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“I’d be lying if I said there weren’t times when we thought: ‘Let’s just abandon the concept, and write some good songs’”: How Queensryche made conspiracy theory-based masterpiece Operation: Mindcrime,

Metal’s all-time greatest concept album? Operation: Mindcrime could be it

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“I remember trying to work out what extra notes he’d put in. I was so infatuated…” Gun guitarist Jools Gizzi on his prog hero Alex Lifeson

Scottish rocker discovered Jethro Tull fan, Pink Floyd and Tangerine Dream as a teenager – but Rush really stood out to him as he learned to play

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New Rush book charts a very personal fan journey

Finding My Way by Jump bassist Andy Faulkner tells his story as a Rush fan from hearing 2112 to the band's farewell show

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“Sometimes you have to take the piss out of the nerdiness in yourself!” How Geddy Lee geeked up for his Big Beautiful Book of Bass

Rush icon planned to buy 12 instruments for his own enjoyment – but when his collection reached 250 he decided to justify the expense by writing a 600-page book (of which 408 were published)

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“We wanted to pay tribute to Grace Under Pressure by building off of my favorite guitar from that period”: Alex Lifeson celebrates 40 years of a Rush classic by launching a next-gen Sportscaster replica

The Lerxst Grace is inspired by Lifeson’s original Hentor Sportscaster, complete with a red finish, mirror pickguard and HSS pickup configuration

Guitar World

“Kurt was sitting in the bathtub with a Walkman on, listening to the song, and when the tape ended, he kissed me and said, 'Oh, finally, now I don't have to be the only songwriter in the band!'”: Dave Grohl's evolution as a songwriter

“I was in a band with one of the greatest songwriters of our generation, so I didn’t really want to rock the boat”

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Rush announce The Albums: 1989-1996 vinyl box set

The new six-disc set includes Rush's Presto, Roll The Bones, Counterparts and Test For Echo albums

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“Making that record was like pulling teeth!” Rock legends Rush remember the album that drove them half-mad

It wasn’t easy being the high priests of conceptual rock

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This Single-Seat Racecar Is Actually a Super-Fast Motorcycle, And You Could Own It

Listen, I've scared myself silly more times than I can count on the back of sport bikes holding on for dear life. I've sped through canyons with precipitous cliffs on either edge, I've popped wheelies (allegedly) in 3rd and 4th gears, and launched hard at intersections when up-start hot-boi Lamborghinis think…

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“Lemmy and I got on fine most of the time, but we had our moments. Being in Motörhead was crazy 24 hours a day”: ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian ‘Robbo’ Robertson’s wild tales of Phil Lynott, Lemmy, David Bowie and more

Phil Lynott, Lemmy, Rush, Alex ‘Hurricane’ Higgins – former Thin Lizzy/Motörhead guitarist Brian Robertson crossed paths with them all and has the hangovers to prove it

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8 best teams to use in EA FC 25: Every 5-star men's club team

Every 5-star rated men's club team in EA FC 25 - the best teams to use in Seasons, on the couch, and online.

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“They had the uncanny ability to make odd meter into a catchy, radio-friendly experience”: Hawkind, Dream Theater, Styx, Def Leppard, Manic Street Preachers, Napalm Death members and others name their favourite Rush songs

Steven Wilson, Arjen Lucassen, Steve Rothery and more famous fans pick their top tracks – with some surprising results

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5 dissonant guitar chords that hold unexpected delights – including one of Alex Lifeson's favorite shapes

We're always talking about harmonious chord pairings, but these discordant shapes will bring tension and surprise to your playing

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"It's amusing to hear Geddy Lee sing about something as mortal as being horny": Rush successfully cover the basics on straightforward debut album

The sound of Rush finding their way

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“There were these preposterous rumors that had to do with me going to the hospital and being visited by the spirit of Jimi Hendrix. It was ridiculous. I went to hospital in 1968, Hendrix died in 1970”: Frank Marino on Mahogany Rush’s ‘70s awakening

The '70s came fast for Mahogany Rush, and as the crowds grew larger, so did Marino's tone. Here he reflects on a decade of abundance and industry challenges, and crazy – truly crazy – rumors of being haunted by Hendrix's ghost

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“We weren’t arrogant enough to think we were suddenly the most important band in the world. We just knew we were”: A metal fan’s guide to Rush

Side long epics, mad concepts and unlikely hit singles – how Canadian visionaries Rush laid down the blueprint for prog metal

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“I realised on the very first tour that this was no kind of life… Should I be excited about leaving my family? No”: Neil Peart’s love, pain and thoughts on playing live before Rush bowed out

Drummer reflected on his favourite support act, the album he’d love to re-record, his approach to writing books and accepting he’d grown up as much as he ever would

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“We almost ended up performing with Geddy Lee… it’s better that it didn’t happen!” Anthrax’s Scott Ian explains his lifelong passion for Rush

Thrash metal guitarist recalls being impressed by Canadian trio who sounded like “a more muscular Led Zeppelin”

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“One of the most unique wah pedals ever designed”: Alex Lifeson’s Lerxst partners with Morley for the Blah Blah – a wah pedal that ushers in “a bold new world of classic and avante-garde sounds”

The Rush guitarist has joined forces with the esteemed wah maker for his latest pedal, which is filled with features for modern- and vintage-minded uses alike

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“I remember dissecting YYZ and learning all his different techniques… I use that stuff all the time with Dream Theater”: John Petrucci wouldn’t be John Petrucci without Rush’s Alex Lifeson

Future prog metal master discovered his Canadian counterpart at just the right time in his life – and he soon had friends including John Myung joining in

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“They were all about Joy Division. They weren’t about Limelight.” Dave Navarro admits that he's been sneaking his love of Rush into Jane's Addiction songs for years without his bandmates ever realising

“Rush were my earliest childhood influences.” Dave Navarro comes clean on his life-long love of Rush

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“I wanted to bring the R40 show to everyone, but circumstances have made that impossible… I didn’t have a lump in my throat until the very last show”: Geddy Lee’s feelings when there was still an even chance of a new Rush album

Soon after the trio’s final tour had ended, the ever-optimistic frontman insisted his band should still be discussed in the present tense

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Chic, sexy, elegant: the classic bob is back as the haircut of the summer

Jessica Biel and Zendaya herald a new era for the shorter look that often symbolises a new beginning

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"I could have been paralyzed. I'm not exaggerating": Cherie Currie reveals how Rush almost ended her musical career

Former Runaways star Cherie Currie warms up for her upcoming European tour by dishing the dirt on her least favourite Canadians

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"I knew we were going nowhere fast and I had to get out": Triumph were on the cusp of superstardom – then they let it all go

By the end of the 70s Triumph were living up to their name. Then came the falling-out, the split, and 20 years of toxicity before they shared a stage again

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