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    Posted: April 21 2006 at 13:16
Hey does anyone know what happened to John Rutsey? For thoes who don't know he was the original drummer of Rush but had to leave due to diabetes. 
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Points: 27802 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 21 2006 at 13:37
Found this on the net:

Where are they now?

The stories we heard growing up was that he quit the band thinking "they were going nowhere". It appears the main reason he left the group was due to health reasons, he had diabetes and couldn't go on extended tours.

After a failed attempt to start another band he quit drums altogether and became a body builder, apparently living in Toronto.




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Points: 6336 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 21 2006 at 15:03
Talking about what ever happend...what ever happend to Godspeed! You black emperore? Are they still together? Did they disband?
And what about ARK...are they still together?
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Points: 7341 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 21 2006 at 17:45

He probabley feels miserable that he hasn't cashed in on Rush's success.
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Points: 46838 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 21 2006 at 17:47
wow.... been away all week and getting use to this new format... interesting


what about Eddie Offord.... I guess I could google him... but anyone know off the top of their head what happened to him or what he's up to?
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I read a biography on Yes where Rick Wakeman claiming that 'Eddie Offord had gone to Mars' explaining the less than decent production the album had received, leading one to draw your own conclusions on Eddie's state of mind at that point. Has Eddie even produced anything after Pallas' 'The Sentinel'? I certainly don't own anything after that with his name on it, and the production on that is clunky and very dated, working against an otherwise superb album.
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Points: 46838 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 21 2006 at 18:03
Originally posted by salmacis salmacis wrote:

I read a biography on Yes where Rick Wakeman claiming that 'Eddie Offord had gone to Mars' explaining the less than decent production the album had received, leading one to draw your own conclusions on Eddie's state of mind at that point. Has Eddie even produced anything after Pallas' 'The Sentinel'? I certainly don't own anything after that with his name on it, and the production on that is clunky and very dated, working against an otherwise superb album.


thanks!... always wondering... never remembered to check him out hahaha. I hadn't heard of anything recently.. wasn't sure if he was still on Mars or worse...Confused
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Just been looking up Eddie on the internet. I found that he'd produced an album by a band called 'Medicine' a few years back, and also a guy called Billy Squire in the 80s, so he's obviously still doing some work albeit not as prolific as he once was.
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Originally posted by salmacis salmacis wrote:

Just been looking up Eddie on the internet. I found that he'd produced an album by a band called 'Medicine' a few years back, and also a guy called Billy Squire in the 80s, so he's obviously still doing some work albeit not as prolific as he once was.


Billy Squire... hahahhaha.... I used to have all of his albums.  The Stroke was my theme song in college.
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Originally posted by el böthy el böthy wrote:

Talking about what ever happend...what ever happend to Godspeed! You black emperore? Are they still together? Did they disband?
And what about ARK...are they still together?


I don't think GY!BE disbanded, but they're working on various side projects at the moment (A Silver Mt.Zion being the most notable one). I really hope they'll be getting together again some time soon.

No idea about Ark.
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Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Billy Squire... hahahhaha.... I used to have all of his albums.  The Stroke was my theme song in college.
 
it's amazing how popular he still is.  He is going to be touring with Ringo Starr's Big Band.
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