Why was Rush so popular?
Rush’s commercial peak came because they were more than the prog rockers their detractors thought they were. In the late 1970s, Peart especially had become interested in new wave, and Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures – the true smash hit albums – came replete with echoes from the Police, Talking Heads and more.
Why did the band Rush break up?
Rush continued to record and perform until 1997, after which the band entered a four-year hiatus due to personal tragedies in Peart’s life. Rush ceased large-scale touring at the end of 2015, and Lifeson announced in January 2018 that the band would not continue.
Why did people ignore rush for so long?
It’s what all the other bands like Rush did. But it was not possible for normal people to ignore Rush, because the radio was shoving them down people’s throats. For reasons that remain murky, they got constant airplay, way out of proportion to their actual record sales.
What do you think about Rush music?
The name Rush was also associated with a drug the older kids smuggled into school—bottles of amyl nitrate with a lightning bolt and the word rush on the label. So I assumed their music was scary older-dude stuff, full of drugs and the occult.
Is Rush a good band to watch?
The band members are extremely lovable in this film—lifelong friends who never argue about anything except the keyboard solos. (Apparently certain members of Rush are the only people on earth who think Rush should have keyboard solos.) They’re also up front about their lack of appeal to any female audience.
Did you listen to rush in college?
I heard tons of Rush in my college dorm, because we all listened to the local rock station WPLR, which apparently stood for “Plays Lotsa Rush.” My Rush friend (every North American male has a “Rush friend”) was Arun, now a neurosurgeon.