Rush brief history

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I like Rush, but am not hardcore like @chilipeppermaniac whose posts reminds me I have
been meaning to spend more time study/ listening to Alex.
I found this interesting and very informative for the less informed, such as myself.

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After Donna Halper gave 'Working Man' a spin on WMMS, Rush's career took off

Halper, 64, left Cleveland in 1975 to become director of artists and repertoire at Mercury Records in New York City.

She hasn't returned here since then -- until now. With a special invitation from Rush, Halper is planning to catch tonight's show at The Q.

And when Rush got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame last year, the band asked Halper to join them for the festivities.

"I feel very honored," she said.

"My God -- look at the friendship I have with this wonderful rock band. . . . At first, I was like their big sister. As they became more successful, they didn't need a big sister anymore. But they stayed in touch and still gave me shout-outs.

"They've always remembered what I did for them, long after they really had to. And they still do. It's just the kind of people they are."
 
WMMS -- grew up listening to the BUZZARD--- had several of the PROMOTIONAL t-shirts ----won a couple was given a couple ---

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I remember when I first saw them on "The Midnight Special" back around 74/75 around there. They even played with their first drummer John Rutsey. I knew they were the goods right off the bat. I got to see them on the Moving Pictures tour years later.
 
Cat, here was my first exposure to RUSH. I had some friends who went to a concert and were raving. SO I went to the record store and flipped through the RUSH albums. Fate had it that I would buy this album as my first one. I put it on the turntable and you can only imagine my 14-15 yr old brain as it started out with that long instrumental part and suddenly GEDDY's finest example of his shrill singing followed. Once I got through my inaugural listen, I was hooked.

 
chilipeppermaniac said:
In the 80's I saw every show for these albums up to the Signals album.
Still enjoyed Counterparts onward. just no shows again until the 2000's
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Don’t worry Chili...I picked up where you left off...maybe overlapped a little on both ends.
Late 80s through to the end for me. I can’t tell you how many times I saw them.
16-20? I’m not sure. I don’t think I missed a tour between Power Windows, and Clockwork Angels... I know I’ve seen them multiple times on the same tour at least three times.
 
Thatbastarddon said:
Don’t worry Chili...I picked up where you left off...maybe overlapped a little on both ends.
Late 80s through to the end for me. I can’t tell you how many times I saw them.
16-20? I’m not sure. I don’t think I missed a tour between Power Windows, and Clockwork Angels... I know I’ve seen them multiple times on the same tour at least three times.
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For me it was lack of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. Now I did see Clockwork, Snakes and Arrows and a few others in between.
 
I always had a “Rush tickets fund” squirreled away. For a few years I had access to a luxury box, through a friend, at a covered, but outdoor venue that they played regularly near me. She had the box for entertaining clients, but would sell us tickets if she wasn’t using them. I guess none of her clientele were Rush fans. I want to say that era for me was between 2003-ish and 2013.
 
chilipeppermaniac said:
Here is my Era LOL before and After


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I enjoy most anything Rush. I have to be in the mood for some of the mid to late 80s stuff, but it has its moments.
Rush is my default for long travels though. Especially when I’m driving off to Maine, or Vermont, to a mountain, or lake, getaway.
...and yes...early Rush is my favorite era.
 
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