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Rush were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2013.

Rush

Rush are one of the most popular, innovative prog bands of all time.

Between jaw-dropping musicianship, imaginative lyrics and complex arrangements, the Toronto trio are the patron saints of brainy, technical, ambitious rock & roll. More on rockhall.com...

Images from the Duane Sycz Photographs and Philadelphia Inquirer Photographs collections at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Library & Archives.

Books

Contents under Pressure by Martin Popoff
Call Number: ML421.R874 P67 2004
Experiencing Rush: A Listener's Companion by Durrell Bowman
Call Number: ML421.R874 B69 2015
Far and Away by Neil Peart
Call Number: ML419.P437 A3F3 2011
Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass by Geddy Lee
Call Number: ML420.L444 A3 2018
Roadshow by Neil Peart
Call Number: ML419.P437 A3R6 2006
Rush by Martin Popoff
Call Number: ML421.R874 P67 2013
Rush: Wandering the Face of the Earth: The Official Touring History by Skip Daly; Eric Hansen; Foreword by Les Claypool; Afterword by Stewart Copeland
Call Number: ML421.R874 D35 2019

Articles

These articles are available in the Free section of the database Rock's Back Pages.

Rush: Breaking Into America… Canada's Answer To The New York Dolls?
Michael Gross, Circus Raves, November 1975
Rush: Adrenalin Rush
Pete Makowski, Sounds, 18 December 1982
Rush: The Pressure Principle
Geoff Barton, Kerrang!, 3 May 1984
Rush: Roll Models
Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, 18 April 1992
Rush: Staples Center, Los Angeles
Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 25 September 2002

Spotify Playlist

Audio

2112 Five Point One by Rush
Call Number: BOX RUSH TWEN 2012 (1976)
Chronicles by Rush
Call Number: BOX RUSH CHRO 2005 (1974-1989)
Clockwork angels by Rush
Call Number: CD RUSH CLOC 2012
Counterparts by Rush
Call Number: CD RUSH COUN 2005
Grace Under Pressure by Rush
Call Number: CD RUSH GRAC 1990
Hemispheres by Rush
Call Number: CD RUSH HEMI 1990
Moving Pictures by Rush
Call Number: CD RUSH MOVI 1997
Rush by Rush
Call Number: CD RUSH RUSH 1997
Sector One by Rush
Call Number: BOX RUSH SECT1 2011 (1974-1976)

Youtube

Archival Resources

Listed below are notable collections and items from the Rock Hall's Archives. You can find more by searching our catalog here.

Bryan Ehlinger Collection of Posters
Rush: Exit Stage Left, 1981
Churchmouse / Moyssi Programs
Rush program, 1979
Cleveland Scene Photographs
Rush (includes concert photos), 1974-1987, undated
Frederick S. Boros Audio Recordings
Agora Theater radio broadcasts, 1974-1975
Jane Scott Papers
Rush set list, undated
Philadelphia Inquirer Photographs
Rush, 1982-1996, undated
Rolling Stone Collection
Artist file on Rush, 1975-1990
Tad Low Collection of VH1 Pop Up Video
Includes "Limelight" by Rush, 1998

Video

2112; Moving Pictures by Rush
Call Number: DVD RUSH TWEN 2010
Exit Stage Left by Rush
Call Number: DVD RUSH EXIT 2007
Replay X 3 by Rush
Call Number: DVD RUSH REPL 2006
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage by Rush
Call Number: DVD RUSH BEYO 2010

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