San Diego Civic Theater, San Diego, California, June 7, 1975
"At the end of our last tour with Kiss in San Diego we were gonna dress up as them, put on their makeup, and go out and do our set as them, but what finally happened was an onstage pie fight in front of 6,000 screaming kids. They caught us at the end of our set by surprise, and whole stage was covered in shaving cream and whipped cream. Then it was our turn at the end of their set. All their guitars and drums and machines were completely buried in shaving cream, so their encore sounded just great!" - Geddy Lee, Circus, April 27, 1976
"On June 7th, 1975 in San Diego (Civic Theater), before returning home for some closing Canadian dates, Rush received a memorable send-off from Gene, Paul, Ace and Peter. 'We had a big whipped cream scene at the end of our tour with them,' admits Alex. 'They just creamed us with cream pies; it was serious. I was getting stuff out of my guitar pickups for weeks afterwards.' At the end of the Kiss set, Rush got their revenge, resulting in a stage covered in shaving cream and a turgid encore from the rapidly ascending headliners." - Contents Under Pressure
"As RUSH finished their set, out walked KISS in full costume from their make-up down to their 8 inch platform boots, OH MY GOD! They were all wearing Kimonos over their outfits and proceeded to cream pie RUSH right on stage, Geddy, Alex and Neil were covered...After the creaming RUSH and KISS went off stage and a few minutes later, much to our delight RUSH came back out for an encore. As they played, Alex and Geddy would slide around on the cream pie covered stage almost falling a few times but managed to finish the song and to a standing ovation they slid off stage. [During KISS' set] I somehow spotted Geedy Lee lurking behind the amps donning Indian head gear and carrying a loaded bow and arrow, you know, the kind with the rubber suction cup on the end. He appeared to be hunting. I think he was out to avenge his band mates and nail the dudes that wasted them with cream pies. I don't know if he succeeded because I soon lost sight of him as he moved around, no doubt for a better shot. KISS finished their set and encore and before I knew it the lights came on" - RockChoice.com, August 5, 2009
