New Rush Album - Producer Interview

Gedhead wrote: Raskul just flushed any credibility he had with Rush.  His comments are embarassing.  "I was the 4th member of Rush."  What a moron.

It's just a turn of phrase....producers often make this analogy.

Terry Brown was known as the "4th member of Rush" when he was at the helm. Ok he was there for around 10 years but it is just something band members and producers say.

    

I give that entire article very little credibility for some reason. I don't doubt that the next Rush album will be good, but I think it will be much more hard rock than Prog. No one except for the author of the article ever said it would be proggy, and what does that guy know? It's supposed to be kind of a return to roots, but look at what the producer listens to for music. Come on. If by return to roots they mean a return to Rush's hard-rock stylings, then I believe it, but I don't think it will be the mystical proggy stuff of the mid to late 70s that we love Rush for.

I don't think there will be any epics, actually I hope the album will be in the vein of Vapour Trails.

micky wrote: Bern wrote: micky wrote: " He adds that the upcoming release will have “the sound and vibe of an old Rush record”—i.e. one of those gloriously overwroughtsci-fi prog-metal epics he grew up with, albums like 2112 and Hemispheres and Permanent Waves." Micky's interest is peaked... my views on Rush don't need to be hashed out again hahahhah. Same thing here. I'm just not sure if Geddy's voice can still cut it for those types of tracks. yeah it just wouldn't be the same without the shrieking elf in all his glory hahahhaha

Nowadays, his voice sounds much closer to Santa than to any of the elves

micky wrote: " He adds that the upcoming release will have “the sound and vibe of an old Rush record”—i.e. one of those gloriously overwroughtsci-fi prog-metal epics he grew up with, albums like 2112 and Hemispheres and Permanent Waves." Micky's interest is peaked... my views on Rush don't need to be hashed out again hahahhah.

Same thing here.

I'm just not sure if Geddy's voice can still cut it for those types of tracks.


Edited by Bern - January 11 2007 at 20:53

Maybe just maybe that Rush spirit is still alive 

I'm going to explode.

i cant wait .

Well if the release is in April, I can wait for it to come out without going totally insane over anticipation of the album.

Promising! Too bad about the tone the journalist takes in the introduction though.