"Subdivisions"
A Tribute To Rush
Magna Carta MA-2112
Mixed by Robert Berry
Pre Mix Editing by Terry Brown
Artwork by Hugh Syme
Featuring Performances By:
Sebastian Bach (Skid Row); Robert Berry (“3”, Ambrosia); Dave Brooks (Slammin’ Gladys): Dominic Cifarelli (Pulse Ultra); Jeff Feldman (Pulse Ultra); Stu Hamm (Joe Satriani, Steve Vai): Daniel J. (Solo Artist, Jordan Rudess); Randy Jackson (Zebra); Andreas Kisser (Sepultura); Jani Lane (Warrant); Mike Mangini (Extreme, Steve Vai); Vinnie Moore (Solo Artist, UFO); Alex Skolnick (Solo Artist, Testament, Tran Siberian Orchestra, Attention Deficit); Jeff Stinco (Simple Plan); Kip Winger (Winger).
Lee, Lifeson and Peart have provided an often obsessive lifetime mission for countless of hopeful, thoughtful, ambitious musicians through a wide scope of times and climes.
The all-walks array of musicians you see gathered here is testimony to that fact.
Rush were heavy when heavy was not cool, Rush comprised a clear and clear-headed three guys playing their hearts and minds out on sleeve and stage. Rush made you want to play better than that other guy in class, also providing a reading list for mind-feeding while you recovered from bleeding fingers, tender blood blisters and tendonitis.
And they did this in waves, to full currents of aspiring rockers, beginning thereabouts with underground breakthrough 2112 in 1976, that record combining science fiction with philosophy (Ayn Rand) and literature (George Orwell), metal with progressive rock (Rush single-handedly birthed progressive metal – a huge musical genre today), also delivering one of the early concept albums.
Rush is one of the few bands to conquer the divide between the more intimate progressive rock listener and FM rock radio. When bands like Yes and ELP were having trouble staying on the airwaves, Rush maintained their visibility. Always updating their sound but keeping those familiar touches.
Distant Early Warning
Lead Vocals: Randy Jackson
Guitar Solo: Daniel J.
Lakeside Park
Lead Vocals: Sebastian Bach
Guitar Solo: Daniel J.
Limelight
Lead Vocals: Kip Winger
Guitar Solo: Andreas Kisser
Subdivisions
Lead Vocals: Randy Jackson
Guitar Solo: Dominic Cifarelli
Keys: Jeff Feldman
Different Strings
Lead Vocals: Robert Berry
Guitar Solo: Robert Berry
Tom Sawyer
Lead Vocals: Sebastian Bach
Guitar Solo: Dominic Cifarelli
Keys: Jeff Feldman
Bastille Day
Lead Vocals: Jani Lane with Dave Brooks
Guitar Solo: Alex Skolnick
A Farewell To Kings
Lead Vocals: Randy Jackson
Guitar Solo: Andreas Kisser
Spirit Of the Radio
Lead Vocals: Kip Winger
Guitar Solo: Jeff Stinco
Didacts and Narpets
Drums: Mike Mangini
2112 Overture/Temples Of Syrinx
Lead Vocals: Jani Lane with Dave Brooks
Guitar Solo: Vinnie Moore
Rhythm Guitars Tracks - Vinnie Moore
Bass Tracks - Stu Hamm
Drum Tracks - Mike Mangini
Keyboards - Robert Berry
Keyboards - Jeff Feldman
Keyboards - Trent Gardner
― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 14:25 (twenty years ago)
Jesus, I hadn't thought of Slammin' Gladys forever....I can still picture their ad in Circus!
THIS SUCKS FOR A SECOND I WAS THINKING THAT THIS "DANIEL J" NOBODY WAS THE DUDE FROM LOVE & ROCKETS SO I WAS ALL "HEY THAT'S WIERD" BUT I THINK THAT DUDES NAME IS DAVID J?
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 16:30 (twenty years ago)