New live videos from Counterparts tour August 31, 2006
I’ve added a couple more live videos from the professionally-shot Counterparts concert bootleg called “A View From The Palace” that was filmed March 22, 1994 at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Here are all the live vids from that show that I currently have up on the site. The new ones are Double Agent and The Spirit of Radio.
NEW [Double Agent]
NEW [The Spirit of Radio]
[Limelight]
[The Analog Kid]
[Cold Fire]
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Nick Raskulinecz to produce new Rush album August 30, 2006
Here is some breaking news regarding the new album. According to drew777 at Counterparts the producer for the upcoming Rush studio album will be Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Stone Temple Pilots, etc.) and the engineer will by Rick Chycki, who worked with Rush on R30. The album is also expected to be out before year’s end. The poster claims that this information has been verified by [Anthem/SRO] but I haven’t been able to independently verify it myself yet. At the risk of sounding like Matt Drudge, … developing. 
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Live Rush covers
Over the last few months I’ve found several live videos on YouTube of various well-known bands performing covers of Rush songs live. So I thought I’d highlight a few for you today.
Back in 1999 Deadsy recorded a version of Tom Sawyer for their album Commencement and has been performing the song live for several years now. Here is a live bootleg video of them performing the song live at the release party for their new CD from August 21. The quality on this is pretty decent for a bootleg.
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Rush on MySpace update and Rush.com revamp August 29, 2006
A couple weeks ago I told you about how Rush now had an official MySpace page. Since it was linked off of Neil Peart’s website I assumed it was legit and it turns out that it is. Power Windows spoke with someone at Anthem a few days ago and reported the following at the Counterparts message board:
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English prog-rockers Muse compare selves to Rush
Musing moments
Muse is an English progressive/alternative rock trio that’s been around since the mid-90s. The band has always been very experimental in their approach to music, thus garnering several comparisons to 70s-era prog rockers, particularly Queen. They were recently interviewed by Cameron Adams of Aussie newspaper, The Courier-Mail. Singer/guitarist/pianist Matthew Bellamy had this to say regarding their prog-rock label:
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Fan Videos
Shortly after I launched this site back in October of last year I discovered YouTube. There was so much Rush content on there that it was hard to believe. All of their major videos were up there as well as a good number of live videos, bootlegs, interviews, etc. In addition to those there were several fan-created videos; fans filming themselves playing Rush songs, lipsynching Rush songs, air-drumming to Rush songs, bizaar fan-made videos to Rush songs, cover bands, etc. I decided to create a home on my site for all of these fan tributes. Well, as time passed and YouTube became more popular, there were more and more of these fan-made Rush tributes. Not only that, but I also discovered other video upload sites like Google Video, MySpace video and bolt.com. It’s gotten to the point that I can barely keep up with it all. On any given day, I’ll find 5, 10 even 20 or more fan-made Rush-related vids on these various sites. It’s gotten a little hard to manage. My original policy was that if it was Rush-related - no matter how bad - I’d post it to my site. But that was back when I’d only get 1 or 2 a day. I’m not going to do that anymore. From here on out I’m only going to include fan videos that are notable in some way or particularly entertaining. I’m also more than willing to hear your opinion on any videos you may see online; if you see something you like, let me know. And if you’ve got a little time to kill, check out the Fan Videos page. There are some real gems on there.
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Lounge version of The Trees? August 28, 2006
Richard Cheese and Lounge Against The Machine are a cover band and comedy act based in Los Angeles, California who perform lounge-style covers of popular rock/rap songs. They’ve released several CDs since their inception back in 2000 and their latest offering is slated for release on September 26. It’s called Silent Nightclub and contains a lounge version of Rush’s The Trees. Should be interesting. Thanks to Power Windows for the tip.
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Cygnus and the Sea Monsters Rush tribute CD/DVD released
Last month I reported that Dream Theater drummer, Mike Portnoy, had announced that his Rush tribute band Cygnus and the Sea Monsters would soon be releasing a live CD/DVD of its one-off performance from September of last year in Chicago. And, as promised, it has been released and is available for order through his website here for the CD and here for the DVD. The performance was recorded at a special drumming event to commemorate The Drum Pad’s (the largest drum retailer in America) 20th anniversary on September 18, 2005 at The Vic Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. Cygnus and the Sea Monsters consists of Mike Portnoy on drums, Paul Gilbert on guitar, Sean Malone on bass and Jason McMaster on vocals. The tracklist is as follows:
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Happy Birthday Alex! August 27, 2006
On this date in 1953, the world’s greatest guitarist, Alexander Zivojinovich, was born. Happy 53rd birthday Lerxst! In celebration, here’s the interview outtakes of Alex’s Artist of the Decade interview which was one of the easter eggs on R30.
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Eddie Trunk to interview Neil Peart for VH1 Classic August 26, 2006
Asia at VH1 Classic, Neil Peart, Tom Hamilton, Satellite radio and some very cool upcoming news.
Radio host, VH1 Classic VJ and Rush fan, Eddie Trunk posted the following statement to his blog:
Asia at VH1 Classic, Neil Peart, Tom Hamilton, Satellite radio and some very cool upcoming news.
… speaking of legends, get ready for Rush drummer Neil Peart to do interviews for the first time in years. I will be speaking to Neil for VH1 Classic as well as the radio show soon. Details coming. …
Asia at VH1 Classic, Neil Peart, Tom Hamilton, Satellite radio and some very cool upcoming news.
This is wonderful news and a sure sign that Neil’s begun to break out of his shell regarding interviews. As I here of more details I’ll keep you posted.
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