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Believe me, it's definitely worth it :) As a person who loves concerts, these guys were able to fill the Rush-shaped hole in my heart. That's how good they are.

I'd even go as far as to say that if you really miss live Rush, these guys to a FANTASTIC job filling those shoes.

Relatively inexpensive actually, I got them off Groupon

Yesterday, I went to see this authentic three-piece Rush tribute band called Mystic Rhythms and I thought they were going to be good, but I didn't think they were gonna be THAT good. The Geddy impersonator does it all, singing, playing the bass, and playing the keyboards! He even added some extra keyboard parts to some songs. Apparently, this was the first time they've done a fully themed show celebrating all four decades of Rush music. They kind of followed the same template as the R40 tour where they go from last to first as opposed from first to last (lol geddit) however they did mix some things up and did things to keep the fans on their toes :) From the top of my head, their setlist went as follows Set 1 1.The Spirit of Radio 2.BU2B 3.Far Cry 4.Limelight 5.Driven 6.Animate 7.The Big Money 8.Subdivisions 9.Mystic Rhythms 10.Drum Solo 11. Roll The Bones Set 2 1.Tom Sawyer 2.Freewill 3.YYZ 4.The Trees 5.Closer To The Heart 6. 2112 (Overture) (Temples) (Discovery) (Presentation) (Oracle) (Soliloquy) (The Grand Finale) 7. Working Man It was a neat little package they did to celebrate all eras of Rush, of course they couldn't do everything, but according to the Geddy impersonator, they have over six hours of Rush music completely memorized! But still, it was a great show. For everybody who scoffs at the idea of Rush tribute bands, please give these guys a chance. These guys don't screw around.

Treeduck is smarter than you he was referring to the post production. He prefers a less plastic sound. Now go start a thread about how much pain this debate causes your anus and get yourself more eyerolls. When everybody else in the comments section of that video is accusing Kansas of using autotune in their live show, it could very well that Treeduck was echoing what they said. I don't know why you have to be such a f***ing jerk to me all the time. You just called Treeduck a "f***ing idiot" and now you're wondering why someone might not be particularly respectful when responding to you? WEW LAD, you're such a victim m8!!!!!! I was talking about the idiots commenting on the video, not treeduck

Treeduck is smarter than you he was referring to the post production. He prefers a less plastic sound. Now go start a thread about how much pain this debate causes your anus and get yourself more eyerolls. When everybody else in the comments section of that video is accusing Kansas of using autotune in their live show, it could very well that Treeduck was echoing what they said. I don't know why you have to be such a f***ing jerk to me all the time. I don't get why you have to be so pedantic about everything. I don't know what exactly I did to you, but you have taken it upon yourself to comment on every single thread I ever posted just to talk shit about me. All I wanna know is what's up? Why do you have to be this hostile to me for no reason? I've never done or said anything bad about you EVER. In fact, I've always held you in high regard in terms of how you've introduced me to a broader variety of music.

Treeduck is smarter than you he was referring to the post production. He prefers a less plastic sound. Now go start a thread about how much pain this debate causes your anus and get yourself more eyerolls. When everybody else in the comments section of that video is accusing Kansas of using autotune in their live show, it could very well that Treeduck was echoing what they said. I don't know why you have to be such a f***ing jerk to me all the time.

I've seen the new lineup live four times, there is no way in HELL they use autotune during the show. Maybe there was a bit of pitch correction post-production but to say that Ronnie Platt uses autotune live is a 100% false accusation.

You people are f***ing idiots, there is no way that's autotune.

Except that's not what he said. He said it gets too much when the average audience member has trouble recognizing it. Which happens how often? hint: never I'm pretty sure that if a song goes from standard tuning down to near death metal tuning, the audience is gonna notice. When you look at footage from Whitesnake's final tour, you'll know why they're ending it as they're pretty much playing djent versions of their classic songs.

It should come to no surprise to learn that as certain rock musicans get older, sometimes their voice gets lower as a result of the aging process combined with not making an active effort to train your voice as it ages. And because of this, their bands will end up tuning down a half step or more to make singing easier. One positive aspect of this is that it could result in an overall heavier, more punchy live sound. On the other hand, sometimes the band could start to sound like this...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgRLLqYQh1Q To you, when do you think it gets to the point where it's simply too much? To me, it gets too much when it gets to the point where the average audience has trouble recognizing the songs.

I kind of wonder if he sold the Steinberger and the Wal, when he showed off his bass collection years ago, I could not see them at all.

I don't deny he has talent, but as a human being, he and his entire f***ing trailer trash fanbase can seriously f**k off. You know, it's a funny thing. When Hillary Clinton talked about the "deplorables" during the 2016 presidential campaign, a friend of mine made a great observation: If I say 50% of your friends are idiots, 100% of your friends think I'm talking about them. Ted's "entire f*cking trailer trash fanbase," includes many people, like me, who think his catalog contains some excellent no frills rock. And I live in a single family home. ;) I'm sorry, but I'm just sick and tired of him and Dave Fuckstaine making the entire rock/metal community look like a bunch of uneducated bigot fucks. You make this kind of mistake often. They're not "making the entire rock/mental community look like a bunch of uneducated bla bla bla", they're making THEMSELVES look like guys who'd say such stuff. You worry too damn much about what so and so looks like. I'm just saying that when you look at guys like Ted Nugent, Tom Araya, Phil Anselmo and Dave Mustaine, then you'll kind of understand why back in late 2014 and early 2015, certain people tried to go after metal and the metal community, trying to say that we're a bunch of backwards-ass conservative assholes. Granted, the movement fizzled out very fast, but my point is, the reason why that whole thing happened was because of how those four assholes reflected upon the entire metalhead community.

I don't deny he has talent, but as a human being, he and his entire f***ing trailer trash fanbase can seriously f**k off. You know, it's a funny thing. When Hillary Clinton talked about the "deplorables" during the 2016 presidential campaign, a friend of mine made a great observation: If I say 50% of your friends are idiots, 100% of your friends think I'm talking about them. Ted's "entire f*cking trailer trash fanbase," includes many people, like me, who think his catalog contains some excellent no frills rock. And I live in a single family home. ;) I'm sorry, but I'm just sick and tired of him and Dave Fuckstaine making the entire rock/metal community look like a bunch of uneducated bigot fucks.

I don't deny he has talent, but as a human being, he and his entire f***ing trailer trash fanbase can seriously f**k off.

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I'll explain what I mean by this. Recently, I saw a video on youtube of someone demonstrating an 80s-era MIDI guitar synth and all I could think about was how cool it was that we had such advanced technology back in those days before the technological explosion of the 2000s. I just found it so fascinating how an instrument can sound like any other with the proper MIDI technology. Part of me thinks that this willingness to experiment with those kind of sounds died in the 1990s when grunge happened, and everybody was focused on how stripped-down and "raw" music sounded. Although we have more experimentation now with sounds, I only wish that we had that same sort of willingness that we had in the 80s.

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This may be one of the dumbest things I'll read this year. Unless Neil owns the trademark to the band name, Geddy and Alex could tell Neil to f**k off, hire Tommy Lee and still call it Rush if they chose. Neil would have to be compensated for his share of the business of the band, but he certainly can't block it. KISS paid Ace and Peter for years after they left because they still held a share of the band's business. And that's not including royalties. When the original Guess Who (minus the bassist) reunited and started touring again, they had to pay the bassist because he owned the band trademark and could've prevented it. We don't know for sure what could be going on behind closed doors with Rush. Maybe we just have to learn to accept that it wasn't 40 years of nice Canadian guys doing something they love and they all hold hands and sing kumbaya and all that shit.

It was riding his motorcycle from show to show that really did him in. He wouldn't be anywhere near as exhausted if he could of just relaxed and read books on a bus or a plane during the tours. I fully believe he did that on purpose.

It still just pisses me off how Neil has Geddy and Alex's balls in a vice grip. LeeLifeson could have happened, but I can bet you that the reason why it's not happening now is because Neil probably heard the rumors and told them no. And instead of Geddy or Alex saying "I'm sorry, but this is something we want to do.", they instead put their tails between their legs and called off the whole thing.

Your move, Polarize. Fair point, and SW's right. But make no mistake, the band he convened for PT (Colin Edwin, Richard Barbieri, Gavin Harrison, Chris Maitland and John Wesley) added their spices to his songs and have such distinct playing styles that sonically and feel wise is different than post-PT SW. That is different from the quality of the song writing cause I'd say in that regard, Hand.Cannot.Erase is his greatest success. The closest PT sounding solo album is Insurgentes and a lot of that had to do with Gavin being the drummer on the album. Now here's your move: what PT/SW albums have you listened to so far? I'm curious to know cause it seems you judge based on one song: case in point (if Union is to believe and I believe him) Devin Townsend with March Of The Poozers. I've listened to more Devin Townsend than just that one song. I know that I do enjoy his solo stuff a lot more than SYL. A lot of SYL's music just seems very weird and arythmic, almost verging on grindcore. DTP is a little more melodic, more like a Dio or an Iron Maiden sound, which I like better than most "extreme metal".

Try not to get too upset over it- there are still a lot of metal and other musicians that are willing to take on society and it's problems, I think. There used to be a time where we used to make fun of people like those televangelist megachurch scumbags....People like that hypocrite asshole Jimmy Swaggart and that selfish scumfuck Joel Osteen....From the 80s to the 2000s, people loved to ridicule them, make fun of them, and call them out for the scum they were. Now, people want to put them on a pedestal and take the bullshit they peddle to us seriously. And if we have a problem with it, we're written off as the "PC police", "triggered snowflakes", "easily offended" or whatever. It seems that day by day, my faith in humanity diminishes more and more. Heard a preacher say Another world awaits For those who kindly pay him A poor man gave and gave He threw his soul away But nothing did ever change My heart bleeds for the madness My heart grieves for the pain My heart bleeds for the masses And congregations swayed Never mind what the good book says It don't matter anyway

Your move, Polarize.