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Glen wood Opinton-tribune, Wed., May 11,1977 7What a Rush!May 4 was a stormy day in Omaha, with tornado warnings and rain in the surrounding areas.But perhaps the worst (actually the best) weather was inside the Music Hail, as Max Webster, Angel and Rush laid down a solid storm of sound. All three of the acts were very good, so we’ll take them from opening act to headlines.Max Webster opened the show with a rather strange type of show. The singer* guitar player gyrated with the stiffness of a board throughout the show, as the bass player (a rather large, bearded fellow) shuffled about with the look of general weirdness about him.The two met at center stage to rub their heads together as one of their less acrobatic stunts. When not doing the splits or jumping as high as they could, and even when they were, the pair put down some very well played music.They were accompanied by a white-faced keyboardist and an almost normal-looking drummer, plus two odd-looking freaks who ran out onto stage during a little number called Max Webster’s Hangover”. Very appropriate.Max Webster is an up and coming act, and they put on a very, very good live show.Next on the bill was the futuristic-loo king Angel,dressed all in shiny white, with better looking hair than most girls have.Only about a minute into their show, a young man jumped over the stage, He was very quickly apprehended and dragged away by a policeman, but Angel’s singer noticed this and motioned his fellow “Angels” to stop their playing.He then began yelling at the police, and telling the fans to come on up in front of the stage. This they did and there they stayed for most of theshow,Angel's leyboatd setup shared the riser with the drums as the two guitarists and the singer roamed around the stage and up onto steps placed in front of the dnim-keyboard setup.The group seemed to give off art aura of power, but just missed giving a truly great performance.Next up was the main act, Rust, a truly fantastic group that hails from Canada.Rush is composed of only three people, Neil Peart, drums; Alex Lifeson, guitar; and Geddy Lee, bass and vocals; but they put out enough sound for an army of musicians alt playing at once.They started off their set with “Bastille Bay”, “Anthem,” and “Lake Side Patk”. Then came an imaginative song called “2112”. This is the title of their last album, on which the song itself takes up the whole first side.It is split up into sections, covering the rediscovery of a guitar - to it’s finders demise; all taking place in the year 2112.Their lighting effects were tremendous throughout the show, from a white stage to give the appearance of the color of the lights; flash pots; and background lighting to produce some pretty eerie effects on ”2112”.Geddy Lee was the main man of the group with his tight vocals and showmanship barely edging out the other two. Alex Lifeson added his expert playing ability, while Neil Peart played some rather fantastic drum pieces, to balance out the group.A deafening performance -and a good one. This should be considered possibly the best concert of the year, and one of the best in Omaha in recent years.
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Opinion Tribune
Glenwood, Iowa, US
Wed, May 11, 1977
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