Rush Are the Cover Feature in PROG Magazine's December 2018 Issue - Articles Now Online
In celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Hemispheres , Rush are gracing the cover of the December 2018 issue of the UK's PROG Magazine . Within the issue are two Rush-related articles: An Exercise in Self-Indulgence and Beauty & The Bass , as well as an interview of Geddy's upcoming Big Beautiful Book of Bass . The first is a conversation with Geddy Lee on the making of Hemispheres: When it comes to Hemispheres, Lee is more than happy to regale Prog with the inside story. One of the most vociferously debated and lauded albums in Rush's vast catalogue, these 36 minutes of explosive, pioneering prog are notorious for having pushed the three musicians to the limit of their abilities. In fact, Hemispheres is often cited as the album that nearly broke Rush for good. In truth, as Lee explains, as they arrived in the spring of 1978 after finishing a gruelling world tour in support of the hugely successful A Farewell To Kings, Rush were too full of ideas to contemplate taki...