Rush Song Of The Day: Circumstances

Rush, who recently released the R40 box set, grace the cover of the latest issue of Prog and in that issue we called upon 40 famous Rush fans to reveal their favourite Rush songs.

Over the next few weeks we’ll be bringing you some of those choices. Josh Middleton of British metal band Sylosis got into Rush when Tool kept name checking the Canadians. He’s chosen Circumstances from 1978’s Hemispheres as his big Rush choice.

“Circumstances is my choice. I really love the complexity of the Hemispheres album and the various, lengthy twists and turns within the first track, but Circumstances is more of a hard-hitting classic rock song. The main thing that stood out to me was the riff leading into the chorus, which really reminded me of Tool (one of my favourite bands growing up). They were responsible for name dropping bands like Rush and King Crimson, which led me to really exploring the 70s classic prog stuff”

Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine which he founded for Future Publishing in 2009. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. He has since written for Metal Hammer, Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines, among others. He created and edited Classic Rock Magazine for Dennis Publishing in 1998 and is the author of a variety of books on both music and sport, including Wonderous Stories; A Journey Through The Landscape Of Progressive Rock.