Rush

With this column we welcome Jeff Wagner to the Noisecreep realm. Jeff is most recently known for his book, 'Mean Deviation: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal,' and with this column he expounds upon a variety of ideas and topics related to Mean Deviation and, in true deviant spirit, occasionally veers off that path to travel even further down metal's hidden corridors...

Acclaimed rock photographer Andrew MacNaughtan -- who worked with several groups including Rush and Barenaked Ladies -- died earlier this week. He was 47. According to the Toronto Star, the photographer suffered a heart attack in California where he was on assignment photographing Rush...

With the holidays right around the corner, Noisecreep is here to help make your shopping a little less painful. We've compiled a cool list of gift ideas for the heavy metal and hard rock fans in your life...

A wine scholarship has just been named in honor of Rush bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee. We know, we were like "Wine scholarship? What's that?," too. Decanter.com reported the news about the scholarly effort involving the prog-rock legend. The scholarship was created by Lee's fellow director's at Grapes for Humanity, a charity that works to raise funds to benefit humanitarian causes around th

Rush just announced that they will be issuing three separate six-disc box sets on Nov. 21st. The sets will span their entire history on Mercury Records. Each "Sector" contains five of their 15 Mercury albums in chronological order, all transferred to high resolution 96kHz/24-bit audio and digitally remastered for optimal quality...

Our friends at Huffington Post just unveiled the details for the upcoming Rush 'Time Machine' releases. On November 8, Rush will simultaneously release the 'Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland' full concert on Blu-Ray/DVD complete with bonus material...

Roadrunner Records just announced that they have signed progressive rock behemoths Rush. "We have tremendous respect for Roadrunner Records, and what Cees Wessels and Jonas Nachsin have built on a worldwide level. After years of Roadrunner pursuing the band, Tom Lipsky presented a deal that worked and the timing was right...

It's a Wednesday evening in Los Angeles, and the sun is just beginning to set as an army of Rush fans engulfs the merchandise kiosks around the Gibson Amphitheater. Noisecreep is here to witness the second night of the Canadian power trio's Time Machine tour's LA stop...

Hello, Cleveland! Canadian prog masterminds Rush are working on a new concert film DVD. MusicTap.net reports that the DVD is due out on September 27th. While the release is without a title at press time, it features the band's April 15th, 2011 performance in Cleveland...

It's been nearly two years since 3 Inches of Blood graced us with a new album of pure metal terror. Though plans are still just that for a long player from the Canadian outfit, three songs were just recorded to give fans something to gnaw on until the blessed and leather-spiked release day...