In the wee hours of this morning our dear friend and super talented musician, songwriter, and producer of two Rush albums, Presto and Roll The Bones, sadly passed away. Roop was always such an upbeat, unflappable and all around lovely “chap” to work with and to be around. His influence on our music and on our attitude towards enjoying life was profound and he shall be sorely missed by so many. There are still many of his very “British” expressions that have made their way permanently into our lexicon and we can see his smiling face and the twinkle in his eye whilst saying, “Jolly D!!” RIP  dear “Roop”…We love …

Time and Motion, Wind and sun and rain, Days connect like boxcars in a train… Released in 1996, the 16th studio album TEST FOR ECHO celebrates its 20th Anniversary.  

Jack, relax. Get busy with the facts… Rush revealed their first offering from the forthcoming R40 Live concert film – “Roll The Bones”, a song from their fourteenth studio album Roll the Bones, that was originally released in 1991. This R40 Live version of “Roll The Bones” was recorded in the band’s hometown of Toronto on June 17 & 19th during the sold out shows at the Air Canada Centre on the R40 Live tour and was mixed by David Botrill (Tool, Muse). “Roll The Bones (R40 Live)” features an array of special guests in the rap part of the song: Jay Baruchel (She’s Out Of My League), Les Claypool (Primus), Peter …

The Rush vinyl reissues continue! We are happy to announce that the following titles now have release dates and are ready for pre-order.  These include the remaining Rush titles from the band’s Mercury catalogue on Anthem/UMe, as well as the six albums during their Atlantic recording years from 1989-2007 on Anthem/Rhino. All of the albums will be pressed on audiophile-quality, 200-gram vinyl and each come with a high-definition digital download. As a bonus, Counterparts and Test For Echo both feature etchings on side D of the album. You can pre-order all the titles to complete your collection here: Rush Vinyl Pre-Orders September 25: Exit…Stage Left October 9: Signals October 23: Presto, Roll The …

Vapor Trails Remixed (CD/VINYL) and Rush: The Studio Albums 1989-2007 (BOXSET including the new Vapor Trails Remixed version) are both released everywhere now!  Vapor Trails Remixed available on iTunes and Amazon. Rush: The Studio Albums 1989-2007 available on iTunes and Amazon.

More from the archives; 2112 Interview Clip with Neil Peart, on Rockline hosted by Bob Coburn December 1991.