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Neil Peart Joins Elite California Channel Islands All Eight Club

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Neil Peart has become the member of a very exclusive "club" - the California Channel Islands All Eight Club : In 1994, California Channel Islands research historian, Marla Daily, founded the “All Eight Club” for people who have set foot on all eight of California’s Channel Islands. To be able to set foot on all eight of the California Channel Islands is not a simple task. Each of these islands requires very special visitation arrangements. Five of the eight California Channel Islands comprise Channel Islands National Park: Santa Cruz Island San Miguel Island Santa Barbara Island Santa Rosa Island Anacapa Island Two islands are controlled by the military: San Clemente Island San Nicolas Island The eighth island, Santa Catalina Island, is run by the Santa Catalina Conservancy. Last November, Neil visited the last of the eight islands - San Clemente Island, which solidified his membership into the exclusive club, which currently contains less than 200 members. I gu...

Alex Lifeson on Rush: "We're basically done." New Globe and Mail Interview

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A new interview with Alex Lifeson was just published in the Between the Acts feature of the Globe and Mail , Canada's premiere news outlet. In the interview, titled How the end of Rush let Alex Lifeson be 'as creative as I want to be' , Lifeson discusses the future - or lack thereof - of Rush: It's been a little over two years since Rush last toured. We have no plans to tour or record any more. We're basically done. After 41 years, we felt it was enough. However while Rush may be "done", Alex has certainly kept busy with numerous side projects: But I've actually been busier lately than I have been in a while. I'm writing a lot. I'm writing on four or five different little projects. I get these requests to do guitar work with other people. It's really a lot of fun for me. It's low pressure: I get to be as creative as I want to be and I can work a little outside of the box, which is really attractive to me. I'm also writing for t...

Clockwork Lives: The Graphic Novel Coming June 19th

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The latest chapter in the Clockwork Angels saga, Clockwork Lives: The Graphic Novel , is set to be released this June 19th. From the Amazon listing: Some lives can be summed up in a sentence or two. Other lives are epics. In Clockwork Angels, #1 bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson and legendary Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart created a fabulous, adventurous steampunk world in a novel to accompany the smash Rush concept album of the same name. It was a world of airships and alchemy, clockwork carnivals, pirates, lost cities, a rigid Watchmaker who controlled every aspect of life, and his nemesis, the ruthless and violent Anarchist who wanted to destroy it all. Anderson and Peart have returned to their colourful creation to explore the places and the characters that still have a hold on their imagination. Marinda Peake is a woman with a quiet, perfect life in a small village; she long ago gave up on her dreams and ambitions to take care of her ailing father, an alchemist and...

Cover of Rush's Animate by Allegaeon Now Online

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Back in September of 2016, the Colorado-based 'Modern Melodic Death Metal' band Allegaeon (pronounced: uh-lee-juhn) released their fourth full-length album titled Proponent for Sentience . The album's final track was a death-metal influenced version of Rush's Subdivisions , which you can listen to at this LINK . During the period when Allegaeon was recording Proponent for Sentience , the band decided to also record a cover of Rush's Animate . While that track didn't make it on to the album, the band have just released it online. You can listen to the cover version via this LINK , or from the embedded video below. To purchase a copy of their album, click HERE . For more information on Allegaeon, visit their Facebook Page or their Metal Blades Records page. Thanks to Ed at RushIsABand for the news.

Rush's R40 Box Set Certified GOLD by the RIAA

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Back in November of 2014, Rush released their first video-centric box set titled R40 . The box set included the band's previously released concert films Rush in Rio , R30 , Snakes & Arrows Live , Time Machine: 2011 Live in Cleveland , and the Clockwork Angels Tour . It also came with over 2 hours of previously unreleased footage, as well as a 52-page book featuring rare band performance photos and an introduction by music journalist Martin Popoff. Last month, The Recording Industry Association of America® (RIAA) certified the box set GOLD in the Video category. The Gold status indicates sales of at least 50,000 units. Platinum status in the Video category is awarded after sales of 100,000 units. The last certification that Rush received came over 3 1/2 years ago when their Time Machine: 2011 Live in Cleveland video was also certified Gold. Surprisingly, the band's R40 Live concert film and Time Stand Still documentary have yet to be certified. For a complete l...

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