After RUSH’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the revelation that it is now cool to be a RUSH fan.
When did you “discover” the magical world of RUSH?
13 years old, and my friend Scott loaned me 2112. Been hooked ever since.
40 years later, and he has pix on his FB page of him and Geddy hanging out.
So jealous.
Actually I saw them before that on TV. It sounded like Don Kirschner called them Rust. When I told my brother about them but didn’t quite know their name, he insisted that I’d seen Rufus.
Yeah, no.
- I was 11.
I had many friends who had older brothers, so this was the golden age for me. The album collections we would raid. And it seemed each friend’s older brother had a different focus. One was the KISS guy, one was the Queen guy, one the Sabbath guy. My friend Bird’s older brother was the Rush guy.
First album I knew anything about was 2112. Then back to the older ones, then picking up each new one. Right up to about Grace Under Pressure when I started not paying attention to them anymore for one reason or another.
I haven’t. Couldn’t name one song of RUSH. You didn’t have an option for they’ve never hit my radar and at this point, probably never will.
Saw them play in Anchorage back in the late 70’s/early 80’s. Vowed to never listen to anything they ever did ever again.
So where’s that option on the poll?
I intend to discover them via the new Ron Howard movie.
Who cares? The Poll is asking people when they discovered them not if they’ve discovered them.
For me, I may have heard 2112 but I’m not sure I knew it as Rush. I do remember older teenagers having the 2112 “Starman” logo patch on their the back of their jean jackets.
Farewell to Kings was the first album I bought myself and by that time I was fully aware of who and what they were. It may have been the promo video for “Closer to the Heart” that influenced me.
Of course, growing up in Canada and subjected to Can-con since 1971, we were exposed to Rush by law. LOL
Moving to CS.
Sometime around 2000 the classic rock station I listened to all the time in San Diego started playing them at least twice an hour after never ever having played them before. I couldn’t stand them at first, but they gradually grew on me.
I discovered them as a freshman in college, and ***Permanent Waves ***was the first Rush album I bought.
I heard Permanent Waves as a high school junior and praised it as a record reviewer in the school paper. When Moving Pictures crossed over, it was interesting to see - Journey and REO fans bopping along to Tom Sawyer.
I was never a huge fan - I’m just not a prog guy; PWaves caught me at the right time. Much respect though, and I found the RRHoF issue an unfortunate distraction. Nice to be past it.
- I was working in the back room of a local hardware store, and my coworker was a fellow former high school student (we were both in college at the time). Since we were the only ones back there sorting and tagging merchandise, we talked a lot, and he mentioned Rush at one point. I’d heard of them but never heard any of their music. I don’t remember if he played me any or if I just decided to take a chance, but either way, I ended up buying Grace Under Pressure. I loved it (especially “Distant Early Warning”) and the rest was history.
I’ll always be grateful to that guy for turning me on to what ended up being one of my favorite bands for most of my life.
I first heard about them ca. 1978, when my local album rock station played “Circumstances” a lot. Loved that song, and still do. I was 14 years old, and my friends were still more into the Bay City Rollers.
Around that time, they played in our city, and for several days afterwards, one of the cheerleaders at school claimed that she Did It with the lead singer of Rush. Someone finally brought a magazine or album cover to school, showed her a picture of Geddy Lee, and said, “You had sex with THIS GUY!!!” :dubious: She replied, “Um, no, it was probably someone else.” Or maybe nobody at all, Miss Pants On Fire? 
:rolleyes: :smack:
The first album I ever actually bought was 1981’s “Moving Pictures.”
And I’ve seen them 4 times, each in a different state.
1982: Des Moines, Iowa
1990: Omaha, NE
1994: Twice in the same week: Kansas City, MO and Moline, Illinois.
Haven’t managed to see them since, although I thought about seeing them in the Twin Cities last year just so I could say I’d seen them 5 times in 5 states, but didn’t make it.
My favorite song by them, that I’ve heard anyway, is probably “Anagram (for Mongo)”, on “Presto”.
I am not sure because I don’t know the names of any of their albums and I try to block their songs out of my mind as quickly as I can if I accidentally get exposed to one (which happens way too often for my taste). Rush has the dubious distinction of being both very musically talented but also incredibly boring yet simultaneously grating to many of us. I like all kinds of music but I wish I could ‘undiscover’ them.
I voted Presto - local Pittsburgh radio was playing ‘Show Don’t Tell’ frequently, so I checked out Presto, then dug into earlier albums.
Went to see them in concert for that tour, and have seen every Pittsburgh show (except one…grumble) since.
And, I was extra-pleased that they finally played the song ‘Presto’ live for the first time on the ‘Time Machine’ tour - I’d been waiting for that one.
I voted Caress of Steel. I also could have voted Rush.
It was 1980, I was 10, I had this “robot” toy called 2XL. It was basically an 8-track player in the shape of a robot, and you could buy tapes that had trivia and audio games on them, which you played by selecting one of the 4 buttons.
I wasn’t long discovering I could listen to my brothers’ 8-tracks with it, and they were Rush and Caress of Steel, and a couple from other bands.
I never really got into** Rush** when I became old enough to find my own music, a couple years later, but hearing anything from those 2 records really brings back memories.
1981 - Moving Pictures. I’d briefly heard Rush prior to that but I was only 11 years old and didn’t quite get it. Once I got the Moving Pictures LP (yes, it was a large, black disk with grooves that spun on an actual turntable) I was hooked. Being a drummer myself, the first time I heard “Tom Sawyer” I was stunned. I recall sitting in my bedroom for hours playing YYZ and Red Barchetta over and over and over.
It is?
:dubious:
Late 80’s in high school. One of my friends had a mix tape with 2112, Tom Sawyer and Subdivisions on it. From there I started borrowing and buying up all their albums. My favorites are probably Trees, 2112, Ghost of a Chance and La Villa Strangiato