childhood of, 8–11
on Clockwork Angels, 172
on Counterparts, 128
early music with Alex Lifeson, 11–13
on Fly By Night, 23
on Hemispheres, 52
on Hold Your Fire, 100–102
on influences, 11, 22, 136
on John Rutsey, 18
keyboards and, 78, 85, 93–94
on Moving Pictures, 73
My Favourite Headache, 142
Nancy Young and, 12, 33
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and, 159
on Neil Peart, 20
odd time signatures and, 112
on Presto, 108, 109, 111–12
on Signals, 85
on Test for Echo, 130, 133
on time away from Rush, 122
on touring, 29, 33–34, 38
Les Paul (guitar), 172
Lifer, 142
Lifeson, Alex
childhood of, 10–11
on Clockwork Angels, 171–72, 174–75
on Counterparts, 125, 127
on Different Stages, 142, 145
early music with Geddy Lee, 11–13
A Farewell to Kings and, 43
Geddy Lee and, 128–29
on Grace Under Pressure, 88
Hold Your Fire and, 103
influences for, 11, 22
on John Rutsey, 18
on Neil Peart, 20
on Nick Raskulinecz, 152, 155
on Peter Collins, 128
post-punk guitar and, 93
Presto and, 107–108, 119
on producers, 128
on Roll the Bones, 119–20, 127
on Rupert Hine, 128
on Snakes & Arrows, 152, 155, 157, 174
Test for Echo and, 130
Trailer Park Boys and, 159
on Vapor Trails, 145–46, 157
Victor and, 130
on writing with Peart/Lee, 165
Lillywhite, Steve, 85, 87
“Limbo”, 131
“Limelight”, 69–70, 71
Live (band), 125
“Lock and Key”, 101–102, 103
Loder, Kurt, 87–88, 90
“Losing It”, 80, 81
“The Main Monkey Business”, 153
the Majority, 20
“Malignant Narcissism”, 153
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, 54
“Manhattan Project”, 96
Mann, Aimee, 102, 103
“Marathon”, 96, 98
“Margarite”, 13
Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa (Peart), 111
Massey Hall, 31, 33
Max Webster, 26, 71, 74
“Battlescar”, 74
Universal Juveniles, 74
McCarthy, Cormac, 172
McFadyen, Scot, 162
McNichol, Charlene, 13
Melody Maker, 77
Mercury Records, 17, 29, 31, 32, 34, 38, 102, 107
Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey, 162
“Middletown Dreams”, 96, 97
Mink, Ben, 80, 81
“Mission”, 102, 103
Mitchell, Kim, 26, 74, 109
Moon, Keith, 20, 126
Moon Records, 15
Moore, Gary, 127
Moving Pictures, 6, 29, 32, 64, 69–70, 71, 73–74, 80, 90
Moving Pictures: Live 2011, 166
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, 43
My Favourite Headache, 142
“Mystic Rhythms”, 96
“Natural Science”, 54, 55, 142
“The Necromancer”, 24, 26, 29
“Need Some Love”, 16
Nelson, Paul, 31
“Neurotica”, 117
“New World Man”, 7, 80, 81
the New York Dolls, 17
Newman, Randy, 176
Nirvana, 125
Nevermind, 125
Nissan, 141
“Nobody’s Hero”, 126, 129
“Nocturne”, 144
“Not Fade Away”, 14–15
Now, 145
Nugent, Ted, 17
Nuttall, Carrie, 159, 171
Oberheim, 64, 71
Off the Record, 100–101
Ondaatje, Michael, 172
“One Little Victory”, 144, 145
“Open Secrets”, 103
“Out of the Cradle”, 144
“Overture”, 30, 32
“Paint It Black”, 149
“The Pass”, 109, 111, 115
“A Passage to Bangkok”, 32
“Peaceable Kingdom”, 144
Peart, Jackie, 138, 141, 144
Peart, Neil
on All the World’s a Stage, 34–35
Burning for Buddy project, 129
on Clockwork Angels, 171
daughter’s death, 131, 138, 144
early life, 18, 20
electronic drum kits and, 93
on fame, 70
Far and Away: A Prize Every Time, 159
Freddie Gruber and, 129, 131, 171
Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road, 141
on Grace Under Pressure, 86, 88
on Hold Your Fire, 102
introduction to Rush, 18, 22
Japan hotel incident, 90
on Moving Pictures, 29, 64, 69–70, 73
on “Necromancer”, 29
New Wave sound and, 87
on Permanent Waves, 56, 59
on Power Windows, 94, 97–98, 102
on Presto, 112, 115
Road Show: Landscape With Drums–A Concert Tour by Motorcycle, 159
on Roll the Bones, 116
on Signals, 81–82
on Time Machine tour, 166
Traveling Music: Playing Back the Soundtrack to My Life and Times, 159
travel writing, 97, 111, 122, 141, 159
on 2112, 34
wife’s death, 131, 138, 141, 144
Peart, Selena, 138, 144
Permanent Waves, 52, 54, 55–56, 59, 71
Perna, Joe, 12
Pink Floyd, 71
Dark Side of the Moon, 71
Plant, Robert, 13, 17
The Police, 54, 80
Power Windows, 93–94, 96, 97–98, 100, 103
“Presto”, 112
Presto, 6, 100, 104, 107–108, 109, 111–12, 115, 117
“Prime Mover”, 101, 103
Primus, 125
Prophet, 64
Public Enemy, 176
Queensryche, 127
R30, 149, 151
Rand, Ayn, 19, 30, 32, 35
Raskulinecz, Nick, 152, 168, 172
“Red Barchetta”, 64, 69, 71
Red Hot Chili Peppers, 125, 136
“Red Lenses”, 96
“Red Sector A”, 87, 88
“Red Tide”, 111
Retrospective, 141
Rich, Buddy, 129
Rickenbacker, 78
“Rivendell”, 22
Road & Track, 64
Road Show: Landscape with Drums–A Concert Tour by Motorcycle (Peart), 159
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 176
Rockfield Studios, 38
Rolling Stone, 51, 59, 87–88, 90, 159, 176
the Rolling Stones, 11, 149
“Roll the Bones”, 117, 120
Roll the Bones, 115–16, 117, 119–20, 125, 127, 144
Rundgren, Todd, 70
“Run Willie Run”, 13
Rush, 16–17, 19
Rush in Rio, 73, 149
Russian Circles, 153
Rutsey, Bill, 11
Rutsey, Eva, 11
Rutsey, Howard, 11
Rutsey, John, 11, 15, 18
Saga, 74
Sandler, Adam, 141
The Scene, 17
Scientific American, 45
“Secret Touch”, 144
“Seven Cities of Gold”, 170
Shirley, Kevin “Caveman”, 126, 127–28
Shoults, Darrell, 122
“Show Don’t Tell”, 108, 109, 115
A Show of Hands, 104, 107, 117
Shutt, Steve, 10
Signals, 78, 80, 81–82, 85, 87, 90
Small Soldiers, 141
Smashing Pumpkins, 136
Snakes & Arrows, 152, 153, 155, 157, 162, 174
Snakes & Arrows Live, 158, 162
Sniderman, Jason, 172
Soundgarden, 136
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, 142
“The Speed of Love”, 126
“The Spirit of Radio”, 50, 54, 55–56, 60, 64
SRO Productions, 15, 60, 107
“The Stars Look Down”, 144
Stern, Perry, 29
“Stick It Out”, 125, 126
“Subdivisions”, 7, 80, 81
Summer, Donna, 176
“Summertime Blues”, 151
“Superconductor”, 109, 111, 115
Supertramp, 87
“Sweet Miracle”, 144
Syme, Hugh, 31, 116, 172
“Tai Shan”, 101, 103
Talk Talk, 87
“The Temples of Syrinx”, 30, 32
“Test for Echo”, 130, 131
Test for Echo, 130–31, 133, 136
Thin Lizzy, 17
3 Doors Down, 142
’Til Tuesday, 103
“Time and Motion”, 131, 136
Time Machine: Live in Cleveland 2011, 166
Time Machine tour, 162, 165–66
“Time Stand Still”, 102, 103
Titus, Christa L., 146
“Tom Sawyer”, 69, 71, 141, 142, 158–59
Tool, 153
Townshend, Pete, 155
Trailer Park Boys, 159
Traveling Music: Playing Back the Soundtrack to My Life and Times (Peart), 159
“The Trees”, 49, 50, 51–52, 117
Triumph, 54
Trojan, Johnny, 20
Turner, Mary, 100
“Turn the Page”, 103
“2112”, 136, 142
2112, 29–31, 32, 34, 74
U2, 85
UB40, 54
Ungerleider, Howard, 22
the United Way, 138
Uriah Heep, 17, 21
“Vapor Trails”, 144
Vapor Trails, 144, 145–46, 149, 151–52, 157
Victor, 130
“La Villa Strangiato”, 49, 50, 52
“Virtuality”, 131, 136
“Vital Signs”, 71
Voltaire, 172
The Waterboy, 141
“The Weapon”, 80
Weinrib, Gary. See Lee, Geddy
Weinrib, Manya, 8–9, 87, 122
Weinrib, Morris, 8–9
Whatever, 141
“What You’re Doing”, 17
“Where’s My Thing? (Part IV ‘Gangster of Boats’ Trilogy)”, 117, 120
the Who, 11, 22, 172
“I’m Free”, 172
Tommy, 172
Wilson, Vic, 15, 20
“Witch Hunt”, 64, 69, 71, 80
WMMS radio, 17
“Working Man”, 17, 33
“Working Them Angels”, 153
Wright, Jeb, 171
“Xanadu”, 42, 43, 45
the Yardbirds, 11
Yes, 21, 50
Tales from Topographic Oceans, 50
“You Bet Your Life”, 117
“You Can’t Fight It”, 15
Young, Lindy, 12
Young, Nancy, 12, 33
“YYZ”, 69, 71, 73
Zappa, Frank, 87
Zivojinovic, Alex. See Lifeson, Alex
Zivojinovic, Melania, 10
Zivojinovic, Nenad, 10
Acknowledgments
Dennis Pernu, Ray Wawrzyniak, Pete Koza, Pegi Cecconi, Jack David, David Caron, The Banger Boys, Beth and Trevor, and Rush.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Popoff, Martin, 1963–
Rush : the illustrated history / by Martin Popoff ; with Richard Bienstock … [et al.].
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-0-7603-4364-7 (hardbound)
1. Rush (Musical group) 2. Rock musicians–Canada–Biography. I. Bienstock, Richard. II. Title.
ML421.R87P66 2013
782.42166092’2–dc22
[B]
2012040525
Front cover: A Farewell to Kings tour, Birmingham Odeon, Birmingham, England, February 12, 1978. Fin Costello/Redferns/Getty Images
Front and rear endpapers: All the World’s a Stage tour, McMorran Arena, Port Huron, Michigan, May 22, 1977. Fin Costello/Redferns/Getty Images
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