Are RUSH actually Prog?

He absolutely sings in falsetto: listen at the 1:05 mark (it's not the "screamy" voice section): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slF3EBxZE6A

I wish some real trained singers would chime in here.

Singers don't always resort to falsetto/head voice because they can't hit the note; sometimes it's the tone they desire. Originally someone said that Collins was singing off-key, because he used head voice at one point. I believe Collins chose to use it; it was an aesthetic choice. He could absolutely hit those notes, as other recordings prove.

Talented, well-trained singers can blend between head and chest voice so that you don't even notice the transitions, and blend back and forth between the two seamlessly. But most cannot do this, not without training and instruction.

You finally f**king did it. 

This thread has gone back and forth for so many pages it's actually created a parallel timeline where Rush is both and neither prog, like some sort of Schrodinger's Prog Cat bullsh*t. 

I hope you're happy, Prog/Not Prog Archives! 

Stop it. We are talking about one particular song that did not require falsetto and Phil having to resort to it because it was out of his register. If Phil were to try to sing Hey Jude the way Paul sang it, he'd have to put his nuts in a vice. 

That's from their covers album, Big Bang Theory. I don't usually go for those, and I'm one of the "no Dennis, no Styx" guys. But one of these days, I will listen to The Mission, because I understand they made a good concept album, and I do like Gowan as a singer.