# Poll: Gender Preference for Rock Band "Rush" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 23, 2006, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-gender-preference-for-rock-band-rush/381593 "2006-11-23T23:39:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-gender-preference-for-rock-band-rush/381593/1 "2006-11-23T23:39:04Z")
It has come to my attention that liking the rock band “Rush” might be divided along gender lines - women often have little or no interest in this band, and men think they are the greatest thing since sliced bread. So, a simple poll: Do you like the band “Rush?” Are you a man or a woman? I’ll start - woman, don’t care for 'em. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-gender-preference-for-rock-band-rush/381593/2 "2006-11-23T23:41:37Z")
Love 'em and I’m female. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-gender-preference-for-rock-band-rush/381593/3 "2006-11-23T23:51:45Z")
I like them and I’m male. One of my lesbian friends loves, loves, loves them. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-gender-preference-for-rock-band-rush/381593/4 "2006-11-23T23:52:22Z")
that didn’t take long. oh and BTW, male liked in my teens and early twenties, kinda meh since ---
**Author:** ![yBeayf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e274bd/32.png) [@yBeayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yBeayf)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-gender-preference-for-rock-band-rush/381593/5 "2006-11-24T00:16:09Z")
Male, love them. Everybody else I know personally who loves them (as opposed to merely tolerating them) is male as well, and also a musician (as I am). I think you’re going to see a pattern here. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-gender-preference-for-rock-band-rush/381593/6 "2006-11-24T00:19:57Z")
Though a poll, threads about music most likely should be in Cafe Society. Moved from IMHO to CS. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-gender-preference-for-rock-band-rush/381593/7 "2006-11-24T00:20:53Z")
Male. I like a lot of their work, though not all. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-gender-preference-for-rock-band-rush/381593/8 "2006-11-24T00:23:52Z")
Male. Not interested in them. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-gender-preference-for-rock-band-rush/381593/9 "2006-11-24T00:35:24Z")
Female Meh ---
**Author:** ![Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gut)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-gender-preference-for-rock-band-rush/381593/10 "2006-11-24T00:39:11Z")
Male, love them. ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-gender-preference-for-rock-band-rush/381593/11 "2006-11-24T00:48:45Z")
Male, love 'em (any prospective new albums?)(btw: yyz is on the GuitarHero 2 list) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Universe_Lashes_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-gender-preference-for-rock-band-rush/381593/12 "2006-11-24T01:45:55Z")
Male, and I actively dislike Rush. The most hardcore Rush fan I’ve met was female. She had a Rush tattoo. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-gender-preference-for-rock-band-rush/381593/13 "2006-11-24T01:54:28Z")
Male. I listened to a few songs in my youth, but they kind of bother me now. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-gender-preference-for-rock-band-rush/381593/14 "2006-11-24T01:55:32Z")
It’s not really so much a Rush thing; more a Progressive Rock thing. Chicks just don’t usually dig prog rock. I have some old Genesis concert CD’s. When you hear the crowd cheer it’s all well down in the tenor and bass ranges. I’m kinda a prog rock fan, kinda, but Rush doesn’t trip my trigger so much. They’re OK sometimes… talented and all that. ---
**Author:** ![Common\_Tater](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/common_tater/32/13846_2.png) [@Common\_Tater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Common_Tater)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-gender-preference-for-rock-band-rush/381593/15 "2006-11-24T02:03:22Z")
In broad terms, if you can’t dance to it - will find less favor with the ladies… 2112 was popular in the day, but not really danceable - (Caress of Steel’s _The Necromancer_ even less so…) ---
**Author:** ![Common\_Tater](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/common_tater/32/13846_2.png) [@Common\_Tater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Common_Tater)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-gender-preference-for-rock-band-rush/381593/16 "2006-11-24T02:05:32Z")
[QUOTE=HowieReynolds] Male, and I actively dislike Rush. [/QUOTE] What, is there an anti-fan club, or do you go to protests? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-gender-preference-for-rock-band-rush/381593/17 "2006-11-24T02:06:48Z")
[QUOTE=HowieReynolds] Male, and I actively dislike Rush. [/QUOTE] Word. Not a fan, though I can appreciate the respective talents of Messrs. Lee, Lifeson, and Peart. When I think “Rush fan,” I think of socially-awkward computer programmers. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-gender-preference-for-rock-band-rush/381593/18 "2006-11-24T02:46:53Z")
I believe my user name says it all. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-gender-preference-for-rock-band-rush/381593/19 "2006-11-24T02:48:22Z")
Male They don’t do anything for me. I almost saw them once–but I was really only there to see to see the supporting act, UFO. I left before Rush hit the stage. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-gender-preference-for-rock-band-rush/381593/20 "2006-11-24T02:54:42Z")
😕 Okay, I swear I posted in this thread and saw the post appear, but now it’s gone. I wrote: Male. I like them okay–not one of my favorites, but I do own seven of their CDs. My ex-wife was more into them than I was. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-gender-preference-for-rock-band-rush/381593.md?page=2)