chemistry1973

It’s kinda blowing my mind. Mystic Rhythms and the Xanadu-Hemispheres suite. Whoah. Animate too. A song I’ve never really enjoyed. Just sings on this boot.

Was this a band you had a while back, or something you’ve got going now?

This song has slowly been growing on me for the past 30 years. I finally love it. This version especially. Lerxst is channeling Robert Quine or something. Just awesome. The entire bootleg is pure (cold) fire.

No cause of death reported yet. He did not look well in recent photos. A damn shame.

Patty is now out! And she was excellent. The new singer is Adi Argelazi. https://instagram.com/adiargelazimusic?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Me too though he might also say that it’s irrelevant whether these jobs were ‘equal’ or not.

Perhaps she was an actor meant to be in that boardroom the band are playing in…

Seriously wtf.

Margaret Thatcher???

Agreed - they’re better than ever - at least on album.

What a great story. Encapsulates the Rush live experience perfectly.

My money is on Josh Freese.

I recall this being a very confused time for Rush’s marketing. I recall them being advertised as a “metal band” a few times during the 80s. The magazine ad for ASOH comes to mind.

RIPPING. Love it. Thanks for this.

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I met Tim at the Nokia for S/A in 2007. He was super cool! Not at all what I expected - chill, friendly and talkative. It was the same night he met NP as mentioned in BTLS.

I saw ASOH in a record store and bought it because I thought the album art was awesome. There was mystery to this band. Force 10, Time Stand Hill and The Rhythm method. Insane. I think I got Fly by Night next - that was weird!

f**k

He has some absolutely brilliant moments. The Pass is brilliant - his lifting of Oscar Wilde’s passage is beautiful. Vapor Trail is another moving piece. So much of his 80s work is really inspiring. Between the Wheels, Time Stand Still, Red Barchetta. Just evocative and almost illustrated. I think he burned out around Presto - while the Pass is gorgeous, we see an abundance of pablum on that album. It really got bad at Test 4 Echo. Every track was cringe. Even the best song “Totem” seemed like he was singing about his dick.

Not great. Some really interesting moments at times but overall nothing really memorable.

Holy shit was that awesome. WVH and Rush being major highlights for me, but goddamn everyone was sensational. Even Grohl’s daughter managed to rise above that atrociously out of tune guitar.

Geddy sounds great. and Herb rules.

I love the band. Love them. I saw them live in 1991 and the show literally changed me right then and there. Amazing performance. Over the years they’ve altered their musical approach and that’s fine-Similarly to Rush in the way new releases would initially disappoint and then just grow on you. The new songs are cool enough. Doug sounds absolutely great. The drum sound is pure shit though. Overly compressed and so loud and high endy in the mix. Ogertones and XV - both have excellent songs- suffered from similar issues but not as badly as they are on these new recordings. Rock drums are getting f***ed by digital mastering technology - or perhaps these engineers don’t know how to mix them anymore. If this is a pure analog recording, then they mastered it so shittily that it’s almost unlistenable.

I was there. Incredible moment.