No point in dragging this out...
1. RushThou shalt have no gods before Neil Peart, Geddy Lee, and Alex Lifeson. The holy trinity of progressive rock, Rush have blazed trails through a variety of styles all while maintaining a distinctive core sound and high quality. Not only do they have a wide variety of fan favorites aside from those heard on the radio, but they are a band for which I can say their hits are some of the best music you will hear on normal radio. Neil Peart is, and should be the drummer to which all others in prog are held. This is not due to his sheer talent, but his ability to create a landscape with drums, his ability to make them perfectly fill into the music. If anyone needs a perfect example of this Mystic Rhythms will have a word with you. Geddy's bass parts are melodic and driving and his voice is expressive and certainly unique. Finally you come to the often underrated Alex Lifeson. He may not be a million notes a minute shredder, but the man has an immense knowledge of guitars and how to produce the sounds he wants with them, and his emotional soloing style is easily loved. And here we are today 35+ years after the first Rush album and the band is putting out quality material and putting on one of the best rock shows you can see. Rush mean so much to me on a personal level as well. In 2003 I had a casual interest in music, and Rush are the reason I base so much of my life around music today.
Favorite Albums: A Farewell to Kings, Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, Power Windows, Roll the Bones, Counterparts, 2112
Favorite Songs (Kept to 3 songs per album): Finding My Way, In the Mood, Working Man, Anthem, Fly By Night, Beneath Between and Behind, Bastille Day, Lakeside Park, The Fountain of Lamneth, 2112, A Passage to Bangkok, Something for Nothing, Xanadu, Cinderella Man, Cygnus X-1, Hemispheres, Circumstances, The Trees, Jacob's Ladder, Different Strings, Natural Science, Limelight, Witch Hunt, Vital Signs, Subdivisions, Chemistry, The Weapon, Afterimage, The Enemy Within, Between the Wheels, Grand Designs, Manhattan Project, Middletown Dreams, Lock and Key, Mission, Turn the Page, The Pass, Hand Over First, Available Light, Dreamline, Bravado, Ghost of a Chance, Between Sun and Moon, Alien Shore, Cold Fire, Test for Echo, Driven, Resist, One Little Victory, Nocturne, Freeze, Far Cry, Hope, Malignant Narcissism
Thanks everyone for playing along at home.