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Apparently a new book documenting all of Rush's tours is coming in October- just in time for Christmas!?! It looks very interesting, but I'm not sure about this title- did they really think Rush fans wouldn't notice the borrow of the Moody Blues lyric? (Thank you Danforth & Pape for the heads up!) From Amazon: Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee, and Neil Peart performed together for the first time to an audience of 11,000 people in 1974. Forty years later, their last tour sold over 442,000 tickets. This is the story of everything in between. This is the story of Rush. Fondly known as the Holy Triumvirate, Rush is one of the top bands to shine through rock-and-roll history. Wandering the Face of the Earth covers Rush’s storied touring career, from their humble beginnings as a Toronto-area bar band playing middle school gymnasiums to their rise as one of the world’s most sought-after live acts, selling out massive arenas around the globe. This book includes every setlist, every opening act, and every noteworthy moment meticulously researched and vetted by the band themselves. This is THE must-have tour compendium for Rush fans. https://www.amazon.c...sr=8-1-fkmrnull

As most fans know, Neil authored several books in the 1980's that he privately published and distributed to friends and families. One of those books, Raindance Over the Rockies: Across the Rocky Mountains by Bicycle, came into my possession recently. As I've done with several of his other privately published books, I've transcribed the first five chapters of the novel and made it available here: https://www.cygnus-x...the-rockies.php It's an interesting read, particularly if you're interested in cycling, however there are some Rush-related tidbits as well... Enjoy-

Hi everyone, I've been encouraged by fans here to start a more public thread about my new book, The Rush Chronology. Some of what's below comes from my earlier thread buried in the Grand Designs sub-forum. I'm reiterating them here for those who may not have read it. I'm a Canadian artist and writer. This is my fourth Chronology book, the others being about Queen (co-written with a friend of mine), Mike Oldfield and Barenaked Ladies. That probably looks like an odd mix of artists to write about, and all I can say is that I have eclectic tastes. Rush would've been the second book I wrote (after Queen), but given the books out there, some I'd read, some I hadn't, I wasn't sure what new I could offer fans. I really hope this doesn't sound like a commercial for the book, because I don't mean it as such, I just want you to know where I was coming from and what changed my mind. And what did that was the Fly By Night album, believe it or not. I became fascinated by just how much it represented the period of transition between the John Rutsey era and the Neil Peart era. It wasn't a single great revelation, it was more a gradual unearthing of pieces of information about the album. The 'Beyond The Lighted Stage' DVD/BR had "Best I Can" from the Laura Secord Secondary School concert, a song with John that later appeared on Fly By Night, Neil's first Rush album. I hadn't heard a pre-Neil version at the time, so this was fascinating to me. Another piece was the August 26, 1975, Cleveland concert at the Agora Ballroom (as heard on the Rush ABC release). You have the completed "Best I Can," of course, but there's also the snippets of the "7/4 War Furor" from "By-Tor" appearing in "Working Man." When the complete Laura Secord show was put out on R40, you can see that portion hasn't yet emerged, despite being only months apart. I started to speculate about when "Best I Can" was written, as Neil's not on the writing credits. Jumping ahead to the December 16th Agora Ballroom bootleg, "Fly By Night" (not yet complete) and "Anthem" (mostly complete) had surfaced and the "7/4 War Furor" was firmly embedded in "Working Man," seemingly awaiting a home in a future composition. Then I read that "Anthem"'s riff pre-dated Neil, that Geddy and Alex wrote it whie John was still in the band, that John didn't like playing it, so it never went further until Neil arrived. They even played it, the three of them, at Neil's audition. All this is by way of saying I was listening to these tracks and mentally putting the chronology of Fly By Night together, slowly coming to the realization that maybe there was something to offer in a direct, detailed-as-I-could-be look at Rush's recording history without resorting to being anecdotal (I did not want to repeat other people's stories, unless they directly or closely-indirectly affected writing, recording or releasing material, if that makes sense). In writing each of the other books, while using the same chronological and stylistic approach, I found they took on their own personality (naturally, because each career is different). I started digging deeper into the other albums, reviewing what I already knew from various sources, but reading more, scouring interviews, re-reading Neil's books, things like that. And of course listening to the albums again with all this in mind. Each album had a story and grew out of specific influences, many of which could be fitted together date by date. Not to sound dramatic, but that's kind of when I committed to writing the book, wanting to show other fans how it all fit together, more so than they might have realized (more so than *I* realized before I started seriously research it). The same proved true of the solo albums and many of the guest appearances, that very little Rush has worked on was created in a vacuum. One project would influence another, tours impacted the albums which followed, real life affected all of it. So, I wrote the book. In a few other threads we've been discussing release dates and where I found some what were not widely known. I'm happy to answer any questions as best I can. I tried to be a transparent as I could be in it, naming sources for the information and being clear in my thoughts and opinions throughout. As I say in the introduction, if there's a mistake, it crept in despite my best effort, which is my way of asking not to be too harsh if you find something incorrect. The feedback I'm getting about the book is positive, people seem to be enjoying it and getting good information from it, which I think is great. I'm all for hearing any thoughts about the book, including constructive criticism. I hope it's cool I'm also including a list of locations where the book is available: http://www.lulu.com/...t-22362187.html http://www.amazon.ca.../dp/1926462033/ http://www.amazon.co.../dp/1926462033/ http://www.barnesand...n=9781926462035 Cheers, everyone! Patrick Lemieux

Hi everyone, Just wanted to pass on that a new book has been released, The Rush Chronology! It's available here: http://www.lulu.com/shop/patrick-lemieux/the-rush-chronology/paperback/product-22362187.html Cheers!

So I've been reading this over the past few days and I have to say, it almost does a better job of explaining and documenting the legend of the band than BtlS! I've gained a newfound respect for much of the band's material and story and I highly recommend this to any Rush fan. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/546908.Rush

As most fans know, Neil Peart's talents go beyond drumming and writing lyrics. He's an accomplished author who has published numerous books over the years. What some fans may not know, however, is that Neil privately published a number of books earlier in his career. One such book, The African Drum, details his adventures travelling through Africa in the mid-80's. For the first time anywhere, part one of 'The African Drum' is now available exclusively from Cygnus-X1.Net Click http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/rush/peart-the-african-drum.php to read it....and enjoy! -John

(Is it okay to post something like this? I am in no way affiliated with this project.) You guys may or may not have heard of Fantoons. It is a group of people who draw these fun and funny comics about bands they like, and they do a lot of Rush-themed stuff, stuff like this: http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5606/15403480918_a5e03e5942_b.jpg Anyway, they've just announced a Kickstarter to fund a new book of all Rush stuff. If you want more info go here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dcalcano/rush-toons-by-fantoons-volume-2112

Listening to FTK this morning and examining the lyrics I couldn't help but think of the similarities to Game of Thrones, Hadn't seen to much about this online, but for a Zeppelin forum where someone brought it up, what are your thoughts? I only got into Game of Thrones in the past 6 months so didn't put these 2 together before that... Any GoT and FtK fans out there ? :)