After being overlooked for many years, Rush are now Rock and Roll Hall of Famers. The veteran Canadian outfit more or less wrote the definition for the phrase "power trio" and have one of the most dedicated and loyal fan bases in music. This Readers Poll asks you to name your favorite Rush song. No easy task for sure.
It's rare that Rush miss out on a show, but in the case of their upcoming July 24 appearance in Calgary, Alberta, they didn't really have much choice. That's because recent floods in the Calgary area caused significant water damage at the Scotiabank Saddledome, leaving the band unable to use the venue. But Rush aren't taking the cancellation lying down. They've actually re-scheduled their show to
- Hello, Mr. Jourgensen! Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen reveals that had rock not become his career, he would have liked to have become a teacher. He tells all in a new Loudwire interview here:
Rush were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last night (April 18), honored with a killer speech by Foo Fighters' frontman and rock Renaissance man Dave Grohl and the Foos' drummer Taylor Hawkins.
	In the speech, Grohl nodded to the pervasive mysteries of rock 'n' roll, from Elvis Presley sightings and beyond
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Is a live album really ever live? Most are manipulated in some way, either in the mixing stage or the overdubbing of guitar leads or vocal passages. The greatest of them all, KISS seminal Alive!, comes with legendarily conflicting reports of how much it was doctored. But who cares? It rocks harder than any other album in existence, KISS or otherwise.
Rush bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee will appear on How I Met Your Mother, the hit CBS sitcom, on Feb. 4. The episode will also feature Alan Thicke (Growing Pains), Paul Shaffer (Late Show with David Letterman), Alex Trebek (Jeopardy), K.D. Land, Jason Priestley (90210), Steven Page (ex-Barenaked Ladies), and hockey legend Luc Robitaille...
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Congrats are in order for Rush. The Canadian progressive rock titans are being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2013. The band's classmates include Public Enemy, Randy Newman, Heart, Donna Summer and Albert King, with the latter two artists being inducted posthumously...
As any rocker in Los Angeles knows, Guitar Center's RockWalk on Sunset Boulevard is hands down one of the greatest tributes to some of rock 'n' roll's most notable musicians - "hands down" because that's just what the rockers do - place their handprints in cement...