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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

The 11 greatest Rush album sleeves, by the man who created them
By Classic Rock published
Rush album cover artist Hugh Syme looks back on his favourite covers

“I believed we would not get back together. I thought Rush was a place Neil was not going to be able to go back to emotionally”: how Rush survived the 1990s and early 2000s
By Dave Everley published
Rush refound their rock spirit in the 1990s – only to be blindsided by personal tragedy

"You lose interest in smashing up hotel rooms... but there's days when there's a full moon and you feel a little crazy": In 1983, Alex Lifeson talked bad behaviour, bad press, and how Rush shook off their "lousy Led Zeppelin copy" tag
By Paul Brannigan published
When Alex Lifeson told an '80s interviewer that Rush were "not a wild band", he did so with a twinkle in his eye

"My success with women increased when I had Geddy Lee hair": The 10 best Rush songs ever, according to the Trailer Park Boys
By Simon Young published
Bubbles, Ricky and Julian a.k.a. Canada's second-best trio the Trailer Park Boys, pick their 10 favourite Rush songs

"They couldn't have been nicer, and it really lifted us at a moment when we could have used the lifting": Geddy Lee reveals how Robert Plant and Jimmy Page helped Rush overcome grief and loss
By Paul Brannigan published
Led Zeppelin were a musical inspiration for Rush, but as Geddy Lee explains, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page also proved themselves to be decent human beings at a "dark, sad time"
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