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With a long career that has lasted over three decades this '70s Hard-Rock
band, gained a large and affectionate fan base; the group scored twenty-three
consecutive gold and platinum records, one of the longest string in Rock
history. Originally comprised of lead singer+bassist Geddy Lee, guitarist
Alex Lifeson and drummer John Rutsey, Rush started out as a cover band
in the small town of Sarnia, Ontario CANADA, in 1969.
The threesome developed a strong buzz playing in clubs around Toronto,
where they landed their first recording contract and eventually released
their self-titled debut album in March of 1974; the band soon received
good airplay in Seattle especially with the now classic Rock staples "Working
Man" and "Finding My Way", but the break came when they
were picked up by Mercury Records and the full-length LP entered the U.S.
Pop Albums chart at #105.
Rutsey quit shortly thereafter and was replaced by drummer Neil Peart;
the new incarnation of the band went on to release two albums, "Fly
By Night" and "Caress Of Steel", over the course of next
year, both of which charted in U.S. though not high.
"2112", the group's fourth studio LP, arrived in April 1976,
it climbed the U.S. Pop Albums chart reaching the #61 position and was
followed by the live album "All The World's A Stage" which inched
into the U.S. top 40 and helped solidify the trio's stature as one of
Rock's fastest rising stars.
1977's "A Farewell To Kings" expanded their popularity throughout
Europe, the album rocketed up the Official U.K. chart, moreover in America
it peaked at #33 and generated their first charting single, "Closer
To The Heart".
The follow-up, "Hemispheres", despite was a semi-experimental
effort debuted in the top 50 of the National U.S. Albums list, but its
main single "Circumstances" failed to chart.
With "Permanent Waves", which was issued in January 1980, Rush
peaked at #3 and #4 on the U.K. and U.S. Pop Albums charts, respectively;
the lead single, "The Spirit Of Radio", hit #51 on the U.S.
Pop chart.
Almost exactly one year later, the Canadian power trio released "Moving
Pictures", this record soared to the #3 spots on both the U.S. Top
200 LPs & Tapes and the Official British charts; it included two Mainstream
Rock top 10 hit singles: "Limelight" and their masterpiece,
"Tom Sawyer".
The band's ninth studio effort, "Signals", was issued in September
of 1982 and reached #3 on the U.K. Albums chart; in the States it peaked
at #10 and the group topped The Mainstream Rock chart with the single
"New World Man", the track also climbed into the top 40 of the
Pop Singles chart while the album generated two more Mainstream Rock top
20 hits, including the #8 "Subdivisions" and "The Analog
Kid".
The series of platinum album continued two years later with "Grace
Under Pressure", the record went straight into the top 10 on both
Billboard's Top 200 and British Albums charts.
1985's "Power Windows" replicated the chart status of its predecessor
and contained four Active Rock top 30 singles: "Territories",
"Manhattan Project", "Mystic Rhythms" and "The
Big Money", the latter of which rose to #4.
Two years later Rush returned with a new album, "Hold Your Fire"
which saw the group brought their sound into a more synth driven direction,
the record reached the #13 spot on The Billboard Top 200 spawning "Force
10" and "Time Stand Still" which both peaked in the top
3 of The Mainstream Rock Tracks.
The group changed labels to Atlantic for 1989's "Presto" which
charted at #16 in the U.S. highlighted by the #1 Mainstream Rock hit single
"Show Don't Tell", the album also included three more Mainstream
Rock top 40 hits: "Superconductor", "The Pass" and
the title-track.
Two years later "Roll The Bones" took Rush into the top 3 of
The Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and into the top 10 in Britain; it
also spawned "Dreamline", which hit #1 on Billboard's Active
Rock chart plus the #2 "Ghost Of A Chance", the #13 "Bravado"
and the title-track, a further top 10 entrant.
"Counterparts" was issued in October of 1993; it rocketed to
#2 on the U.S. Top 200 Albums chart and generated another #1 on The Mainstream
Rock Tracks: "Stick It Out"; three other singles entered this
chart including the #2 "Cold Fire", "Nobody's Hero"
and "Animate".
After nearly three years, Rush resurfaced with "Test For Echo",
the record peaked at #5 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart, the title-track
went straight to #1 on Billboard's Active Rock chart and was followed
by the #6 "Half The World" and the top 20 hit "Driven".
Shortly thereafter the group's primary songwriter Neil Peart was recovered
from the loss of his daughter who was tragically killed in a car accident,
just a year later, tragedy struck again when Peart's wife, Jackie Taylor,
died of cancer.
In late 2000, the group's frontman Geddy Lee issued his first-ever solo
album.
The three-piece band, Rush, returned to the spotlight in May of 2002,
releasing their 17th studio-LP "Vapor Trails", it reached the
#6 position on The Billboard Top 200 chart and its lead single, "One
Little Victory", hit #10 on The Mainstream Rock chart.
Two years later the group released "Feedback", an EP of Classic-Rock
covers, which debuted in the top 20 of The Billboard 200 Albums list spawning
the Active Rock top 30 hit "Summertimes Blues".
Rush re-emerged in May 2007 with a new album titled "Snakes &
Arrows"; the 13-track set includes the Hot Mainstream Rock top 30
hit single "Far Cry".
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