Wrathchild
Miserable Bastard
The difference (and I'm sure all the musos on this 'ere board will agree with me) is between developing your sound as an artist and just changing it for the sake of getting radio play. Rush changed their sound from album to album and not once did anyone accuse them of selling out. It's all about progression.
The early Rush albums were standard Zeppelin/Cream inspired stuff. They got tired of this quickly and moved into concept album/art rock territory, then got more radio friendly in the 80s with records like Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures.
The next big step came along on Signals, when Geddy Lee's keyboards started to take centre stage- a trend that continued through the 80s until Hold Your Fire. This led to a very different style of production and therefore a different sound (quite similar to The Police in some instances), but it's still trademark Rush because it's Geddy, Alex and Neil playing. They evolved because they wanted to. It wasn't just a trick to sell more records.
Spiff, 7th Son and any other Rush fans here, do you agree or am I talking out of my backside again?
W
The early Rush albums were standard Zeppelin/Cream inspired stuff. They got tired of this quickly and moved into concept album/art rock territory, then got more radio friendly in the 80s with records like Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures.
The next big step came along on Signals, when Geddy Lee's keyboards started to take centre stage- a trend that continued through the 80s until Hold Your Fire. This led to a very different style of production and therefore a different sound (quite similar to The Police in some instances), but it's still trademark Rush because it's Geddy, Alex and Neil playing. They evolved because they wanted to. It wasn't just a trick to sell more records.
Spiff, 7th Son and any other Rush fans here, do you agree or am I talking out of my backside again?
W