love a full standalone release of the final show at the Forum.

I would have liked to see more of the Laura Secord show on here—maybe even the whole thing, because none of it has ever been released in audio form. Another thing that would have been easy to include since it exists, is the live "Lock and Key" from the A Show of Hands laserdisc. The video is on the R40 blu-ray box set but it's never been on any kind of audio release. That R40 box set seemed to be a roundup of every video thing they had that wasn't on another release or was a "rarity." It would have been cool if this was an audio version of that kind of release. But, again, there's just enough stuff on here to be worth it for me to buy the CD version.

The early stuff and the stuff from the final show at the Forum are just enough to get me to buy this if there's a physical release.

Not counting Feedback since it's not original material -- 19. Test for Echo 18. s/t 17. Roll the Bones 16. Fly by Night 15. Presto 14. Caress of Steel 13. Snakes & Arrows 12. Counterparts 11. Hold Your Fire 10. 2112 9. Clockwork Angels 8. Grace Under Pressure 7. Hemispheres 6. Vapor Trails 5. Signals 4. Moving Pictures 3. A Farewell to Kings 2. Permanent Waves 1. Power Windows

Sadly I don't like any of that R50 merch.

1. First Concert? Ringo Starr & The All-Starr Band (2001) 2. Last Concert? John Fogerty last weekend 3. Worst Concert? Haven't been to too many bad ones. Probably the 2006 version of Guns N' Roses with no original members besides Axl, which sounded fine but came on after midnight and the arena was maybe 25% full. 4. Loudest Concert? My Bloody Valentine at Coachella in 2009 5. Best Concert? Prince in a 1500-capacity theater 6. Seen the Most? Rush (7x) 7. Most Surprising? Soundgarden co-headlining with NIN in 2014, just because I went in thinking Chris Cornell's voice would be shot but he sounded great 8. Happy I got to see? Rush obviously, Prince, Tom Petty, the Stones, both living Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, White Stripes, Aerosmith, both Roger Waters and David Gilmour 9. Wish I could have seen? Bowie, the Who with Keith Moon and John Entwistle 10. Next Concert? Anderson .Paak next month I'd add one more question to the survey and that's "Bucket list/bands you still need to see (that are still alive/active/possible to see)" and my answers to that would be Bjork, D'Angelo and Iron Maiden.

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Vapor Trails Remixed CD is not out of print as far as I know, they want $30 for it as an "archives" item??

If there are zero original members it's just an officially licensed cover band, but still charging "actually the band" prices. I'm good.

Nilufer Yanya

Gotta be Too Much Time on My Hands

I actually think My Favorite Headache is pretty solid with one song ("Grace to Grace") that's as good as anything Rush released in the 90s. Victor is not my thing at all, though.

Looks like My Favorite Headache and Victor are both being reissued with new artwork and bonus tracks on August 9. Both are available for preorder on both CD and vinyl on Rushbackstage. What's strange to me is that the MFH reissue's bonus material is just two instrumental mixes of songs on the album. Why would they not include the two "lost" songs that were released around Geddy's book last fall?

The new album isn't bad. I don't like it as much as Error. The writing and playing is fantastic as always but the songs feel kind of over-workshopped and less organic to me. Like they had too much outside writing/producing help and it makes it kind of generic-sounding. Some good songs still though.