21 -- No, 12 Geeky Reasons Why Rush Should Be Inducted Into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Reasons & and 9 are pretty good.
Recently in Geddy Lee Category
He's 57 years old today.
Brief interview about the documentary, upcoming tour, and new album over at Rolling Stone today.
Regarding being approached about the documentary:
"We thought, 'How foolish are these guys?' " Rush frontman Geddy Lee says. "We're just this dull band. I remember Neil [Peart] asked them rather pointedly, 'What's your angle? What's the story you want to tell?' They said, 'Well, to be honest, we don't know.' We liked that and said, 'Good luck, let you know what you want us to do.' "
Good interview over at the Globe and Mail with Geddy and Alex. Nice photo too.
When asked about Rush's late-career mainstream acceptance, Lee suggests it likely took root years ago. "Some of our fans have been profoundly affected by what we do," says the soft-spoken singer. "You hear about people who have been comforted by our music. And maybe, after a period of time, that fan base is growing up and coming to grips with their own experiences, and wanting to write books about them, and saying thank-you in movies."
Check out the slide show too.
Good 15-minute interview with Geddy and Alex from earlier this week. Lots of talk about the documentary and their early history. A bunch of good questions are asked and answered.
A new song, Caravan, from Clockwork Angels will be released on June 1, 2010, along with the album track BU2B (which I'm guessing is an instrumental).
Rush's 20th studio album will be released some time in 2011.
More information:
Both "Caravan" and "BU2B" will also be offered as a special Limited Edition CD single, available to fans through the band's official website as well as through various pre-sale tour packages. For full details, please visit Rush's official website at www.Rush.com.
There's a decent-length interview with Geddy over at Rolling Stone today.
Some tidbits:
On new songs:
...we'll probably release one as soon as it's ready, before the tour starts, and then probably release the second one as the tour starts. But our hope was to really get something down on tape, so we could play these songs live and road test them in a way. We're still kind of throwing titles back in forth, but one is called "Caravan."
On recording Tom Sawyer:
"Tom Sawyer" was in many ways the most difficult song to record on that record. I remember even though the writing of the song came together pretty quickly, putting it down on tape was a little difficult. We were trying different sounds, and going with a whole different approach to lyrics -- the kind of spoken word thing, getting the right sound for Alex's guitar, and so on. It was kind of a dark horse. And then in the mixing, it all came together. When we finished it, we were so pleased with what happened, because we kind of had the least expectations of it, because of the difficulty we had.I think a lot of musicians probably go through a similar thing, where they have this one song that they beat themselves up over, and then the next thing you know, it's their biggest song.
At long last, the Rush documentary, Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage, will premiere at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival next month. More info is available on the film fest's web site.
