One day in the spring of 1975 I was in the North Toronto office of Rush’s manager, Ray Danniels. Knowing of my interest and involvement in the previous cover art, he showed me an album calledDelights, by one of his other clients, the Ian Thomas Band. Picking...
who designed some of the most iconic album covers around with the band’s input. Indeed, it seems as though the opportunities to collaborate with other like-minded specialists on a long-standing basis have all but disappeared in these troubling, hunkered-down times when dwindling revenue shares...
I first got into Rush when I was 15 back in 1987 when a friend of mine left me a cassette with Signals on one side and Power Windows on the other. I had heard the name of the band before but that was it. I listened to that tape and immediately loved Signals - Power Windows not...
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Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda (TV series and album), 2000, Matthew McCauley“March of the High Guard” (season one main theme), composer, and producer of three other songs Trailer Park Boys: The Movie, 2006, The Big Dirty Band (superband formed by Alex to provide original soundtrack materi...
Syme would be another very familiar face. He's famous today for creating Rush album covers dating back to 1975's 'Caress of Steel.' But he's also built quite a musical resume. He added mellotron to 1976's '2112,' piano to 1980's 'Permanent Waves' and synth to 1981's 'Moving Pictu...
Syme would be another very familiar face. He's famous today for creating Rush album covers dating back to 1975's 'Caress of Steel.' But he's also built quite a musical resume. He added mellotron to 1976's '2112,' piano to 1980's 'Permanent Waves' and synth to 1981's 'Moving Pictu...
Rush was formed in August 1968 in the Willowdale neighborhood of Toronto. The original lineup includedAlex Lifesonon guitar,Jeff Joneson bass andJohn Rutseyon drums. Jones was soon replaced byGeddy Lee, and, in 1974, after the release of the group’s debut album, Rutsey left and was repla...
) 2.5 stars for "Vapor Trails - Remixed" as there are some tracks on there my dog won't even smell or consume. I`ve found the back-up vocals irritating then and still do now. 2.5 stars for "Feedback' (just covers) 3 stars for "Snakes And Arrows" (on the album alone...as I ...
a bright strobe flashing away, which was disorienting to say the least, but the results fit so well with the album concept, and I loved the final photos she produced. I’m thrilled to revisit them and make the covers and these interior photos available in support of Grapes For Humanity."...