That One Guy Posted February 16, 2016 Author Share Posted February 16, 2016 Since 1990 - 26 years.Did Presto bring you onboard or did someone expose you to something more vintage??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRogers Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Since 1990 - 26 years.Did Presto bring you onboard or did someone expose you to something more vintage???:( It's possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Since 1990 - 26 years.Did Presto bring you onboard or did someone expose you to something more vintage??? :( It's possible. Oy vey. My first new album was HYF, but what hooked me was the classic stuff playing on album radio at the time. Sadly the same songs they still pay to this day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRogers Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 what hooked me was the classic stuff playing on album radio at the time. Sadly the same songs they still pay to this day.Yes sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farewell to things Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Fan since 2014, known about them since S&A. My colleague (huge fan) let me borrow the album. I wasn't keen on it. Fast forward to 2014, I find an original Hemispheres LP (complete with peelable T shirt offer sticker) at a car boot sale for £5, bought it, listened to it, loved it, watched the Time Machine Tour and was hooked from then on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day of Light Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 (edited) Interesting implications in this poll: Vapor Trails did not expand the Rush fanbase. Snakes and Arrows did. Edited February 16, 2016 by Day of Light Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil1972 Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 (edited) Since 1990 - 26 years.Did Presto bring you onboard or did someone expose you to something more vintage??? It was actually the Chronicles collection, combined with a friend who was into Rush. He made me a mix tape (wow, that shows my age) of stuff that wasn't on Chronicles. I remember he put a few Presto songs besides Show, Don't Tell, and various other tracks, to give me a broader sense of their sound. It definitely won me over. Edited February 16, 2016 by Wil1972 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil1972 Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 (edited) Since 1990 - 26 years.Did Presto bring you onboard or did someone expose you to something more vintage??? :( It's possible. what hooked me was the classic stuff playing on album radio at the time. Sadly the same songs they still pay to this day. The only classic Rush songs I knew before I got into Rush were Tom Sawyer and Closer to the Heart. I was "coming of age" - in HS - and I was opening up to all kinds of new music beyond what was on the radio, and beyond my parents' music collections, which were very influential on me: The Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, lots of that sort of classic rock. But little in the way of anything as adventurous as Rush. I had to do that on my own. Then from Rush I discovered Yes, ELP, etc. Edited February 16, 2016 by Wil1972 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanadu Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Only about 3 years of being a fanatic. Was just more of a casual fan before that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhawk2112 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 1982. First two albums I bought with my own money (on cassette) were Moving Pictures and Men at Work's Business as Usual. I was 12. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostoftheAragon Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 For Best Results Play at Maximum Volume...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furie Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 1990ish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Five glorious years! Discovered them the same day as Fleetwood Mac! You'd have thought Fleetwood Mac would have heard of Rush before then.. Hahahaha! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Interesting implications in this poll: Vapor Trails did not expand the Rush fanbase. Snakes and Arrows did. My money is on the documentary.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil1972 Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Interesting implications in this poll: Vapor Trails did not expand the Rush fanbase. Snakes and Arrows did. My money is on the documentary.... Not Neil's travelogues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutman Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 1976 :codger: :hail: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyt Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I heard the spirit of radio in 1981 when i was 11 and was instantly hooked 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushman2112 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Since the first time I heard Tom Sawyer on the radio in '81. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Guy Posted March 6, 2016 Author Share Posted March 6, 2016 155 votes Had I known so many would be 30+, I'd have broken that up into other options Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushfanforever! Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 I've been a Rush fan since 1980. Countless cassettes literally ripped to shreds with excessive playback and piles of worn out scratched CD's. Had to hide my posters as my mom HATED Rush! (Still does...nothing's changed there!) Missed the early years of touring due to finances/moving around frequently, but I have been to numerous shows since the CA & R40 tours. Imagine if this crazy Rat was at the early shows. Everyone would have looked on with great amusement. :haz: :haz: :rush: :haz: :haz: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Guy Posted March 8, 2016 Author Share Posted March 8, 2016 I've been a Rush fan since 1980. Countless cassettes literally ripped to shreds with excessive playback and piles of worn out scratched CD's. Had to hide my posters as my mom HATED Rush! (Still does...nothing's changed there!) Missed the early years of touring due to finances/moving around frequently, but I have been to numerous shows since the CA & R40 tours. Imagine if this crazy Rat was at the early shows. Everyone would have looked on with great amusement. :haz: :haz: :rush: :haz: :haz:Mom hating Rush? Not fun! My mom was present for three of my four shows. I made her a fan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New_World_Man Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Not exactly sure when I first became a fan. I first saw them live in 1987. I voted for twenty to thirty but it probably has been over thirty years since I got into them. They were probably the last major band with ties to prog rock that I got into back then. My brothers friend had all their stuff so I borrowed his cassette tapes and didn't really buy my own copies until later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 155 votes Had I known so many would be 30+, I'd have broken that up into other optionsGiven that Power Windows is already 30+ years ago, it's kind of expected there'd be a bunch of us in that group. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 I am blessed like most on here! Over 30! I've seen RUSH 60 times in 30 years. That's an average of two shows a year for thirty years. HEAVEN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 I am blessed like most on here! Over 30! I've seen RUSH 60 times in 30 years. That's an average of two shows a year for thirty years. HEAVENYour math skills are phenomenal!!!! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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