From: dan@rat.csc.calpoly.edu (Dan Delany)
Newsgroups: alt.music.rush
Subject: FAQ: Changes to Rush Fans Common Questions
Date: 8 Nov 92 08:30:24 GMT
Organization: The Rat's Nest, Cal Poly SLO


Rush FAQ: Changes since last posting

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  not going to put that into the FAQ.  (Especially since I think it's
  a coincidence!)  Remember, coincidences happen, even in Rush songs!
  
+ An additional thing to consider is that many questions are answered in,
+ of all places, the liner notes on the albums.  Please look there before
+ posting a question.
+ 
  DISCLAIMER: The information in this file is accurate to the best of my
  knowledge, but I'm not perfect.  If you have an answer to one of these
  questions that doesn't match the one given here that you can verify, let me
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  Latest Word on the next album:
  
     The band is scheduled to go into the studio in January or February
!    1993.  There are rumors of a new video release coming in December
!    from Atlantic.  I haven't heard anything about the content of this
!    yet.
  
  *********** The following questions are contained in this file: **************
  
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  Latest Word on the next album:
  
     The band is scheduled to go into the studio in January or February
!    1993.  According to an interview with Alex on 97.7 HTZ FM in
!    Hamilton, Ontario, the album is expected to come out in June.  Also
!    mentioned is that they will be taking the summer off, so we can't
!    expect an immediate tour.  This info was originally posted in
!    alt.music.rush on Nov 4 by v281nr6a@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Mark D Uher).
!    (According to Jeff Robertson, 97.7 HTZ FM is actually in St.
!    Catharines.)
! 
!    There are rumors of a new video release coming in December from Atlantic.
!    I haven't heard anything about the content of this yet.
  
  *********** The following questions are contained in this file: **************
  

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     "Universal Juveniles" by Max Webster (Rush in "Battlescar")
     1980 (ANR-1-1027 Anthem)
     
!    <Lifeson-produced for "Wireless" around 1981.  Can anyone I.D.?>
     
     "Great White North" by Bob and Doug McKenzie (Geddy singing "Take Off")
     1981 (ANR-1-1036 Anthem)
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     "Universal Juveniles" by Max Webster (Rush in "Battlescar")
     1980 (ANR-1-1027 Anthem)
     
!    "No Static" by Wireless (Lee produced)
!    1979/80?
     
     "Great White North" by Bob and Doug McKenzie (Geddy singing "Take Off")
     1981 (ANR-1-1036 Anthem)
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     Rush has done up to _Presto_.  This is issue 99, available for ftp at
     syrinx.umd.edu.
  
+ Does anybody know if <band> ever opened for Rush?  When did Rush play in
+ <city> last?
+ 
+    Check the Rush Tour Dates listing, available via anonymous ftp from
+    syrinx.umd.edu for complete information.
+ 
  What is Battlescar/Max Webster, who plays on it, what is the label/catalogue 
  number for the Universal Juveniles CD?  Where can I write to get it?
  
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     Alex Lifeson interview: Guitar School, May 1990          534
     Alex/Geddy article: Guitar World, April 1988             540
     Updated tour dates listing                               542
+    March 1992 _RAG_ interview: Geddy                        544
+    Andrew MacNaughtan interview: "The Spirit of Rush", Pt.1 549
+    Andrew MacNaughtan interview: "The Spirit of Rush", Pt.2 552
  
  I've been seeing <acronym> used in TNMS.  What does it mean?
  

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     I'll add them to the FAQ, but I'm not going to put in directions
     from people who went there once years ago and think they remember.)
  
+ Has anybody noticed that Lakeside Park is mentioned in _Strange Brew_?
+ 
+    Yes.
+ 
  What is the significance of May 24?
  
     It's "Victoria Day", commemorating Queen Victoria's birthday.
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     It means something like: "as the hour ends the day, the author ends his
     work."
  
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  Where did the story of _2112_ come from?
  
     "The inspiration behind it was...  It's difficult always to trace those
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     great care to make the lyric sheets accurate."
        -- Neil Peart, in the Dec. 1985 Backstage Club newsletter
  
+ But I'm *sure* that what the lyric sheet says isn't what Geddy sings!
+ 
+    So what?  People have argued about this far too much already.  If it's
+    really bothering you, write a letter to the band and complain.  Lighten
+    up - it's just a song!
+ 
  Where is "Lotus-Land?"
  
     "Lotus-land as it appears in 'Free Will' is simply a metaphor for an
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     idealized background, a 'land of milk and honey'.  It is sometimes
     also used as a pejorative name for Los Angeles, though that was not
     in my mind when I wrote it." -- Neil Peart
+ 
+    Lotus-land refers to an episode in the Odyssey where Odysseus
+    goes to the land of the lotus eaters where the people hang out
+    and eat lotus petals or some such and are perfectly happy but
+    are basically brainless.
  
  I heard something about a song called "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."
  Apparently it was supposed to be on _Permanent Waves_, but was dropped.

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dan@rat.csc.calpoly.edu                                              Dan Delany
   "Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love."
     -- Charlie Brown