Lost In Xanadu Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Can get kinda nitpicky here, but I'm not talking about 1968 when they first formed. I am going to go by the first album release date of March 1974, seeing that was their first opportunity to reach "the masses". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILSnwdog Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 I was 5 years old when :rush: was released. It wasn't until 1979 that I discovered Rush though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetersvt Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Born in '72. Became Rush fan upon first listen circa '85. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobo73 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 yep! I was born June 2, 1990 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 I'm guessing this is the initial release of "Rush" on Moon Records. Prior to the August release on Mercury. Anyway, I turned 5 in March 1974 (got my first bicycle that birthday from Sears). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vendor8207 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 I was born in 78 and sadly didn't discover Rush until 2007, I guess my musical taste just had to mature! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 I was born before their first album, but by the time I got into music they were around - didn't discover them till I was 12, however! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Like so many others, I didn't become aware of the band until sometime after Moving Pictures came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost In Xanadu Posted April 24, 2013 Author Share Posted April 24, 2013 While they have been around for my entire life... I didn't get into their music until HS. A Mormon from Texas moved to the area and we became very good friends. He got me into Rush, and my neighbor was in a band - he lent me his copy of Chronicles.... what a journey it's been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planet X-1 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 I was born before Rush even formed and didn`t become a fan until Moving Pictures came out... But in a strange twist of fate, the first album I ever listened to was All the World`s A Stage I found in my sister`s record collection (I was actually looking for the song Crazy Train by Ozzy and figured that Rush "looked" like a band that would play that song. (yes I was very clueless about song titles and the name of bands) ...to make it evern stranger, I loved the song Limelight but had no clue who play it. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 While they have been around for my entire life... I didn't get into their music until HS. A Mormon from Texas moved to the area and we became very good friends. He got me into Rush, and my neighbor was in a band - he lent me his copy of Chronicles.... what a journey it's been. Mormons LOVE Rush, but mostly because it so closely aligns with their philosophies. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Like so many others, I didn't become aware of the band until sometime after Moving Pictures came out. Exactly - I became a fan in 1981 when all the side one songs from Moving Pictures were in heavy rotation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost In Xanadu Posted April 24, 2013 Author Share Posted April 24, 2013 While they have been around for my entire life... I didn't get into their music until HS. A Mormon from Texas moved to the area and we became very good friends. He got me into Rush, and my neighbor was in a band - he lent me his copy of Chronicles.... what a journey it's been. Mormons LOVE Rush, but mostly because it so closely aligns with their philosophies. :P wcm in 3... 2... 1.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILSnwdog Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 While they have been around for my entire life... I didn't get into their music until HS. A Mormon from Texas moved to the area and we became very good friends. He got me into Rush, and my neighbor was in a band - he lent me his copy of Chronicles.... what a journey it's been. Mormons LOVE Rush, but mostly because it so closely aligns with their philosophies. :P wcm in 3... 2... 1.... I don't now if he ventures into these parts very often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 I was born in 1971. None of their songs were played on the radios when I was growing up. Not a peep. Nada. The first record I heard was ASOH, but that was in 1998, and I was almost 27 years old. Since then, I made up for it by buying everything I could get my hands on. Planet Rock occasionally plays their songs, but still no other radio stations. On TuneIn radio, there is a dedicated Rush station, 24/7. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3strukt Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Been a Rush fan since I was 5. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 I was born in 95 (no surprises there, huh) and I've liked rush since 5th grade, been a "true fan" (t-shirts, listening to the records, etc) since 8th grade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILSnwdog Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 I was born in 95 (no surprises there, huh) and I've liked rush since 5th grade, been a "true fan" (t-shirts, listening to the records, etc) since 8th gradeI discovered Rush when I was in 5th grade too. :cheers: But Jimmy Carter was president when I was in 5th grade! :codger: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 yeah I'd heard songs but never really realized they were by rush. I wasn't interested enough to check out full albums until a few years later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 While they have been around for my entire life... I didn't get into their music until HS. A Mormon from Texas moved to the area and we became very good friends. He got me into Rush, and my neighbor was in a band - he lent me his copy of Chronicles.... what a journey it's been. Mormons LOVE Rush, but mostly because it so closely aligns with their philosophies. :P wcm in 3... 2... 1.... I don't now if he ventures into these parts very often. What/who is wcm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 While they have been around for my entire life... I didn't get into their music until HS. A Mormon from Texas moved to the area and we became very good friends. He got me into Rush, and my neighbor was in a band - he lent me his copy of Chronicles.... what a journey it's been. Mormons LOVE Rush, but mostly because it so closely aligns with their philosophies. :P wcm in 3... 2... 1.... I don't now if he ventures into these parts very often. What/who is wcm? a mormon rush fan maybe? I got no clue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILSnwdog Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 While they have been around for my entire life... I didn't get into their music until HS. A Mormon from Texas moved to the area and we became very good friends. He got me into Rush, and my neighbor was in a band - he lent me his copy of Chronicles.... what a journey it's been. Mormons LOVE Rush, but mostly because it so closely aligns with their philosophies. :P wcm in 3... 2... 1.... I don't now if he ventures into these parts very often. What/who is wcm? a mormon rush fan maybe? I got no clueYes...WCM is Workingcinderellaman. WCM is indeed a mormon, and one of the nicest guys I have ever met. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 While they have been around for my entire life... I didn't get into their music until HS. A Mormon from Texas moved to the area and we became very good friends. He got me into Rush, and my neighbor was in a band - he lent me his copy of Chronicles.... what a journey it's been. Mormons LOVE Rush, but mostly because it so closely aligns with their philosophies. :P wcm in 3... 2... 1.... I don't now if he ventures into these parts very often. What/who is wcm? a mormon rush fan maybe? I got no clueYes...WCM is Workingcinderellaman. WCM is indeed a mormon, and one of the nicest guys I have ever met. oh, that's cool. i have NOTHING against mormonism - i was just insinuating that rush philosophy and mormon philosophy might not have a tremendous amount in common. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 well if you like the band for the music and not the so-called "philosophy" then thats not a problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 well if you like the band for the music and not the so-called "philosophy" then thats not a problem that's true. i like some of the philosophy of rush, and some of it i disagree with, but only rarely is it such a dichotomy that it gets in the way of my enjoyment of any given song - it has happened though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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