From: wraty@dvorak.amd.com (Bill Raty)
Subject: intro
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Austin, Texas
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 02:23:09 GMT

Greetings, fellow RUSH fans- My name is Bill, and I have been a RUSH 
nut for a long time-  My sister first got into RUSH circa 2112, and 
I pretty much got my start thanks to MTV, with the videos like 
Tom Sawyer, Limelight, etc.   I have all of the RUSH albums, all three
of their concert videos, and to say the least, a deep abiding respect for
those three musicicans- What they profess to believe in, religiously 
speaking, is no one's business, save theirs....I do know they aren't 
Satanists-  I would like to throw in my .02 cents worth-
I personally would love to own Geddy's Oberheim synths, and his Rickenbacker
Bass-  Their "Roll the Bones" album is unbelievable, and I got the chance to
see them on tour in January-  And speaking of RTB, I'm glad that Geddy got 
a Wall that has more "ummph" and less "plunk".....I miss his Steinberger-
Alex's playing is phenominal, and Neil has always been an exceptional drummer.
Geddy will always be my personal Bass idol, and one of these days I'm going 
to pick up the Bass, and play till I drop!  Like many of you, I "listen" to
those lyrics, and they do speak about things that are relevant to me-
To heck with Bands that talk about getting stoned, geting fucked, and 
the ole "School sucks, and your tears fell like rain" garbage!  
(Bill screams in agony from the other side)  With the exception of 
Bacchus Plateau, ( basically about getting lacquered) and Passage to 
Bangkok, (dope......but what can you say, it was 1976?) Neil said in an 
interview once, that they had a period in their lives where there was a 
little bit of *chemistry experiments* going on.....(My quote not his!) and
then after a bit, they got tired of it, and just went on with life as usual.
A very upfront article on them is in the Sept. article (1991) of MacLeans 
magazine....yes, a guy from the "excited states of america" (I read Alan 
Fotheringham's articles!  :-{)} ) reads it....Anyhow, it's a very good 
article on them; What keeps RUSH going, aside from friendship, is a strong
bond, and a hell of a lot of personal integrity on their parts-  
Yes they have changed some of their musical styles over the years....some of 
us old RUSH-O-PHILES lament RUSH circa POWER WINDOWS and HOLD YOUR FIRE, but 
hey it took me awhile to get used to the change-  I now appreciate what they
did, and those albums mean as much to me as all the others do.  
A favourite song of mine is "territories".....something I've always wanted 
to send to President George Twat, and VP Danny Boy-  something for them to 
think about, eh?  

	If I ever got a band together, it'd be a trio, and yours truly would 
be bassist/synth player....I think I can still sing 2112 and Cygnus X-1 
without ripping my vocal cords to shreds....to say nothing of Anthem, and the
live version of something for nothing, on A.T.W.A.S.......anyhow, hello to all 
of you out there who have the intelligence to not only listen to and appreciate
RUSH, but anything else that seems relevant to you.  My email address should 
be a part of this posting header, but I'm not "wraty"...(Bill Raty)  that's 
my lover and future spouse......I'm the other Bill....you should have seen 
my parents try to figure out who they were talking to-  :-{)}  
	Before I zoom, I read where someone got a postcard from Neil-
how does one go about corresponding to these guys?  Geddy had a few questions
that I could answer for him.  (for those of you who have the Roll the Bones
tour program booklet, you know what I'm yapping about) .....like Geddy, stay 
in Toronto, cutting fat from your diet will keep the Food Nazi's off your back,
(your tennis games fine) and who cares if Hot Dogs are technically red meat or 
not?  Yes, we can do lunch.....Me and my best friend would love to chat-  
your welcome in Austin TX anytime!  

Later on, fellow RUSH-O-PHILES!  

		Bill Sebring

"I feel the way you would, 
 I feel the way you would, 
 This just can't be understood...."

(song really hit home after an old friend died a year or so ago)