I like Rush, especially once they stopped taking themselves so dead-serious. Alex Lifeson's guitar - skillful as it is - doesn't do much for me, but Neil and Geddy were/are fun to watch.There is something autistic about them as a band. They are incredible musicians who are ironically only good at one thing: Creating and playing their own music. That was enough for them and they hardly ever ventured from it. A musical cult really.
Jake, you never like bands Canada is known for ... Guess Who, BTO, Rush, Triumph, Max Webster, Loverboy ... WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?
Robert Plant and Jimmy Page (drummer and bassist of Deep Purple, Jake!)
That is the first time you've ever said something nice about BTO, are you mellowing down, Punk, or what?I always liked their surprise-forays into South American tinged Jazz which had very little to do with the more conventional stuff they had their hits with, kind of like when Tony Iommi of the Sabs pretended to be Joe Pass sometimes.