From Oscillate Sent Thu, Apr 29th 1999, 03:22
From Oscillate Sent Thu, Apr 29th 1999, 03:22
Duuuudesssss, (In full-on 70's-80's stoner-rock voice) Rush was the shit back in the day, I don't care what anyone says. First time I saw them was on the Hemispheres tour (oh, god...i am dating myself now) and Geddy had that huge bank of (now coveted) Arp's, Moogs, and Prophets onstage...I always thought it was soooo cool that he could sing, play bass and keyboard lines, as well as working those Taurus pedals with his feet. I recall a recent conversation with Mad Mike where we loosely discussed the influence of Rush on UR... paw pecomm nyc In a message dated 4/28/99 8:48:53 PM, xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx writes: <<Rush.... Well I am Canadian and all so of course I've seen them live no less than 5 times..... I've seen Trans Am and Badmarsh/Shri big up Rush. Geddy Lee big up'ed us (Ninja Tune) in the last issue of Pop Smear...that was pretty cool. ZZ Top came by our office once...that was weird. I went and saw Slayer awhile ago and ran into a lot of people I knew trying to hide the fact they were there...that was funny. Oh ya... buy the 2 6LP Fela Kuti boxsets...they're wicked and full of impossible to find records. buy the 3 Mutantes CDs that were just reissued. Brazilian psych-pop and some bad ass stage outfits. We've been listening to them religiously everyday at the office. I'm rambling Bye Jeff >...or the fact that sometimes when you're alone all those abstract >electronic soundscapes are abandoned for old Rush records.... ;-) > >ok so hands up all those closet rush fans on the list - i've got Grace Under >Pressure in the car at the moment :-) along with some more respectable idm >like records.. I've seen Larry Heard give props to Rush in interviews before >now though.. so there is some kind of relation to idm >>