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Why Rush fans had to wait 11 years for Vapor Trails to become the album it deserved to be
By Philip Wilding published
After tragedy shattered drummer Neil Peart’s life, many were just glad to have their 17th studio album in 2002. But it left almost everyone disappointed at the time

The first and last lyrics sung on record by 20 legendary bands
By Dave Everley published
From The Beatles and Bowie to Freddie Mercury and Kurt Cobain and, these are the first and last lines sung on record by rock’s biggest bands

"We sound like a really bad tribute band": Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee have been playing Rush songs together
By Fraser Lewry published
Don't get too excited

How Rush made Snakes & Arrows and learned to love recording again
By Philip Wilding published
Neil Peart, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson on the making of 2007's Snakes & Ladders album

“Keyboards were the new thing. There was this attitude: ‘They sound big and they sound cool’”: how Rush swapped guitars and kimonos for synths and mullets in the 1980s
By Neil Jeffries published
A deep dive into Rush’s divisive 80s period, when side-long epics were out and synths came in

In 1981, Rush's Geddy Lee was ready to blow the boundaries of progressive rock wide open
By Geoff Barton published
From Led Zeppelin copyists to sword and sorcery maestros to purveyors of über-prog, Rush have always pushed the envelope

"It was a pretty low time. We weren't sure of the kind of band we wanted to be": How time took its toll on Rush as they worked on the follow-up to Signals
By Neil Jeffries published
For 1984's Grace Under Pressure, Rush brought in Supertramp producer Peter Henderson: It was not a good fit

Suck: A tribute to the brilliant acting career of Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson
By Fraser Lewry published
From trailer parks and vampire rockers to conspiracy theorists and beyond, Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson is one of rock's premiere thespians
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