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DOUBLE TRAGEDY LEFT RUSH STARS CONVINCED THE BAND WAS OVER (PR-Inside.com Entertainment News)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:45:23 GMT

RUSH stars ALEX LIFESON and GEDDY LEE felt sure the band was over for good when drummer NEIL PEART quit after losing his daughter and wife in the same year. The double tragedies not only led to Peart leaving the group, they devastated his bandmates too. Lifeson says, "I had no interest in it (music) anymore. I [...]

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Atlantic City open thread (Rush Is a Band)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:43:37 GMT

Happy 4th of July to everyone in the States. Reader Kalman ( drummerdad2112 ) wanted me to let everyone who's going to the show tonight that there will be a pre-show gathering at the Trump Plaza Beach Bar . Have fun everybody! Date/Time: Friday, July 4th @ 7:30PM Show Number: 38 Venue: Marc Etess Arena Place: Atlantic City, NJ ...

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Natural mystic (The Independent)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:38:01 GMT

Chris Blackwell is often regarded as synonymous with Bob Marley and rightly so: it was Blackwell who saw in him the potential to grow from a relatively small-time Jamaican artist into a worldwide superstar.

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Psychedelic rock lives! (The Road to Surfdom)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:07:21 GMT

God bless the Doleful Lions. When I listened to this track I got quite misty-eyed, swept back to another era when Genesis and Aphrodite’s Child and The Strawbs and Yes and even Emerson Lake & Palmer (at a pinch) ruled my turntable. Download audio file (Doleful%20Lions%20-%20White%20Lotus%20Day.mp3) Share This

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Working Man, Closer to the Heart master tracks for Rock Band (Rush Is a Band)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:33:00 GMT

Harmonix developer hmxsean announced earlier today on the Rock Band forums that next week would see the release of 2 master tracks from Rush for their popular Rock Band video game; Closer to the Heart and Working Man . A cover version of Working Man had been already been released for the game early this year. But this version is a master track and - even better - it's an alternate-take master from...

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New Rush.com videos: Howard Ungerleider's Mint Julep (Rush Is a Band)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:18:00 GMT

Back in late May Rush.com released a video in their Multimedia: Rush Video section of Rush lighting director Howard Ungerleider in Oklahoma City. In the video Howard promises some more drink-mixing tips in a future video - along the lines of his Mai Tai video from last September . True to his word, Rush.com just posted two videos of Howard discussing his famous Mint Julep . Be sure to check them out...

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Too Old to Rock n Roll? (Good Rockin' Tonight)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:16:00 GMT

Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976) is a concept album by Jethro Tull. The idea for this album was to originally to be a rock musical. It would follow an aging and retired rock star named Ray as he wins money on a decadent quiz show, but finds that society has changed so much that with no one left like him anymore, he has no way of enjoying his money the way he did in the 1950s. He then...

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minimix: Bombs Bursting in Air (- of the week)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:52:00 GMT

Thirteen stripes, thirteen tracks... here's a July 4th mix that hopefully doesn't take itself too seriously. Have a good one! Download the mix 01 Breakfast In America -- Supertramp : The Very Best Of Supertramp 02 Stupid Americans -- Mike Dillon's Go-Go Jungle: Battery Milk 03 American Woman -- The Guess Who: The Greatest Of The Guess Who 04 The New American Apathy -- Apollo Sunshine: Knitting Factory,...

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Rumored Rock Band 2 Tracks Revealed (Loot Ninja)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:00:35 GMT

If these are real, holy shit. People will stop being pissed about the timed exclusive and just pray they can play these songs as soon as possible. Half were revealed in a screen on X-Play, the other half from a forum member over at Rock Band forums who says he's had some hands on time. [...]

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Dave the bus driver: Neil Peart's Nantucket cookies (Rush Is a Band)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:08:23 GMT

If you've read Neil Peart's book Roadshow then you are probably familiar with his tour bus driver Dave. Dave has a MySpace page and recently posted a humorous tale involving Neil Peart and cookies to his MySpace blog . Here it is: From time to time there are tour road stories that are so funny they beg to be told. The following is not only funny, but true. ...

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Rock Band 2 Set List Leaks All Over the Interwebs (Aeropause)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:41:30 GMT

Yesterday, we had the first set list leak, which came from a screen capture as a section of Rock Band 2 was being shown on G4TV . The set list from that list includes the following songs: Panic Attack - (I’m guessing) Finger Eleven Chop Suey - System of a Down Give It Away - Red Hot Chili Peppers Everlong - Foo Fighters Kids in America - Kim Wilde Ace of Spades - Motorhead Hello There - Cheap Trick...

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Song Watch - Rock Band 2 (Busy Gamer News)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:20:04 GMT

If the rumors are true (and they might not be, but this feels like intentional marketing leakage intended to cause fear, uncertainty and doubt about buying a certain competing title), here are some of the songs we can expect in...

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Last Night's Gig: Hawksley Workman in The Capital (CBC Radio 3)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:00:33 GMT

He's Charlie Chaplin meets Supertramp ; dapper as a dandy, decked out in his three-piece suit and bowler at the end of a day that had crested 25C. Hawksley Workman with his sole accompanist, the aptly-named Mr. Lonely , was ever the theatrical showman and balladeer for over an hour as the sun set to his right in the nation's capital. Armed with only his wine-coloured Gibson and his aforementioned sidekick...

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Neil Peart wins DRUM! Magazine's Drummer of the Year award (Rush Is a Band)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:49:00 GMT

For the second year in a row Neil Peart has won Drummer of the Year in DRUM! Magazine 's 2008 Reader's Poll. He also won the Best Live Drummer award, the Best Mainstream Pop Drummer award, and was runner-up to Mike Portnoy ( Dream Theater ) for Best Progressive Rock Drummer . The complete results are published in the August 2008 issue of the magazine. Thanks to Sean and tomsawyer912 for the heads...

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1979 - The Nice bassist Lee Jackson dies in Chicago. (VH1)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:59:45 GMT

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Peter Gabriel Going to 'Cape Cod' With Vampire Weekend (Spinner.com)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Filed under: News , Twisted Tales Spinner.com : Vampire Weekend have more buzz than they can shake a stick at. After name-checking one of their influences -- Peter Gabriel -- in their tune 'Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa,' the former Genesis frontman has revealed possible plans to cover the song."I... Read more

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Devo stands test of time at festival (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:01:00 GMT

Going away for a good long time can be an excellent career strategy. Ripe for rediscovery in 2008 is Devo, the New Wave- era, futuristic fivesome from Akron, best known for the 1980 hit "Whip It," and for wearing yellow hazmat suits and red "energy dome" flowerpots on their heads.

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Life on Mars (Shades of Grey)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:23:50 GMT

Today, the Mail on Sunday gave away a David Bowie compilation, the choices being by the man himself. They are rather eclectic, I only recognised two of them. I missed the whole Bowie thing in my teens other than his singles as I was into contemporary stuff (Floyd, ELP, Genesis, 10CC, Supertramp etc.) and I don’t [...]

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Rush Rolling Stone article scans (Rush Is a Band)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:19:00 GMT

Thursday we learned that Rush was featured in the latest Rolling Stone magazine with a 4-page article/interview titled Rush Never Sleeps . The article has not been posted online yet, but thanks to reader RedSectorA you can view a scan of the article at this location or by clicking on the above thumbnails. It's a surprisingly well-done article that's more a historical retrospective of the band than...

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Teen talent (adn.com: Lifestyle)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:41:04 GMT

EARLIER THIS YEAR, the Daily News asked readers to tell us about Alaskan teens with a high degree of artistic talent.??The nominations that flowed in covered a wide range of disciplines, and the field contained an impressive array of young artists and performers.??The judges faced a difficult task, but finally felt that these four stood out. Each received an iPod.

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