New live video: La Villa Strangiato from Rush in Rio August 25, 2006
La Villa Strangiato live from Rush in Rio
I’ve added La Villa Strangiato live from Rush in Rio to the Rush Live Videos page. You can watch it here. Thanks to DJ for alerting me of this.
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Rush mentioned in Blender Magazine Gene Simmons interview August 24, 2006
Gene Simmons: Interview
In the August, 2006 edition of Blender Magazine Gene Simmons of Kiss is interviewed. He mentions Rush, albeit not in a very flattering way.
Gene Simmons: Interview
But you did give many huge bands opening slots and their first big breaks.
We liked them. The first bands that went off on tour with us were, oh, Bon Jovi, AC/DC, Rush, Cheap Trick, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Scorpions, Mötley Crüe … I mean, I can’t even think of all of them.…
Original Article syndicated via RSS from Rush is a BandThe latest Rush oddities from MitA
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Original Article syndicated via RSS from Rush is a BandAlex and Geddy to record a song for Trailer Park Boys movie?
Bach to the trailer park
The latest rumor regarding the upcoming Trailer Park Boys movie is that Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson have recorded a song for the movie soundtrack. In today’s Chronicle Herald out of Halifax, Nova Scotia there’s an article on the show that focuses on an upcoming guest appearance from fellow Canadian and former Skid Row frontman, Sebastian Bach. From the article:…
Original Article syndicated via RSS from Rush is a BandRush Backstage Club site revamped August 23, 2006
Rush Backstage Club
Well, the Rush Backstage Club has been threatening to release their new “revamped” site for a few weeks now and … it’s finally here. It looks great too. They’ve got a lot of new merchandise including a kid’s line! This is great news for all of us Rush-fans/parents. They also are going to start having bi-weekly contests (at least that’s what is claimed), the first of which is for the complete tourbooks coffe table book. Here are the details:…
Original Article syndicated via RSS from Rush is a BandAqua Teen Hunger Force Movie Delayed
Power Windows is reporting the following bad news regarding the upcoming Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie:
Rush fans will have to wait for Neil Peart’s big screen voice debut awhile longer. Original expected to be in theaters this fall, the Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie has been delayed until February 2007, with some supposition that it will in fact be released straight to DVD due to poor expectations of ticket sales. …
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Original Article syndicated via RSS from Rush is a BandGuitar Hero 2 featuring YYZ preview online
Guitar Hero 2 - YYZ preview
Back in May it was revealed that the sequel to the popular Playstation 2 game Guitar Hero would be featuring Rush’s YYZ as one of the songs. A release date of November was recently announced and I’ve located a short preview video capture of the game featuring YYZ online. You can check it out here.…
Original Article syndicated via RSS from Rush is a BandFully Rush-compliant HD network media player August 22, 2006
Ziova has come out with a new high-def network media player which, as this engadget post points out, is fully Rush-compliant. Just take a look at all the pictures. Thanks to A/V tech and rushisaband.com reader Matt for alerting us to this.
Original Article syndicated via RSS from Rush is a BandRush lawsuit parody August 21, 2006
Rush to Judgement
A couple of weeks ago I posted about the latest development in the Alex Lifeson versus the Ritz-Carlton saga; a federal judge decided that Geddy Lee and Neil Peart aren’t entitled to damages stemming from Alex Lifeson’s scuffle with deputy sheriffs at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Naples, Florida on New Year’s Eve 2004. Inspired by this development, Stephen Schneider, a writer and self-proclaimed armchair musicologist, wrote a parody of the case in a column in the Orlando Weekly Newspaper last week. He penned a Notice of Civil Action against Rush for damages as a result of being a Rush fanatic. It’s funny - certainly worth a read.…
Original Article syndicated via RSS from Rush is a BandNew Trailer Park Boys movie trailer online
Trailer Park Boys movie trailer: The Big Dirty 2006
The new trailer for the upcoming Trailer Park Boys movie is out. If you don’t know already, the Trailer Park Boys is a Canadian TV series where the main characters are big Rush fans. In one episode entitled Closer to the Heart, which you watch a scene from here, Alex Lifeson makes a guest appearance. The trailer features music by Rush (The Spirit of Radio) and, according to an article in the Toronto Globe and Mail from May 2005, so will the movie:…
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