Rush quits

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Have nothing bad to say about these guys Rush was great. I did think it was a female vocalist the first time I heard them but damn, who’s next?

I guess they’ve been done already for a minute. I don’t follow them so maybe this isn’t news but it’s the first I’ve heard of it.
 
Well they certainly were epic. Peace to them and their families, I'm sure they're happy to have them home more.
 
I know after their last tour they announced that they weren’t going to do any more tours. So I guess it was a matter of time.
 
I definitely loves me some Rush all the way up until Power Windows and then they sort of lost me on newer material...

If you guys haven't seen that Rush documentary on Netflix "Rush: Beyond the lighted stage" you should check it out, good stuff. :thumbsup: Felt bad for Neil Peart, I didn't know what that guy went thru in the late 90s.
 
A farewell to kings.

Saw the permanent waves tour in 7th grade,my first concert. Decided I wanted to be Geddy Lee. Started playing bass. Neil was such a great lyricist.

Thanks for the inspiration,fellas. You deserve your place in history,and earned your rest.
 
errrrrl":rh0mxnuk said:
I definitely loves me some Rush all the way up until Power Windows and then they sort of lost me on newer material...

If you guys haven't seen that Rush documentary on Netflix "Rush: Beyond the lighted stage" you should check it out, good stuff. :thumbsup: Felt bad for Neil Peart, I didn't know what that guy went thru in the late 90s.
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A lot of guys have done the same thing on following them. I'd suggest checking out their 90's material at some point. They got back to being a harder rocking, guitar oriented, power trio on the 90's albums. The 00's albums were also over there, but different, and I've never really bonded with any of them.

Roll the Bones, Counterparts, and Test for Echo though are all top notch and I'll listen to them now and then in their entirety.

IMO, their retirement isn't really news. They'd basically announced it on the last tour, but let the door open for more writing. It hasn't happened. Neil was feeling the physical stress of trying to play their material perfect in their 3 hour shows and said he wasn't willing to play it when he could no longer play it up to his standards. It's like a professional athlete going out on top IMO.

Also, the last tour Lifeson wasn't as on as he's traditionally been. I've heard since that he's suffering from arthritis. I didn't know it at the time, but definitely felt he was a bit off compared to when I've seen him in the past.

Geddy however looked like a spry 50 year old out there. I hope he gets back into the studio and does something. It won't be Rush, but it will be well thought out and good most likely.
 
Permanent Waves was my first concert as well and I'm glad I got to see them on their last R40 tour. Alex will always be at the top of my list of influential guitarists. Sad to see them make it official, but they had one of the most amazing runs in rock history. :rock:
 
rottingcorpse":1wr6tqn5 said:
A farewell to kings.

Saw the permanent waves tour in 7th grade,my first concert. Decided I wanted to be Geddy Lee. Started playing bass. Neil was such a great lyricist.

Thanks for the inspiration,fellas. You deserve your place in history,and earned your rest.
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My first real Rock experience was at a friends house, back in 77 or so when I was 10. His dad had A Farewell to Kings...we listened to it and I kept playing Xanadu over and over.....
Still get goosebumps when I hear that riff....
 
Racerxrated":1xwai2me said:
rottingcorpse":1xwai2me said:
A farewell to kings.

Saw the permanent waves tour in 7th grade,my first concert. Decided I wanted to be Geddy Lee. Started playing bass. Neil was such a great lyricist.

Thanks for the inspiration,fellas. You deserve your place in history,and earned your rest.
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My first real Rock experience was at a friends house, back in 77 or so when I was 10. His dad had A Farewell to Kings...we listened to it and I kept playing Xanadu over and over.....
Still get goosebumps when I hear that riff....
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The birds chirping in Xanadu always tripped me out. I read somewhere it came thru when they recorded Neil's drums outside and they decided to keep it.
 
Neal quit right after the most recent tour, it took Geddy and Alex a couple years to accept that he was fully retired. They thought it might only the end of touring and that he might be up for recording.

Alex did a solo album in the 90's called Victor, it was awesome. I hope he does another solo album.
 
This is a band I never got to see and I really regret it. Brilliant players
 
Rush kicks ass for sure! The documentary that errrrrl mentioned above is definitely a good watch if your a fan :thumbsup:

I was so excited one year that they were coming to Red Rocks in Dtown until I got on to buy tickets and the cheapest ticket was like $200 :no: Never did get to see them live, but had many a good time partying with friends with Rush blasting on the boom box.
 
The end of an era. Rush is my favorite band. The realization that all of my heroes are at the end or are gone already is a bit hard to take. It’s bittersweet, too, because I at least feel privileged to have witnessed the greatest musicians of all time create what I consider to be the greatest music of all time. I don’t mean to sound too pessimistic, but the greatest rock music has already been created. Sure, there are some good bands and musicians out there (and there are some very good musicians on this board) but the golden era is long gone. To be fair, it doesn’t have as much to do with talented artists today versus talented artists of the past, it has more to do with society and the way in which we access music, information, art, etc. It’s because access is so easy, constant, and readily available that art/music has become more disposable. I don’t even know if that makes sense. Sorry...it’s late...I’m rambling.
 
For a Rush fan there was nothing better than the mega 3 hour concerts they did for the last 20 years. However, thinking back, I've seen some killer shows back in the day with opening acts.

In the early 90's the had Primus opening for them. I was really enjoying them at the time - still do, but about 1 album at a time is all I can take of Primus!

In the early 80's I saw Rush with BOC opening and that was killer. I grew up on late 70's hard rock (like none of you would have guessed!) and was a big BOC fan too. BOC played a couple of full sets, so it was like a double-headliner act and BOC always has been on in concernt when I've seen them. That was one of my last concerts that was general admission. We got there when the doors opened and stayed up front through the entire show.
 
Mr. Willy":wu6m8kw5 said:
The end of an era. Rush is my favorite band. The realization that all of my heroes are at the end or are gone already is a bit hard to take. It’s bittersweet, too, because I at least feel privileged to have witnessed the greatest musicians of all time create what I consider to be the greatest music of all time. I don’t mean to sound too pessimistic, but the greatest rock music has already been created. Sure, there are some good bands and musicians out there (and there are some very good musicians on this board) but the golden era is long gone. To be fair, it doesn’t have as much to do with talented artists today versus talented artists of the past, it has more to do with society and the way in which we access music, information, art, etc. It’s because access is so easy, constant, and readily available that art/music has become more disposable. I don’t even know if that makes sense. Sorry...it’s late...I’m rambling.
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Makes sense to me. :thumbsup:

My kids don't connect to music that way we did. It was the bond for us. For them, they have so many outlets that they just don't get tied into music to the same extent. Certainly some kids do, just not nearly as many.*

* On an up note here: the son of my bass player in my last band (10 years ago now!) is playing professionally in a nationally (internationally, I think) touring Metallica cover band. The kid used to come downstairs and jam with us when he was 14, and just kill. He's now in his 20s and plays professionally in that band, and in his own originals band. So there are still young guys doing it, just not as many.
 
My Rush experience started with going over to an older friends house and my first exposure was Moving Pictures. From first listen I was hooked. I remember like it was yesterday, but it was like 27 years ago. Through that I bought albums of back catalog and synth stuff. 1st concert of them was on Presto Tour with Eric Johnson. Was killer. And I believe Counterparts was their last good album.

They kinda had to call it a day. Neil has been through a ton, and Geddy just can’t sing like he used to.

All said and done they are in my top 5 bands for sure. My Favorite album is Hemispheres, and my favorite song is Subdivisions.
 
The boys opened for some major bands in the early 70's.
Saw them open for kiss.
As far as I'm concerned Rush owned that show.

Along with Neil wanting to call it done,Alex has the dreaded arthritus.
 
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