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Few bands have proven as long-standing and experimental as the Canadian rock act Rush, which has successfully survived and adapted like few others by continuing to work in an album-oriented “progressive hard rock” style. Rush bridged its original blues-rock style with progressive rock and heavy metal in the 1970s, explored new wave and synth rock in the 1980s, and then created a new kind of alternative hard rock in the 1990s and 2000s. Throughout its career Rush has stubbornly remained musically and lyrically individualistic. The band created dozens of albums over its four decades—with 45 million sold—and embarked on major concert tours for millions of fans across the globe.The band’s music appeals not just to mainstream rock fans but to those musicians who admire the structural complexity of its music. In Experiencing Rush: A Listener’s Companion, music scholar Durrell Bowman guides readers through Rush’s long career, explaining through the artful combination of biography, history, and musical exegesis how to listen to this unique act. From Rush’s emergence as an early blues-rock power trio of guitar, bass, and drums into the godfathers of progressive hard rock, Bowman marks the band’s first breakthrough with its landmark, sci-fi/individualist album 2112. From there, readers explore Rush’s movement from “prog rock” extended compositions into shorter, potential-radio-play “post-prog” songs, leading to Rush’s most successful album Moving Pictures in 1981. In its later career, Rush adventurously mixed progressive hard rock and music technology, generating a new power trio sound that featured further stylistic evolutions. As Bowman makes clear, it is the band’s stalwart path and many influences on fans, musicians, and others that resulted in Rush’s induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2013. Rush is a legendary group, and Experiencing Rush is specially written for music fans seeking a deeper look into the band’s work, as well as for new listeners ready to discover the unique and diverse sound of one of rock’s greatest acts.

Table of Contents:
Timeline Series Editor Foreword Introduction: Why Rush? Chapter 1: “Finding My Way”: From Blues-Rock to Arty Hard Rock, 1968-1975 Chapter 2: “Their Own Music” Chapter 3: “The Universe Divided”: From Progressive Hard Rock to Post-Prog, 1978-1980 Chapter 4: “Modern-Day Warrior”: User-Friendly Progressive Rock and Moving Pictures, 1981 Chapter 5: “Be Cool or Be Cast Out”: Fusions with Synth Rock and New Wave, 1982-1984 Chapter 6: “Against the Run of the Mill”: Rock / Technology Balance, 1985-1988 Chapter 7: “It’s Hard to Play It Safe”: New Approaches to Being a Power Trio, 1989-1995 Chapter 8: “To the Margin of Error”: Eclectic Rock, Tragedies and Sabbatical, and Return, 1996-2003 Chapter 9: “Some Will Be Rewarded”: Getting to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, 2004-2013 Conclusion: “In the Fullness of Time” Selected Reading Selected Listening

About the Author :
Durrell Bowman is a cultural musicologist, musician, and IT consultant. He is coeditor of Rush and Philosophy: Heart and Mind United and the author of numerous works on rock history,Rush, film and television music, and other subjects.

Review :
From Rush’s self-titles debut album in 1974 to 2012’s Clockwork Angels, this work covers the recording career, music, and, less extensively, the personal lives of the progressive rock band. After a time line outlining key points in the band’s existence, Bowman’s introduction notes that Rush deserves such extensive focus because of the musicianship, professionalism, and willingness to experiment that have garnered the band a cultlike fan base from its native Canada and the U.S. to many other countries. While there is some biography in this band history, for the most part Bowman focuses on the band’s music as he analyzes each album, including lyrics, time signatures, key and chord choices, themes, and cover art. . . .[T]rue Rush fans will revel in the author’s complex descriptions; for instance, he notes from 1980’s Permanent Waves to Roll the Bones in 1991, the band’s lyrics evolved 'from vaguely Randian atheistic individualism to vaguely left-wing agnostic liberalism.' It’s fitting that Bowman finishes with how Rush, after years of being ignored, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame thanks to its fans. [T]his is an excellent stylistic primer for the band.


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  • ISBN-13: 9798216282549
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Listener's Companion
  • ISBN-10: 8216282540
  • Publisher Date: 01 Oct 2014
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 1
  • Sub Title: A Listener's Companion


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