Rush
 After
financing a debut LP themselves, Neil Peart (and ingenious
lyricist) replaced the band's original drummer.
Despite criticism that the heavy metal 'swords and sorcery'
trio relied too much on inspiration from J R R Tolkein (who wrote The
Hobbit and Lord of the Rings) and right-wing authoress
Ayn Rand, a succession of million-selling LP's followed.
In 1981, few Heavy Metal bands were outwardly into Talking Heads
and New Wave. Rush were. By the time of their eighth album, Moving Pictures,
the 20-minute songs and onstage robes had gone, and in came skinny
ties and sleek, emotive hard rock.
It's the definitive Rush
album: - Red Barchetta is exhilarating, YYZ an
instrumental tour-de-force, and Tom Sawyer (the best
track on the album) is beloved of one Dave Grohl.
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