Did Rush influence Prog Metal?

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Edited by SteveG - October 07 2020 at 14:42

I'm getting the strange feeling that no one has ever been influenced by anything at all. 

So I am reading a back issue of Prog Magazine from Jan 2015, it happens to be a special Rush R40 issue. In one section is 40 musicians tell their fav Rush song.

verslibre wrote: "YYZ" is an insane piece of music. It's basically prog-fusion before prog-fusion. I give props to any band that attempts to cover it.

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - October 07 2020 at 21:03

progaardvark wrote: I'm getting the strange feeling that no one has ever been influenced by anything at all.  Anyway, it's nice to see Leger de Main being mentioned. I have a copy of their A Lasting Impression release which contains both of their two studios albums. Great band.

I’d flip it around and say that everyone has been influenced by everything. Every piece of music someone has heard is possibly stored in the memory, even if you can’t recall it. Someone who makes music today has a lot more influence than someone who made music in the 60’s. They had music at that time too, but a lot less, less available and less diverse. Artists are probably influenced by bands without knowing it and without anyone being able to hear it in the music.

Did Rush influence prog metal? I’d say that is a pretty clear: Yes!

It’s impossible to quantify how much. Asking the prog metal artists that followed is probably the closest you get, but even they can have been influenced without even realizing it. The exception would of course be artists that hadn’t even heard anything by Rush when they made their own music. They could still have been influenced by them, indirectly by other bands that had been influenced by Rush.

Alright, guys. Stop running with the "prog-fusion" ball already. I have been listening to fusion since the '80s and nothing back then was called "prog-fusion." 

Edited by verslibre - October 08 2020 at 11:03

Zeph wrote: Did Rush influence prog metal? I’d say that is a pretty clear: Yes! It’s impossible to quantify how much. Asking the prog metal artists that followed is probably the closest you get, but even they can have been influenced without even realizing it. The exception would of course be artists that hadn’t even heard anything by Rush when they made their own music. They could still have been influenced by them, indirectly by other bands that had been influenced by Rush.

verslibre wrote: Atavachron wrote: verslibre wrote: "YYZ" is an insane piece of music. It's basically prog-fusion before prog-fusion. I give props to any band that attempts to cover it.   I covered YYZ when I was a serious musician, it's not that difficult a piece of music if you are highly competent player. Good for you. If your level of proficiency was Rush-level, why didn't you keep going? You said "was," which means past tense in basic English. Atavachron wrote: "Prog-fusion"?   Yeeaaahhh, I think this may be a case of someone young who doesn't really know rock history, doesn't fully grasp what it is to be a professional musician, and who is using quotes and supposition to make an argument. Get off your high horse already. Want to come over and look at my music collection? It's like Tower Records in here. Proglodytes. Sheesh.

Paulo V wrote: Progressive composition with odd time signatures & lyrics, lengthy instrumental passages and unnorthodox arrangements i.e 2112, Farewell to Kings & Hemispheres are a proven fact, some bands influenced by them absolutely!!! Tool often has its moments among others? Question:  Prog Metal that sounds like amped up 70´s Rush? YEAHHHH

verslibre wrote: Catcher10 wrote: So I am reading a back issue of Prog Magazine from Jan 2015, it happens to be a special Rush R40 issue. In one section is 40 musicians tell their fav Rush song. Mike Holmes (IQ) says: "YYZ sounded great when it first came out in the early 80's, and sounds better when they do it live now. On the 2012 Clockwork Angels tour when they used the live strings it sounded massive. For me, this was the beginning of prog metal, and became a blueprint for the whole genre. Neil Peart is all over this track - he absolutely nailed it and really set a standard for others to aspire to." Any issues take it up with Mike Holmes......he said it. I'm sure a few people here have a problem with "YYZ being the beginning of prog-metal," Jose. A lot of wig-flipping going on in this thread!