Rush influenced traditional metal

[SentinelSlain]

So not dreamtheater and friends, if you know what I mean.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

John Brenner claims that his music is "Rush played badly" so...

 

[The Ozzman]

That's because he's probably never listened to Rush.

 

[SentinelSlain]

There really should be a good find to fit the op. If rush had had a different singer and been a metal band, they would have been one of the best.

 

[Omni]

There's nothing wrong with Geddy Lee's vocals.

 

[SentinelSlain]

They wouldn't fit in a traditional metal band though.

 

[Omni]

They actually would since there's no official sound for traditional metal singers. Compare Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Halford and Paul Di'Anno for starters.

Weirdly enough, Geddy Lee sounds more like Halford than he does either of the other two.

 

[SentinelSlain]

I don't know, it would end up like Budgie, which isn't ideal imo.

 

[The Butt]

I dunno. I enjoy singers like Halford, but I still really don't like Geddy's singing.

And this is coming from someone who enjoys Rush.

 

[no country for old wainds]

 

[HamburgerBoy]

 

[no country for old wainds]

jesus, this ruby topaz thing is completely nuts. explodes into some amaaaazing high tide style mania at 2.30ish.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Yeah, that's a great single, although unfortunately nothing else I've heard from them (mostly just live bootlegs; their albums don't seem promising at all) touches it.

 

[CF87]

Rush is cool, I saw a live concert of theirs awile back, but as far as sounding metal would disagree. Rush is prog-rock. Ofcourse some metal is influenced by rock music.

 

[The Ozzman]

There are some who consider their first album to be heavy metal or at least a progenitor of it. I would say it's hard rock though.