Piccadilly Tube Feels The Rush August 21st

By Peter Taylor, RPM Weekly, September 1, 1973

It's hard to say a band is debuting when they've been gigging around for the past five years, but Rush had their official industry debut last Tuesday evening at the Piccadilly Tube in Toronto.

The band tells me that they sent out around 250 invitations to media people. How many showed up is hard to tell, but the joint was full and jumping to some of the best rock to ever come out of this town. Rush filled the evening with their hard sound that ran through all types of musical styles...blues, rock & roll, boogie and even a touch of country. No matter what the basic root of a song was, it got the Rush treatment and came out fast and hard. I've been trying to think up a new term for heavy metal music, but I haven't found one yet that can describe the kind of music that you not only hear but feel as the loud, raunchy vibrations bounce off you and everything else in the place.

By the time this article goes to print, Rush will have released their first single, "Not Fade Away". Surely everyone is familiar with this traditional rocker, but be prepared for it after the Rush treatment. It's on Moon Records and distributed by London. An album by the trio will be released in early September. The single manages to capture the excitement that they can whip up in a live performance and I have no doubt the album will do the same.