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“For a supposed prog band they put their musicianship through the pop grinder and come out on top”: Lamb Of God vocalist Randy Blythe’s passion for Rush

Hooked when he heard Tom Sawyer on local radio, the metal singer remains amazed at the trio’s ability to make a story engaging – even if you don’t understand it

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“Give me a break. Of course we’ve got frickin’ soul”: Dream Theater vs the haters

In 2013, Dream Theater released their eponymous 12th album – but not everyone was onboard with their “soulless”prog metal

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The 5 most famous acoustic guitars of all time – and how Willie Nelson's Trigger, Cobain's Martin D-18E became guitar icons

We take a deep dive into the most recognizable flat tops ever made and the reasons they became so famous

Guitar World

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Cool new prog music you must hear from TesseracT, God Is An Astronaut, Dim Gray and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week

Great new prog music to discover from Matteo Mancuso, Orion and more...

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Rejoice! An official Ozzy Osbourne colouring book is on the way

Disclaimer: Bats not included

Metal Hammer

"I had never heard anything that raw and heavy and fast in my life": Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy picks the 10 albums that changed his life

These aren't Mike Portnoy's favourite albums - they're much more important than that

Metal Hammer

“When The Spirit Of Radio came on she sang every word. I knew right then she was the one”: Crown Lands’ Kevin Comeau discovered Rush at 14, forging two marriages made in Heaven

Multi-instrumentalist, who caught Canadian giants twice on final tour, once played alongside Alex Lifeson – and he’s hoping for a second date

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"I'm just racked with self-loathing and criticism": Manic Street Preachers' bassist Nicky Wire once wanted to lacerate the world - now he's doing it to himself

Nicky Wire talks about the upcoming Manics tour, Richey Edwards, Rush and the band’s next album

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One year ago OceanGate’s Titan sub imploded, taking 5 lives and dreams of deep-sea exploration with it

Last June, the eyes of the world were upon the same North Atlantic waters where the Titanic and its passengers sank to icy fates - as international rescue teams searched for a submersible carrying five explorers venturing to the shipwreck. The disastrous implosion of Titan and the reckless path that…

The Independent UK

Watch Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson appear onstage together at Gordon Lightfoot tribute show in Toronto

The pair returned to the stage at Massey Hall, where Rush's live album All The World's A Stage live was recorded

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"Without a doubt, the best experience I've had making an album, ever": How Rush made Snakes & Arrows and learned to love recording again

Neil Peart, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson on the making of 2007's Snakes & Ladders album

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"Spandau Ballet, Visage, Ultravox… there's some good music going down": In 1981, Rush's Geddy Lee was ready to blow the boundaries of progressive rock wide open

From Led Zeppelin copyists to sword and sorcery maestros to purveyors of über-prog, Rush have always pushed the envelope

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“There were no egos: It was just about the music. There was an incredible flow… a magical, organic experience”: How supergroup Flying Colors made their debut album in just 9 days

When Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy, Steve Morse, Dave LaRue and Casey McPherson went to work, they hoped they were creating something that would last. As it turned out, they were

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"My success with women increased when I had Geddy Lee hair": The 10 best Rush songs ever, according to the Trailer Park Boys

Bubbles, Ricky and Julian a.k.a. Canada's second-best trio the Trailer Park Boys, pick their 10 favourite Rush songs

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"They couldn't have been nicer, and it really lifted us at a moment when we could have used the lifting": Geddy Lee reveals how Robert Plant and Jimmy Page helped Rush overcome grief and loss

Led Zeppelin were a musical inspiration for Rush, but as Geddy Lee explains, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page also proved themselves to be decent human beings at a "dark, sad time"

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Watch Mike Portnoy join Umphrey's McGee onstage in Chicago for covers of Spinal Tap's Big Bottom and Rush's YYZ

Dream Theater man Mike Portnoy contributed the traditional "lead bass" part to Big Bottom before retreating to the kit to tackle Neil Peart's iconic drum part on YYZ

MusicRadar

“I didn’t want to have anything to do with the song. To me, it was like: ‘Are we turning into Depeche Mode?’”: Europe’s John Norum says he thought The Final Countdown was “dreadful” at first

It would go on to become the Swedish rockers’ biggest track but Norum took some persuading that all those synths would work with guitar

Guitar World

Three “God-like guitarists” join forces and stadium-conquering rockers channel their inner spy: This week's essential guitar tracks

Must-listen-to tunes from Guns N' Roses, Architects, IDLES, The Libertines, Devon Ross, Ryujin and many more

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Just days after launching his own amp brand with Mojotone, Alex Lifeson gets his teeth into the pedal market with his first stompbox – the LERXST By-Tor

The second announcement from the Rush guitarist and his collaborators at Mojotone aims to offer the Marshall-like tube tone of his $2.5k head in a $300 pedal

MusicRadar

Geddy Lee says that Paul McCartney has tried to convince him and Alex Lifeson to tour again: “He was lecturing Al about how great it is... ‘You have to do it, man. You have to get back out there’”

It sounds like McCartney made a persuasive case but Lee says Lifeson might still need some more persuading before we can look forward to any form of Rush reunion tour

Louder

"Someone said that I sounded like the damned howling in Hades": Geddy Lee on why Rush shunned their record label and management's wishes that they'd become the next Led Zeppelin or Bad Company

Rush "always agreed that the very idea of compromise was offensive" says Geddy Lee

The Guardian - AU

Troye Sivan cleans up at the Arias as artists get political with calls for ceasefire

Pop sensation wins best song and best solo star, while best album winner Genesis Owusu chants ‘ceasefire now’ in acceptance speech

Evening Standard

Troye Sivan teases Rush remix with PinkPantheress and Stray Kids’ Hyunjin

It lands ahead of the Australian pop singer’s third album Something To Give Each Other

Broadcasting & Cable

Season of the ‘Critch’ Set to Start at The CW

Canadian comedy ‘Son of a Critch’ premieres on The CW, and creator Mark Critch explains the quirky show

Guitar World

Feast your eyes on Alex Lifeson’s stunning new Epiphone Les Paul signature, the Floyd Rose-equipped Custom Axcess

“It's stunning, it’s a really, really beautiful guitar,” says the Rush legend, but does it trump his previous Epiphone Les Paul Standard Axcess?

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