IT'S THOSE WACKY GUYS IN RUSH
It’s taken Rush more than a decade to win a measure of grudging respect from the rock press. Now, though, Geddy Lee, Neil Peart and Alex Lifeson are discovering that their toughest critics are the ordinary folks who buy records and wait in line for concert tickets.
IT'S THOSE WACKY GUYS IN RUSH
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Daniel Brogan
It’s taken Rush more than a decade to win a measure of grudging respect from the rock press. Now, though, Geddy Lee, Neil Peart and Alex Lifeson are discovering that their toughest critics are the ordinary folks who buy records and wait in line for concert tickets.
“Fans may be worse than writers when it comes to being reactionary and totally conservative about what they like and what they don’t,” says drummer and lyricist Peart. “During one of our early tours of Britain, we had a Police song on the tape we played before the show. And the audience booed it, because it wasn’t supposed to be cool to like Rush and the Police at the same time.”
And now—Katie bar the door!—bands like the Police, U2 and Ultravox have infiltrated Power Windows, Rush’s latest album.