grep Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 You know why they sell this stuff? Because people buy it. End of story. Rush has never merchandised like some other bands. Heck for a long time you were lucky to find t-shirts and posters. Remember - we all went through the 90's with Rush. I can't remember how many times I'd see posts on AOL or on the TNMS list asking why Rush wouldn't release even 1 DVD during that period. It's true, there was a time when all you could find was official gear at shows, or non-offical stuff. After the hiatus..I guess with R40, they turned the marketing machine up to 8.. (Where KISS is a 15). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowdogged Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 I agree with Neil.http://www.rushbackstage.com/images/products/RU/CL/RUCLJAKCLO036_000.jpg?preset=detailshttp://www.rushbackstage.com/images/products/RU/21/RU21GOLSTR030_000.jpg?preset=detailshttp://s4.postimg.org/5n0zndbcd/Tat_2.jpg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaminbenb Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 The one thing that you don't see is Rush junk all over K-mart and Wal-Mart and Target. etc.... I've never purchased anything more than maybe a Rush notepad anywhere other than a music store in the 35+ years I've been a fan.Is that Rush's choice, or K-mart, Wal-Mart and Target's choice? I'd say Rush's since they are the ones that hold the licensing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowdogged Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 The one thing that you don't see is Rush junk all over K-mart and Wal-Mart and Target. etc.... I've never purchased anything more than maybe a Rush notepad anywhere other than a music store in the 35+ years I've been a fan.Is that Rush's choice, or K-mart, Wal-Mart and Target's choice? I'd say Rush's since they are the ones that hold the licensing!But the stores choose what they want to put on their shelves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaminbenb Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 The one thing that you don't see is Rush junk all over K-mart and Wal-Mart and Target. etc.... I've never purchased anything more than maybe a Rush notepad anywhere other than a music store in the 35+ years I've been a fan.Is that Rush's choice, or K-mart, Wal-Mart and Target's choice? I'd say Rush's since they are the ones that hold the licensing!But the stores choose what they want to put on their shelves. But Rush doesn't flood the market with their crap! Kiss is all about marketing...they haven't released an album in10 years and you still see their junk in stores. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 (edited) The one thing that you don't see is Rush junk all over K-mart and Wal-Mart and Target. etc.... I've never purchased anything more than maybe a Rush notepad anywhere other than a music store in the 35+ years I've been a fan.Is that Rush's choice, or K-mart, Wal-Mart and Target's choice? I'd say Rush's since they are the ones that hold the licensing!But the stores choose what they want to put on their shelves. But Rush doesn't flood the market with their crap! Kiss is all about marketing...they haven't released an album in10 years and you still see their junk in stores. KISS has put out 2 new albums since 2009 - Sonic Boom and Monster There is no bigger KISS fan than myself, but I will be the first to say that they lost me a long time ago - I still love them, as most KISS fans who grew up with them in the 1970s, it was much much more than the music ( although I will stand by those songs forever ) Edited August 19, 2015 by Lucas 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 (edited) lol Neil, it was more than you understand Too bad as that lifelong 16 year you claim to be, you've lost your spirit http://s26.postimg.org/g1uabp9x5/10847962_10205717471925772_383447378663495784_n.jpg . . Edited August 19, 2015 by Lucas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 NEIL !! I can see that magic marker you are trying to hide !! STOP WRITING ON THAT WALL It is politically incorrect as someone will now have to paint over that crap !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowdogged Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 NEIL !! I can see that magic marker you are trying to hide !! STOP WRITING ON THAT WALL It is politically incorrect as someone will now have to paint over that crap !!! Hope they used oil paint. Because latex will not cover magic marker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 I agree with Neil.http://www.rushbackstage.com/images/products/RU/CL/RUCLJAKCLO036_000.jpg?preset=detailshttp://www.rushbackstage.com/images/products/RU/21/RU21GOLSTR030_000.jpg?preset=details What's wrong with either of those things?Nothing. And nothing wrong with KISS leveraging their popularity in less than artful ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeOhBe Bob Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 As long as they don't come out with the Rush casket. Let me tell you about ;rush: condoms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 In Rush‘s early years, they opened for a number of major acts, learning the tricks of the trade from older masters – among them Kiss.They say everyone got along, up until a point. “We would get high with Ace Frehley in his hotel room and make him laugh,” Geddy Lee tells Rolling Stone, “and they were a really good influence on us in terms of learning to put on a show.”But Neil Peart recoiled from Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley‘s larger approach to marketing their band as a product. “I don’t want to knock them,” he says. “But once I was in a little restaurant in Kansas, and a guy with Kiss Army tattoos kept playing Kiss songs on the jukebox. He believed in a marketing campaign, swallowed it as religion. He was like a convert to Scientology.”Peart says it went against the kind of musical purism that surrounded him as a youngster. “It’s about being your own hero,” he says. “I set out to never betray the values that 16-year-old had, to never sell out, to never bow to the man. A compromise is what I can never accept.”That includes the on-stage rap that seems to surround most rock shows. “We would hear them give the same rap to the audience every night,” Peart says of bands they supported. “‘This is the greatest rock city in the world, man!’ That was creepy. I despise the cynical dishonesty.” EPIC! Oh and Self Indulgence. Your Screen Name says it all. Neil isn't my HERO, he's my influence and mentor as a drummer. Perhaps I was into "hero worship" as a kid falling in love with RUSH but now that I am 47 I play to RUSH music to make myself stronger. Mentally and physically. Life is fukking short and RUSH will keep me young until my dying day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Oh and by the way, KISS FUKKING RULES!!!!!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 As long as they don't come out with the Rush casket. Let me tell you about ;rush: condoms "Stick It Out" pre-lubed condoms. Starman logo will be printed on each condom. Have "condom sense" boys and girls. It's a brutal viral world out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 As long as they don't come out with the Rush casket. Let me tell you about ;rush: condoms "Stick It Out" pre-lubed condoms. Starman logo will be printed on each condom. Have "condom sense" boys and girls. It's a brutal viral world out there.The Weapon - Ribbed for pleasure 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Neil could make a comment about a dump he just took and it would create a twenty page thread on here.With Rush toilet paper for $21.12 a roll to go with dump story. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Kiss had to market themselves as a cartoon because their music sucked. The Monkees in reverse. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Neil could make a comment about a dump he just took and it would create a twenty page thread on here.With Rush toilet paper for $21.12 a roll to go with dump story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 "Roll The Bones" Boyz! "FACE UP" ASS DOWN CONDOMS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Let's not forget our fantastic females! "Dreamline" IUDs are now in stock. Limited Editions will include a "plate" signature by Alex Lifeson. "Get A Grip." Signed, Aerosmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calirush Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 What bothers us in others is what we fear of ourselves. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calirush Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 (edited) oops double post Edited August 19, 2015 by calirush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowdogged Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Neil could make a comment about a dump he just took and it would create a twenty page thread on here.With Rush toilet paper for $21.12 a roll to go with dump story......And the story of his massive dump would be written in detail on said roll of toilet paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleRushmonkey Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 What's wrong with it? If people like the music does it really matter? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 What's wrong with it?Nada. Even before the days of "payola", music has been big business. Like you say, if you like it, listen. Don't worry too much about others' passion for merch. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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