Freak Out Artemi ... my brother turned me on to The Mothers Of Invention's Freak Out! album when I was just 16 years old back in 1969 along with the first Cream album.
Suzy Creamcheese, what's got into you?
My drummer George is the biggest Rush fan out there probably seeing them live in concert more than 30 times. He recently saw Neil Peart perform in NYC on the David Letterman Show.
He loves everything Canadian like the NHL Toronto Mapleleafs but I was the one who turned him onto Nash The Slash.
As for Rush, they are probably the best power trio out there and I like most of their music but sometimes Geddy Lee's vocals hits a bad nerve.
Have you had the chance to see the movie "Suck" about a struggling bar band becoming famous once they became vampires. There were characters played by Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop and Alex as a border cop. Malcom McDowell was the vampire hunter and there was a hot female bass player worth the cost of renting or buying this DVD.
Suck
Mothers Of Invention
Rush
I have all of their cds and dvds but the thought of sitting through a live show for 2-3 hours with 20,000 Rush fans keeps me happy to be home. In the 15 years my drummer and I have been recording together, he has said, "this might be the last chance to see them play" many times but they still seem to go on tour when they get the urge.
Hell, looking back the last live show I went to was Porcupine Tree maybe eight years ago but then I turned 50!