Shirley Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 QUOTE (ManicHeadRush @ Oct 25 2009, 01:27 AM) A month or two ago! I'm now HOOKED to the point of obsession!! It was Counterparts that got me though... I quote myself. And repeat. WELL AM I GLAD I DID OR WHAT?!!?!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verena Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 I knew Rush with songs playing on the radio, but I really paid attention in 1996 when I listened Test For Echo. I listened to other songs too. The Spirit of Radio really got me into Rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdouglas Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I hate to vote during the release of MP and after hearing Limelight...but hey I was only 9 and no point in lying about it. ha. I bought the album and a guitar almost immediately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinwoodsman Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Limelight will always have a place in my Tin heart ... ... 2112 opened my eyes, living in a basically communist environment and being raised catholic. AFTK eased my fears and gave me a better opinion of mankind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkrush Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 When I was in school, I was bullied a lot and "subdivisions" became my anthem. Signals was my first album. I think this is true for a lot of fans. They connect with the lyrics first and then comes the incredible music. Great topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borough of Shmeng Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Rush would have been a bit sophisticated for my 11 year old ears back when MP was released. I first got into Rush around the time of Hold Your Fire, and that was it, hooked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmotionDetector Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 QUOTE (iluvgeddy05 @ Oct 28 2009, 12:30 PM) After...seeing as I was born in 1983. ME TOO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushlady23 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 QUOTE (iluvgeddy05 @ Oct 28 2009, 01:30 PM) After...seeing as I was born in 1983. I was graduating from high school in 1983! Permanent Waves did it for me...The Spirit of Radio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysticrhythms Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 In the fall of 1978 while in my senior yr in HS. Some friends were playing ATWAS on a boombox that was as big as a suitcase. Remember those? I think it was 2112 that was blasting on the boombox that was as big as a suitcase. "And the meek shall inherit the earth!" Been my musical benchmark for all bands ever since. WOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steevo Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 QUOTE (troutman @ Oct 24 2009, 03:50 PM)QUOTE (priest_of_syrinx @ Oct 23 2009, 06:12 PM)About 3 years after Vapor Trails was released. Hey, better late than never. Mid 80s but friend only had MP (and FBN) so was introduced via that slice of perfection. I didn't realise until after quite a while they had a few other albums out...not bad ones as well Hey, I was just a kid where it was all AC/DC and Maiden, forgive me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drumnut Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 My first taste of was back in 1979 when I first heard 2112. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddysMullet Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Bwah! I was turned OFF of Rush by Moving Pictures, and it took me 26 years to come around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickfree Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Interesting poll and results. Two polarizing sides of the fan base. Almost like Democrats and Republicans. j/k... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 QUOTE (quickfree @ Nov 9 2009, 08:09 PM) Interesting poll and results. Two polarizing sides of the fan base. Almost like Democrats and Republicans. j/k... Great. Now this thread is going to SOCN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitball Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 First awareness, early 1979 when a girl in my 5th grade class wore a Hemispheres Tour shirt ("What the Hell is Rush?"...we all asked her. "You never heard of Rush?"...was her reply) First hearing, mid 1980, when my brother brought home Permanent Waves. I was an instant rabid fan. I got MP the day of release in 1981. First concert, ESL Tour 12/21/81 in NJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChroniclesOfRush Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 When I was 8 years old I got my hands on two albums: KISS Destroyer and Suddenly my hair started to grow more rapidly than any scissor could keep cut, I had a pension for cigarettes and eye makeup, bought my first guitar, and nothing has changed much since (other than a business and several children...who oddly enough have a pension for eye makeup and loud guitars). I like Moving Pictures no doubt. But I think if that was my first taste of RUSH things might have turned out a bit differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1974FAN Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 As my user name states, I've been a fan since 1974 when their 1st LP was released! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Farwell to Kings when it was originally released. Haven't looked back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfGumby Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Eh Sonny? Whatch say? I have been a Rush fan since right after Hemispheres came out... I was early in high school, either freshamn or sophomore year. I'm old... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushbass Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 QUOTE (ILSnwdog @ Oct 23 2009, 12:17 PM) It seems that there were many Rush fans who were turned onto when Moving Pictures was released. I kind of hate to admit it, but I am one of them... the first time I heard Tom Sawyer, I didn't even know who the band was, but it grabbed me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush! Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 I was born way after MP came out, and I didn't even know they existed until I was seven or eight years old. But MP was the first album that I ever listened to by them... That was the only one I listened to for a few years, found a couple other albums, and then I discovered this message board and began listening to their complete discography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Territorial_Game Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Born in the year of Presto! After! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mankad89 Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Saw a video of Neil Peart playing YYZ on DrummerWorld.com and was amazed, both by the drumming performance and the song itself. So I checked out the entire Moving Pictures record and loved it. Listened to it exclusively for a few months, then branched out into all the other stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostnotes Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 It's really AMAZING Just how far Rush reaches across the generations. There are people here who are old enough to be the others parent or even Grandparent (oh boy here it comes). It's all been said before of coarse but I'm 39 and by average, I'm probably in the middle of the road. I found out about them in '85 and to some that is late. Then i see people stating that they were born when presto came out....and later. It's great to see all of the ages as I stare out across the crowd before the lights go down, father and son, hell maybe even father son and grandfather. Few bands in history can say that, and in this day and age of here today gone tomorrow, we probably never will again.......that is their hall of fame, if there is one. Some bands have come and gone and then came back again but Rush has never really left(save for Neil's tragedy). Some of us have played in front of big crowds and it's a great feeling but it must be very humbling to to look out after 30+ years and see the legacy and the inspiration that they will leave behind when they do finally hang up their instruments. And when they do, there will be a huge vacuum in the world of music. This is a really great topic and it's really great to see all the stories...keep em coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew1 Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Presto tour. My first concert. I was 16. I barely knew 'Tom Sawyer' and I thought the lead singer was a girl. The rest is history. Favorite band ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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