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Nov 14, 2017 · Rush’s seminal fifth album A Farewell To Kings celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. Here, Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and producer Terry Brown recall how they made it. It’s a rare day of sunshine in the Welsh countryside. Since the band had arrived it had been slabs of grey skies and low clouds over the green hills.
Rush was a Canadian rock band that primarily comprised Geddy Lee (bass guitar, keyboards, vocals), Alex Lifeson (guitar) and Neil Peart (drums, percussion, lyricist). The band formed in Toronto in 1968 with Lifeson, drummer John Rutsey , and bass guitarist and vocalist Jeff Jones , whom Lee immediately replaced.
A Farewell to Kings is the fifth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released on Anthem Records on August 29, 1977. The album reached No. 11 in Canada and marked a growth in the band's international fanbase, becoming their first Top 40 album in the US and the UK.
This is the ultimate critical review of the music of Rush on record, on film and on stage. Drawing on rare archive footage and an in depth interview with Alex Lifeson, a leading team of music ...
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Jan 23, 2018 · Touted as the band’s “first concept album,” its ornate songs tell the story of a young man’s quest to follow his dreams in a future world of steampunk and alchemy, along the way encountering an authoritarian Watchmaker who imposes precision on all aspects of life.
Sep 1, 2023 · Released at the height of punk, ‘A Farewell To Kings’ nevertheless proved that Rush could make music on their own terms, and take it into the charts.
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