Rush Interview 1980

[sysrq120]

These guys should have been sponsored by anti dandruff shampoo makers.

[southnich14]

Press 3 For a creepy Smile and heavy breathing.

[residentdrummerpete]

i love alex's hair

[lestudiochannel]

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[Fabishobbies]

AND THE MEAK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH!!!

[wadoryu2u]

in some other part of this interview they're asked:

"Many other popular bands are moving away from classic rock and roll, do you care"?

Response:  Many other bands have gone back to the basics, but those are the bands that can that can't play anything except basics".

hahahaha so true.

[MichaelHansenFUN]

bad film stock? geddy looks like sunburned and he has a skin disease

its the film

[StellarJetman]

@MichaelHansenFUN

It's bad compression. Nothing to do with the film at all.

[TheBrilliantGeniuses]

was at the time? time is a gypsy caravan. never judge some randy jackson or j-lo or train kept a rollin all night long, with a heave, and a ho.

the train nevertheless was a runaway or a day aligned as so.

[TheBrilliantGeniuses]

as long as i can keep YOU feeling as an adolescent

[ePhilosopher9]

perhaps i may purge

sorry

[matmoose]

What an awesome trio of awesome people

[Pentatonikus]

Wow Geddy looks like Brad Pitt here!

[kevyk135]

@Pentatonikus Yea if they were an 80s hair do band watch out poison! Geddy would have got all the chic's.

[CookieMischief8]

@Pentatonikus Geddy Lee is exponentially cooler than that Father Earth asshat.

[balerinauzicka]

Whats up with Alexs hair?

[Bullzeye95]

Geddy is simply such a musical god that he is incapable of giving a shit about something so unimportant as people's opinions of his fucking appearance.

[JDALES3]

oh. my. god

[runescapefire3]

lol nice glasses geddy =b



[Crazy216Carl]

Neil Peart looks just like Stewart Copeland in this haha

[1951GUS]

omg!! geddy's face, he's son nerd and so cool!!!

[nycbassist76]

geddy lee had no choice to be so talented...he's so damn ugly lol

[TheMaster8061]

neil got rid of hos stache. it looks cool

[mistarax]

Geddy says, "Look at the size of those glasses, they're eating my face!!!"

[HeartAttackMan74]

the glasses! yes!

[obyylacueva]

neil looks like van damme in this video lol

[jaqqy]

Geddy is a huge fan of Baseball.. He got those frames from Harry Caray.

30 years later, and RUSH is still the best band on the 4 inner planets

[Metalerowop]

In this vid Geddy looks like a mixture between John Lennon and Yoko Ono xD

One of the greatest bands of all time.

Keep Rockin´! !

[dwilmer7]

I think this is but one of the reasons Rush continues to be vital. Completely down tp-earth realistic people. I think they all made a decision early on to never buy into the fame machine.

[ePhilosopher9]

rand sent time machine bitter batter butter beneath between behind

[ironz18]

Holy hell,they looked baked on this. And i'm totally okay with it,they never did it in excess. Even Geddy said once:"You can smell the hash oil on Caress of Steel"

[MrChameleon2010]

I used to have hair like Alex. I kind of looked like him when i was younger. Only mine was natural. I think I must have some black somewhere in my lineage. Geddy is bad ass in the day. I like his voice prior to the 80s. But I like their 80s sound too, just in a different way. Geddy should go back to his nerdy glasses look. LOL@soul patch though

[dwilmer7]

Rush sorta looked like hipys back then

[zackjp]

@dwilmer7 so did every 70's rock band lol

[itsonelouder1]

The first shot of Alex makes me think of a poodle who's just had a blow-dry against it's wishes. If looks could kill......

[tomthefunky]

They may make kick ass music but damn, they sure had some stupid haircuts.

[gorfjorf2112]

Peart looked like Stewart Copeland there.

[GORDITO1000]

To me this is when they were soaring in thier prime. Lots of RUSH on the radio, the tours around this time were incredible and so many great bands to choose from.

The day I bought Farewell to Kings on 8-track.....priceless

[0ua8]

Peart looks malnourished,Geddy looks like a hair farmer,Alex looks a poodle,i'm NEVER doing drugs if it lets my hair go so bad..lolz

[777jackpot1]

wtf geddy lee looked like an old woman when he was younger

[konnykontant]

Sally Jesse Rafael called.. she want them glasses back.

[HighwayToHell2112]

Alex looks like a poodle hahaha!

And love Geddy's gogs ;D

Legends :)

[musicfan101ful]

awsome, nice 80's style glasses :P

[macben17]

Geddy Lee is so bad ass.

[Dthorn912]

Those glasses are the ones when you see yourself and begin to wonder; Why was wearing those glasses? they're eating my face

[jaymanxyz2]

...looks like the interviewer violently woke them up in the middle of the night.

[sbrushfan]

I would think they'd not feel bitter, but vindicated. For nigh on 40 years, they've been able to tell the world "I told you so!".

[georgenoory]

geddy needs to bring those glasses back on the next tour

[steeltag]

LOL !!!

[ThePass1967]

@georgenoory love em

[readme60]

geddy looks like a total librarian.....

[drum4life25]

rush is my fav band and i kno 4 a fact they dont do drugs to much musicianship ability etc. to great of a band

[malcolmX213]

They used to smoke pot atleast, and there is nothing wrong with that.

[wwerulestna]

Oh yeah nothing at all, grow up man.

[malcolmX213]

Don't give me your crap kid.

[wwerulestna]

@malcolmX213 oh yeah, nothing....

[macben17]

drum4life25,

malcolmX213 is right, they've AT LEAST tried pot, if not, smoked it frequently in their early days.

'passage to Bangkok' .. it's alll about different drugs.

all good though, if you have a drive enough to do something, nothing can get in your way. I'm sure if drugs impaired their abilities, they wouldn't do them.

(SNAKES AND ARROWS LIVE RULES!!!)

[Tarantello]

glasses fail

[FunkMisterNate15]

I don't know Rush doesn't seem like the type of band that did drugs.

[FlyingFooBalls]

they may very well be high, but theyre probably just as exhausted.

[UrSkulled]

Rush gets high off music, not drugs.

[FlyingFooBalls]

no, definitely some drugz goin "round in the seventies and eaerly eighties for these dudes. plus im sure they smoke the occasional j, i mean they are canadian

[ePhilosopher9]

@UrSkulled i.e. a stooges refernce

[thefrickandfrackshow]

@UrSkulled wooo!!! how it should be!! :D

[UrSkulled]

@thefrickandfrackshow HELL YESSSSS

[123si4]

@UrSkulled you think??? :))) listen to a passage to bangkok

[119matburn]

@UrSkulled i git high off rush

[P0WAT0TH3P30PL3]

@UrSkulled You know they toke right? Have you heard passage to bangkok?

[HighwayToHell2112]

Nice parting, Ged =P

[f1n3sav3]

every time i "used" to get baked (smoked good weed) and listened to rush muzak I couldnt get over how amazing geddy lee was on bass. ahh the good old days..

[roland6663]

that last part, the concert clip, is there a way i can get that whole thing? (i love 2112)

[Appagrippa]

they all look so different, especially alex

[malcolmX213]

Trust me, Rush did a lot of drugs.

[ogle777]

geddy lee sounds just like steve buscemi here!

[alexmad94]

the dudes were as tired as hell they werent drugged they played nearly every night about that time and they themselves drove about 300 miles to every show of course theyre gonna be fucked up

[2Balls2Furious]

Hahaha, Geddy Lee Looks Like my school Librarian. He's still awesome though

[alexlifeson4pres]

My dad still has glasses like that. HAHAHAHAHAHA.

[TheRocker2112]

Imagine what kind of things he can see with those glasses! 3-D

[bobinchainz]

alex is FUCKED UP in this interview hahaha look how red his eyes are i love that guy! i bet he was on valiums or however you spell it.

[DantePierotti29]

geddy looks like cher here lol

[Neil2112]

Neil looks so much like Stuart Copeland in this interview.

Or not.

[bobinchainz]

yea he kinda does!

[farmersboy1]

im digging the glasses

[SunflowerEmmeline]

Same here! 8D

[captinjingles]

Geddy's so great with interviews. He always seems so calm and prepared, I love it.

[BayviewFinch]

I think they call it marijuana.

[captinjingles]

....I'd imagine marijuana would make you horrible at interviews, being all out of it and such. Also, Rush never did drugs. One of the very, very, very few rock bands to have been known for not doing drugs.

[BayviewFinch]

Angus Young of AC/DC doesn't drink or do drugs. Can you imagine living the rock n roll lifestyle for so long without doing either? What would you even do at all the parties and whatnot?

[acidrun]

"Also, Rush never did drugs." Really?? I would've thought that a lot of their music was inspired by drugs.. interesting.

[FlyingFooBalls]

Go listen to A Passage to Bangkok. you don't write about that stuff unless you're into it.

[HinataWinry]

wooooooooooow .-. young :OOOOOOOOOOO lol nice glasses =3

[farmersboy1]

LOL geddy you sily goose

[rageagainst4life]

Geese don't wear 10 pound goggles that im aware of

[gwiz210]

This is the most excited I've ever seen Neil.... : (

[elijahcrigger]

WOW!! look how fuckin young peart is!

[petrafied77]

just made up a new smiley

geddy lee

8<]

[PedRoMaGGoT]

<3 geddy gigantic nose and glasses xD

[Masaka8]

OMG GIANT GLASSES!!!!!1

[gasmask88]

Oh Alex, what a perm

[youtert]

Geddy looks like a very ugly woman.

[maxpeg]

And to think my 15 year old sister has a crush on him x_X (don't get me wrong, Rush is one of the greatest bands of all time..but I dunno about them on LOOKS)

[maxpeg]

Actually, I take my comment back. They're awesome, they can make any "look" look awesome XD

[BlackSabbathRockR19]

that is NOT nice. True, but not nice!

[thumdar]

This was there best era (IMO)...

[jeansbass]

totally agree.

[FrameSticker]

Wow, Geddy looks like a witch here XD

[paujoekrisjam]

Yoko Ono?

[mysterygirl907]

i love the band soo much but back then alex didnt really talk

[Teutonic1250]

ged's glasses r way 2 big!

[dpapaioannow]

mannnn...talking about a jew face with...funny glasses too LOL

[DanceHelena138]

Fucking amazing.

This band kicks more ass than Chuck Norris.

[crimsonmisfits138]

@DanceHelena138 i couldnt have aid it better myself

[Kruegerisgod]

@DanceHelena138 chuck norris doesn't kick ass but rush no doubt does

[Heliodromus19]

@DanceHelena138 Blasphemy!

[LoveMeNonetheless]

dressed in flowing hair

[LoveMeNonetheless]

dave stewart's band is i Love the routze, um still 2008 right? like, who neds awards when you emerge from the waterfall, socrates?

[LoveMeNonetheless]

YES, bruford band, and UK? 2009. i agree. randon sample and hold. have you seen mercury lately? as promised? icarus?

[LoveMeNonetheless]

petty in hindsight

[fanofthemusic1090]

ok, before i say this i just want to say that rush is my favorite band ever, not just for the music, but i the guys in the band are all awesome as people too.

Doesn't it look like they've been taking drugs? I know they have a reputation for being clean, but my friend pointed out that Geddy looks pretty damn skinny and Alex and Neil both have massive shadows under their eyes.

[LiveOnQueen]

oh!! geddy lees glasses rock my socks!

they are soo sexy!!! xD

[mpc3po]

ahhh ...LOVE '80 footage!!! we nee3d more! they were so tight just before exit stage left tour..and all the delay they added to vocals was super sick

[esox66]

Nice french poodle on Alex, they look wicked esp. Geddy.

[329don]

Neil has hair, and im pretty sure Geddy Lees glasses are ten times cooler than the ones he has now

[askorbiinihappo]

Also ten times bigger.

[chevelle91z]

geddy is my hero

[frimpit]

wow, his voice sounded completely shot on this. They really must have been working their asses off, poor guys. They deserve the fame they earned!

[bluemule24]

Is that Sally jesse Rafael?

[mcarterphoto]

"the guy on the far left is theyre drummer before neal" oh come on, rutsey left in 74 or 75, this is a clip from 1980. Have ya no clue what peart looks like? Sheesh.

[nerkinouj123]

great comment

[TheOpening]

the guy on the far left is theyre drummer before neal

he be dead now

[AquaDonkey]

you are an idiot, that is Neil. John Rutsey left before Fly By Night.

[Chunker]

wow. go home. rutsey left after the self titled album.

[yugiohforizzle]

one of my favorite bands of all time...i couldnt help but laugh at geddy's glasses though

[georgenoory]

lookin good boys!

[TheNewWorldMan69]

Geddy, Alex, and Neil... you guys kickass

[jjames05]

Hey Geddy, sweet shades bro!!

[DethLeppard666]

Geddy said once, "Man, I really wish someone had told me just how ugly I looked in those". But hey, I don't care what he looks like, because he's a hell of a musician. Same for the other members. Those glasses are really funny looking, though.

[XxKornFanxX]

i love rush, makes me proud to be canadian..the hip, rush, troper! yeah

[CalvinMcFarland]

hey geddy, my mom wants her glasses back

[grungehead707]

hahahahaaha!!!!!!!

[papaganeu]

geddy reminds me of yoko ono

[thorondor2]

why is peart with a yenta and an English sheepdog?

[chaosmage665]

stfu geddy's glasses are sexy

[toolatescissors]

Neil looks cool here, geddy looks like a child molester here, and alex- wow lol They are all awesome, just they look interesting here..........

[91962]

wow geddy..............smooth huh

[nightsoldier1112]

Nice glasses geddy ... hehe

[DrummerWorld19]

Neil peart*

[ilikethesmellofsand]

wooah.

Geddy Lee looked...interesting when he was younger...

[Crzysex]

haha alex looks like spicoli!

[ePhilosopher]

Mink played the electric violin on the Rush song "Losing It" found on Signals (1982) and the song "Faithless" from the Snakes & Arrows album (2007), as well as guitar parts on My Favourite Headache (2000), a solo project of Rush's lead singer Geddy Lee. More recently he has produced albums for the Barenaked Ladies, so resentment of Ben Minkiness.

[ePhilosopher]

(SIC)

[ePhilosopher]

that magic day when superscience mingles with the bright stuff of useless talk

[MagellanOfBass]

Floodlit in the hazy distance, the star of this unearthly show! Venting vapours, like the breath of a sleeping white dragon

of nonsense useless talk

[solboard]

I want his hair...but he can keep those killer glasses :)

[AbusiveAdminPaul]

Also btw Rush is a good band :) It's too bad they couldn't have done a little more in Canada, but we invited them and they came, and we're glad they did

[rollipolioli]

they made it cuz of neil peart

[tuxedobass84]

the glasses are almost as big as his face.

[cheguevaraisgod]

0:22 HE IS SMILEING!!!! OMG!!!!

[cheguevaraisgod]

lol

look how polite they are....

if anyone ever doubted they where canadian show them this video...

amaricans can have there axel rose we will keep our geddy lee

[AbusiveAdminPaul]

Hey cheguevaraisgod at least Americans can spell. Do they have dictionaries in Canada? Or do you just use the pages as rolling paper? I don't care about your grammar, thats normal comment format. However, you could have at least spelled the people you are insulting correctly.

[puzzler11]

sorry AbusiveAdminPaul, he has a point.

[AbusiveAdminPaul]

Actually, it seems they never got anywhere in Canada. They got their fame in the US. I wonder why.

[MagellanOfBass]

That doesn't make them Americans, though.

[JackTheFlippinTipper]

its nice to see neil smile :)

[rollipolioli]

yeah i no lol he never smiles

[tomahawk446]

its funny that getty lee is canada's only sex symbol

[10kokesly]

our chicks are way hotter over here in Canada :P

[puzzler11]

haha its sooo true, they all got TNA pants lol

[rollipolioli]

you know wats funny...he had big glasses then...and now you see him with small glasses LMFAOO so ironic

[sd42790]

go look up the definition of irony

[rollipolioli]

go look up the definition of go fuk yur mom

[redrocklobster]

He's right, that is most definitely not irony. You must be American.

[rollipolioli]

yu no i lk yu redrocklobster cuz yeah americans are stupid but im canadian but i dunt get how its not irony....wtv

[rollipolioli]

im telling yu lmao i am definitly not americans i hate those fat asses...bope i dunt no..yu culd say im not passing my english class but i am definitly not american nd i luv rush lmao

[fmbighair]

hee hee, that was funny...

;P

[rollipolioli]

lmao nice glasses geddy :P i luv yu guys! rush #1 for ever

[ozzierex]

HAS A GOOD VOICE,BUT BOY IS HE FUGLY.

[rollipolioli]

who?