if you like RUSH!!!!!

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Unbelievable...... I checked the website and it says there is a show April 20th at the Vegas Cafe..... That's 10 minutes away from me! :cool:

I have to still make sure that no other plans were made, but as of now..... it is safe to say, "I'm there!":D
 
And this, folks...Is perfection.


Flat-out mind-boggling excellence.

If you hit the Detroit area, let the bunch of us guyz here know.
I'll be the dude with his jaw wide open.

:D
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hey sabbath

hey sabbath,
let me know if your definitely going. ill meet up with you in there. we'll have a few beers and stand in awe, wishing it was really geddy, alex and neil in front of us....
they have a really cool live show. videos playing behind them and its all performed perfectally.
 
At first I thought you had posted Rush tunes (I mean their actual recordings) and then I realized they were covering them. Holly Shit. They're clones! Real good job!
 
they did a great job playing copy cat. I'd like to hear them play something original instead of spending all their time memorizing stuff thats already been done....I've never understood cover bands....
 
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spacedye said:
hey sabbath,
let me know if your definitely going. ill meet up with you in there. we'll have a few beers and stand in awe, wishing it was really geddy, alex and neil in front of us....
they have a really cool live show. videos playing behind them and its all performed perfectally.
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spacedye,

sounds like a plan. I'm 95% sure that I'll be there. As it gets closer, we'll have to make sure we bump this thread as a reminder. Thanks again for posting this, and we'll talk more later. I have seen so many cover bands, but NONE that sound this good, so I'm looking forward to it.

take care

Sam - a.k.a. B.Sab:D:cool:
 
Thanks folks!

It's Bill here, keyboardist for 2112.

I just wanted to personally say "thanks a whole heap" for all the great things you people have been saying about us! Reading these threads has really put a smile on my face.

We just updated our website www.rushtributeband2112.com Feel free to log on and sign our new Guestbook and say a few words about us!

Hope to see some of you at our next gig! Except that tool, Scriabin. :)


Bill
 
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Bill Meyer said:
It's Bill here, keyboardist for 2112.


Hope to see some of you at our next gig! Except that tool, Scriabin. :)


Bill
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That wasn't very nice...;)

Actually, I am with Scriabin on this one ( and I think he was paying you a compliment). You guys seem to be fine players, I would like to hear you "interpret" the Music of Rush, not "mimic" rush themselves.

Since you are obviously huge Rush fans ( like me), I am sure you have the CD "Working Man", where various rockers perform RUSH songs. That was a huge letdown for me, most of the people just copied RUSH. If I wanted that, I would have bought a RUSH album.

In the symphony world, this is what we do every day: A Beethoven Symphony is a Beethoven Symphony. The key for us as artists is to find a way to interpret it differently every time, or else we become robots instead of artists.
I personally would very much enjoy hearing 2112 do their OWN version of a RUSH tune.
 
Re: Thanks folks!

Bill Meyer said:


Hope to see some of you at our next gig! Except that tool, Scriabin. :)


Bill
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DavidK said:

I personally would very much enjoy hearing 2112 do their OWN version of a RUSH tune.
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I am going to have to politely disagree. If I go see a band and they change around a 'Rush' song, I wouldnt really appreciate it.
On the other hand, if I see a band play it exactly how it goes, like these guys, it is quite impressive and if I'm at a bar, I would be waiting for that big drum part, or that great vocal, or whatever, and I would be disappointed if they cheesed it, or changed it. I would think that 'in the symphony world' it would be different though, but as far as this goes, I think it's a rare and sweet thing to hear 'Rush' performed this well. I say, if you can do it like this, then do it! You won't hear many bands doing it this close, but you'll probably hear a lot of bands do it with their 'own feel.'........Normally I would agree with you EXCEPT when it comes to 'Rush'

my 2 cents...and I was bored.

later:cool:
 
I heard Rush is coming out with a new cd sometime this year. Does anyone know the details or is it just rumors?
 
BTW - I did a complete 'Metal' version of 'Working Man'
It is terrible.:D
 
Tribute bands "copy cats??"

Oh, brother.

Based on that simplistic statement, I can only assume you're not a musician that's moved by music. Let me dumb it down a bit so we can gain an understanding...

I've seen a few Rush cover bands in my day, and was largely disappointed by them, mainly because the music means so much to me. They were obviously oustanding musicians (NJ's Power Windows, for one), but I never heard anything that really moved me...something was always missing. Either a synth patch was not right, a guitar solo was too improvised, or the singing didn't sound like classic Geddy. I would think to myself, "how can they just play it wrong like that?" I.e., I would take offense to a performance that didn't give Rush's music the *effort* and *dedication* it deserved. (And I also think the "Working Man" tribute was a fiasco, from the overactive lungs of Sebastian Bach to the annoyingly persistent double bass usage of Mike Portnoy).

I've been a huge Rush fan since the late '70s and all I can say is that playing their music, and playing it accurately, allows us to connect with it on a much deeper level and reach an emotional stimulus unlike that of simply listening to a CD. Have you ever played "air-guitared" to a song? You probably have, and that was because you were moved by the music to do so. Are you a "copy cat" because you're doing it? No. The tribute band thing is very similar, but just a lot more intense. What makes it so appealing is that we can share that emotional release and celebrate Rush's music with fellow fans--just like us--who can't wait for the next tour to hear some live Rush.

Other than that, it's fun. Damn fun--makes me feel like I'm a kid again. We're certainly not in it for the money, just like all cover bands, and if you can't have fun with something in this short life of ours, than I guess that sucks for you.


Bill
2112
"We have assumed control..."
www.rushtributeband2112.com
 
I went to the website and I couldnt get the sound to work. I will try again.
 
Scriabin said:
I heard Rush is coming out with a new cd sometime this year. Does anyone know the details or is it just rumors?
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From what I have heard, they are finishing up the album right now for late spring release...

How "true" that is, well..... we will just have to see.

Im not really interested in the new stuff... You ever notice how a band sort of loses it's spark?.....

Like Van Halen after F.U.C.K. (album with Right Now)... and like AC/DC after "The Razor's Edge".....Bon Jovi after "New Jersey".....Metallica after "The Black album"

They just aren't the same... I can't pin it, or explain it, some bands just change for the worst.. IMO..
 
about "losing spark".....

about "losing spark",
i would say that the new dream theater album sucks. in my opinion, there is only 1 good song on both cd's.
i think that after the departure of kevin moore from the band, it's been downhill from there. and it hasnt been a smooth ride if you know what i mean.
I used to love DT, they are not my favorites anymore. i think their new album doesnt have the same "edge" as their first few albums.
on another topic, i notice i missed a "cover band" conversation. i personally think a "cover" band should clone the music of the band they are covering. wether it is good or not depends on the listener of the music. i think 2112 does an incredible job of cloning RUSH's music.
on the other hand, other than the personal pleasure of knowing that the band i am in can clone the music of the certain band we are covering, i dont see a point to doing it. unless it brings pleasure to others who enjoy listening to that certain band.
what i dont understand is, if i was in a RUSH cover band playing a RUSH song, why would anyone want to hear my interpertation it? if that was to be the case, id just write and play originals. i mean, if geddy, neil or alex were in the crowd, wouldnt they say, hey, i dont play it like that!!!!!
 
I liked some of the stuff on ac/dc's new album. I saw them in Cleveland last summer and they could still rock, even if they were in wheelchairs. It was a great show, they played 21 songs and on the last song they fired off the cannons for the 21 gun salute.
Yet, many of the older bands have been dissappointing for their "reunion" tours... namely KISS and the Rolling Stones.
 
Well... I'm a drummer who literally grew up on Rush tunes... and I was gonna bust these guys balls (all in good fun of course) and nit-pick the drummer for not copying Tom Sawyer to a T... but man... it's so hard to knock him when they do such a d@mn good job. :p

I loved hearing it done note for note (for the most part :p ) and hearing every synth hit and guitar solo and drum hit just where I expected it to be. There is something to be said for copying great music precisely. now.. copying crappy music.. well.. anyone can do that.

WATYF
 
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