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5AS ptUlCAY 1V1IT/1 CCSCMAfivay* on the go: the Canadian power trio Hush, with singer-bassist'keyberdtet Geddp Lee (above), drummer-songwriter Neil Peart (befaw) and tead guitarist Aiex Uteaorr (right),The ThreeBy MICKEY MORALESTHE LAST FEW fans were still toning ushered oul of the concert hell when Alua IjfoGon eritnred the backr-lage dressing room. Wearing joans. shirt and ci jacke-l. he hardly looked the part of tead guitoril wi:h I he Canadian power frto Rush With hi a blonde hair neatly ported to the ftir.lo, the 34 year old mus-oun looked more like an older college student I Man a rock starII was Rush's first appearance in Germany in five years and LMeson was glad lo be back.It's beer* a very short European lorn, but it s been a lot ol fun for us U wn could have spun I mure lime here we would have,* Life son sa;J m an in I or view Iasi monlh after a performance inFrankfurt ’Nov/, alter wc finish Ihio German laurwe go home and go into the studio. A week laler -wc start mumg a live album That s how if 6 been for Rush tor ihe losi 19 years-constantly lufty hnd always OH tho QO Rush Slarlcd oul m suburban Tyiqnto m the late l9GQs by p'aymg in local clubs The band's fust album ■vos'YL released untit 1973 and it was relatively unknown outside CanadaLileson described Rush’s first concert m America shordy before Iho .alburn was released an a 'ncyv event“It was an outdoor festival in Mich-gan with 1 .{HDD people They had expected 20 lo 30 thousand It v,as very dismal Today Rush alburns are rnegahtts and the rock irici sells out large arenas worldwide The 5 concerts are known as much lor the Mm loot age and lasers as for the musicRush developed its follo wing not by radio airplay butof rockby constant touring'’Wo enjoy pcrlgrn^ng Wlt;? liavg io.. really, said Lifoson. ’‘Thai's- how we developed ouf lolloping. We rievor really relied on radio. Wa nover hod hi I singles on AM radioYou work like crazy end co 2DQ dales a your playing like rnad. We wen 4-verywhere Kvo or Ihreo Umos lhal year and just worked real hard We worn young and wn word having u not arid i1 juiil became a. way of life forus. II still is Ironically, Rush's lirst commercial hi I on I^k radio in 1980 was a commonl on commercial radio The Sptnt of Radio is a statement on radio and. in particular, on a station in Toronto“It was a station inal was dedicated %o progressive music much like stolians iri the earfy 'CDs end late 70s It's alt been downhill 1or FM ra-dio sirvce then.’1 Lifoson explained They're playing basically the same music in nil the stations“The station in Tcrcr.lo would only play songs thai you wouldn': hiLir on other stations Wc vnQtc thai song with tins iri nvsi-rd — that mem was sliH iroodom in music Most of the band's lyrics are wriilen by drummer Neil Peart Lifeson. Pearl and siriger-tiassisi-fcc-yboardist Geddy Lee have made up iho band since 1974 When the trio was lormed. si was hailed as Canada s answer to Led Zeppelin and Fink Floyd The muse had a gritty edge and Pcart's lyrics rescmhled science lectionepics.Pearl's themes dealt with man lacevg a futuristic world ot machines and linally wmn-ng oul against the high-tech society. This slyle was oplcmucd by the ambitious 2 r rZand Hemispneres albums.But Rush salei abardoned ihis slyle lor a more lusion-orionlcd 1ype of music.“With Hemispheres we reaped we gol as far as wecould wiLh a conceptual idoa: using a theme on a whole side. We were 1ired of it, Lifcson said, “and it was lime to rngvrt- ft* to snnuj thing else “Inliuancos in iho lalo 70s and Iho early '80s woro a lot mare d-verse. Music was moro rhythmic. We nalLrffllly evolved into that.Life-acpn la hoih personable and intense tic has boon rein'd best guitarist by GmlarPiayCnovW*me several iimus and he is a porlecUonit when it comes to the seajch 1or Iho right sound and fhe right guitar 11s tha mas! recent material lhal’s 1he mosl challenging and I he most satisfying to play and lo reproduce. he said “We're actually quite old lashioned when 11 comes to lhat. Wo try lo reproduce (the record) as fa-lhrully as wo can* We eie nol a pammmg band, never have boon an impiovisanorial group Wo re quite disciplined because our dull is fairly comptexFlush's latest release. Hold Your Firo, has a lighter, moae synthesized sound lhan previous eflorts Bui Lifoson doesn't lee) it rcprcsnnts a new direction for the bard.Far ijft, yun never know what's going fo happen uniii you do il.' Ilo said M s quile dtllicull to speculate Geddy and I talked about getting together and maybe wnling songs |hat don't have any keyboards on them ... LI mtghl be a bit ot a challenge fo recreate lha! kind of energy now that we've done so many other things “Like many rrank 'n' rollers. Lifoson has a sense of humor. During 1he Iasi few tours Rush has opened its cerate* ts- rt'iih 1hc Throe Stooges television show themeWo all grew up with Ihe Three Stooges. Lifeson said. 'We just thought it would be kind of funny it's iron? a lollerfion of how wc really are than some people think.MWvtieR ii ins Editor vl if»o 2nd Aimd • iF^dl M*»pap«r Tot+va fcye-Ti Odilsiaffl. Wesi GermanyWedfiesday, JufiB E. 1988 THE STARS AND STRIPES *** Page 17
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