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    "Rough" days for an oldschool Rush purist!

    in Rush

    Posted · Edited by Brooks

    QUOTE (driventotheedge @ Jan 15 2012, 02:17 PM)
    I say they're the best of the older bands still working, at least to my taste and ears.

    I think both their new records and their live shows are better.

    WINNER WINNER, CHICKEN DINNER

     

     

    no band this long in the tooth is gonna surpass their heyday;

    that said, RUSH is at an all time high in performance and post-heyday material.

    THEY ARE THE LAST OF THE ORIGINAL CLASSIC HARD RAWK BANDS THAT ARE STILL RELEVANT AND PERFORMING AT A HIGH LEVEL,

    and the rest of us here are grateful.

    My jazz/funk band is now on Abstract Logix

    in Music Of The Spheres

    Posted

    jazz fans, my old original instrumental band's cd is now available on Abstract Logix (see my sig, below). so, i'm now "label-mates" w/ wayne krantz/jimmy herring/al dimeola, ha. does this mean i can quit my job? no, because i'm unemployed! it means that instead of my cd's not selling from my kitchen table, now they will not sell from one of the worlds best jazz fusion labels, ah-HA!

    R30 styled instrumental riff medley

    in Rush

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    i've been assembling a R30 styled instrumental "riff medley" in itunes for my tribute to work up over the holidays down time, its ~13 minutes and has bits and pieces from the following;

     

     

     

    Subdivisions

     

    Xanadu

     

    Hemispheres Prelude (the harmonics riff)

     

    Circumstances

     

    Malignant Narcissism

     

    Bastille Day

     

    A Passage To Bangkok

     

    By-Tor And The Snow Dog (just the long drum fills, so our blind bassist has time to find the right notes on his keyboard, ha)

     

    Distant Early Warning

     

    2112 Grande Finale

     

     

     

    i know you guys prolly don't care that much, but i'm caffinated and putting off studying for my tests next week, ha.

     

     

     

    cheers

     

    Your Other Fav. Band?

    in Rush

    Posted

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v63/brooks/SABBLDYSAB.jpg

     

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v63/brooks/ZEPIII.jpg

     

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v63/brooks/ago-go.jpg

     

    newer artists i dig are chris poland/ohm, mastodon, wayne krantz...

    REALLY digging the aristocrats;

     

    Pics from our last NOT RUSH gig

    in Rush

    Posted · Edited by Brooks

    Pics from last months gig at my fave dive (we're trying to get into bigger rooms locally, but the mgmt at this club has been good to me & my various projects over the years). We have added "Enemy Within", and did "La Villa Strangiato" live for the 2nd time.

    1st gig w/ my latest guitar, a Jackson PC1 (yes that's phil collen from def lep's signature ax; cheesy band, but its a kickass guitar, ha).

    note the bumps on grants bass neck, & bandages from dialyasis

    (he's a blind diabetic, and a helluva guy).

    apologies for my cheesy harley tanktop; i brought another shirt to change into, but it was so friggin hot (plus the crowd was mostly friends), i just rolled w/ it.

     

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v63/brooks/notrush7-11c.jpg

     

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v63/brooks/notrush7-11a.jpg

     

    My pals from the 2nd band SPANK watching our set;

     

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v63/brooks/jodybrian7-11.jpg

    Did Rush Do Any Drugs

    in Rush

    Posted

    QUOTE (SiriusRushFan @ Jul 12 2011, 03:00 AM)
    QUOTE (FountainOfSyrinx @ Jul 12 2011, 02:17 AM)
    i'm pretty sure that they're too professional to do weed now.

    Ah right, so they can get borderline drunk at a hunting lodge while being filmed for a documentary...

    cool10.gif

    borderline? ha.

    Did Rush Do Any Drugs

    in Rush

    Posted

    in one of neils books he talks about a close friend of the band getting busted for dealing weed.

     

    as far as drugs goes, a little booze (a drug) or weed never hurt any non addict. not all folks who use drugs are addicts. people forget this. i don't smoke anymore, but there's nothing wrong with it (certianly safer than booze from a society/beharioral standpoint) , and its a joke that its illegal, imho. also, it seems a large majority of musicians and artists enjoy a little altered consciousness now and again, i believe it stimulates something in the creative part of the brain, thus its popularity w/ said creative types.

    Greensboro North Carolina concert

    in On The Lighted Stage

    Posted

    awesome show!! haven't seen the boys since GUP tour at the texxas jam 1984. i agree that the 1st set wasn't as great sounding as the 2nd, song-wise and FOH mix. went w/ the guys from my rush tribute, and 2 of grants blind friends (our bassist grant is blind). we sat row A section 108, about 30' from alex. loved the intro movie w/ "RASH", haha.

     

    cool that some of y'all went to greys; i used to do an acoustic gig there every fri for a few years (stopped last summer when my pal dave moved away).

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v63/brooks/fridays-1.jpg

    Does anyone else dislike P/G?

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    Posted

    QUOTE
    To me, every album from RUSH to MP sounded like Rush, but from Signals forward they sounded like a different band.

    I'm with those who dislike Alex's tone on the record and was disheartened by his full immersion into Andy Summers and Edge minimalist territory. I like mighty riffs, and this album doesn't really feature any.

     

    yep. signals & GUP was the beginning of the end for me as far as new rush records being released; i'm a metal fan, and they lost that. yet, i still like several tunes on both.

     

    actually, this thread made me borrow GUP and revisit it. the verdict; 2 tunes (afterimage & enemy within) made it onto my ipod (my highest endorsement; the only newer "ipod endorsed" tune for me is "earthshine"). plus, i saw rush on this tour when i was in high school (texxas jam, ~84).

     

    all bands w/ long careers peak at some point (permanent waves & moving pictures, IMHO). but, that doesn't mean there isn't anything of value released after the peak.

    Jazz is Weird

    in Music Of The Spheres

    Posted

    i grew up on 70's & 80's metal, then studied jazz in college (U of North Texas). John Scofield is my favorite guitarist (I named my dog Sco).

     

    Here's my short list of newer jazz that's "accessible" to non jazz fans;

    John Scofield - A Go Go

    Will Bernard - Blue Plate Special

    Charlie Hunter - Charlie Hunter

    MMW - Combustication

    Bad Plus - These Are The Vistas

     

    Some classic "trad jazz" stuff thats easy to listen to;

    Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue

    Dave Brubeck - Take Five

    Wes Montgomery - Smokin' At The Half Note

    Jimmy Smith - Chicken Shack

     

    Someone mentioned Beck, DiMeola, & McLaughlin's fusion records;

    all very cool, and very accessible to rawk fans, but IMHO these guys are rawk styled players in both tone (fairly distorted) & phrasing/note choices. Nothing wrong w/ that, but it's not that jazz influenced, more like instrumental rock w/ more adventerous backing tracks than the typical instrumental rockers like Vai/Satch, etc.

     

    If you're really bored, check out my jazz/funk/ska band;

    myspace.com/generichustle

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