circumstantial tree Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Were you ever known in your high school as "that guy that likes Rush (groan)"? I was. When other bands like Motley Crue and Ratt came around on tour, the next day in school you'd see a lot of tour shirts from those bands and others. When I came to school the next day after seeing Rush on their Power Windows tour, only two of us were wearing shirts from the concert. The other person was a girl. I asked about the show and she said she was given that shirt by her boyfriend. That could mean two things: she was too embarrassed to be a Rush fan or she was telling me she wasn't single (presumptuous!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ucsteve667 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 there was like 3 of us, but Im talking 1978-1985 era Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skalamander2112 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 me and my brother were those kids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebbish Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Yip that was me....everyone else was listening to Gary Numan, Human League and the like one question - how many bands from that era are still here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetaxe&saw Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 I was the Queen guy. And got the shit routinely kicked out of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USB Connector Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 That's me right now. They day of this year's concert I wore my shirt to school (as I had to go straight to the concert after my last class) and everyone asked me who Rush was/if they were homosexual (I was wearing the MP/TM tour shirt with the huge starman on it). Thankfully my girlfriend has started taking a liking to the band. She even came over during a jam session I was having with a friend and sung RTB and CTTH while we played it on drums/guitar. I digress, bug I'm glad there are two others with me who like Rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted May 10, 2011 Author Share Posted May 10, 2011 I knew other kids who were fascinated by certain bands as I was with Rush. One girl I know was totally into Led Zeppelin. Somebody else I knew was fanatical about Madonna. And another was very into Bon Jovi. So each of us had a strong attachment to a band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Whompus Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 I'm the only one that i know of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3strukt Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Myself, and 7 others. Lol, you guys are lonely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invisible To Telescopic Eye Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 I was in high school from 81-85 and was at their peak so it was cool to be a fan and there were quite a few of 'em in my school....hell most people at least liked 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Enemy Without Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Right now I'd say there are about six of us. The rest of our grade listens to that horrible crap we know as pop music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good,bad,andrush Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 I am that kid now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mara Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Me and about 7 guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nappy2112 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 I known as the guy that loves Rush now. In high school 78-81 they had many fans at school . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeaveMyThingAlone Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 In the early 80's Rush WAS the "in" group. There were a lot of kids wearing Rush shirts around the Signals/MP time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosy Toes Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 QUOTE (Hatchetaxe&saw @ May 10 2011, 09:27 PM) I was the Queen guy. Poof!!!!!!! Daddy and his friends were Queenies, but grew up to be Rushies. On the S&A tour Six - count 'em six -of his 1970s schoolmates went to see Rush in Brum. The 70s, apparently you should have been there, Rush were still good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdFireYYZ Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Most people know me as the guy that listens to that "weird shit". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony R Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 QUOTE (Cosy Toes @ May 10 2011, 11:18 PM) QUOTE (Hatchetaxe&saw @ May 10 2011, 09:27 PM) I was the Queen guy. Poof!!!!!!! Daddy and his friends were Queenies, but grew up to be Rushies. On the S&A tour Six - count 'em six -of his 1970s schoolmates went to see Rush in Brum. The 70s, apparently you should have been there, Rush were still good. Well you weren't there either so how would you know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMWriter Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Yup. I'm also the band's resident Trekkie and that insane girl on alto sax. But it's all used affectionately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good,bad,andrush Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 QUOTE (ColdFireYYZ @ May 10 2011, 05:21 PM) Most people know me as the guy that listens to that "weird shit". That's me. People think I'm a druggie and they think prog is a drug A friend told me that he was talking to one of his friends and his friend asked about me and where I got this drug called prog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 I was invisible in high school, so it didn't matter to anyone what I was.... ....until senior year, when word got out that I was a pothead. Then I became visible..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchance to Dream Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 When I was in high school, Signals through Power Windows, there were tons of Rush fans; however, I am currently referred to as the "Rush freak" at my work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micgtr71 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 There were a bunch of us...can't even count. Girls too. My friend's older sister played PeW for me one night and when I got to high school, they used to spin records over the PA in the cafeteria during lunch periods. ESL was a common occurrence. This was between 82 and 87 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Big Money Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 There's a lot of Rush fans in my school. Im more known as the redneck that also listens to rush, since I listen to a lot of southern rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 of the 7 Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 It was the late 80's/early 90's... I wasn't so much, but Rush was one of the bands one of my two best friends was into, along with a lot of classic rock. The other was into 80's synth-rock. Every other kid was a Dead-head. One of the funniest things my synth-rock friend did was to queue up Styx's Mr. Roboto on the stereo, turn up the volume, and let it fly. I think that CD really did fly when the not-so-mellow Dead-heads registered their disapproval So totally worth it, though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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