Rush

Genres:	Pop / Rock
Descriptive "tags":	Progressive rock, rock, classic rock, Progressive, hard rock, Canadian, Progressive metal, prog, metal, prog rock, Rush, seen live, art rock
Decades Active:	1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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Biography

This Canadian heavy rock band was formed by Geddy Lee (Gary Lee Weinrib, 29 July 1953, Willowdale, Toronto, Canada; keyboards, bass, vocals), Alex Lifeson (b. Alex Zivojinovich, 27 August 1953, British Columbia, Canada; guitar) and John Rutsey (drums). From 1969 to 1972 they performed in Toronto playing a brand of Cream-inspired material, honing their act on the local club and bar circuit. In 1973, they recorded a version of Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away" as their debut release, backing it with "You Can't Fight It", for their own label, Moon Records. Despite failing to grab the attention as planned, the band pressed ahead with the recording of a debut album, which was remixed by Terry "Broon' Brown (he would continue to work with the band until 1984"s Grace Under Pressure.) With no bite from the majors, once again this arrived via Moon, with distribution by London Records. The quality of their live appointments improved, picking up support slots with the New York...

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