THE STORY OF KINGS

Although for a perfectionist fan of Rush this disk is essential to complete an album collection, it is of very poor value. Basically it is a long, drawn out interview with Alex Lifeson (the lead guitarist of the trio). The audio quality, along with the interview itself, is extremely substandard.

Detailed interview with Alex lifeson, whoever would like to get to knwo the band more should watch this disc. This is a great disc for fans because they could get to know Alex Lifeson and the band more. Sound qualities arent that great but whatever.

Don't be mislead! This interview collectable is about as disposable as they come, very limited in its insight and value to the dedicated fan of this outstanding band. Essentually, it's a conversation with Alex Lifeson recorded in a restaurant during their "Hold Your Fire" tour. The interviewer is uncharismatic, and askes questions of Alex pertaining mostly to the development process of this current release as well as his general love of music. We don't hear a word from the other members of the band. The sound quality is very poor, and Alex doesn't seem to be his animate self. Poor taken by itself, but when compared to the volumes of supplemental material we've been given on any of the band's recent DVD releases, and "Story of Kings" is shown to be even more worthless. Not even for dedicated fans.

What is this? Literally, WHAT IS THIS?

What the hell is this? Alex Lifeson talking to a reporter about Rush? This is not music, nor Rush! The least they could do was bring in Geddy Lee and Neil Peart in the discussion, but no, they just had to leave it to the guitarist. This is not even a single, it's an interview, dammit! Add it as a bonus CD to any studio album, take the cover, put it on a new album, and voila, you made good things out of this.

1/5, as it is only informative if you want to learn about the band, which is not what CDs are for. CDs are for the music, not speech.