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Willowdale, Ontario, Canada (1968 – present)

Rush is a progressive rock band which formed in Willowdale, Ontario, Canada in 1968. The band currently performs with the lineup of Geddy Lee (vocals, bass, keyboards), Alex Lifeson (guitar) and Neil Peart (drums). John Rutsey was the original drummer, later replaced by Neil Peart in 1974, shortly after the release of their first album, and three weeks before their first American tour. Neil Peart also became the band’s lyricist, and wrote the words for many of the band’s best known songs. As a group, Rush possesses 24 gold records and 14 platinum (3 multi-platinum) records. According to the RIAA, Rush’s sales statistics place them third behind The Beatles and The Rolling Stones for the most consecutive gold or platinum albums by a rock band.

Rush also ranks 78th in U.S. album sales with 25 million units. Although total worldwide album sales are not calculated by any single entity, as of 2004 several industry sources estimated Rush’s total worldwide album sales at over 40 million units.

Starting out as a bar band in 1968 in Willowdale, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and then drummer John Rutsey were perhaps the hardest working unsigned act of the day. Refusing to conform and play top 40 material, they were determined to play what they wanted to play, and on their own terms.

In 1974, after the release of their self-titled debut, Neil Peart took over for John Rutsey and soon proved to be not only an amazing drummer, but also an excellent lyricist. His often epic compositions fit perfectly with the band’s playing.

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2	Limelight	2,238
3	YYZ	2,060
4	The Spirit Of Radio	1,761
5	Red Barchetta	1,520
6	Closer To The Heart	1,477
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9	Working Man	1,200
10	Subdivisions	1,101
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13	A Passage To Bangkok	904
14	The Camera Eye	839
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tlukes123

Listening to Roll the Bones, what a great album! Over 20 years since I first heard it and it still sounds great...

yesterday evening
Bloody-Lunar

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yesterday morning
alextraordinair

You already posted that one love. Keep um coming though, between the D&D pic now used twice with photoshopped emblem (nicely done btw) and some random a black guy dealing tarot cards (?) I'm now quite excited as to whom I might bump into when I attend my first concert...perhaps Dumbledore might show up in a mullet and denim jacket....I'd definately buy him a beer.

yesterday morning
Bloody-Lunar

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Tuesday evening
wilson_cobain

laughed at "what rush fans look like", lol

Tuesday afternoon
KingsAndQueen

Caress of Steel is great :)

Tuesday afternoon
Rockarolla1

Rush Rules !!! They are the priests of the temples of syrinx !!!

Tuesday afternoon
uneternal-sleep

"What Rush fans look like." rush fans are white

Monday morning
euquerosuamae

nem li

Monday morning
alextraordinair

And might I say at this point I as rush fan when I'm not posting inane shite on the internet mostly spend my Friday & Saturday nights in my parent's basement squeezing the zits on my back and watching the pus run down a 6ft mirror. Perhaps when Mizz. Lunar isn't out shooting the breeze in basement bars (wink) with the chichi retro velvet underground clique she's out doing fashion shoots ala the twirling avatar to the thunderous applause of all around. I'm just a little confused at how she gets to do all that and spend literally days on end provoking rush fans posting silly photos in a small pocket of lastfm, I mean, that takes real commitment, cancelled appointments/blown-out friends/lost work/broken hearts etc.. ~pulls up chair~, you’re not a Rush fan by any chance are you?

Monday morning
nitehawk868

My favorite band of all time!!!!

Sunday evening
Bloody-Lunar

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Sunday evening
KeIemvor

Three shouts in a row = mad as fuck (like always anyway)

Sunday evening
Bloody-Lunar

More!

Sunday evening
Bloody-Lunar

What Rush fans look like.

Sunday evening
Bloody-Lunar

Shit band. The Velvet Underground is better.

Sunday evening
isaaccobainer

At least middle-class nerds get into college. Rush forever!

Sunday afternoon
KingsAndQueen

Subdivisions and Dreamline are very good songs! (:

Sunday afternoon
Deathmatter

:DD

Sunday morning
uneternal-sleep

u r a cinema i could watch u 4ever

Sunday morning