LP CD Cassette 8-track Rush SRM-1-1011 822 541-2 M-1 MCR-4-1-1011 MC-8-1-1011 Mercury [AAD](Side note: I would appreciate someone who could give me the catalog numbers for the cassette versions of the last three albums)Fly By Night SRM-1-1023 822 542-2 M-1 MCR-4-1-1023 MC-8-1-1023 Mercury [AAD]
Caress Of Steel SRM-1-1046 822 543-2 M-1 MCR-4-1-1046 MC-8-1-1046 Mercury [AAD]
2112 SRM-1-1079 822 545-2 M-1 MCR-4-1-1079 MC-8-1-1079 Mercury [AAD]
All The World's A Stage SRM-2-7508 822 552-2 M-1 MCT-4-2-7508 MCT8-2-7508 Mercury [AAD]
A Farewell To Kings SRM-1-1184 822 546-2 M-1 MCR-4-1-1184 MC-8-1-1184 Mercury [AAD]
Hemispheres SRM-1-3743 822 547-2 M-1 MCR-4-1-3743 MC-8-1-3743 Mercury [AAD]
Permanent Waves SRM 1-4001 822 548-2 M-1 MCR4 1-4001 MC8 1-4001 Mercury [AAD]
Moving Pictures+ SRM-1-4013 800 048-2 MCR41 4013 Mercury [ADD]
Exit... Stage Left SRM-2-7001 822 551-2 M-1 MCR-4-2-7001 MC-8-2-7001 Mercury*[AAD]
Signals SRM-1-4063 810 002-2 MCR-4-1-4063 MC-8-1-4063 Mercury [ADD]
Grace Under Pressure 818 476-1 M-1 818 476-2 818 476-4 M-1 Mercury [AAD]
Power Windows 826 098-1 M-1 826 098-2 M-1 826 098-4 M-1 Mercury [DDD]
Hold Your Fire 832 464-1 Q-1 832 464-2 Q-1 ? Mercury [DDD]
A Show Of Hands 836 346-1 836 346-2 836 346-4 Mercury [ADD]
Presto 82040-1 7 82040-2 7 82040-4 Atlantic[DDD]
Chronicles 838 937-2 838 936-4 Mercury 838 938-2
Roll The Bones 7 82293-2 Atlantic[DDD]
Counterparts 7 82528-2 Atlantic[DDD]
Test for Echo 7 82925-2 Atlantic[DDD]
+ There is now a gold CD of Moving Pictures available from Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs. This CD is made from the original master Moving Pictures tapes and includes the complete liner notes, which are much nicer than the booklet you get with the Mercury CD. To order this CD or get more info on MFSL, you can call them at 1-800-423-5759. The order number for MP is UDCD 569.
Additionally, several collections are available:
Archives (includes Rush_, _Fly By Night_, and _Caress Of Steel) (Mercury SRM-3-9200 on LP)
Rush Through Time (Mercury 6337 171 on LP)
_Everything Your Listeners Ever Wanted To Hear By Rush But You Were Afraid To Play_ - this collection was targeted at radio stations. It was never officially released, and is extremely rare. It's a selection taken from FBN, COS and 2112.
Rush - Profiled! - This CD was released to radio stations and is rather rare. It contains recordings of quotes, like "Hi, this is Alex Lifeson of Rush, and you're listening to the magic of radio," that a DJ can put on as a promo between songs. It also contains quite a few tracks of band members answering questions. The questions are printed in the liner notes, so a DJ can ask a question and play the CD of the appropriate person answering that question. The questions are mostly about Presto, since this CD was released shortly after Presto.
Rush: The Roll The Bones Radio Special - Anthem, PF 10. Similar in concept to the "Profiled!" disk, for the album (I would've never guessed) Roll The Bones
There's also an interview CD called "Rush -- The Story of Kings" out there. This CD contains no music. It is an interview with Alex around the time of HYF. (BAKTABAK CBAK 4055 on CD)
* The Anthem release of ESL, available in Canada is [ADD], but the US CD is [AAD]. Some people have told me that their CD says [ADD] on the disc and [AAD] on the label.
Yes.
Yes. 2112 and Signals are also available.
The FAQ, TNMS and alt.music.rush do not encourage this illegal activity, but a list of titles is available by emailing meg@yyz.com and asking for information.
Check the complete discography, available for FTP from ftp.uwp.edu for amazingly detailed information on this subject.
R - August 1974 FBN - February 1975 COS - September 1975 2112 - April 1976 ATWAS - September 1976 AFTK - September 1977 Archives - April 1978 H - October 1978 PeW - January 1980 MP - February 1981 ESL - November 1981 S - September 1982 GUP - April 1984 PoW - October 1985 HYF - September 1987 ASOH - January 1989 P - November 1989 Chr - September 1990 RTB - September 1991 Counterparts - October 1993 Test for Echo - September 1996
From that bastion of liberal thought and progressivism, the RIAA:
Album Cert Date Label Award Level Format 2112 11/16/77 MERCURY Gold ALBUM 2112 02/25/81 MERCURY Platinum ALBUM 2112 12/01/93 MERCURY Multi Platinum 2.0 ALBUM 2112 11/17/95 MERCURY Multi Platinum 3.0 ALBUM A FAREWELL TO KINGS 11/16/77 MERCURY Gold ALBUM A FAREWELL TO KINGS 12/01/93 MERCURY Platinum ALBUM A SHOW OF HANDS 06/09/89 POLYGRAM MUSIC Platinum VIDEO A SHOW OF HANDS 06/09/89 POLYGRAM MUSIC Gold VIDEO A SHOW OF HANDS 03/09/89 MERCURY Gold ALBUM ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE 03/04/81 MERCURY Platinum ALBUM ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE 11/16/77 MERCURY Gold ALBUM ARCHIVES 02/03/95 MERCURY Gold ALBUM ARCHIVES 02/03/95 MERCURY Platinum ALBUM CARESS OF STEEL 12/01/93 MERCURY Gold ALBUM CHRONICLES 01/08/92 POLYGRAM MUSIC Gold VIDEO CHRONICLES 04/13/92 MERCURY Gold ALBUM CHRONICLES 04/13/92 MERCURY Platinum ALBUM CHRONICLES 11/21/95 MERCURY Multi Platinum 2.0 ALBUM COUNTERPARTS 12/07/93 ATLANTIC Gold ALBUM DIFFERENT STAGES LIVE 12/02/98 ATLANTIC Gold ALBUM EXIT ... STAGE LEFT 02/19/86 POLYGRAM MUSIC Gold VIDEO EXIT...STAGE LEFT 11/09/87 MERCURY Platinum ALBUM EXIT...STAGE LEFT 01/05/82 MERCURY Gold ALBUM FLY BY NIGHT 12/01/93 MERCURY Platinum ALBUM FLY BY NIGHT 12/01/93 MERCURY Gold ALBUM GRACE UNDER PRESSURE 06/26/84 MERCURY Platinum ALBUM GRACE UNDER PRESSURE 06/26/84 MERCURY Gold ALBUM HEMISPHERES 12/01/93 MERCURY Platinum ALBUM HEMISPHERES 12/14/78 MERCURY Gold ALBUM HOLD YOUR FIRE 11/09/87 MERCURY Gold ALBUM MOVING PICTURES 04/13/81 MERCURY Gold ALBUM MOVING PICTURES 04/27/81 MERCURY Platinum ALBUM MOVING PICTURES 10/12/84 MERCURY Multi Platinum 2.0 ALBUM MOVING PICTURES 01/27/95 MERCURY Multi Platinum 4.0 ALBUM PERMANENT WAVES 03/17/80 MERCURY Gold ALBUM PERMANENT WAVES 11/09/87 MERCURY Platinum ALBUM POWER WINDOWS 12/18/85 MERCURY Gold ALBUM POWER WINDOWS 01/27/86 MERCURY Platinum ALBUM PRESTO 01/11/90 ATLANTIC Gold ALBUM ROLL THE BONES 10/25/91 ATLANTIC Gold ALBUM ROLL THE BONES 08/31/01 ATLANTIC Platinum ALBUM RUSH 02/01/95 MERCURY Gold ALBUM SIGNALS 11/10/82 MERCURY Gold ALBUM SIGNALS 11/10/82 MERCURY Platinum ALBUM TEST FOR ECHO 10/23/96 ATLANTIC Gold ALBUM
Assorted info about songs in charts:
- "New World Man" made it into the US Top 40.
- In the UK charts, Rush had the following
Rel. Date Title Highest WeeksNote that I would appreciate greatly someone giving me more current info that what I currently have.11 Feb 78 Closer to the Heart 36 3 15 Mar 80 Spirit of Radio 13 7 28 Mar 81 Vital Signs/A Passage to Bangkok 41 4 31 Oct 81 Tom Sawyer 25 6 04 Sep 82 New World Man 42 3 30 Oct 82 Subdivisions 53 2 07 May 83 Countdown/New World Man 36 5 26 May 84 The Body Electric 56 3 12 Oct 85 The Big Money 46 3
I (Randy) deleted the list here in favor of posting a URL which contains a way of getting catalog numbers for Columbia, BMG, and CDHQ for ALL things in their catalog. This is where you should point your Web Browser of choice:
If you don't have web access, you can reach each of these clubs via the following phone numbers:
BMG: 1-317-542-0414 CDHQ: 1-800-242-7096 Columbia House: 1-800-457-0500
- Juno awards:
(1974) Most promising group of the year (1977) Group of the year
(1978) Group of the year (1991) Best Heavy Metal Album
(1991) Best album cover - "Presto" (1992) Best Hard Rock Album
(1992) Best album cover - "Roll the Bones" (1993) Hall of Fame
- Grammy's:
(1982) Runner-up in Best Rock Instrumental "YYZ" - beat by The Police's "Behind my Camel"
(1992) Runner-up in Best Rock Instrumental "Where's my thing" - beat by Eric Johnson's "Cliffs of Dover"
- Geddy is in the Bass Hall of Fame for Guitar Player Magazine (he's won Best Rock Bass more than 5 times).
- Geddy won "best Rock Bass player" in the 1993 "Bass Player" readers' poll.
- Alex won Best Rock Talent in 1983 (I assume that it's on the same mag), and he was inducted into the Guitar for the Practicing Musician Hall of Fame in May of 1991.
- Neil has received the following awards in the Modern Drummer magazine reader's poll:
Hall of Fame: 1983 Best Rock Drummer: 1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985 Best Multi-Percussionist: 1983,1984,1985,1986 Best Percussion Instrumentalist: 1982 Most Promising New Drummer: 1980 Best All Around: 1986 Best Recorded Performance: 1981: Moving Pictures 1982: Exit... Stage Left 1983: Signals 1985: Grace Under Pressure 1986: Power Windows 1988: Hold Your Fire 1989: A Show of Hands 1990: Presto 1992: Roll The Bones 1994: Counterparts 1986 Honor Roll: Rock Drummer, Multi-Percussion As a member of the Honor Roll in these categories, Neil is no longer eligible for votes in these categories.The band received a "Lifetime Achievement" award from Musician's Institute in Hollywood, CA on January 23, 1992.
The band also received "The Seventh Annual Musicians of the Millenium Award" from the Harvard Lampoon.
Yes.
Polygram Music Video 60285 (1981) Exit...Stage Left Shot at The Forum, Montreal, Quebec March 27, 1981 Running time: approx. 60 minutes includes:
Limelight Tom Sawyer The Trees Instrumental Xanadu Red Barchetta Free Will Closer To The Heart YYZ (with voice over) By-Tor and the Snow Dog/In The End/In The Mood/2112 FinalePMV 60607 (1986) Grace Under Pressure Tour Shot at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada September 21, 1984 Running time: approx. 69 minutes includes:
The Spirit Of Radio The Enemy Within The Weapon Witch Hunt New World Man Distant Early Warning Red Sector A Closer To The Heart YYZ/2112: Temples of Syrinx/Tom Sawyer Vital Signs/Finding My Way/In The Mood The Big Money {video}The video for "The Big Money" is omitted from the European release of this tape.
PMV 0741 760-3 (1989) A Show Of Hands Shot over a 3-night stand at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England April 21,23, and 24, 1988 Running time: approx. 90 minutes includes:
The Big Money Marathon Turn The Page Prime Mover Manhattan Project Closer To The Heart Red Sector A Force Ten Lock And Key (laserdisc only) Mission Territories The Rhythm Method (drum solo) The Spirit Of Radio Tom Sawyer 2112/La Villa Strangiato/In The MoodPMV 60466 (1985) Through The Camera Eye (video compilation) Running time: approx. 44 minutes includes:
Vital Signs Tom Sawyer [live, from Exit...Stage Left] Subdivisions Countdown Distant Early Warning Afterimage The Enemy Within The Body ElectricPMV 082 765-3 (1990) Chronicles (video compilation) Running time: approx. 63 minutes includes:
Closer To The Heart [live] The Trees [live] Limelight [studio] Tom Sawyer [live, from ESL with some minor changes] Red Barchetta [live, from ESL] Subdivisions [from Through The Camera Eye] Distant Early Warning [from Through The Camera Eye] Red Sector A [live, from the p/g tour video] The Big Money [the shortened MTV version, not the complete one from the GUP tour video] Mystic Rhythms Time Stand Still Lock And Key
According to the Barr Digital (a Seattle-based mail-order dealer in laserdiscs) database, available for FTP from cs.yale.edu in the pub/rec.video/BarrLDDB directory, there are laserdiscs for Through The Camera Eye_, _Exit...Stage Left_, Grace Under Pressure Tour, _A Show of Hands_, and the video single for _The Big Money. The database also says that Exit...Stage Left was "discontinued 8/91." This does not imply that Barr has them in stock; this database is not Barr's inventory. It is only a list of laserdiscs that have been made. The file that I FTP'd from cs.yale.edu had a Feb 26 1992 time/date stamp, so I assume that this information is accurate as of that date.
According to meg@yyz.com, Chronicles is available on laserdisc in the US. However, "Red Sector A" isn't on this laserdisc.
Anthem Fly By Night A Farewell To Kings Closer To The Heart % Xanadu Circumstances The Trees % La Villa Strangiato Tom Sawyer Tom Sawyer [live, from ESL] %# Red Barchetta [live, from ESL] % Limelight % Limelight [live, from ESL] Vital Signs # Subdivisions %# Countdown # Distant Early Warning %# Afterimage # The Enemy Within # The Body Electric # The Big Money %& Mystic Rhythms % Marathon [live, from ASOH] Time Stand Still % Lock And Key % Show Don't Tell The Pass Superconductor Roll The Bones Stick It Out Nobody's HeroVideos with no punctuation symbol next to them are not available on any home video compilation. If you want to see these videos, you have to find somebody who taped them from TV or copied them from somebody else's tape.% These videos appear on the Chronicles videotape. # These videos appear on the Through The Camera Eye videotape. & This video appears in its complete form on the end of the Grace Under Pressure Tour videotape. The shortened MTV version appears on the Chronicles videotape.
Videos with the "live" comment are concert videos; all others have studio soundtracks. Some of these have minor edits to the soundtrack.
This is not a complete list. Please send me your additions!
"Universal Juveniles" by Max Webster (Rush in "Battlescar") 1980 (ANR-1-1027 Anthem) "No Static" by Wireless (Lee produced) 1979/80? "Great White North" by Bob and Doug McKenzie (Geddy singing "Take Off") 1981 (ANR-1-1036 Anthem) "Vignettes" by Marie Lynn Hammond (Lee on 2 tracks) 1983 (BTR 1002 Black Tie Records) "Boys Brigade" by Boys Brigade (Lee produced) 1983 (ST 12278 Capitol) "We Are the World" by USA for Africa with Lee in Northern Lights singing "Tears are Not Enough" 1985 (40043 Columbia) "Alien Shores" by Platinum Blonde (Alex on 2 tracks) 1985 (PCC-80105 Columbia) "Champion" by Jeff Berlin (Peart on 2 tracks) 1985 (Passport Jazz PJ 88004 A)Hear 'N Aid (1986 Polygram) <heavy metal famine relief thing> Live version of Distant Early Warning "Beyond Borders" by Canadian Guitar Summit (with Alex) July 1987 Guitar Player magazine (flexidisc) "Pieces of Eight" (Peart percussion compilation) May 1987 Modern Drummer magazine (flexidisc) "Serious Business" by Greenway (Alex doing solo in "In the Danger Zone") 1988 (81827-1 Atlantic) "Clean Slate" by Clean Slate (Alex produced) 1988 (ANM-1 5002 Anthem) (5 song EP) "Dream on the Horizon: A Tribute to the Olympic Spirit" by The Big Picture (Alex on 2 tracks) 1988 (WSC-331 Chartwell Records) "Smoke on the Water" (Mega-Rock Re-Mix)/Paranoid, by Rock Aid Armenia and Black Sabbath (Alex on guitar) 1989 UK ARMENT 001, ARMENTR 002, ARMENT 002 "Lost Brotherhood" by Larry Gowan (Alex on all tracks) 1990 (80160 Anthem)
"Whale Music" by the Rheostatics (Neil on 3 tracks) 1992 (Intrepid Records, available in Canada) Call 1-800-663-1616 for info.
"Burning For Buddy: A Tribute To The Music Of Buddy Rich" (Neil on 2 tracks) Produced by Neil Peart 1994 Atlantic Records 82699-2
"Ragged Ass Road" by Tom Cochrane (Alex plays guitar on some tracks) ** more info about the record would be appreciated **
CASSETTES: "Star Jam Series: Neil Peart Style" "Starlicks Guitar Lesson: Alex Lifeson Style"
In the January 1986 issue of Modern Drummer magazine, while discussing his appearance on the Jeff Berlin album, Neil says that he "... did a similar thing with a musician named Ken Ramm in Toronto. That record was released in Canada."
VIDEO:
"1991 Buddy Rich Memorial Scholarship Concert" (Neil on a few songs) DCI Music Video For more information contact: DCI Music Video 541 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10011 Or call 212-691-1884 800-628-1528
Geddy sang "Oh, Canada" at the 1993 MLB All-Star game. (Thanks to Joel Rondeau for pointing this one out.)
No.
From TNMS 1475, CNolen1004@aol.com, came up with four:
Time of the Apes: Tom Servo notices "Neil Peart on drums."
Secret Agent Super Dragon: A long-haired brunette spy-lady draws this riff from Joel Robinson: "In this light, she looks like Geddy Lee." (And she does.)
Operation Double 007: A dead body is wearing headphones. Tom: "He died listening to Rush." Joel: "2112."
San Francisco International: A shipping crate of vital serum is marked "rush." Crow T. Robot: "Hey, guys, it's a crate of Rush albums!" All: "Whooo!" Later, over another shot of the crate, Tom says: "Serum. The new CD from Rush."
More sightings from observers around the internet:
Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster: Commenting on a letter, Joel says "Very trippy, and I bet you listen to Rush, don't you?" and later Tom Servo notes that Joel identified "The Rush Guy".
Pod People: Tom Servo listening to the soundtrack: "Neil Peart on Drums" (Neil gets around on the Z-grade SF movies)
Alien from L.A.: (I get a LOT of mail on this one. I've added it, okay?) Mike sees three guys who kind of look like the boys and says "Hey, it's the band Rush!".
Girls Town: Someone in the movies calls for "Mary Lee", who isn't there, so Crow says "Well, then, is GEDDY Lee there?"
The Deadly Mantis: Mike says "Man, I'm so baked right now. You gotta hear this Rush tape." Mike also reads Peanut's letter, talking about his "miraculous escape" to the year 2112.
Hobgoblins: Someone is air-drumming when Tom Servo says "The true story of Neil Peart."
The Touch of Satan: Mike starts the opening verse of "The Trees" but Crow stops him.
Caught by yours truly:
The Final Sacrifice: Crow: "Geddy Lee's birthplace" when Rowsdower and whatisface come across an abandoned cabin in the Canadian wilderness. Also the robots make fun of Canada, but Mike counters by saying "They gave us Rush!"
Now that MST3K is cancelled, I have mixed feelings. On one hand, I will miss one of the funniest shows ever made, but I won't miss you all hounding me about the Rush references in the FAQ (I'm just kidding. don't get your knickers in a knot.).
The A side was a cover of a Buddy Holly song called "Not Fade Away." The B side was a Lee/Rutsey song called "You Can't Fight It." These songs are not on any Rush albums. If you want to hear them, you have to track down a copy of the single, which is very rare, or find somebody who has the songs on tape. There is no collection for sale that contains these tracks. Or you could theoretically find it somewhere on the Gnutella network, but I would never suggest violating the copyrights of a company that was a member of such a fine organization as the RIAA.
No. But if you absolutely have to have everything on CD, the 2 missing tracks are on Chronicles.
I've been pestered to death to put this up, so here it is. If you just bought them, go get your money back. The remastered versions of these albums contain the missing tracks.
From now on, if you want to correct me on the contents of albums when they get remastered, you must buy me a new copy of that album. :)
"What we write is what you get on a Rush album. We don't.. we don't ever write extra songs. If a song isn't worthy to be on a record, we usually don't finish it, so it gets kinda tossed in the garbage. So, we may be the only band with a 20-year existence that has no material in the can, 'cause everything we've written has gone on record. So, you know, we're a great disappointment after.. if we all get killed in a car crash, or something like that, it would be a great disappointment to our record company." -- Geddy Lee, in the Counterparts era "Up Close" radio interview
No.
The following excerpt is from the Geddy Lee interview in the October 1991 issue of Canadian Musician magazine: ( CM = the Canadian Musician interviewer, GL = Geddy Lee )
CM: It seems like you're making it very difficult for yourselves when it could be done a lot easier. You say it's an unwritten rule in the band, but... GL: Yeah. It could be a lot easier with another person. And I don't know why... We talked... Before the last tour we had very serious talks about adding another member. CM: Just for the tour? GL: Just for the tour, yeah - not in the band. But we came to the conclusion that our fans would rather see us use technology to try to pull it off than have somebody else on the stage. And I really think that that was the main reason why we opted to try to do it ourselves. We figured that people who have been coming to see us for 15 years would rather see us up there fighting our way through the show than hiring somebody else. We figured that technology was a more acceptable answer than not being a three-piece.
The 1st anniversary issue of TNMS contains song lists for each tour Rush has done up to Presto. This is issue 99.
Check the Rush Tour Dates listing, available via the web at: http://syrinx.yyz.com/HTML/tourdates.html
Max Webster is a Canadian band that used to open for Rush. "Battlescar" is a song from their Universal Juveniles CD that was done as a duet of the 2 bands.
Max Webster - Universal Juveniles 1980 Mercury SRM-1-3855 [6337 144] Distributed by Polygram Distribution, Inc. Polygram 810 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10019Write: The Anthem Entertainment Group Inc. 189 Carlton Street Toronto, Canada M5A 2K7
Tel: (416) 923-5855 Fax: (416) 923-1041
One more note: "Battlescar" has a subscript: "recorded live July 28th, 1980 Phase One Studios -Toronto-".
Rush - Visions: The Official Biography (c) 1988 By Bill Banasiewicz (The B-Man) ISBN: 0-7119-1162-2 94 pages From: Omnibus Press Distributor: Music Sales Corporation Order number: 44387 (that's what my copy says, anyway)Thanks to Charles Estabrooks (cre@imagesys.com) for verifying that address. He also says that if anybody wants to contact them directly about the book, they should call that number and ask for Kim.Music Sales Corporation PO Box 572 5 Bellvale Road Chester, NY 10918 Telephone: (914)469-2271
Success Under Pressure (c) 1984 By Steve Gett ISBN: 0-89524-230-3 48 pages From: Cherry Lane Books 110 Midland Avenue Port Chester, NY 10573 Rush (c)1982 By Brian Harrigan ISBN: 0-86001-934-9 80 pages The Putnam Publishing Group 200 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016Ethan Evan Prater wrote to the company about this book and was informed that the book is out of print, and there are no plans for a reprint.
People have sent me the names of books of Rush sheet music, but I'm not going to include those because there are too many of them and this file is getting far too large. Besides, they really aren't about the band.
David Goulden (dgoulden@interlog.com) sent me info about a book he read by Neil. Here's the info he sent me:
Title: Raindance Over the Rockies Author: Neil Peart Date: 1988 Publisher: The Cumberland Press (Toronto)Apparently, The Cumberland Press only does the printing. Once they print the book, it is up to the author to distribute it. What this means is that Neil is the person to contact if you want to buy this book.
According to the TNMS web site (check at http://syrinx.yyz.com/HTML/rush.html for details): Neil has also written articles and editorials, and in 1994 coauthored a short story "Drumbeats" with Kevin J. Anderson for the horror anthology Shock Rock II.
Neil has also written a book about his travels in Africa, called The Masked Rider. Details are available elsewhere in the FAQ.
That was Defenders #45. It was dedicated to Geddy, Alex, and Neil of Rush on the first page. The story has an anti-collectivist theme to it. Since it was printed March 77 it makes sense that it would draw from 2112 (however vaguely).
The villain (Red Rajah) says, at one point, "Truth is false and logic lost, seek the Rajah at all cost."
There is also a comic bio of the band from Rock & Roll Comics, issue #49. It basically tells the history of the band from its beginnings to "Roll The Bones."
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Item Issue ---- ----- Neil's reaction to TNMS 5 Analysis of "The Pass" 21 Neil's editorial on Satanism 22 Explanation of the map in "Signals" 26 "A Nice Morning Drive" 34 Grace Under Pressure tour book 42 2112 tour book 47 Permanent Waves tour book 48 1978 article/story on Rush 59 Alex interview: Music Express #132, 1989 62 "Kubla Khan" 64 Modern Drummer interview with Neil (December 89) 68 HYF tour book 69 "Rockline" interview 4/30/90 72 Peart Q & A 74 Definition of "peart" 80 Chronicles essay 81 "Kubla Khan" 88 Rush special from "The Source" 91 Success Under Pressure (Part 1 of 4) 93 Success Under Pressure (Part 2 of 4) 94 Success Under Pressure (Part 3 of 4) 96 TNMS 1st anniversary issue (Part 1 of 2) 98 TNMS 1st anniversary issue (Part 2 of 2) 99 Success Under Pressure (Part 4 of 4) 101 Interview with Alex 11/20/90 107 Updated Rush tour dates listing 108 "In The Studio" interviews/MP era 110 Rolling Stone interviews: 5/15/80, 6/26/80, 5/28/81 114 Guitar World, March 1990 118 1978 Sounds article 121 Rolling Stone album reviews (Hemispheres,PeW,ESL,Signals,GUP,PoW,ASOH,Presto) 123 12/18/83 Sounds article 125 "The Source" interview: 2/27/83 131 Modern Drummer interview with Neil (April '84) 134 Moving Pictures tour book 136 Neil Peart drumset giveaway from Modern Drummer 3/87 142 Neil Peart: "The Quest For New Drums" (5/87 MD) 145 Neil Peart: drumset giveaway results (10/87 MD) 145 Neil Peart: "Getting The Drum Part" (8/88 MD) 145 Neil Peart: "A Real Job" (2/87 MD) 151 Interview: Sounds, 4/5/80 206 Rush discography 209 Discussion of scissors/paper/stone symbols 212 Geddy Lee interview: Keyboard magazine, September '84 217 Geddy Lee interview: Keyboard magazine, March '89 220 Alex Lifeson interview: _Guitar for the Practicing Musician_: July '84 220 Neil Peart interview: Metal Hammer, 4/25/88 227 Presto tour press release 229 Only Music article 229 Presto concert review: Kerrang #282: 3/24/90 234,262 Picture Disc interview with Alex: HYF era 238 PoW tour book transcription 250 Hemispheres tour book transcription 257 Signals tour book transcription 260 Geddy Lee interview: Bass Player mag - Nov/Dec 1988 264 Creem interview with Neil 274 Alex interview: 4/86 Guitar Player 277 Geddy Lee interview: 4/86 Guitar Player 285 Neil Peart interview: 1/27/88 Houston Post 287 Rush crossword puzzle 292 Neil Peart interview: April '86 Canadian Composer 294 March 1990 Guitar World article 297 Signals tour book crossword puzzle 302 Neil Peart interview: January '86 Modern Drummer 305 Neil Peart release: Roll The Bones 311 Neil Peart interview: Guitar: October '86 312 Geddy Lee interview: August 19, 1991: Frank Lancaster 320 Neil interview: 10/86 Guitar for Practicing Musician 325 Geddy interview: "In The Listening Room" - GFPM 6/87 325 Neil/Alex interview: February 1990 Music Express 342 TNMS 2nd anniversary issue 378 "Row the boats" article by Neil Peart 390 10/91 "Canadian Musician" interview: Geddy, Neil 392 November 1, 1991 Chicago Tribune article 406 "Gold Rush": Canadian Composer article 408 August 19, 1991 Geddy Lee interview 408 Neil Peart Rochester Times Union article: 10/24/91 408 RTB CD launch transcription 450 November 1991 Guitar Player interview: Geddy & Alex 452 ABC "In Concert" artist profile of Rush (RTB tour) 453 Results of "Favorite Rush Songs" poll 458 Lots of parodies of Rush lyrics 479 Bunch of assorted interviews: 481 "Adventures in Paradise" - Neil Peart (HYF era) "Living in a big Rush" - Rochester Times October 24, 1991 (Coincidentally this is also in #408) Orlando Sentinel Neil article Music Express article: Neil/Alex (February 1990) (Same as in #342) TNMS Neil Peart interview 486 April 1992 Kerrang interview: Geddy/Alex 531 Alex Lifeson interview: _Guitar for the Practicing Musician_, May 1991 534 Alex Lifeson interview: Guitar School, May 1990 534 Alex/Geddy article: Guitar World, April 1988 540 Updated tour dates listing 542 March 1992 RAG interview: Geddy 544 Andrew MacNaughtan interview: "The Spirit of Rush," Pt.1 549 Andrew MacNaughtan interview: "The Spirit of Rush," Pt.2 552 TNMS 3rd anniversary issue 556 Discussion of the origin of the "Cygnus X-1" title 567 "One on One" radio interview with Neil: RTB era 571 May 1992 Lighting Dimensions article 594 February 16 1992 Houston Chronicle interview with Neil 597 Tour Dates listing, version 3.6 627 RTB Radio Special transcription 656 1993 Musician "Whole Guitar Book" Alex Lifeson article 661 Neil Peart "for whom the bus rolls" article 686 from "The Spirit of Rush", number 10, winter '89-'90; originally from Rush Backstage Club, March 31, 1982 Tour Dates listing, version 3.8: June 6 1993 revision 692 Rush Discography, version 2.0, September 7 1993 revision 747 Sept 9 1993 Toronto Star interview with Neil Peart 750 Atlantic press release for "Counterparts" 752 Lyrics for "Stick It Out" 756 Lyrics for Counterparts 759 Transcription of Counterparts world premiere 783 "Metalshop" interview with Alex Lifeson 801 BPI Communications "Counterparts" article 806 "Counterparts" bio, by Neil Peart 806 St. Louis Globe article, On or before Monday, April 28, 1986 812 Rush Article in Raw magazine, No 135, Oct 27-Nov 9 1993 812 article from metal CD, Volume 2 No. 1 812 Geddy Lee Interview, Bass Player Dec. 93 812 1984 "Innerview" with Neil Peart 842 Rush: Off The Record (1984) 842 Neil Peart Int. Modern Drummer apr/may 80 844 Guitar World Feb 1994 interview, Geddy & Alex 849 "A Day in the Lifeson", Car Stereo Review, Jan/Feb 1994 849 Nov 1993 Network magazine article 849 Set list for "Counterparts" tour 857 Transcription of Jan 24 1994 Rockline interview 878 Bunch of stuff: Advice for people who want to get on call-in radio shows Transcription: Goldmine Counterparts review -- March 4, 1994 Transcription: "Request" article (Feb 94) 891 Summer 1994 Alex interview, Guitar Shop magazine 930 March 9, 1994 "Aquarian Weekly" interview with Neil 937 Bunch of CP concert reviews 942 Counterparts era "Up Close" radio interview 955 Rush: Art for Art's Sake - Int'l Musician magazine, 7/84 970 A Rush Fan's Guide to Toronto 970 Seconds magazine interview, issue 25, 1994 976 March 1994 Creem interview, Geddy Lee & Les Claypool 997 Neil Peart "A Port boy's story", June 24/25 1994 St. Catharines Standard 1007 Neil Peart Compuserve interview, Oct 5 1994 1014 Maclean's Sept 30 1991 article 1020 FACE 2 FACE with Alex Lifeson by Stewart Gilray 1032 of "Spirit of Rush" Transcription of Neil's "Politically Incorrect" 1033 appearance Rush 20th Anniversary Gift announcement 1041 Rush, by Brian Harrigan, part 1 of 3 1101 Rush, by Brian Harrigan, part 2 of 3 1102 Rush, by Brian Harrigan, part 3 of 3 1104 TCI Article on RUSH, 1994 1140 Neil Peart "Into Africa" article 1140
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- Geddy says "One, two, buckle my shoe" in "In The End" on ATWAS.
- Neil does the narrative during "The Necromancer."
- I've never seen anything definitive saying who whispers in "The Twilight Zone."
- Neil does the "Attention all planets of the Solar Federation - we have assumed control" bit at the end of "2112."
- The deep voice at the beginning of "Cygnus X-1" is none other than Terry Brown.
- Neil says "Subdivisions" in the song of the same name, even though Alex is shown saying it in the video and does it live.
- Alex says "That's nice" at the end of "Chain Lightning."
- We don't know who says "I will be the judge" and "Give the jury direction." Yoav Gershon <ygershon@ucdavis.edu> has digitized those phrases and adjusted the pitch, and says that Neil Peart says those phrases.
- According to Neil on the December 2, 1991 "Rockline," Geddy does the RTB "chat" section.