Rush Background Information

It is difficult to define precisely the music style of Rush, as it combines the features of modern rock, hard rock, and progressive rock.

The band began their music career playing blues-inspired heavy metal. Three decades of continuous success under the line-up of Peart, Lifeson, and Lee, have earned Rush the respect of their musical peers. The band has influenced various contemporary musicians, including The Smashing Pumpkins, Metallica, and Primus, and several notable progressive metal groups like Symphony X and Dream Theater.

The band has been awarded several Juno Awards. The musicians were also inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1994. Over the band’s music career, its individual members have been recognized as some of the most skillful players on the respective musical instruments with each of them winning awards in magazine readers’ polls. As a whole, the band boasts twenty-three gold CDs and fourteen platinum (three of them are multi-platinum) CDs, which makes them one of the best-selling rock groups in history. These statistics place the band 5th behind The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, KISS, and Aerosmith.

With 24.5 million units sold the band ranks 78th in United States album sales according to the RIAA. Although the total number of worldwide album sales has not been calculated by any single entity, several industry sources estimated that the band’s total worldwide album sales have exceeded thirty-five million units.

Presently, Rush is promoting their latest record, entitled Snakes & Arrows. On June 13, 2007, the band will begin their intercontinental concert tour.

The current line-up of the band consists of Geddy Lee (on bass guitar, keyboards, lead vocals, and bass pedals), Alex Lifeson (on six- and twelve-string acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, bass, backing vocals, and synthesizer pedals), and Neil Peart (on drums, electronic and acoustic percussion).

The band’s musical style has notably changed since the late ‘60s. Rush’s debut album was influenced by British-Blues rock and musical styles from the bands like Led Zeppelin, Cream, and Deep Purple. Over the first albums, the band’s style remained mainly hard rock, with strong influences from Led Zeppelin and The Who. The combination of hard and progressive rock continued until the late ’70s. During the ‘80s, the band was experimenting with New Wave music, pop rock, and reggae. The new millennium witnesses the return to a more rock and roll roots sound.

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