The Rush appreciation thread

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: ^ I had the "though it's just a memory...." lyric as my sig briefly but then changed it to the one I have now(I'm sure you know but for those who don't it's from the last section of the Hemispheres title track(cygnus x1 book2).

Rush has been my #1 band for the past million years. I got into them around 77-78 and it has been non stop ever since.

Yeah, I first bought signals on cassette tape probably in late 1982 after hearing "subdivisions" on the radio. My brother had some albums on vinyl about maybe almost a year before that(2112 and Exit Stage Left)but I didn't really think much of them and to be honest I don't remember him or me playing those records at all. It was almost as if he bought them just to seem cool(he was way more into comic books than music at the time anyway). Then a few years later(late 84 into 85)my brother found out his best friend(another comic book guy)was into Rush and tried to hypnotize my brother to a Rush poster. After he mentioned him liking Rush that sort of resparked my interest in them and I borrowed his tapes until I finally got my own. I remember listening to his cassette version of Power Windows(and later Hold Your Fire)when they were new. It was around that time I started to get big into prog in general and Rush became a part of that after I noticed some similarities. I eventually saw Rush four times, have the red biography book, a t shirt(from the last tour)and a tour program(also from the last tour)as well as the Beyond the lighted stage docomentary. I'm sure there are way bigger fans than me but I still consider myself to be a pretty big fan.

Been a fan since 1975. Fist album I heard by them was "Caress of Steel". Saw them several times live and saw their last tour. Killer musicians, great songs, and they could play it live to sound as good or better than the studio version... with some help.