The rock band at Madison Square Garden on Monday night was a trio that got together in the 1970s and has been selling out arena dates on a world tour this year. It has a bass-playing, reedy-voiced lead singer, a briskly virtuosic drummer and a guitarist who spills echoey chords over their riffs. Its songs contemplate the state of the world.
No, it wasn’t the Police — it was Rush, the stalwart Canadian band that didn’t have to reunite. Without a string of pop hits or much that’s even remotely glamorous, Rush has maintained one of rock’s biggest cult followings.
Rush has improbable ingredients for popularity. The music is grounded in progressive rock, with odd-meter riffs from Geddy Lee on bass and Neil Peart on drums below the guitarist Alex Lifeson’s power chords and pealing arpeggios. Once scorned, progressive rock has started a comeback
I just have to say that Rush is freakin’ awesome. Period.
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