Few Canadian acts have maintained the level of international success enjoyed by
Rush for over three decades, gradually adapting their early uncompromising hard
rock to embrace broader, more melodic styles built around Neil Peart's lyrics.
Alex Lifeson put the original line-up of Rush together in Willowdale, Toronto
with singer Jeff Jones and drummer John Rutsey, but the band went through
various incarnations before settling on the core line-up of Lifeson, Geddy Lee
and Peart. They started touring in earnest in 1974 and released their first
album 'Fly By Night' a year later.
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